{"id":391,"date":"2025-11-23T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=391"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:28","slug":"woodturning-the-tiger-bowl-like-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"Woodturning | The Tiger Bowl | Like Glass!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woodturning | The Tiger Bowl | Like Glass!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQVggsoknsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This bowl is available for purchase at: https:\/\/formanwoodworking.com\/products\/tiger-bowl<br \/>\n_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s video: Hello, friends! I have wanted to try my hands at making a board bowl for a very long time, and finally, I\u2019ve got my first one under my belt! For those that don\u2019t know, a board bowl (or sometimes called an \u201ceconomy\u201d bowl, named for the minimal material waste involved in the process) is pretty much exactly what it sounds like; it\u2019s a bowl made from board. As far as I\u2019m aware, the most common method used for making board bowls is to use a jig on a band saw to cut out half rings, which are then glued back together to make the full rings. Not only do I not have a band saw, but I\u2019ve always felt this method involves an unnecessary step (that being to make the rings from halves). I thought that surely there must be a way to get fully intact rings before the final glue up. A few months ago, I came across The Papa1947 (check out his channel here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ThePapa1947), and he makes board bowls with the exact method I\u2019ve been looking for (the jig you see me use in this video is largely inspired by his own; you can see the making process of it here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/GnzYR6y4ZhM). If you haven\u2019t checked out ThePapa already, I highly recommend; he does some spectacular work!!<\/p>\n<p>With this method, I decided to give it a go. For this bowl, I cut out wavy pieces of zebra wood, glued them down into a circular mold, and filled the gaps with epoxy resin dyed in a transparent tangerine colour. I ran into a little overheating issue during the pour (see the video for more details), which did introduce a lot of bubbles in a few key areas, but for the most part I was able to salvage things. Once cured, I needed to flatten out both sides of the blank. I wasn\u2019t sure what the best way to do this would be, but I ended up trying to do it on the lathe. I think I did an okay job of things, but in the future, I might just try to hand plane it flat as the seams were a little larger than I\u2019d wanted. Once relatively flat, I cut out 3 rings along with the base (using my own handmade jig) and attached them all back together into a bowl shape using epoxy resin. One thing that likely also contributed to the larger seams was that I didn\u2019t manage to clamp the rings together as the epoxy cured (I didn\u2019t think the set this up ahead of time), which I\u2019ll definitely do in the future. Once cured for the second time, I flattened out the outside and inside of the bowl (this took a little more work than intended as I didn\u2019t get the angle of my jig right given the thickness of my board), wet sanded everything up to 2000 grit, and applied the finish using Waterlox\u2019s original varnish. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this was just a proof-of-concept project; the end product has quite a few imperfections, but given that I was just trying out a new technique, I\u2019m quite pleased with how everything came out! Based on my mistakes from this project, and what I learned from them, I\u2019m very excited to try some more complex board bowls in the near future!<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Want to use the same pigments shown in this video? Check out the following affiliate code for a discount on SquidPoxy products! https:\/\/squidpoxy.ca\/?sacode=duo8gk&amp;utm_source=simple-affiliate&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Davis+%25286410005709021%2529 _____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Check out our Instagram! https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/formanwoodworking\/?hl=en <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Key equipment\/products I used:<br \/>\nRikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: https:\/\/www.leevalley.com\/en-ca\/shop\/tools\/power-tools\/lathes\/101468-rikon-70-220vsr-midi-lathe?item=03J7320<br \/>\nWoodstock 1\/2 inch bowl gouge: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B005W139CS\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1<br \/>\nCA Technologies Resin Casting Pressure Pot: https:\/\/www.finishsystems.com\/products\/copy-of-c-a-technologies-resin-casting-2-5-gallon-pressure-tank<br \/>\nMagic Resin 2\u201d Deep Pour: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B08VW5RPVK?psc=1&amp;ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Waterlox Original Varnish: https:\/\/waterlox.com\/original\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bowl is available for purchase at: https:\/\/formanwoodworking.com\/products\/tiger-bowl _____________________________________ Today&#8217;s video: Hello, friends! 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