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​As The Yarn Bowl Turns.

"A bad day woodworking is better than a good day working."

​~ Author unknown

Kudos To The Artist!

9/12/2016

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Large wood yarn bowl, unfinished on lathe.
I spend a lot of time sharing photos of finished yarn bowls on our Facebook page and Instagram feed, but rarely share shop pics with a glimpse of how they're made. With the big light on Bob's lathe, flying wood chips, wood dust and debris, it's not what you'd call glamorous and it's a challenge to show what can often be grueling and repetitious hard work!

If you're working in extreme heat, hydrate!
Today, as I brought him his daily hydrating tea at 11 o'clock, I thought about the work he does every day in a shop with no climate control. Although Bob has always enjoyed working in the heat (?) I constantly marvel about what he accomplishes in the 95-105 degree humid heat of Central FL early June into October. Now that his northern body has acclimated to the climate here, he says he prefers it to the (temperate 60 - 70 degree) "winter" weather I enjoy late Dec. - March. After suffering from my summer version of cabin fever I say "bring it on!"

In the spirit of sharing, I thought I'd take a moment to say how much admiration I have for my hard working husband/lathe artist. He does a lot of amazing work under some pretty harsh conditions. So here's to you Bob, I'm your biggest fan; knowing that along with the heart and soul you put into all these yarn bowls there's a heck of a lot of sweat, too!

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Center Your Bowl Blank The Easy Way

10/7/2013

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Tired of using one of those plastic gadgets and drawing all kinds of lines hoping they intersect in the middle then hoping the tailstock finds exact opposite center?

I rough cut my bowl blanks with a chain saw. After halving the log through the pith, I use an electric hand plane to flatten the bottom where the tailstock will contact. Then I plane the other side smooth for the faceplate. I draw a circle for the size bowl to be made then clamp the blank to the edge of a workbench and rough cut the circle with the chainsaw.
To find center I clamp a short section of ½ inch conduit in my bench vise and place a level along side to make sure it's straight. Now it's simply a matter of balancing the faceplate side of the rough lopsided hunk of log on the end of the pipe. I mark a ring around the conduit with a sharpie or magic marker.

Just center the faceplate on the ring or drill if using a woodworm screw. I love this method even though the wood is uneven, it always finds center and so does my tailstock.
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