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Thanks for watching, Mike! Happy turning!

Thanks for the suggestion, Jesse - unfortunately, the slower drying leads to a patchy finish

@ okay. BTW as a newbie to turning, I find your work and attention to the creative details inspiring. If you knew me, you would realize what a compliment that is. I am not often inspired. 😁

I'm glad you agree! I think it's my new go-to for larger pieces. One can still add a multiplier for type of wood/effort/etc.

Thanks for the tip

Hi Mikey, just so I'm super clear here - what does one do with these folded up paper towels? do you put them in your left hand?

@@qbranchwoodworks Yes. you use them to apply pressure to the outside of the bowl opposing the pressure from the gouge. Stewart Batty has demonstrated it for rocky mountain woodturners among others. I believe the reason we are supposed to recommend paper towels is the safety aspect. I may or may not have used gloves, bare fingers and rags in the past... but have found the experience unpleasant...

Makes a lot of sense - when I'm turning on my own, I tend to just use bare fingers, but I could see the safety boon of the paper towels. Thanks for being willing to share!

Thanks David, and thanks for watching!

I'll put together a video on signing bowl bottoms in the next couple months - stay tuned!

@qbranchwoodworks will do! I've used my little cnc mill, but i can't get a bowl under the bits!

haha it appears that YT flips my image when I broadcast, which is good to know. I've been going back and forth on whether they're mahogany or sapele - they were sold to me as mahogany, but they have ribbons like sapele, but they SMELL like mahogany and aren't as hard as the sapele I've turned. My guess is that this is just darker mahogany, but I'm 50/50 on that

Thanks, Kerry! I'll definitely do a review on the carving systems soon 👍

@ nice! Looks really neat mate👌

Thanks, that's a great point! I'll try to include that in the next version.

You got it! That was the one. It was fun!

Thanks for the tip!

Thank you! It's the Trent Bosch carving stand

I'll be making a video on it - stay tuned!

Really good question - I was afraid that cutting or scraping would either chip the putty or tear it out completely. Sanding seemed the safest way to actually get a finished product

Thank you very much for watching! I appreciate you tuning in.

That's the Sorby spiraling tool

Not as wasty as the landfill, which is where it was headed 🤷‍♂️

Not what the metrics say, unfortunately 👎

I printed them! I'll design some that I can sell one of these days

Thanks man, I appreciate it! Link me to your tiktok?

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Stephen!

Thanks Keith!

Thanks Allen!

I hear you, but I can only make videos about my own opinions. If you are uncomfortable with my opinions on the subject, I strongly encourage you to make your own videos saying that the naked mortise is great - plenty of people will agree, and you can form a community around it! My goal is not to grow a subscriber base by not having an opinion, it's to grow a community of like-minded people who want to grow in the same direction. We think the naked mortise sucks. We think epoxy river tables are overdone and kind of gross to begin with. We think 45 minutes of cell phone footage of an old guy rambling in his garage is a rough format for a TH-cam woodturning video. We think we can do better. We try to get better. For the record, this video has 3 times as many views as my next closest video and 10 times as many as my next closest "just make a bowl" video. The controversy feeds the algorithm. Half of my subscribers came from this very video. The like to dislike ratio is nearly 20:1. Unfortunately I think you're wrong about just about everything you said in the comment above, but I do appreciate you taking the time and caring enough to both watch and comment. If you make that video about the naked mortise, send me a link and I'll watch, subscribe, and leave my thoughts below it 👍

Thanks for watching! Be sure to share some vids when you get set up!

Thanks for watching! I got lucky and got the carcass pre-built from a gentleman in the Midwest. I'd recommend reaching out to Rich Colvin @colvintools or colvintools.com - he's the steward of the MDF rose engine project and can help get you started. Great guy.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the additional context, and I'll definitely be experimenting more. You're right about the vase - usually when I want to carve the outside I try to at least do a closed form to show off the outside a bit more. This concept has legs, but the execution wasn't awesome.

Thanks Allen, I appreciate it!

Thank you, and thanks so much for watching!

If it makes you feel better, it's silicone that I've scored with an xacto knife - they break away easily. I break about half a dozen a year around the house

you get RIGHT outta here!

Thanks for watching, Steve!

You can still brand inside the mortise of you put a foot around it. We, as turners, know when we're not putting proper effort in. If you sold the pieces, I'm extremely happy for you - just imagine how fast you'd sell them if you finished them! This would be like leaving all of the planks too long after you build a deck. Technically, the deck is a deck, but there's a lot of extra material that's keeping the internal and external shape from matching in a pleasing way. Take the extra time and make something legendary, not just passable or sellable

Thank you for the advise. I know you mean well but I like the way my bowls have turned and and my customers seem to like them too. Since yesterday I have orders for 6 more. After the Christmas rush I will try again your way.

nooooooooo I specifically asked for the opposite of thiiiiiiiiiiiiis

Ah, internets. So comfortingly predictable

hahaha the head cold limited my volume, I'll shout next time so it's less... intimate

beats me... if I figure it out I'll post a video about it

Dave usually thinks he knows, so I'd ask him

@@guyhilldonDAVE WE HAVE QUESTIONS

I tried making a video called "your thick, lazy bowls are fine" but nobody watched 🤷‍♂️