Largest Bowl in the World

[Robbo3]

Largest Bowl in the World - 4 x 1metres. Won't say anything about safety. :shock:
- http://www.wwideas.com/other/the-biggest-wooden-bowl/

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

be dam funny if it cracked just before they finished sanding it!!

 

[gregmcateer]

Now THAT is a bowl!

 

[chipmunk]

(hammer) ...but it's segmented!
It's not real bowl turning. He only knocked a few corners off the outside and evened out a few bumps on the inside.

Jon

 

[n0legs]

Can you imagine the size of the lettuce leaves :?:

Jeezz that's one big bowl, good find

 

[Paul.J]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

 

[Mark Hancock]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

 

[finneyb]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

I'm not saying this is the biggest natural bowl ever turned, but it must be up there with the leaders IMHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLhNfI_Ibso

Brian

 

[jpt]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHVeCUQxeY

 

[Robbo3]

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

Photo on Stuart Turner's website. Probably copyrighted so won't copy it & post it here.

"He is the holder of the World Record for the largest bowl turned out of one piece of wood in 1997 in the USA authenticated and certified by the Guinness book of records."
- http://stuartmortimer.s411.sureserver.c ... -stuart-2/

Edit: Stuart Mortimer not Stuart Turner

 

[Paul.J]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

Hi Mark good to hear from you
Seems you were correct,but i thought i saw one been turned on a VB36 by another well known turner whos name escapes me where it was as tall as he,but not sure if that was a segmented bowl??

 

[Mark Hancock]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHVeCUQxeY

Nice to know my memory's not going :lol: Thanks for the link.

 

[Mark Hancock]

I wonder what the biggest natural bowl is ever turned :?:

Last I heard was the one by Stuart Mortimer in Philadelphia on a Highlander(?) lathe many years ago.

Hi Mark good to hear from you
Seems you were correct,but i thought i saw one been turned on a VB36 by another well known turner whos name escapes me where it was as tall as he,but not sure if that was a segmented bowl??

Hi Paul
There was a large Wassail bowl (segmented) turned on a VB36 by Steve Cooper for the Turners Company 400th anniversary

http://www.turnersco.com/400th-anniversary

 

[Paul.J]

No it's not that one i've seen Mark,though i had seen that before.
I'll have another look.