Tenon size
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Turning maple bowl n wondering what size tenon? Bowl is 11.75 inches wide x 3 inches. Wood is dry. I turned a tenon for my 35mm spigot jaws n it looks too small. Only other jaws I have are the 5omm nova jaws. Thaks
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I'm self taught, so I don't know any guidelines.  For a bowl that size, I would use my 4" jaws.
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(05-27-2020, 03:05 PM)Bill Mains Wrote: Turning maple bowl n wondering what size tenon? Bowl is 11.75 inches wide x 3 inches. Wood is dry. I turned a tenon for my 35mm spigot jaws n it  looks too small. Only other jaws I have are the 5omm nova jaws. Thaks

Late to do a bottom mortise, but the 50mm will handle a 12" shallow bowl easily.  If you're a cutter, not a hacker, your 35 should handle things, but the coward in me says to put waste on a faceplate (or held by a 50mm mortise) with a suitable-for-gluing mortise for your existing tenon.

I think I used my spigot jaws exactly twice before they moved along to the back of the drawer.  I don't like to chew the wood, so I use the wedge jaws either in mortises or occasionally with tenons.
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#8
What MM said.

If you could have put it in expansion you could have done it up to 3" or wider. 

How big are you going to make the foot??  I think I would make it 3.5" to 4" to keep the bowl stable unless it is an art piece then it can sit on a needle point. 
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