Step by step bowl turning
Step 1-A chainsaw roughed out blank
is mounted on a face plate.
Step 2-Another view showing the
faceplate attached to the chainsaw
roughed blank.
Step 3-Showing the bark side of the
chainsaw roughed blank.
Step 4-Partially rounded blank, still
showing bark.
Step 5-Side view of Step 4.
Step 6-Another view of step 4.
Step 7-Rounded out bottom and
showing the tenon for holding the
blank on a chuck for hollowing.
Step 8-Another view of Step 7.
Step 9-Blank reversed and mounted
on the chuck for hollowing.
Step 10-Side view showing chuck
mounted bowl blank.
Step 11-First cuts to hollow the bowl.
Step 12-Bowl almost hollowed out.
Step 13-Bowl hollowed out and
showing great flame colors.
Step 14-Side view of hollowed bowl
showing the moisture in the green
blank.
Step 15-Another view of the hollowed
form and showing moisture being spun
out of the blank
Step 16-Bowl is hollowed and initial
sanding accomplished.
Step 17-Another view of the hollowed
bowl and partially sanded.
Step 18-A side view of the hollowed
bowl in final stages of sanding.
Step 19-All sanded and ready for finish.
Step 20- Finished bowl.
A final note, in preparing this bowl and these pictures, I failed to show the process of removing the
tenon on the bottom... This is done by reversing the bowl again and holding it in a Longworth Chuck
(A special chuck designed specifically for the process of finishing the bottom of a bowl.).  The tenon is
removed and the bottom squared and sanded for finishing.   At a later date, when I'm doing another
similar sized bowl, I'll try to remember to photograph that process and add here.