What you'll use: lathe, chuck, and cutting toolsWhen you make a bowl, you're using a lathe to spin a piece of wood attached to the lathe by a chuck while using cutting tools to shape the bowl. This process is referred to as "turning a bowl." And you are about to become a "wood turner." 1. Lathe spins the wood for cuttingThis diagram covers the key components of a wood lathe. This introductory video shows how the lathe works.  2. Chuck attaches the bowl to the latheThe chuck holds your wood on the lathe's headstock while you're turning the bowl. Most beginners start with a wooden chuck, as shown in the first photo below. If you start making a lot of bowls, you'll find it helpful to have a metal chuck you can use over and over.  Dummy chuck: The bowl is glued to a piece of scrap wood that's connected to the lathe with a faceplate.  Woodturning lathe chuck: Holds the wood with four adjustable jaw and screws onto the headstock. 3. Cutting tools shape the bowlThere are three major categories of cutting tools: scrapers, bowl gouges, and carbide-tipped cutters, each with pros and cons. In our class, we use scrapers supplied by the shop.
This video digs into the differences between the three types of tools and the pros and cons of each.
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