About a year ago I rough turned a pair of walnut canisters for my daughter using walnut from a tree she cut down that was hanging a little too close to the house. For her birthday last year I turned a live, full bark edge bowl. Turned these hoping to be able to make nice lidded canisters by Christmas but didn't get it done.
My problem is I don't know how to go about finishing the lids. I made them extra large so I knew they would not shrink as they dried, making them useless.
I recently bought a Oneway Stronghold and also ordered the larger #3 jaws, but they are just a bit took small to chuck the lids.
The only thing I can think of is to glue a block of wood on the top side as seen in the first photo. The under side of the lid I coated with CA, as it was showing signs of cracking. They have been wrapped in paper sacks for a year now and seem to have stablized. The wood is hard as a rock. Glad I rough turned them green.
Any ideas on how to finish the lids? This one needs turned down to fit inside the bowl and I don't want to take any more off the inside of it.
I'm having a hard time with lidded bowls, but perhaps now with a chuck my struggle will be over.....that is if I turn the pieces in the right sequence.