Kimberly kept telling me that she was going to get me writing posts and I kept telling her negatory. You can see who has won this battle. I may have been tricked into doing so with this DIY dough bowl, and I am beginning to see she has a master plan that I may not be keen to just yet. Kimberly had seen dough bowls, fell in love and immediately asked if I could help her out in this venture.
The first obstacle in my mind was finding some hardwood in a size that would complement the vision she had in her head. From the internet searches I had done I found that these dough bowls came in a variety of sizes. Getting some bigger pieces of wood would allow me to make some test bowls before producing the grand mama jama in her head.
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Once in the wood shop, I figured the best place to start was to see what my workable width of this project would be. Then I measured across the wood perpendicular to that line over to the bark on the opposite side. I copied that measurement to each end of the wood to get my prospective sides parallel.
From there I took my circular saw to maximum depth like a submarine captain and cut along those lines. I looked at the bark side of the piece and started to wonder how to easily cut the bark face off for a squared up piece of stock. I had originally asked for this to be cut off by the chainsaw guy, but this is how it came.
How could I be the least bit unhappy with this beautiful wood for my project? Thus the thinking cap went on. Now a chainsaw could make easy use of this, but other plans had been discussed. When originally announcing this project to the neighbor, he had offered up the use of an antique two-person saw that he had gotten from his grandfather in law. An opportunity like this could not be wasted.
So I slipped on my best lumberjack flannel and went to work. I placed a couple of guides next to the wood as pictured and started sawing down the length. Again, if you can get this cut by the chainsaw guy, you would be happier and have a less sore shoulder. I keep watching for Ron Swanson to drop that off. Finally squaring up the ends gives me the block of wood to start my layout. Here is where my purchase of the perfect tool for this job was about to gain some use.
Now you might be thinking of how dough bowls were made without a tool like the one I am going to gush on about shortly. Let me say that I also took note of cupped hatchet type tools used by folks making these without power tools.
While I envy their skill, I further envy my fingers and their current placement. After many internet searches I came across a video that compared many different discs, coupled with a hand grinder, that would carve this bowl efficiently at the lowest cost. This was only a request by my wife, not a new business venture so less investment won out. Wound up that one of the best carving discs was by far the least expensive. This was mind blowing to me. This made easy work of rounding the bottom when paired with my new hand grinder.
I should take a step back for a moment and let any of you know that when operating power tools that you should always read the manual to ensure proper use. This grinding leads to a fair amount of dust, so eye and breathing protection is needed on top of hearing protection. I have had burls up to 8 feet in diameter, and many in the foot range. The best wood for a chopped salad bowl is one of the traditional hardwoods.
These are Maple, Cherry and Black Walnut. Removing a small burl from a tree is straightforward: simply cut a little below where the burl is attached. Larger burls are not so easy.
It is my feeling that harvesting burls is somewhat like cutting diamonds: there is a knack to it. Luthiers often use burl tops for guitar bodies or headstocks, and turners love burl pieces to make smaller items like pen blanks. Today wooden bowls made from burls are prized for their function and beauty.
Clamp the tree burl in the woodworking vise. To make an affordable dough bowl, i like to use a combination of power tools and hand tools. There is a bit of a learning curve to this. It requires a firm hand and practice to know how aggressively to make the cuts or you will find that the bit wanders and wipes out the rim of the spoon you are trying to make.
I recently stumbled across a burl here on the farm. The burls can usually be purchased quite cheap from anyone in your area that harvests firewood, or you can collect them yourself if you have a large.
Wood bowl turning tools for shaping the bowl blank and forming the final bowl is essential to making wood bowls. Learn how to make an old fashioned homemade wooden dough bowl. Battery powered tools are a complete game changer, being able to work without worrying about a cord has changed my work flow.
Scrap wood projects, easy diy projects. Learn how rob johnstone used the arbortech turboplane to carve a dough bowl. Just take a little wood at a time or you risk prying out more wood than planned. But burls are normally quite hard so it did not matter much i… Once in the wood shop, i figured the best place to start was to see what my workable width of this project would be.
In particular, i will be using a chain saw, an adze, and a carbide shaping tool to create an antique looking dough bowl. Sand the outside and inside of the bowl using power tools such as drill or dremel.
As mentioned above, the bowl gouges and spindle gouge are workhorses in my workflow. Make the frequent depth changes required when hollowing out the bowl. I asked him to give me a couple of logs, thinking i might use them for a future craft or project.
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