Bowl blanks

[Sparkey]

I watch a lot of turning videos on youtube. Carl Jacobson said in a video that he cuts the heart out of a log and paints the ends with basic paint and gets no cracking. I figured since I bought a new bandsaw I would give it a try. I made a jig to hold the log and made some bowl blanks fast and easy. They should finish out to a 9 inch to 10 inch bowl.

 

[meflick]

Let us know how it goes. I will share with hubby who is the turner in the family when he has time. 

[amazingkevin]

On 2/19/2018 at 5:16 PM, Sparkey said:

I watch a lot of turning videos on youtube. Carl Jacobson said in a video that he cuts the heart out of a log and paints the ends with basic paint and gets no cracking. I figured since I bought a new bandsaw I would give it a try. I made a jig to hold the log and made some bowl blanks fast and easy. They should finish out to a 9 inch to 10 inch bowl.

 

Now that's a saw I could use!Love your toys!Beautiful cuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rockytime]

A very cool saw!

[Lucky2]

Rusty, I've done this with my blanks, and none of them cracked. The wood I painted the ends on was quite green, it had only been cut the previous day. It was maple wood, and I still have some of it left. I had read about using latex paint to do this with, on one of the woodturning sites I'm a member on. I had nothing else to use to prevent cracking, so I decided to use the latex paint. I was very surprised that it worked as well as it did, not one blank that I used the paint on has cracked.

Len

[Sparkey]

Len I also used latex paint because that is all I had. This was cut around a month ago. I think it is Maple. I rough turned a bowl and could feel the moisture hit my left arm as I was turning it.