Woodturning - The Yarn Bowl | A bowl specifically for controlling the rolling of a ball of yarn.
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- What is a yarn bowl?
A yarn bowl could be called a yarn dispenser. A knitter places a ball of yarn into the bowl and feeds the loose end through the slot in the side of the bowl. When the knitter needs more loose yarn with which to knit, they pull out some slack from the end fed through slot in the side of the bowl. The shape of the bowl allows the ball to roll around inside the bowl and easily dispense yarn, but still holds the yarn ball in place so the ball doesn’t roll away.
Yarn bowls are ingenious and elegant knitting accessories. A wood yarn bowl with a deeply under cut rim like the bowl featured in this video, is also a challenge to make on a wood lathe.
This kind of woodturning is possible to do with a bowl gouge, but not without blocking nearly every shot of the bowl interior. For this video, I chose to use a hollowing tool more typically used for making vessels which allowed me to give the viewer a clearer view of the woodturning.
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Tools & Equipment I Use Regularly
Knew Concepts Coping Saw
www.highlandwoodworking.com/k...
Woodturning Tools
3/8” spindle gouge & 1/2” Spindle Gouge
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
Crown 1 1/4” Spindle Roughing Gouge
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
1/2” Crown Pro PM bowl gouge
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
3/8” Crown Pro PM bowl gouge
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
Carbide Turning Tool Inserts
www.highlandwoodworking.com/w...
3/16” Diamond Parting Tool & 1/8” Parting Tool
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
Crown 1/2” Skew Chisel
www.highlandwoodworking.com/c...
Alan Lacer 5/8” Skew Chisel & 1 3/8” Skew Chisel
stores.alanswoodturningstore.com
Hollow Pro Hollowing Tools
www.mikejackofsky.com/Tools.html
Woodturning Drive Centers & Live Centers
Oneway Live Center
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Safe Driver
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway 4-Spur Morse Taper Drive Center
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Woodturning Chucks, Chuck Jaws & Faceplate(s)
Beall Collet Chuck
bealltool.com/products/turnin...
Oneway Stronghold Chuck
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Profiled Spigot Jaws for Stronghold Chucks
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway #4 Profiled Jaws for Stronghold Chucks
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Jumbo Jaws
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway 4” Cast Iron Faceplate
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Vacuum Chucking
Oneway Vacuum Drum Chucks
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Vacuum Rotary Air Fitting
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Sharpening
Oneway Wolverine Sharpening System
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Vari-Grind Attachment
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Grinding Wheel Balancing System
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Steady Rests
Oneway Bowl Steady Rest
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Oneway Spindle Steady Rest
www.highlandwoodworking.com/o...
Misc. Tools
Starrett Combination Squares
www.highlandwoodworking.com/s...
Starrett 6” ruler
www.highlandwoodworking.com/s...
Adhesives:
Zap CA (cyanoacrylate) Glue
www.zapglue.com
NOTE:
When ordering from www.mscdirect.com better prices can often be found by looking through one of their many sales flyers online. The lower price often (always?) has a different part number and you need the alternate part number to get the sale price.
Starrett 6” Round Leg Outside Calipers
www.mscdirect.com/product/det...
5/8” Accupro Keyed Drill Chuck
*This chuck requires an adapter that fits the chuck and your lathe.
www.mscdirect.com/product/det... - Jak na to + styl
Excellent video. Practical and pleasing to the eye. Well done 👏
Thank you very much! This bowl was a challenge to make and I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
your work is good friend you are very talented at wood lathe. greetings from Indonesia
Thank you and welcome to the channel. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Nicely done 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Très belle réalisation bravo 👍👏🇨🇭
Merci beaucoup, je suis content que vous aimiez la vidéo. Aussi, merci d’avoir commenté.
Very nice, I've been thinking of trying something like that 👍
You should! This isn’t that much different than making any other bowl or vessel. The only caveat is that cutting the yarn slot with a cheap coping saw could be seriously aggravating. The rigidity of the Knew Concepts coping saw I used for this project made a really big difference. There is a link for the saw in the description box.
Thanks for commenting and good luck with your own yarn bowl!
Nice video. I like your arc slot vs the typical coiled opening for the yarn. Question, it looked like when you were using the square carbide cutter to hog out the inside after you drilled with the forsner bit you were cutting above center. I had always understood carbide cutters should be cutting on the center of the wood. Are the cup cutters used on center? Please advise. Thanks, Myles
Thanks for noticing the yarn slot! I don’t think the coil or spiral yarn slot often seen on yarn bowls would hold up when made from wood. There are too many areas of short -and consequently weak- grain.
Except for my hollowing cutter(s), the carbide tools I use are the flat bits that are used with a tool shaft that sits flat on the tool rest. I try to use them on center, especially when turning on the outside of a piece. However, when boring out a hole there isn’t enough clearance for the bottom of the tool shaft and it will start rubbing before the carbide bit contacts the wood. When this happens moving the tool rest up enough to allow the carbide cutter to engage the wood before the tool shaft starts to rub, has always worked for me. Once the hole I’m working on is large enough, I’ll lower the tool rest so that the cutter is at least close to center.
As for carbide cup cutters, the only one I have is a 7/32” (about 5 mm) cutter for the Jackofsky Hollowing System. When hollowing, I use the tool at whatever angle is grabbing the least. I’m continually amazed how effective that tiny cutter is. Beyond hollowing tools, I haven’t used any of the cup style carbide woodturning tools.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Do you have a video on that thickness gauge you used?
I do not. The large black caliper I use in my videos is from Lee Valley Tools. The other gauge is a shop made version of something called the Gage’T, the real version of which is available from packardwoodworks.com.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@CroakyOak thanks!
What is the diameter and heighr?
Diameter - 7 5/8” (194 mm)
Height - 4 1/2” (114 mm)