tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948104.post-9661037093715398782008-02-08T12:17:00.001-04:002008-02-08T12:37:37.928-04:00One of the most common questions I get asked about my <a href="http://chipshop.blogspot.com/2006/03/salad-bowl-sunday.html">kitchen-safe bowls</a> is how I make the decoration around the rim. Many think I use a machine, and woodworkers sometimes think I use a <a href="http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/turning/articles_398.shtml">chatter tool</a>.<br /><br />Neither are correct. I use a traditional woodcarving gouge, which when properly sharpened will cut nicely through hardwoods like maple and yellow birch. Normally I have the bowl mounted on the lathe with its outside surface facing me. But the three <a href="http://chipshop.blogspot.com/2008/02/bowling-along.html">big bowls</a> that I mentioned earlier today were only ever mounted the other way round, meaning that I had to work from behind the lathe. The easiest way I found to do this is to perch myself on top of the lathe. I felt somewhat like a gargoyle up there, but it gets the job done quite comfortably.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D8Rn_w-Pr_Q/R6yAm5_CVkI/AAAAAAAAADk/zMAMGiGevCg/s1600-h/000_0447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D8Rn_w-Pr_Q/R6yAm5_CVkI/AAAAAAAAADk/zMAMGiGevCg/s320/000_0447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164644278575715906" border="0" /></a>Derek Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12058511671737531988noreply@blogger.com