Rochester Woodworkers Society


Some of the sellout crowd getting situated before the Ellsworth workshop begins	The Ellsworth workshop, like all RWS workshops, was held at the Woodcraft Store in Rochester	David begins by explaining how to do different bowls from a log	His first demonstration was a natural edged bowl from a piece of Poplar

Notice the log preparation, including the notch removed to allow for wood contact	The workshop was videotaped for the RWS library as well as providing a TV monitor for a better view	David starts roughing the outside of the bowl	David used only two tools all day, the Ellsworth gouge and a small fingernail grind gouge

The bowl was centered to control the grain and bark location	After rough shaping the outside, David mounts the bowl to a faceplate	David uses #14 hardened screws to hold his work to the faceplate	Even with a secure mounting to the faceplate, David uses the tailstock when possible

David illustrates how the screw mounting holds without interfering with the foot	Putting the finishing cuts on the outside of the bowl	David sands the bowl with a flexible sanding disk in a drill	The work is rotated by hand as the power sanding is done

With the outside done, David explains his plans for the inside	He begins by using the gouge to bore a hole on center	He then removes material from the outside in towards the center	One of the periodic checks of the wall thickness and uniformity
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog

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