Robin Wood - Wood Turner

Programme Outline

Robin Wood turns a wooden bowl.

Robin chops a slice from an elm log with the grain running across the wood. He draws a circle on the wood and cuts the rough shape of a solid bowl, using an axe.

In his workshop, he hammers a pole into the wood to attach it to his lathe. Working the treadle with his foot to turn the wood back and forth, he uses special tools to carve the outside and then the inside of the bowl. Finally he shaves off the wood which was attached to the lathe and makes it smooth. The whole process takes him about an hour.