The resiult of turning large bowls

[Jack Mincey]

I roughed out a few 16" x 6" bowls today to start drying. Just thought some might like to see what happens when one turns 4 large bowls. My chicken lot and dog lot got a new supply of shavings today. The wood was not anything special so I didn't core any of them, just made shavings.
Jack,

[daryl moses]

That's a pile of shavings for sure!!
I'm sure the chickens and dog appreciate it.
How do you clean up that mess? I use a snow shovel to get the bulk of the bigger shavings and follow up with a shop vac. Spend about as much time unclogging the hose as I do cleaning though.

[David Delo]

Wood Porn Alert! Wood Porn Alert!!!!!!!!!

[James Conrad]

Where are the rough outs? Did you get so carried away you turned them down to nothing?

[Jack Mincey]

Daryl, I use an old grain shovel to clean most of it up and then use a shop vac. The shovel is next to the door in the picture. James I had already put them in paper bags to dry.
Jack

[Randy Red Bemont]

Very cool!

Red

[Doug Ladendorf]

Jack, you are pretty precise on placing all the chips to one side of the lathe! You know we need to see the pat that's left now don't you? :-)

[Thomas Canfield]

Quite a mess. I have shower curtains hanging around my lathe to "drop" the shavings in a more controlled manner and reduce the chips/shavings that accumulate on the flat surfaces. Lots of nice curls. I don't have a coring system and know what you mean by all the shavings.

[Roger Chandler]

You are having too much fun, Jack!

[David Utterback]

Same as for leaves in the yard, turn the garbage can on its side and rake in the debris.

That's a pile of shavings for sure!!
I'm sure the chickens and dog appreciate it.
How do you clean up that mess? I use a snow shovel to get the bulk of the bigger shavings and follow up with a shop vac. Spend about as much time unclogging the hose as I do cleaning though.