18 thoughts on “Turning a Bowl with Easy Wood Tools”

  1. What is the make and model of the 5″ bowl chuck you are using?
    It is not listed in the Products used.

    • That’s the Vicmarc VM120 chuck. I’ve updated the product list to include it.
      Thanks for letting me know that we missed it!

  2. Watching you finish that bowl with the tailstock extended with a sharp cone center poking out gave me the willies. I know my elbow would end up making contact with it sooner or later. I just remove the tailstock entirely so I have all the safe room I need. Very nice bowl. Thanks for the advice on the rim design and the use of waxes to tame end grain tear out. Jay

    • Yeah – I typically remove the cone center. Doing demos it’s easy to forget those little things.

      Glad you found the tips useful. Good luck in your turning!

    • Yes. The Waterlox cuts through any remaining wax left by the Yorkshire Grit and finishes like normal. Good luck!

      • Then why do you work for such a nice waxed finish if you’re going to ultimately cut through it with waterlox? And I assume it’s applied off the lathe……?

        • Good question. These types of polishing compounds use wax as a medium to hold fine abrasive grit. They are designed to refine your surface – think of it like sanding to a very high grit. Applying wax isn’t the purpose. You can leave it at that (the surface will be good enough for many applications) but if you want a different finish then you can apply over the wax. That’s what we did with the Waterlox. And yes, Watlerlox is applied off the lathe.
          I hope this makes sense! If you want to discuss this in person please give us a call at 1-800-551-8876.

  4. Gotta thank you for the comments thruout. I added carbide tools to my collection well after I learned fundamentals using traditional tools. I never could achieve the same results using carbide….now I know it isn’t me.

  5. Top notch video, as usual. And thanks. I would like to hear about the effectiveness of sharpening carbide inserts with a diamond file.

  6. Another excellent video. Dale taught me 30+ years ago, still have the piece he gifted as was his practice. Decided to try carbide and your instruction will be invaluable. Keep them coming.

  7. April 20/23 Hi Mike really enjoyed your video bowl making. Was most useful. thanks again, Neal Roberts.

  8. Mike
    Your bowl instruction was great. What model and size is the lathe you are turning it on? It looks very smooth and efficient
    Thanks much

  10. Thanks Mike for another outstanding demo. It’s the first one I’ve watched in using only the Easy Wood Tools. A lot of great info and showing the various uses of the tools.

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