Instead of turning a cylinder then shaping, try facing off the base( tail stock side) , then cut up from the base at an angle of say 45 degrees. This way you will waste less material and shape the bowl at the same time.
Thanks for the advice! I used to do it that way when I turned right handed, primarily with pull cuts. Since I've been trying left handed and a lot of my blanks have started as squares lately I've switched to more truing things up. With the combination of really out of ballance blanks and a smallish lathe I've been needing to true them up to get any amount of speed. But I wholly agree that a more diagonal approach is more efficient.
Nice work brother
Thanks bro, I love just hogging and roughing bowls. It's my favorite type of turning.
Instead of turning a cylinder then shaping, try facing off the base( tail stock side) , then cut up from the base at an angle of say 45 degrees. This way you will waste less material and shape the bowl at the same time.
Thanks for the advice! I used to do it that way when I turned right handed, primarily with pull cuts. Since I've been trying left handed and a lot of my blanks have started as squares lately I've switched to more truing things up. With the combination of really out of ballance blanks and a smallish lathe I've been needing to true them up to get any amount of speed. But I wholly agree that a more diagonal approach is more efficient.