There is something uniquely rewarding about faceplate turning-transforming piece of rough lumber into smooth, symmetrical bowl. From start to finish, the entire process takes place on a lathe. There is no assembly, joinery or fabrication of other parts. The product is complete in this single process.Visit the Woodworking Plans Website pages for more woodworking articles.
Faceplate turning also offers the wood turner a great deal of design freedom. Tiue, there are certain practical considerations. What will the bowl hold? How strong does it need to be? But there is also much room for experimentation and improvisation in distinguishing factors ranging from the shape of the bowl and its base to the thickness of its walls.
The options increase with a turner's skill. For beginners, it is best first to master some traditional shapes and profiles. This chapter will show how to produce two relatively easy bowl designs. Completing these projects will help you develop the skills that you will need to give free reign to your creativity.
Most bowl-turning projects follow the same basic seouence. Begin by mounting what will be the top of the bowl to the lathe, then shape the outside, sand and finish the surface. and prepare the base for mounting. Then reverse the bowl and true and shape the rim. Finally, turn the inside of the bowl, sand and finish it, and reverse the bowl one last time to complete the base and remove evidence of your mounting method.
Before you begin turning, you will need to find a suitable way to mount your blank on the lathe. Traditional, this is done by screwing or taping the stock to a faceplate or gluing it to a block attached to the faceplate. More recently, turners have used a variety of chucks to clamp their work. Chucls can hold small and oddly shaped pieces, and are excellent for gripping the rim of a bowl to turn the base. Chucls also can save you time if you are turning a series of similar pieces. No matter what you use to hold a blank, you are sure to find faceplate turning a rewarding and challeging experience.
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