© Martin Edwards 2010
Disclaimer: The techniques shown here are representative of the way that I work. I have highlighted certain Health and Safety points throughout but responsibility lies solely with the person who is carrying out the woodturning. Always adhere to safe working practices at all times. Remember the more fingers that you lose, the harder it becomes to turn wood!
Brown Oak Burr Project Page 6
21. Try to keep as much material in the centre as possible, this will help stabilise the thin walls. Reduce the thickness in stages from the edge to the centre. Here I am cutting back the centre with a right to left cut in preparation for the next stage of cutting.
22. Back to reducing the wall thickness using a push cut. The wall thickness is only about 5mm thick so be very careful at this point because it is very easy to go thinner at this point as the bowl turns in near the bottom.
23. Now ready for sanding. The ridges that are visible are caused by the length of the grind on the chisel. Normally they can be removed by using the 1/4" bowl gouge with a short bevel. I decided to sand them out.
24. Sand using the Velcro backed abrasive system using the same technique as used for the outside of the bowl.