Bowls

While these look difficult to make, these holiday themed wooden bowls are very easy to whip out. All you need is wood from your scrap pile, a router, and a few other common workshop tools. There are even free templates for a star, candy cane, mittens and Christmas tree.

The Chopping Bowl is first turned to shape and then marked off with the use of the dividing head, preparatory to band sawing. It takes a standard chopping knife, obtainable at the dime store.

Not surprisingly, a natural edged bowl starts with a log. Here is a fairly dry piece of cherry, complete with a radial split along which I plan to cut, leaving me with two half logs to choose from for bowls.

Each bowl begins as a section of a log, chain-sawn to rough shape and screwed onto the faceplate of my homemade lathe. Next they are turned using gouges and/or boring bars, and sanded smooth while still on the lathe.

This is a display or serving piece that is the foundation for the swirl bowl in my Gallery section [at this link]. This free woodworking plans and lathe turning woodworking projects page is courtesy of Segmented Turning web site.

Diagram only with dimensional information. When I constructed Complex Curves for the What is Up section, I played fast and loose with some of the details of the plan and got an unexpected result. This plan is what I actually constructed.

These bowls are patterned after a traditional Scandinavian design and are sometimes called dough troughs. I make my bowls straight from the tree buy splitting a log and hollowing each half.

Use a lathe to turn out a one-of-a-kind decorative bowl.

I did not know what a hyperbolic bowl was, so I asked the author, David Kassover, to send it to me. Interesting!

This plan was the test piece for the AutoBowl function. It is mated with a 12 inch white globe to make a lamp...

This bowl has simple straight sides angled out at about 45 degrees. This free woodworking plans and lathe turning woodworking projects page is courtesy of Segmented Turning web site.

You can go from block to bowl in one afternoon. It is best to begin with seasoned wood, green wood is likely to warp or crack without proper care.

Learn to turn a basic but beautiful bowl using the video and step by step pictures and instructions at the link.

While some say there are three stages to turning a bowl, for me there are four. Number one is getting the wood. If you go to the wood store it can be expensive in a hurry. While that may be okay for the occasional special piece, I like to start at the firewood pile.

This online video from Woodsmith issue 170, we show how to shape beautiful bowls with a router. The secret is a collet extension that allows the bit to reach the bottom of the blank.

This item, together with the 10 inch bowl makes a good looking salad bowl set. This free woodworking plans and lathe turning woodworking projects page is courtesy of Segmented Turning web site.

This, mixing bowl sized, item goes well with the 6 inch bowl above or use it by itself. This free woodworking plans and lathe turning woodworking projects page is courtesy of Segmented Turning web site.

Have you ever wondered how a bowl can be exquisitely turned with no sign of having ever been mounted on a lathe? Here is how you can do it.

To build your own collapsible bandsaw bowl you have to master the steps of cutting a spiral shape on the bandsaw. You could also use your scroll saw. The secret is cutting the spiral on an angle. Watch the video at the link and follow along with the step-by-step instructions.

Recently I was asked to explain how to turn a natural edged, end grain bowl. That is, a bowl with the grain running parallel to the lathe bed and the edge of the log left as the bowl edge. If you want a smooth edged bowl, just turn the piece round as you start. It will make sense as we go.

Diagram only providing dimensional information only. Here is another display piece that is fun to watch as it develops.

By Dick Gerard - As I tell my students, there are no right or wrong ways to turn. If you are happy with a particular tool making a particular cut or scrape, and if you are pleased with the end results, then that is the right inches way to do it.

This neat tutorial shows you how you can make a bowl even if you do not have a lathe. It takes longer but the results will surprise you.

Follow along at the link and see how to make your own segmented bowl with epoxy resin rings. Great tips and tricks to the process.

No lath necessary to build this wooden star bowl. Would be perfect for catching keys in the entryway. Wait, it would be perfect for candy too!

This article describes the process I used to make this bowl. Information copyright of respective owners.

Learn how to turn a segmented bowl from a single board on a lathe. Lots of pictures and step-by-step instructions to help you complete this project.

No lathe? No problem. Use your bandsaw to create this awesome bowl. Free step-by-step instructions at the link.