Wood bowl turning tips 10 wood bowl turning tips.
Sanding bowls wood lathe.
Sand from rim to center and after a short time stop the lathe and address the areas where the rotating sanding cut against the grain.
When sanding a bowl reduce the rotational speed of your lathe.
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Be careful not to tightly grip the sand paper when the lathe is rotating.
Turn the lathe at a slower speed around 300 rpm begin sanding the entire bowl surface.
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With larger bowls you may want a soft sanding pad to hold the sand paper.
With the larger surface area it takes longer to sand to a smooth finish and the surface will heat up uncomfortably if you just use the sand paper with your bare hand.
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The end grain is more subject to tear out and damaged fibers besides being harder to sand so extra effort is required.
E most bowls are turned with the wood grain at a right angle to the lathe bed which means that 70 of what you are sanding is end grain.
It s best to touch the paper to the bottom area of the bowl when the lathe is spinning.
Traditional sandpaper can be used to hand sand wood bowls both with the lathe running and when stopped.
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