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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 178 Conroe Texas USA Gender:	round bottom wobble bowls Nov 18^th, 2019 at 4:54pm Any of you do these? I have seen a few at craft fairs and galleries. Don't seem very practical but I made one yesterday and they are kind of neat.
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Don Stephan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,666 Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #1 - Nov 18^th, 2019 at 6:47pm Made one several years ago, can't sell it.
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Chris Neilan WR Addict Offline OUCH! Posts: 1,009 Waterford Connecticut USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #2 - Nov 18^th, 2019 at 7:05pm A picture would help...
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #3 - Nov 18^th, 2019 at 7:51pm As far as I know, these types of bowls have their origin in certain cultures for specific purposes. If not made for or with a specific task in mind there's really no point to them IMO
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Robert Fischer Senior Member Offline Posts: 299 Windham Maine USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 9:17am Like Chris, I'm interested in seeing a photo or photos. I'm also interested in knowing how they are turned. Not that I see a need for a wobble bowl at this time, I'm just curious about how they're made.
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Re: round bottom wobble bowls
Reply #5 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 9:51am

I did one for a class and if it is the same thing, basically, instead of turning a flat bottom, you work the shape so the bottom has a very slight roundness to it.

I call them weeble wobble bowls. They do sit and don't fall over but they aren't a bowl that you would want to put something in.

It would help for you to show us a photo of what you are talking about and i'll try to get a shot of mine.

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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 178 Conroe Texas USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #6 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 10:33am Here's pics (just ignore all the tear out)
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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 178 Conroe Texas USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #7 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 10:39am As for how, I just removed the tenon in the cole jaws.
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Re: round bottom wobble bowls
Reply #8 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 11:02am

Wow! That's waay more of a rounded bottom than the ones we were making in the class. Shocked

Yeah, i have to agree here, I can't see it as any sort of bowl that a customer would want. Roll Eyes

As for technique, yeah, it's pretty cool but not practical. Smiley

As an aside thought.. if you do this again, be aware of the overall curving line of the bowl. You seem to have gone from a curve up the side into a straight section at the top. Better for the curve to follow all the way thru to the rim..even rolling in somewhat to accentuate the curved line.

I do like how the rings of the wood show off so nicely. Smiley

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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 North DFW, Texas Texas USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #9 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 11:08am These would be good if you made a stand to hold it. Was reading an article of round bottom vessels were for liquids and had a holder: woven from leather or reeds. Glenn Jacobs
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robo_hippy WR Addict Offline Posts: 3,638 Eugene, OR USA	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #10 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 11:55am I have heard them called 'Earthquake' bowls. Haven't done one yet... robo hippy
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Reply #11 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 12:51pm

Ralph, must be an illusion of the photo since the diameter at the rim is less than the diameter at the widest part. I purposely left it curved in just a bit. Besides, I couldn't turn a straight edge if I tried.
The grain has been accented by pyrography because it didn't show very well but had a great pattern/flow.
This was just an experiment based on some bowls I saw at two different art galleries this past weekend. No expectations and I even used unknown wood. The ones in the galleries were both charred inside and out. I burned the inside of this one but it started cracking so I stopped. The original intent was to heavily burn the outside and wire brush to raise the grain (and cover the tearout).

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Reply #12 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 4:24pm

When I first looked at this thread and Googled "round bottom wobble bowls" this is one of the first photos that came up:

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These bowls are ceramic, that's why I was curious about the technique for turning them from wood. I now understand that "round bottom wobble bowls" are really just round bottom bowls. Glad that's cleared up for me!

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Cliff De Witt WR Addict Offline Posts: 940 DeSoto, TX Texas USA Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #13 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 2:52pm I have heard them called "calabash" bowls from the Calabash gourd. I have made a couple of them for my wife for her circular sock machine. I make the openings much smaller than the widest part and I do not have to cut the stupid (my Opinion) J hole to feed yarn through.
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George Stratton Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 322 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #14 - Nov 23^rd, 2019 at 6:23pm If any of your wives or girlfriends watch the cooking show with Jaque Peppin (probably spelled wrong) he uses a large, fully round bottom bowl to Whisk everything like cream or Egg Whites while holding it at an angle so that everything is up near the edge of the bowl. Works great for him??.
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