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Of course it is. It's actually locally salvaged oak and elm from peoples yard trees.

It does both😂

@6the6savior6 hopefully he's designated it for one or the other. No one likes a double dipper.

😂 little small for anything else no?😂

Double ended of course😉

@@NekodaMcmillan thanks buddy I really appreciate it!

@@tysenfudge3509 I put some Mahoney walnut oil on it afterward. Siberian elm, beautiful wood. Thanks for dropping a line!

Please expand further. Are you saying you should only do it for the live of turning? Or that it costs so much money and continual invest that you will never get ahead and profit from it?😅

*love of turning

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning it's a labor of love.

@robertcornelius3514 I agree and when I first started turning a year ago I never had any intention of selling anything. But as I progress and want more tools and a bigger lathe and more equipment to progress further down my journey, the money needs to come from somewhere. I work 50-70hrs a week and so does my wife just to pay the bills and get by staying afloat. In a perfect world I wouldn't have to work, could turn all day and give it all away. I'm not there though and my hobby and passion needs to help fund itself.

It's a good machine! I'm fixing to do a full 1 yr review here in November. I don't have a lot to compare to, my first and only other lathe being a Harbor Freight 12x36. Great machine though and quite the upgrade. My only complaint is the optional legs, way to flimsy for a guy who is always trying to max out his lathe with large and uneven pieces. Other than that it's good to go!

The chuck is meh and OK at best. It has left rings and scratch marks on the inside of two bowls now. The rubber o rings have already started to come unglued after two uses and don't provide enough of a buffer from the hard plastic. I've bought a bunch of different diameter pvc and a 1¼-8 tap so I can make my own chucks with some small scraps. I'm not sure how I feel about the system in general, that plastic njpple is definitely a weak point and cause for concern, last thing you want is a 90% finished project flying at your face or smashing to pieces. I'll have to use it a few more times a check back in with a 6month review or something. Thanks for the input bud.

Definitely ain't cherry, at least it's not piss elm🤣

Thanks Doug I really appreciate and value your feedback. The allergy thing is sobhard tobdeal with, I mean half the woods we deal with are nut trees like oak, hickory, walnut and pecan. I've read that Mahoneys and Dr woodshop filters the proteins that trigger reactions. Tung oil is derived from a nut too, now I know the polymerized stuff is treated but i don't know about the various 100% pure varieties out there. I guess I hope or assume anyone with severe nut allergies would just stay away from hardwood products? So with this oil I use i sand with at high rpms 1000 or so generating heat, I then burnish it in with a paper towel at as high a rpm as safe and really cook the oil in, this is also removing the slurry prior to abrasive paste. I've kept the jug of oil in my garage forba year now but will keep an eye on it for it going rancid. Thanks buddy.

Thanks Billy, appreciate it!

Yeah im thinking that extra step of limiting air flow like a bag, box, trashcan, etc. Might be what I'm missing thanks. stuartbattytools.com/buy-woodturning-tools/ols/categories/new-revolution-series-elliptical-bowl-gouges

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning My wife when she shops asks for paper bags. So there is not extra cost. I've 50 Cherry blanks I'm getting ready to rough out... if I"m short on bags. The grocery store will give 5 for a dollar.

@jonlanier_ thanks buddy, I'll have the wife start doing the same.

Thanks for the kind words and recommendations. All the cuts and scars on my hands are from cutting and splitting firewood, working on and sharpening chainsaws and wrenching on cranes without gloves. I need the dexterity and feel more than the protection, some cases they make an increased risk of accidents.

@dondeere yeah it took me a minute to figure out but I eventually got there. Thanks.

@darrellreed7044 not quite sure what you mean by this but he's one of my biggest influences and favorite turners so I'm honored to be mentioned in the same sentence😅

Thanks! I used all that I had to make abrasive paste and wood butter. You reminded me I need to pay a visit back to my local beekeeper and get some more!

@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173 so it would almost seem best to keep these high moisture woods in long slab form or half logs with the pith removed, let them semi and crack and warp and do their thing, then cut them into blanks and start working them. Hopefully being able to cut away most of the cracks in the semi dry slab state.

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning Yeah, I'm trying this with one 3 foot bit. It doesn't leave as much meat on it though. But I did get about 4 out of 6 10" bowls without cracking

@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173 that's awesome, I myself am not a fan of finishing cracked bowls, but sometimes the wood is so beautiful I will fill them and finish them out. Best of luck buddy, I have not got ahold of any beech yet, I hear it can be beautiful and cuts easily.

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning Beech is all blighted in New England. Gotta take it all down next 5 years. It's easy spalting too, just leave it on the ground for some months.

I scavenge and Salvage all my wood and can't find ash anywhere because of the emerald borer. All the ash in Michigan is on the ground and rotting or dead standing, it's weird to see tons of barkless trees everywhere.

Thanks Doug, you're spot on with that statement! They both smell great and cut good while turning and both have had my highest rate of non cracking compared to say oaks and maples which I scavenge a lot of. Yeah the lights are a bummer it only happens when I have my led flood lights on with my dji action cam. I might go back to filming with my phone. I need to get with the technology though. I was filming in selfie mode so I could see where the camera was pointing and then had to reverse everything in editing lol!

Interesting take on drying buddy. I'll look into it. To be honest the majority of them get turned and tossed on the cupboards in the laundry room. I rarely even seal them. I think subconsciously I don't like turning dry wood so I don't care what happens to them, I just have fun roughing bowls lol!

@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound thanks Doug I really appreciate that tip with the sealer for the glue, it makes so much sense once you mention that. Is that your oak bowl you were talking about, the one with the big ol knot? I know what you mean about that area where the grain is looking like quartersawn sycamore, but the bark on the tree looked exactly like my neighbors black walnut, that's why I was thinking possibly English walnut or butternut but I'm not familiar with them.

@hayesrutherford9415 I've wanted a VicMarc but my first one was a nova now I just stick with them because I have the jaws. But I watch so much Raffan And Tomislav that I want shark jaws lol!

@DennisDolan-fl3mw some use moisture meters, others use a formula of 1 year plus 1 additional year per inch of thickness. Weighing the bowls is a great option also you get a baseline weight and re weigh every so often and when it stops losing weight it's usually good to go.

@DennisDolan-fl3mw ok I'll try to break some of this down for you, I could make a ton of videos and write pages on it. But you can't stop the moisture from leaving, we simply try and slow it down. When the moisture leaves to rapidly or from one area faster than another it stresses the wood and it cracks. So wood is basically a bundle of straws that carry water from the roots to the leaves and back. We try and plug the end of the straws or the endgrain and make the water leave the sides and barkbat a much slower rate. I use anchorseal which is a wax emulsion, or Elmer's glue because it's cheap. People use other things such as latex paint and cling wrap. It's best to seal the logs the day it is cut, then any time you cut the wood again and it won't be in it's finished form. This step is completely unnecessary if you begin with kiln or air dried wood. This is a green wood technique.

I probably should, I have dozens of them laying around and I'd rather chuck up another piece rather than finishing one. I never thought there would be much of a market for them or going about doing it.

I might have to try the cardboard box trick to restrict airflow, seems to make sense. I can't wait for fal, I too like to turn when it's a bit cooler, winter is rough though my garage isn't insulated or heated. I burn all my shavings so the problem children go in the pit with them, have a good one Buddy!

Thanks Billy! Hasn't yet, cherry, walnut and box elder have been my most stable woods that I've salvaged locally.

Thanks! Glue blocks are something I have not messed with yet but plan on it here in the near future, I want to trybsome platters and plates.

That's awesome brother! It's hard to explain wood hoarding to somone, it just sounds crazy and incomprehensible, but it's real lol! I love bowls, they are my favorite, lately I've been trying to teach myself spindle work though, it seems to do well at the small craft shows. Thanks for stopping in, it's always good to find and chat with like minded people.

🤣🤣🤣 ain't that the truth! Having a full time job kills me, I just want to turn lol! Maybe if I could figure out shipping I could do something with selling blanks, give me something to think about buddy.

@@TheMessyStudio thanks Billy!

@hayesrutherford9415 that's a great idea! I might have to borrow that idea from yah. Alot of times I'll leave a bowl or something but those usually go to wives, file handles would actually get some good use.

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning I made a video of me making file handles in case you are bored. :)

@@hayesrutherford9415 I'll check it out!

@@David-rx2uh thanks! I need to get to it and figure out how I want to break them down further. I also want to go back and get the rest of that log, so much to do so little time.

@hayesrutherford9415 heh that's kind of funny! I don't know if what I did was the right decision or not but I'm rolling with it. Best of luck to yah buddy!

@@Ray-DacaTimberworksWoodturning Will check out some of your vides as time permits

@@hayesrutherford9415 same here, I actually watched your spatula vid on my other channel and it helped with my first one.

I really appreciate that, I want it to be clear that I'm new and learning. Which makes most of us peers and going through the same or similar struggles together. I don't want to purposely mess up but at the same time I don't want an ultra edited and super refined experience. That's why Raffan is one of my absolute favorite turners to watch, he leaves his catches in his videos. It's reassuring that a master like himself still gets a bit careless and has one.

Oh you're gonna love it, it's beautiful wood. I just turned a once green bowl of it Sunday. It has tiny medulary rays that you can see once it starts to dry out, but nothing like oak. Post it when you do, I'll be waiting!

@JamesCouch777 thanks for the encouragement, Bud! That's what's great about processing your own wood is you can find and make all kinds of interesting pieces!

Thanks, yeah as far as I can tell Raffan is the GOAT. I've learned almost everything from him and Tomislav who's one of his students so very similar. I do like to watch Batty and Ellsworth too, one of these days I want some hands on training with someone.

Thanks, it was the wake up call I needed though. I got lucky with a slap on the wrist, but it was enough for me to change my ways.

Thanks Buddy, appreciate it!

10 to 15 minute videos are best. combination of normal & sped up speed is OK. edit when needed. love the video. love how you tell us what you're doing. great instructions. always narrate your videos. Thanks.

@@DennisDolan-fl3mw Thanks so much for dropping in! This is exactly the type of feedback I'm looking for, I really appreciate the input.

Thanks friend I appreciate it!

Thanks for the suggestion, sound good! I like the sound of the red bringing out the cherry instead of clashing with it using an opposite color. So far I've only tried 5min epoxy with some pigment powder twice, I need to watch some more videos on it. I covered it in some Elmer's and it's hanging out in the laundry room, we'll get back to it shortly.

@gregdownunderinOz thanks, I've heard this also about the rpms, I've watched the video dozens of times in slow motion, the bowl appears to come out lateral towards me at first but hits the tool rest and angles upwards. It's hard to tell but the bowl is slightly closed form, meaning the rim tapers inwards. The jaws never had the bowl, as soon as the tailstock was removed and I touched the spindle gouge to it it popped loose. I've talked to a few turners about and with the inward tapered rim I should have expanded the jaws outwards from inside the bowl like you would a Recessed mortise.