Project Tutorials

Turning a Simple Bowl

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Cutting a concave profile in to the foot.

The lower bowl area and foot finish turned.

Using the spindle gouge to define the foot edge thickness.

Remove the wood in the center to below the foot edge level. You can shape the inside of the bottom to be convex and mirror the interior of the bowl or concave if you have allowed enough wood thickness.

The main objective of reversing to turn the foot is to show you cared enough about what you turned to give every area the same attention.

Power sanding the lower area of the bowl to blend in with the top. Stay away from the detailed foot. If you round over an edge you wanted to be sharp go back and cut the edge again.

Hand sand the foot without rounding over the crisp edges.

The finish sanded detail at the foot. Keep your details crisp.

Reduce the waste at the bottom in preparation for parting off.