Woodturning | The Tiger Bowl | Like Glass!
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Today's video: Hello, friends! I have wanted to try my hands at making a board bowl for a very long time, and finally, I’ve got my first one under my belt! For those that don’t know, a board bowl (or sometimes called an “economy” bowl, named for the minimal material waste involved in the process) is pretty much exactly what it sounds like; it’s a bowl made from board. As far as I’m aware, the most common method used for making board bowls is to use a jig on a band saw to cut out half rings, which are then glued back together to make the full rings. Not only do I not have a band saw, but I’ve always felt this method involves an unnecessary step (that being to make the rings from halves). I thought that surely there must be a way to get fully intact rings before the final glue up. A few months ago, I came across The Papa1947 (check out his channel here: / @thepapa1947 , and he makes board bowls with the exact method I’ve been looking for (the jig you see me use in this video is largely inspired by his own; you can see the making process of it here: • Ring Cutting Jig Bowl ... ). If you haven’t checked out ThePapa already, I highly recommend; he does some spectacular work!!
With this method, I decided to give it a go. For this bowl, I cut out wavy pieces of zebra wood, glued them down into a circular mold, and filled the gaps with epoxy resin dyed in a transparent tangerine colour. I ran into a little overheating issue during the pour (see the video for more details), which did introduce a lot of bubbles in a few key areas, but for the most part I was able to salvage things. Once cured, I needed to flatten out both sides of the blank. I wasn’t sure what the best way to do this would be, but I ended up trying to do it on the lathe. I think I did an okay job of things, but in the future, I might just try to hand plane it flat as the seams were a little larger than I’d wanted. Once relatively flat, I cut out 3 rings along with the base (using my own handmade jig) and attached them all back together into a bowl shape using epoxy resin. One thing that likely also contributed to the larger seams was that I didn’t manage to clamp the rings together as the epoxy cured (I didn’t think the set this up ahead of time), which I’ll definitely do in the future. Once cured for the second time, I flattened out the outside and inside of the bowl (this took a little more work than intended as I didn’t get the angle of my jig right given the thickness of my board), wet sanded everything up to 2000 grit, and applied the finish using Waterlox’s original varnish.
Ultimately, this was just a proof-of-concept project; the end product has quite a few imperfections, but given that I was just trying out a new technique, I’m quite pleased with how everything came out! Based on my mistakes from this project, and what I learned from them, I’m very excited to try some more complex board bowls in the near future!
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Key equipment/products I used:
Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/...
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This just popped up in my feed. Things started looking like I had seen them before and then when you started cutting the rings I figured it out. Thank you for the reference to my channel on the jig. Even the design of your pieces reminded me of the fish bowl I did. I love seeing others using the method and I think your bowl looks great. I will not be using epoxy but I still like what you have done here. Gary
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the comment, Gary! As you can probably tell, I'm a huge fan of your work, and I've watched dozens of your videos! I love the jig, and I'm hoping to do plenty more board bowls down the road. Happy turning!
@ThePapa1947
11 ай бұрын
Your are welcome and thanks you. Coming soon I will show some fixtures that will really help for making a bowl from a board. I will watch for your new videos. Take care, Gary
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
@@ThePapa1947 Can't wait to see them!
@rosenbecherroland5724
5 ай бұрын
Same here, cutting the rings is the best part of it, and it gave me a new idea! Thanx Forman!
one of the previous comments really rubbed me the wrong way. please don't change how you craft; i love to watch an artisan work. i *like* that there isn't a voice over or that you aren't explaining what you're doing; i get to watch the magic and awe knowing i will never make what you are, but genuinely entertained and amazed by what you create. i love your bowls. I love your creativity. and i hope you never stop or change your methods.
Just beautiful!
Wowza! The resin does look like glass! The tiger wood is one of the most beautiful woods, it’s amazing. So, put those two together and add in your talent and you get a gorgeous masterpiece! Fantastic! Bravo!
Wow!!! this is amazing
Hello!….what a project this was..I love how you described the problem you encountered, and later said “hope it’s salvageable “…..well my friend, this is above and beyond salvageable, it is a magnificent creation! You’re perseverance paid off! Well done 😁😁👏👏🌟🌟👌👌
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Frann!
Just WOW! You said just like class and you were right
2:14 Watching this pour, my first thought was "Oh that's risky." Glad it turned out well in the end.
Absolutely gorgeous work! This is so beautiful with that clear “glass-like” resin. At first I thought it was going to be a mess, yet it turned out fabulously. This is magnificent! Fantastic talent!
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful---wow. The creativity behind the project, let alone your craftsmanship, is astonishing. A pleasure to watch as if all unfolds. Thank you, thank you.
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Molly!
It always makes me so happy when I see that you've posted a new video! I wasn't able to watch this one for a bit so I was stoked when I was able too tonight. Anyway, what a beautiful thing!!! And that jig you created for cutting angles is brilliant!!! You're one bad ass dude!!! Great work.
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jayson! Always love reading your comments!!!
Incredible! Hamazing!!
...turned out beautiful...congrats!!!...👍 Matt
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Matt!
Beautiful Piece and interesting process. Full View and Like 👍
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the support, Allen! Really appreciate it!
I guess you have learned from the best! ThePapa1947 is very creative and now you have taken it up a notch by adding the resin. One of my favorite finishes is Waterlox. It truly makes your piece a beautiful work of art! Great job!!
Beautiful piece
BEAUTIFUL!
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Rickey!
Absolutely stunning love👍🙌👏
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Tim!
Unique and beautiful! I'll try this someday after I've honed my skills for quite a while.
Awesome!
This is a beautiful and wonderful piece of work. I also really want to try it once👍👍
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Congratulations on what you do !!!
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Gabi!
really nice
Belo trabalho parabéns 🇧🇷
Nice work😃
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jeff!
Thanks for putting the equipment used under the information. I was going to ssk you. Great bowl!
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, David!
Bit of a nightmare with the resin but you recovered well ... your makeshift jig for guiding the parting tool, brilliantly simple .... ah, you've watched Papa, he is indeed a very talented man, I love his videos ... fantastic looking piece 👍 I intend doing an economy bowl and using resin someday, but I've just started turning and need a lot more practice ... one day 😀
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Barry! Yes, Papa does some great work, and this piece was overall inspired from some of his past bowls. I think my next few projects will all be board bowls; the style just seems infinitely repeatable!
@scottpolk1698
11 ай бұрын
I've just gotten my first lathe, I'm gathering from your comment that bowls ain't where you start. 1-10 how would your rate the difficulty of this project? And what did you do early on to learn?
@barry.w.christie
11 ай бұрын
@@scottpolk1698 Actually a bowl was one of the first things I turned, not only that but I used a metal lathe, rigged up a tool rest and used a cheap set of turning tools ... bowl was about 8" in diameter, 3" deep and walls were about 3-4mm thick ... although successful, it took me ages to do and I'm still no where near the speed of these guys. I started with a solid lump of wood, outside was relatively simple, inside was a bit harder, but the biggest issue was how to hold it ... I now have a chuck and face plates ... watch plenty of videos to see how to use the tools and take it easy, you'll be surprised as what you can make relatively quickly. The economy bowl is something I haven't attempted yet, either using this method or by using a bandsaw (work with two halves of a board, cut the half-rings out and then glue together), but it should actually be easier to turn as you have an almost finished bowl to begin with. Just take your time, don't be in a rush, you'll get there eventually ... I'm still a beginner, but I'm starting to get there ... this weekend I'm making six handles for new carbide tools I've just bought, the type where you need to switch the tools between one aluminium handle, hence the reason for new handles).
Beautiful work as always. Good recovery on your resin issues; I hate using it because of the stress it causes me when it's curing :-)
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! And I feel you on the stress, lol; I feel the same way!
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That's a great jig for setting up the turning of "one board" laminated bowls. Could confirm the measurement between the 45degree angle cuts on the jig please? Thanks Paul
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Where is the end result spinning rapidly where we can see how balanced it might be?
Enjoyed the video 😊 great job! What kind of plastic are you using for the form?
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! And I use poster boards from Michael's. I use a foam board for the base and a plastic bendable board for the sides. They should be in the poster section at your local craft store.
Awesome job ! What degree did you use to make the cuts on the board?
@formanwoodworking
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! And I used a 45 degree angle, which, for the thickness of the board I had, wasn't steep enough (I think I calculated after the fact that I should have used a 60 degree angle, or something closer to that?).
What angle you cutting with your gig,30?
Don't bother if you're not going to add a voice-over explaining as you go...I left after 60 seconds.