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R e m o v e t h e t o o l r e s t f r o m t h e b a n j o a n d r e p l a c e t h e b o w l s a v e r b a c k
i n t o t h e b a n j o , s i t t i n g i t d o w n o n t h e c o l l a r t o s e t t h e c o r r e c t
h e i g h t .
S t a r t o f f w i t h t h e l a r g e r b l a d e a n d r e m o v e t h e l a r g e s t b o w l f i r s t ,
t h e n s w a p o v e r t o t h e s m a l l e r b l a d e f o r t h e n e x t s i z e d o w n . B o w l s
u n d e r 8 ” ( 2 0 0 m m ) c u t w i t h t h e s m a l l b l a d e .
W i t h t h e B o w l s a v e r i n t h e t o o l r e s t w e w i l l n o w m o v e t h e w h o l e
t o o l r e s t a n d B o w l s a v e r u n i t u p t o t h e f a c e o f t h e b o w l .
S l i d e t h e t o o l r e s t a c r o s s u n t i l t h e t i p o f t h e c u t t e r l i n e s u p w i t h t h e
p i t c h c i r c l e .
T h i s i s c a l l e d t h e p o i n t o f e n t r y . I t i s n o t n e c e s s a r y t o h a v e t h e
p i v o t b o l t i n t h e c e n t r e o f t h e b o w l .
N e x t s e t t h e d e p t h o f c u t ( h o w f a r t h e b l a d e g o e s i n t o t h e b o w l ) .
Y o u w i l l f i n d a t e m p l a t e h a s b e e n p r o v i d e d i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h i s
g u i d e t o m a k e y o u r o w n d e p t h g a u g e .
Once you have made a decision mark
the pitch circle for that bowl, then divide
the rest of the face of the bowl up
according to the number of additional
bowls that you wish to core out. This will
largely depend on the depth of the
blank.
A blank of 3” (75mm) in depth will
produce two bowls, a blank of 4” to 5”
(100 to 125mm) in depth will safely
produce three and a 6"(150mm) blank
four.
Cut a spigot on the front of the blank
to enable the core to be remounted for
the next bowl.
