Turning a bowl from green wood has unique considerations versus a dried bowl blank. Logan walks you through the process, including the trick to drying a wet-turned bowl quickly when finished - the microwave.
Nice bowl, Logan. Since you talked about the pith being on each side of the bowl, I assume the blank was prepared and placed on the lathe such that the vertical growth of the tree was running at right angles to the bed of the lathe. If this is not true, please leave a follow-up. I have yet to try turning a bowl and look forward to turning one soon.
Has your wife caught you microwaving bowls and if so, what was her response? Does the wood leave a smell after "cooking" which could lead to accusations of misusing kitchen equipment?
I bought my wife a nice new over the stove microwave she wanted to replace our old one that one is now in my shop! Hahaha I’d did the same with the oven range, bought a nice induction and convection range and move the old one to my shop. She then need Ed a new fridge lol so guess what my shop got a the old fridge. Even her air fry, toaster oven that dehydrator feature got upgraded and I added that to the shop. So was not a cheap solution but it’s amazing how all of those used appliances come in handy in the shop. It helps to have a 60 by 30 foot workshop though.
Have you tried using rice? I found if I take a green bowel and microwave for only 30 sec. Then bury it in rice for a couple of hours and repeat. I do this only three times then let it set overnight in the rice and repeat the next day. I do the for four days always totally covering with rice. Then leave it in the rice no microwave for three days when done I microwave for the last time for 30 secs usually no seam comes out as well. I never have had distortion, cracking or wrapped. I guess the process I’m using is a slow less stressful process. Not everyone will want to take a week with this process. Seems to work for me. Interested if anyone else has tried the rice and microwave process?
