How To Turn Green Wood On A Lathe

Jun 9 2016 - Turning Green Wood.

How to turn green wood on a lathe. So a 10 bowl would be rough turned to 1 wall thickness. The rule of thumb is to turn to a thickness 110th of the finished diameter. On the lathe turn sample bowls to determine how the green wood will behave.

Discover and save your own Pins on Pinterest. However dont use a mortise with an end-grain bowl. Creating a green wood bowl blank involves removing as much of the surrounding excess wood as possible in preparation for the blank to later be easily turned on the lathe.

Let the bowls air dry or place them in paper bags with fresh shavings. Turn a thin walled bowl a medium thick walled bowl and a thicker bowl. A variable speed lathe will typically turn the stock from about 500 RPM to a max speed of about 4000 RPM.

Turn the Wood at Proper Speeds The wood that is being turned by the lathe must be turned at an appropriate speed. Then pack the rough turned bowl in shavings in a paper bag and set it aside to dry in a controlled fashion. Feb 11 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Martin Zimny.

The choice of whether to turn green or dry wood depends on the woodworkers preferences and aims. Making a green wood bowl blank is essentially the process of preparing a particular piece of fresh cut wood to a given size and shape. Green Wood Turning thegeekgroup.

Preparing Wood for Turning. You can also get started using a screw chuck mounted in your four jaw chuck if you have one that is sufficiently large for the bowl blank that you are mounting. Turn your bowls out of green wood the wetter the better do the whole operation at one time allow them to dry in paper bags and then apply a finish to them.