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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 172 Location: Conroe Joined: Jun 26^th, 2017 Gender:	round bottom wobble bowls Nov 18^th, 2019 at 9:54pm	Print Post
	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: 2,665 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Joined: Aug 19^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #1 - Nov 18^th, 2019 at 11:47pm	Print Post
	Made one several years ago, can't sell it.


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Chris Neilan WR Addict Offline OUCH! Posts: 1,002 Location: Waterford Joined: May 29^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #2 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 12:05am	Print Post
	A picture would help...

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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,977 Location: Wilton Joined: Apr 21^st, 2008 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #3 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 12:51am	Print Post
	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 Location: Windham Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2018 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 2:17pm	Print Post
	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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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,631 Location: Ellsworth Joined: Mar 18^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #5 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 2:51pm	Print Post
	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: 172 Location: Conroe Joined: Jun 26^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #6 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 3:33pm	Print Post
	Here's pics (just ignore all the tear out)

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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 172 Location: Conroe Joined: Jun 26^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #7 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 3:39pm	Print Post
	As for how, I just removed the tenon in the cole jaws.


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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,631 Location: Ellsworth Joined: Mar 18^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #8 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 4:02pm	Print Post
	Wow! That's waay more of a rounded bottom than the ones we were making in the class. Yeah, i have to agree here, I can't see it as any sort of bowl that a customer would want. As for technique, yeah, it's pretty cool but not practical. ]" src="http://www.woodturnersresource.com/yabbfiles26/Smilies/023.gif" alt="Smiley" title="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. ]" src="http://www.woodturnersresource.com/yabbfiles26/Smilies/023.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> ]" src="http://www.woodturnersresource.com/yabbfiles26/Smilies/023.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" />

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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 Location: North DFW, Texas Joined: Aug 10^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #9 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 4:08pm	Print Post
	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 Location: Eugene, OR Joined: Apr 15^th, 2006	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #10 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 4:55pm	Print Post
	I have heard them called 'Earthquake' bowls. Haven't done one yet... robo hippy


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Daniel Hayes Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 172 Location: Conroe Joined: Jun 26^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #11 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 5:51pm	Print Post
	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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Robert Fischer Senior Member Offline Posts: 299 Location: Windham Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2018 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #12 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 9:24pm	Print Post
	When I first looked at this thread and Googled "round bottom wobble bowls" this is one of the first photos that came up: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) 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 Location: DeSoto, TX Joined: Feb 26^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #13 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 7:52pm	Print Post
	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 Joined: Apr 25^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: round bottom wobble bowls Reply #14 - Nov 23^rd, 2019 at 11:23pm	Print Post
	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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