Hello,
I am not an expert woodturner (more a low lever intermediate), but my neighbourgh douglas fir, 80' tall and 40" diameter is dead, and will be cut on monday.
My neighbourghs want me to make a bowl for each of their kids (7!) as a memento...
The bowls will likely be salad bowl type, 10" diameter by 5" tall...
What do I do????
should I plan to have the bowls concentric with the tree (ie, the axis of the bowl being parallel with the fibers. with the tree width, there is plenty enough room to cut the bowl away from the pit) or the other way around?
Any advices wouldbe GREATLY apreciated!!!
mostly, how do I avoid cracking! Where in the tree do I get my blanks from (I know that I do not want to be anywhere neer the pit or the edges...), but I do not now anymore than that...
thanks, Cyrille