Woodturning a bowl from a beech log: how it’s done

Talented craftsman and master woodturner Pat Laperrière demonstrates how he makes a simple, yet striking wooden bowl from a beech log.

The video is from Stereokroma’s Canadian artisan series Oú Se Trouve:

Today we’re featuring Pat Laperrière of Le PicBois from Quebec who is a woodworker primarily focused on wood turning. In this video, he demonstrates how he makes a simple, yet beautiful wooden bowl out of a log of beech. Pat has been woodturning for three years, and although he makes it look easy, it’s quite a dangerous and skillful endeavor.

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Robert Dalheim is an editor at the Woodworking Network. Along with publishing online news articles, he writes feature stories for the FDMC print publication. He can be reached at [email protected].