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Enforced warping?

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arcos:
Well, it's been a few days(?) since I came here and it looks like I have missed a few 'interesting' posts  ;)

Looking at the warped walnut bowl in the gallery got me thinking...

Is it possible to force warping, or perhaps, assist the warping in a way that would give a desired finished product?

I'm thinking about using metal bars/weights on bowl edges to try and drag edges in a certain direction.

Just a thought

And another question is how on earth do you stop a wet turned piece from cracking??

bodrighywood:
If you turn green wood thin enough it will warp but not necessarily split. It does also depend on the wood. As far as doing it deliberately have a look at this

Martin Lawrence:
  When using green wood you can guide the warp you want, the makers of hats use elastic bands to pull the rim in, when at school I used to soak plywood and press in to a vice type template  and make nicely curved salad spoons, so with a bit of practice I dont see why it could not be done with any thinly turned green wood..

Cheers Martin

Mark Sanger:
http://www.woodhat.com/process.asp

Mark Sanger:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=woodbending

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