How To Turn Wood Without Lathe

This video is the second part to the first video.

How to turn wood without lathe. Set the bit. Bed on your lathe the drawing shows a way out of the dilemma. Make very gradual cuts to remove the center material focusing on developing an inner shape to the bowl that matches the outer shape of the bowl until you have the desired consistent thickness of wood.

Position a piece of scrap wood against the outer tip of the bit. Post to turn and only a 3-ft. Step 3 Making the inside of the wooden bowl.

Building the wooden bowl without a lathe step by step. How to determine the center of a circle. You want to move in toward it perpendicular to the work piece until the cutting edge just touches the wood.

You cant turn something without a lathe but not all lathes are equal. Well you dont have to own a lathe to make perfecting rounded legs. Finish the honey dipper with sanding and finishing just like you did the rest of the turning.

Some folks go fancy and install casters upside down on a piece of wood. The block supports the weight and keeps it from wiggling around but you can still turn it rather easily by hand. I was asked to take part in a challenge on YouTube to make a bowl without using a lathe.

Now switch to the headstock end and part your turning off of the lathe. If youve got a 4-ft. Bandsaw or tablesaw the blank octagonal mount it in a scrapwood cradle and plane it round.