Interesting way to make a bowl

Check out this video of someone turning a bowl on a wood lathe using a very unique bowl blank. Anyone want to try making one as well?

Wood lathe bowl turning video.

Interesting! Next time a see a bowling ball at an estate sale I might grab it.

A question I have is what tools are they using to turn a bowling ball on the lathe? I wonder what else can be turned into a bowl on a wood lathe.

Since bowling balls are plastic, sometimes even resin, conventional lathe tools would work. It’s like a giant pen blank. You can pour large chunks of resin for bowl turning too.