That’s that’s what I like about Woodturning is all the different grains in the wood. I think the way it is shaped sometimes helps bring the grain out, but the different grains is what makes the turning so beautiful.
I am having a ' lets see some of Phils past projects' day. Wow ,oooo, and beautiful. So far sorry I am so far behind but loving watching you work. you are a joy Phil
These kinds of pieces are symbols of our lives. Not perfect but perfect useable by the Man in charge. Yes, I like it, still working on some of my own. Just ordered my Sand o flex and told my tree cutter what I’m looking for. It’s going to be fun! Thanks again.
I enjoyed the problem solving techniques. It’s always interesting and enjoyable. Alder wood is new to me. The bowl has many unique features. I like your versatility . It is very nice.
Phil, The gap is part of the natural beauty. I wouldn’t change a thing. I love the bowl. The only thing I would have done is use brown thick starBond CA in the cracks. I have found that the ca doesn’t take away from the natural beauty of the wood. Nice job 👍
The Nordic countries decorate many of the (Sloyd) carvings with decorative cuts stained with coffee. I've made a few spoons with decorative carvings and stained the features with some good ole Folgers Instant. Crushed the crystals to a fine powder, rubbed into the carving, and finished with hemp oil. I think the Nordic term for this process is called Kolrosing. Enjoyed the video.
Phil, You're braver than I.. I would've left it 3/8 + thick because of the rotten wood, but you are the professional.. You know your limits.. Great looking piece !!!
I love it looks like the stuff I wind up with my wood is just what I can find around here I don’t buy store bought wood for nicer pieces I just do lots of irregular wood so I turn out irregular bowls ppl like them , Phil anybody can turn perfect wood it’s the junk me and you get try’s our ability’s
Don't worry about the peice missing looks good as far as the crack filling I do alot of custom woodwork with old wood and the best way I fill cracks is mix the glue and fine dust from my orbital sander bag and push it into the crack with a wooden wedge or thin knife
It’s a very nice bowl, even with all its defects. One day you will have to try filling all the cracks, on a similar piece, with coffee as it adds a lot of color.
The bowl is absolutely gorgeous. The breakage that's nothing just adds character to it like you said. Coffee coffee grounds are fantastic things to work with. Keep up the work much appreciation Bailey
Hello , " smoothing out" was the best to do , that double-edge scraper was unknown until now , works actually well , will make one for myself to test , the "sand o flex" is new as well , exactly what woodworkers need but unfortunately not available in France , well , much to learn from you , Phil !
I think that’s one gorgeous piece, I’d be proud to have made that. I had to smile at myself thinking you’d gone to make a coffee! Genius idea, totally out of the box, Love it. Thank you, I appreciate the work you put into making these videos, long may you continue.
Sometimes you end up with a defect that becomes a key characteristic and story of its own. This bowl has just that and so many other features. I’m beginning to really appreciate your thoughts on the bowls and how each determines how far you’re going to push it. You’ve done good!
PHIL, YOU DID GREAT, I LOVE IT, GREAT JOB, GREAT VIDEO, THAT FEATURE SLASH PLACE FOR YOUR THUMB IS GREAT, IT IS PERFECT...6/3/21...THAT WHY THEY CALL IT WOODTURNING, YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WONT...
Thank you so much, David! It's really good to hear that what I do might be enjoyable to watch. That's why I do it. I've seen sooo many good videos on TH-cam. I would not be able to turn without the help I've gotten from so many craftsman willing to share. Thanks again for watching and commenting!
I believe it looks like an archeological find...way cool. So much to look at with swirls, natural features and even coffee! Thanks for the tip in Howard Feed n Wax. 🪵
Love it. The fact that you keep your work as natural as possible I find appealing. Having a part broken out,but smoothed is a nice "added" feature, though I liked it even better before it broke out. That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. But I love it.
Yup, sometimes ya just gotta roll with the punches, Timothy! Most of my pieces have a gap in them before I even start. This one did surprise me, but I can live with it. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
Good pun about the thumb hold...lol As always, a beautiful swan from an ugly duckling. Hope you're not getting blown away with the winds here in PNW. It's been blowing hard here in the mid-Willamette valley all day.
Ha! It has been pretty windy, Ali, but beginning to die down and, more importantly, warm up! I haven't been in my un-heated shop for a week and I'm going stir crazy! Phil
Phil Don't waste your good weekend coffee - drink it first! :-) :-) Then use the used coffee grounds - same results! Let used coffee get completely dry - or you will grow mold! Thanks for your videos - lot's of useful tips for us sawdust makers. Regards Dennis Beamish Cambridge Ontario Canada
Good advice, Dennis! I've thought of doing this but when I'm standing there in the morning waiting for the coffee to be ready, I'm not really quite awake yet and down the disposal they go! I'll have to leave myself a note! Thank you for your great comment! Phil
Hi Phil -- nice piece! I know this is an old video, so I assume you have learned not to waste your "weekend coffee", -- I've found that the wood does not care if you use coffee that you have run boiling water through before you use it to patch! :-) ;-) -- A good excuse to enjoy a cup while you wait for the CA to dry too! Always fun and a learning experience to watch you turn! Thanks for sharing. Dennis
Phil this video just popped up in suggested videos to watch. I have never seen it. Just the right time because a few weeks ago we were up at our sons place. He has acres and acres of alder. He was pulling a stump and was about to toss it in the junk wood pile. He was cutting firewood for this winter and said the stump was no good. I looked at it and it was completely spalted and I said it sure is.I have no idea yet what to do with it but it is still pretty wet so I am letting it dry. Now on to your bowl. I think it looks great. Really nice grain. As for what the broken spot could be. If it was a gravy bowl it would be perfect for the spoon to rest in so it would not fall into the gravy. Just kidding! It looks like it belongs there. I expect that the pieces I have is going to be hard to keep together. But I will try and for sure I will have a hot cup of coffee and some fresh grounds handy. Gary
Gary, around here, and probably there, alder just seems to go for firewood. I remember turning my first piece of it and being very surprised at what was inside. It's a very hard wood, often with great grain patterns. It sands and finishes beautifully, too. I have more of it but the pieces are too big for me to cut by myself. I've got to get my son-in-law up here to give me a hand because I would like to turn more of it, soon. I'm sure you will be happy with most anything you make out of yours. Hope you are feeling better! Phil
Thanks Phil I feel much better. I turned a nice Oak bowl today and finished and Apple bowl I roughed out months ago. Years ago when I was much younger we would go and cut firewood. Mostly was alder. Now our son has a lifetime supply of alder firewood. Alder is also great for smoking salmon. The day I got the spalted wood he was cutting up a tree that had been down for almost a year. It was purple half way through where it had been laying on the ground so he thought I might want to see how it would turn. Some sort of fungus I guess. Way to wet to be fun to turn but I have one roughed out.
Phil -- Job!! PS - don;t waste your good weekend coffee - use the grounds "after" you make the coffee - the bowl won't care about the flavour. :-) PS - let the grounds dry in an open container or you will grow mould. Dennis
Hi Phil, Personally, I was expecting it to fly apart during the turn. Given the the general state of the wood, you did a great job. It has a lot of character. It kinda makes me think about us old guys, lived a long rugged life, still has a lot going for itself but slowly falling apart. I like it! I generally use saw dust to fill cracks but, I'll have to try coffee grounds but will use "used" grounds. Haha
Yeah, Charlie, us old guys are like the Energizer bunny. We just keep going and going! I hope to keep going for a good while, yet. Lots of rotten wood to turn! As always, thank you for watching and commenting. I like to read your thoughts!
That is a great idea, Ron! I'll bet it works just as well and I can get another cup of coffee out of the can! Thank you very much for taking your time to watch and comment, much appreciated!
Goldurnit Phil, I thought you were the last person to be bragging about how everything is bigger in the USA. Showing off about the size of your woodworm by explaining this was a single bite from one of them. Yeh yeh yeh Phil. Over here in the UK we call such woodworm Beavers. Our beavers would not be giving up after just one bite, heck they eat the whole godamn tree. :) Only joshin' with you good friend. Lovely work as usual. Bless you.
That punky area where you did the repair sanded different because it is SOFT wood. Next time apply a sealer sander or Watco oil and allow to dry which will stabilize the soft area.
Yeah, I know, that's always a conundrum. I do like to leave things as natural as possible, but I also don't want someone breaking a fingernail or catching their clothes on something I've turned. Just another of life's little problems. :) Thank you again, Mark, for watching and commenting!
All the things that happen, inclusions left in are all what I consider the Footprints of Creation, leave them, be proud of them, I love to leave Bark, Cracks anything that pops up, those are the pieces that everyone wants over the smooth regular bowls...nice work
This is so good to hear, Will! I feel exactly the same way, but you've stated it better than I could. Thank you for taking your time to watch and for your great comment, much appreciated! Phil
Have you ever tried wood hardner? I've used a little. It seems to work OK but really stinks... but what I have is usually soft punky and half rotten lol but it's pretty...
Love to know where you come up with wood like you turn--I'm seeking some myself! Nice piece--I thought I saw another piece that needed CA when you were CA-ing, Al Furtado-The Rebel Turner uses a lot of CA and he turns a lot of similar pieces to these--I love watching both of ya'll
So far, Don, all of the wood I have turned, has come from this property or yard sales. I am running out, however, which accounts for some of the unusual pieces I've been turning because there just isn't much left! I watch Al, too. He helps me think outside the box. Thank you for watching and commenting, much appreciated!
About the time you said coffee, I started smelling it. haha... now I'm paused to go get a cup. EDIT: Got my coffee and a hotdog, took my legs off (Prosthetics) and relaxing in my wheelchair.
Hi Phil, Pretty neat idea,,,,a Thumb Bowl!I like it ! I've used coffee grounds after they have made coffee!I take them out of the filter and dry them! I also use very fine saw dust that I take off of my shop vac filter.I put the CA in the cracks,,,,rub some saw dust into the cracks,,,,apply more CA and more saw dust.I think the fine saw dust not only goes deeper into the cracks but also forms a better "bond" due to it's very fine "particles"! A question,,,I see you signing your pieces and have to wonder how the heck you keep the fine line felt tip markers from drying out?I use the Sharpie brand and no matter what I try they just dry up fast! Thanks for the video! Tom
Dust from the vac filter is a great idea, Tom! I'll have to try that. Lord knows, the filter is always full, anyway! I do like the coffee grounds because of the color but it does depend on the piece, I suppose. I haven't had a problem with the Sharpie drying out, at all. I do keep the lid on all the time, but I'm sure you do to. I use the Extra Fine Point, if that helps.
I save fine saw dust from various different color woods in prescription bottles and label them.I also hammer down used coffee grounds on a steel plate to make them finer! LOL To me,,,using coffee grounds ,as is,(even fine grind) is like making cement with cobble stone and not sand.The finer the filler ,the more of it you get into a crack I use the same Extra Fine Point markers and do keep the cap on very tight.
You must have Acetone based wood hardeners in the US? I've used it recently on a 17th cottage window frames (in the UK). It doesn't darken or change the wood too dramatically. That said, wear gloves, because it's like Gorilla Glue for staining fingers!
I don't really know what the base of the wood hardeners available locally is, mikenco. I used some one time and found it did discolor the wood and I did not like using it and probably won't, again. I do always wear glove when finishing. Phil
Ha! Ya know, Ralph, I forgot I bought some just for pieces like this. I even know where it is! Just didn't think about it during this turning, but that would have been a good idea. I have some other pieces I will try that on in the near future. Thanks for the reminder! And thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Call that an Art project, one thing I did wonder about why didn't you take the bowl off the lathe to apply glue and coffee, anyway it ended up an interesting piece.
Love this bowl Phil... I missed this video... Probably others also along the way too. Lots of things going on in this bowl.. Being from Ga.with lots of brothers and a sister a person could learn how to hold on to the popcorn bowl with that thumb rest going on there... Super nice !!! Later my friend. Km
Phil ... I seen someone put woodshavings in a blender,fill it to the top loosley compacted and turn it on, after a bit you have wood powder to fill cracks and pour the CA glue rub it in with your finger ad .ore wood powder as needed, The wood wheeler from Arkensaw is where I seen this ...
I don't really like filling cracks, mikenco. To me, they always look like filled cracks. So, if I must, I'm going to make it stand out rather than look like I've done a poor job of trying to hide something. Does that make sense? Phil
Thank you for asking, Tommy! Right below the window that contains the video is a Share button. You can share on any of the social platforms or get a shareable link from there. 😊
Phil, I have not yet seen how you’re going to address your new “feature”, but……if I was dead set against a resin fix, I’d take my Dremel ( or a fine rasp) and smoothe out that feature and call it a “spoon slot”!!! You could even carve a simple spoon to lay in the spot to go with the bowl…..!!! Just sayin’.
I do have some Minwax Wood Hardener, Paul, but I'm scared to use it. I don't know how it will finish or what kind of finish I can put over it. I'll try it one of these days...
Trouble with CA is that it does not penetrate anywhere near as much as rotten wood hardener. The thinness of the wall which lead to the breakage was probably due to the softness of the punky wood. Try it Phil, you will be surprised.
I love the grain Phil the bown turned out to be unique and beautiful 👍👏
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That’s that’s what I like about Woodturning is all the different grains in the wood. I think the way it is shaped sometimes helps bring the grain out, but the different grains is what makes the turning so beautiful.
Agreed, Lynda! 😊
I think nature's imperfections are just perfect. Great video.
Couldn't agree more! 😊
I am having a ' lets see some of Phils past projects' day. Wow ,oooo, and beautiful. So far sorry I am so far behind but loving watching
you work. you are a joy Phil
Wow, thank you, Sue, you put a smile on my face! 😂
These kinds of pieces are symbols of our lives. Not perfect but perfect useable by the Man in charge. Yes, I like it, still working on some of my own. Just ordered my Sand o flex and told my tree cutter what I’m looking for. It’s going to be fun! Thanks again.
Sounds like you are all set, Ken. Enjoy your turnings and, as you said, have fun! 😊
I enjoyed the problem solving techniques. It’s always interesting and enjoyable. Alder wood is new to me. The bowl has many unique features. I like your versatility . It is very nice.
Cool, thanks 😊
I like the imperfections! They give personality! Well done!
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Great job Phil. I think the "thumb hold" adds character to the piece. 😉
Me too, Mary! 😊
Looks like a natural feature of the bowl Uncle Phil 👍
Good to know, Dwayne!
I always like to see the nature you leave/find in your pieces Phil. Not imperfections but natural features 😊
It's that mystery that keeps me going, Rosie. Thank you for watching! 😊
Phil,
The gap is part of the natural beauty. I wouldn’t change a thing. I love the bowl. The only thing I would have done is use brown thick starBond CA in the cracks. I have found that the ca doesn’t take away from the natural beauty of the wood. Nice job 👍
Thanks, Kevin! 😊
The Nordic countries decorate many of the (Sloyd) carvings with decorative cuts stained with coffee. I've made a few spoons with decorative carvings and stained the features with some good ole Folgers Instant. Crushed the crystals to a fine powder, rubbed into the carving, and finished with hemp oil. I think the Nordic term for this process is called Kolrosing. Enjoyed the video.
Thanks for the info, W W! 😊
I know this is a old video, but I was really surprised that this wasn’t a live edge turning. Beautiful bowl!
I prefer bark when I can get it, Billy but sometimes ya gotta work with what you've got! 😊
I think the gap is quite appropriate, as its position is where a branch might have come out. It looks good!
Great, thank you, Stephanie! 😊
Phil, You're braver than I.. I would've left it 3/8 + thick because of the rotten wood, but you are the professional.. You know your limits.. Great looking piece !!!
Thank you very much, Wesley, I'm glad you like it!
I love it looks like the stuff I wind up with my wood is just what I can find around here I don’t buy store bought wood for nicer pieces I just do lots of irregular wood so I turn out irregular bowls ppl like them , Phil anybody can turn perfect wood it’s the junk me and you get try’s our ability’s
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Don't worry about the peice missing looks good as far as the crack filling I do alot of custom woodwork with old wood and the best way I fill cracks is mix the glue and fine dust from my orbital sander bag and push it into the crack with a wooden wedge or thin knife
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It’s a very nice bowl, even with all its defects. One day you will have to try filling all the cracks, on a similar piece, with coffee as it adds a lot of color.
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Fantastic Phil fantastic the grain and cracks everything is awesome and stunning.
Wow, so glad you like this, Kobie, thank you so much!
Phil
The bowl is absolutely gorgeous. The breakage that's nothing just adds character to it like you said. Coffee coffee grounds are fantastic things to work with. Keep up the work much appreciation Bailey
I'm so glad you like it, Bailey! "Character," I like it! Thank you!
Phil
What a great piece!!! The damage area gives it a nice patina !👍 I'm going to try the coffee trick that looks natural!
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It’s beautiful and the imperfections make it unique and one of a kind, love it!
Hello , " smoothing out" was the best to do , that double-edge scraper was unknown until now , works actually well , will make one for myself to test , the "sand o flex" is new as well , exactly what woodworkers need but unfortunately not available in France , well , much to learn from you , Phil !
It's so cool you are watching from France, Youenn! Thank you for your comment!
Stunning bowl Phil, like the coffee repair. The gap actually adds to the piece.
Thank you, Andy, for the positive re-enforcement! I agree, the gap is a feature!
Phil
I think that’s one gorgeous piece, I’d be proud to have made that. I had to smile at myself thinking you’d gone to make a coffee! Genius idea, totally out of the box, Love it. Thank you, I appreciate the work you put into making these videos, long may you continue.
Thank you very much, Copernicus 1952! 😊
Sometimes you end up with a defect that becomes a key characteristic and story of its own. This bowl has just that and so many other features. I’m beginning to really appreciate your thoughts on the bowls and how each determines how far you’re going to push it. You’ve done good!
Thank you, David!
Phil
PHIL, YOU DID GREAT, I LOVE IT, GREAT JOB, GREAT VIDEO, THAT FEATURE SLASH PLACE FOR YOUR THUMB IS GREAT, IT IS PERFECT...6/3/21...THAT WHY THEY CALL IT WOODTURNING, YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WONT...
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I like the coffee 💡
It works pretty good, Thomas! 😊
I find the "defect" kind of charming. 😉
Cool, thanks, Judy! 😊
Absolutely beautiful from a ole piece of junk wood!!! So nice,, Good work....Love it👍👍👍👍
Thank you, Jack, I appreciate that very much!
Phil
There you go. It's not a problem; it's an opportunity. Ends up as an interesting feature. Enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much, David! It's really good to hear that what I do might be enjoyable to watch. That's why I do it. I've seen sooo many good videos on TH-cam. I would not be able to turn without the help I've gotten from so many craftsman willing to share. Thanks again for watching and commenting!
Hey Phil;Just call that notch a spoon hanger, maybe make a wooden utensil to go with it. Love the vid. Love the piece.
Great idea, Johnnie! I tell the wife that's what I had in mind! Hahaha... Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
sanding is my favorite part, thanks,Bryan, , aka woodbutcher
Buy some Folgers black silk just for projects...also makes an interesting stain...love your work
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I believe it looks like an archeological find...way cool. So much to look at with swirls, natural features and even coffee! Thanks for the tip in Howard Feed n Wax. 🪵
Thanks for watching and commenting, Anne and Greg! 😊
Funny, I was thinking as you were turning it, how about pulling some of that rotted wood out. Looks great! I like the piece very much.
Top job Phil love it
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This is a purty dang nice bowl.
I will take used coffee grounds and dry them and then mix some with 5 minute epoxy to fill cracks and some inclusions. It's easy and looks great.
Sounds great!
Love it. The fact that you keep your work as natural as possible I find appealing. Having a part broken out,but smoothed is a nice "added" feature, though I liked it even better before it broke out. That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. But I love it.
Yup, sometimes ya just gotta roll with the punches, Timothy! Most of my pieces have a gap in them before I even start. This one did surprise me, but I can live with it. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
This piece shows why I have subbed. Keep up the good work.
Love everything about that bowl
Wow, thank you, Robert!
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Love the feature! Great video Phil!
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Good pun about the thumb hold...lol
As always, a beautiful swan from an ugly duckling. Hope you're not getting blown away with the winds here in PNW. It's been blowing hard here in the mid-Willamette valley all day.
Ha! It has been pretty windy, Ali, but beginning to die down and, more importantly, warm up! I haven't been in my un-heated shop for a week and I'm going stir crazy!
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Don't waste your good weekend coffee - drink it first! :-) :-) Then use the used coffee grounds - same results!
Let used coffee get completely dry - or you will grow mold!
Thanks for your videos - lot's of useful tips for us sawdust makers.
Regards
Dennis Beamish Cambridge Ontario Canada
Good advice, Dennis! I've thought of doing this but when I'm standing there in the morning waiting for the coffee to be ready, I'm not really quite awake yet and down the disposal they go! I'll have to leave myself a note!
Thank you for your great comment!
Phil
koool turning...and your not afraid to try things, plus you like the strange stuff to turn, i like that too....i subscribed
Thank you so much, Kevin, for your great comment and for subscribing! I will try not to let you down.
Looks great mate
Thank you, Gregg! Cheers! 😊
Hi Phil -- nice piece! I know this is an old video, so I assume you have learned not to waste your "weekend coffee", -- I've found that the wood does not care if you use coffee that you have run boiling water through before you use it to patch! :-) ;-) -- A good excuse to enjoy a cup while you wait for the CA to dry too!
Always fun and a learning experience to watch you turn! Thanks for sharing. Dennis
Good point, Dennis! LOL! Yes, I have learned to use what I have already used! I like your idea of having a cup while waiting on the CA! 😊
Phil this video just popped up in suggested videos to watch. I have never seen it.
Just the right time because a few weeks ago we were up at our sons place. He has acres and acres of alder.
He was pulling a stump and was about to toss it in the junk wood pile. He was cutting firewood for this winter and said the stump was no good. I looked at it and it was completely spalted and I said it sure is.I have no idea yet what to do with it but it is still pretty wet so I am letting it dry.
Now on to your bowl. I think it looks great. Really nice grain. As for what the broken spot could be. If it was a gravy bowl it would be perfect for the spoon to rest in so it would not fall into the gravy. Just kidding! It looks like it belongs there. I expect that the pieces I have is going to be hard to keep together. But I will try and for sure I will have a hot cup of coffee and some fresh grounds handy.
Gary
Gary, around here, and probably there, alder just seems to go for firewood. I remember turning my first piece of it and being very surprised at what was inside. It's a very hard wood, often with great grain patterns. It sands and finishes beautifully, too. I have more of it but the pieces are too big for me to cut by myself. I've got to get my son-in-law up here to give me a hand because I would like to turn more of it, soon. I'm sure you will be happy with most anything you make out of yours.
Hope you are feeling better!
Phil
Thanks Phil I feel much better. I turned a nice Oak bowl today and finished and Apple bowl I roughed out months ago. Years ago when I was much younger we would go and cut firewood. Mostly was alder. Now our son has a lifetime supply of alder firewood. Alder is also great for smoking salmon.
The day I got the spalted wood he was cutting up a tree that had been down for almost a year. It was purple half way through where it had been laying on the ground so he thought I might want to see how it would turn. Some sort of fungus I guess.
Way to wet to be fun to turn but I have one roughed out.
Great, you've been busy! Sounds like the half purple tree is going to be dandy when it gets dry!
See it turns out to please you and us as well. Perfection is not always perfect.
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great piece and i think it's a keeper
Thank you, Wayne! I so much appreciate you watching and commenting.
Phil -- Job!!
PS - don;t waste your good weekend coffee - use the grounds "after" you make the coffee - the bowl won't care about the flavour. :-)
PS - let the grounds dry in an open container or you will grow mould.
Dennis
Love it 😊
Thank you, Tony, I'm glad!
Hi Phil, Personally, I was expecting it to fly apart during the turn. Given the the general state of the wood, you did a great job. It has a lot of character. It kinda makes me think about us old guys, lived a long rugged life, still has a lot going for itself but slowly falling apart. I like it!
I generally use saw dust to fill cracks but, I'll have to try coffee grounds but will use "used" grounds. Haha
Yeah, Charlie, us old guys are like the Energizer bunny. We just keep going and going! I hope to keep going for a good while, yet. Lots of rotten wood to turn! As always, thank you for watching and commenting. I like to read your thoughts!
Try saving used coffee grains, drying them and then using as a filler. No waste. Enjoy your work.
That is a great idea, Ron! I'll bet it works just as well and I can get another cup of coffee out of the can! Thank you very much for taking your time to watch and comment, much appreciated!
Goldurnit Phil, I thought you were the last person to be bragging about how everything is bigger in the USA. Showing off about the size of your woodworm by explaining this was a single bite from one of them. Yeh yeh yeh Phil. Over here in the UK we call such woodworm Beavers. Our beavers would not be giving up after just one bite, heck they eat the whole godamn tree. :) Only joshin' with you good friend. Lovely work as usual. Bless you.
Thanks for the laughs this morning, Alan! LOL!
Phil
Very nice job 👍🏼
Thank you, Tomas, I appreciate your comments!
That punky area where you did the repair sanded different because it is SOFT wood. Next time apply a sealer sander or Watco oil and allow to dry which will stabilize the soft area.
Thank you, Choochoo, for taking your time to watch and offer your tips, truly appreciated!
Phil
Consider the coffee and glue as surgical repairs. That's always more expensive.
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Have you ever filled cracks with Arm and Hammer soda, then apply CA thin? It turns rock hard
Sam Poole
No, Sam, but I have heard about that trick.
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Like the bowl. I, personally, would not have sanded the breakout. It would have looked more natural. But it's your bowl and it looks great.
Yeah, I know, that's always a conundrum. I do like to leave things as natural as possible, but I also don't want someone breaking a fingernail or catching their clothes on something I've turned. Just another of life's little problems. :) Thank you again, Mark, for watching and commenting!
All the things that happen, inclusions left in are all what I consider the Footprints of Creation, leave them, be proud of them, I love to leave Bark, Cracks anything that pops up, those are the pieces that everyone wants over the smooth regular bowls...nice work
This is so good to hear, Will! I feel exactly the same way, but you've stated it better than I could. Thank you for taking your time to watch and for your great comment, much appreciated!
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Been turning 20 years and never used coffee I must try it.will it work on all wood ? Ron
I don't know why not, Ron. It's really sticking to the CA and that's what's sticking to the wood. 😊
Have you ever tried wood hardner? I've used a little. It seems to work OK but really stinks... but what I have is usually soft punky and half rotten lol but it's pretty...
Yes, I've tried a couple different brands. They make the wood feel like plastic, just not for me. 😃
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop yes I agree... but I will still probably use it in the right scenario...
Love to know where you come up with wood like you turn--I'm seeking some myself! Nice piece--I thought I saw another piece that needed CA when you were CA-ing, Al Furtado-The Rebel Turner uses a lot of CA and he turns a lot of similar pieces to these--I love watching both of ya'll
So far, Don, all of the wood I have turned, has come from this property or yard sales. I am running out, however, which accounts for some of the unusual pieces I've been turning because there just isn't much left! I watch Al, too. He helps me think outside the box. Thank you for watching and commenting, much appreciated!
Hi Phil. Nice save on that bowl. I like it! So…….I’ll stop whining about that cherry piece.
Cheers, Rick
I hope it works our for you, Rick. It's a beautiful piece of Cherry! 😊
look nice l like it
Glad you like it! 😊
About the time you said coffee, I started smelling it. haha... now I'm paused to go get a cup.
EDIT: Got my coffee and a hotdog, took my legs off (Prosthetics) and relaxing in my wheelchair.
Relaxing with a coffee and hot dog, you sure you're not at the ball game, Keith? LOL!
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop Then it would be Beer not coffee. LOL
Hi Phil,
Pretty neat idea,,,,a Thumb Bowl!I like it !
I've used coffee grounds after they have made coffee!I take them out of the filter and dry them!
I also use very fine saw dust that I take off of my shop vac filter.I put the CA in the cracks,,,,rub some saw dust into the cracks,,,,apply more CA and more saw dust.I think the fine saw dust not only goes deeper into the cracks but also forms a better "bond" due to it's very fine "particles"!
A question,,,I see you signing your pieces and have to wonder how the heck you keep the fine line felt tip markers from drying out?I use the Sharpie brand and no matter what I try they just dry up fast!
Thanks for the video!
Tom
Dust from the vac filter is a great idea, Tom! I'll have to try that. Lord knows, the filter is always full, anyway! I do like the coffee grounds because of the color but it does depend on the piece, I suppose. I haven't had a problem with the Sharpie drying out, at all. I do keep the lid on all the time, but I'm sure you do to. I use the Extra Fine Point, if that helps.
I save fine saw dust from various different color woods in prescription bottles and label them.I also hammer down used coffee grounds on a steel plate to make them finer! LOL
To me,,,using coffee grounds ,as is,(even fine grind) is like making cement with cobble stone and not sand.The finer the filler ,the more of it you get into a crack
I use the same Extra Fine Point markers and do keep the cap on very tight.
You must have Acetone based wood hardeners in the US? I've used it recently on a 17th cottage window frames (in the UK). It doesn't darken or change the wood too dramatically. That said, wear gloves, because it's like Gorilla Glue for staining fingers!
I don't really know what the base of the wood hardeners available locally is, mikenco. I used some one time and found it did discolor the wood and I did not like using it and probably won't, again. I do always wear glove when finishing.
Phil
Have you tried wood hardener? I have had good luck with it. Same as with ca,
Maybe a little cheaper. Works well on punk wood. Beautiful bowl.
Ha! Ya know, Ralph, I forgot I bought some just for pieces like this. I even know where it is! Just didn't think about it during this turning, but that would have been a good idea. I have some other pieces I will try that on in the near future. Thanks for the reminder! And thank you so much for watching and commenting!
nice !!!
Thanks for the visit, Walt!
awesome work and so transparent with your comments what state are you from?
Howdy, Friendly! 😊 Thank you! I live in Washington state.
Hey Phil, do yourself a favour, try oil sanding with clear walnut oil it saves loads of time, even better mixing it with lube wax.
Great idea, Paul, thanks!
Call that an Art project, one thing I did wonder about why didn't you take the bowl off the lathe to apply glue and coffee, anyway it ended up an interesting piece.
Thank you, Lewis! Sometimes you need to and sometimes you don't. 😊
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Ya just had ta push the envelope a bit to much Phil.. But it's beautiful
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Pretty awesome Phil! So no sanding sealer with the Howards?
I guess you can but I just apply it to bare wood. I don't see any advantage. 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop ❤ thx. Praying you are getting stronger each day friend! See you in the next one!
What kind of pen do you use for singing. Nice looking bowl.
I use an Ultra Fine Point Sharpie and apply paste wax over the signature, Judith. Thanks!
Phil what a magnificent irregular bowl with beautiful figure. You are the wood master
Thank you kindly, Michael! 😊
I like it
Glad to hear that, John! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Love this bowl Phil... I missed this video... Probably others also along the way too. Lots of things going on in this bowl.. Being from Ga.with lots of brothers and a sister a person could learn how to hold on to the popcorn bowl with that thumb rest going on there... Super nice !!! Later my friend. Km
Phil ... I seen someone put woodshavings in a blender,fill it to the top loosley compacted and turn it on, after a bit you have wood powder to fill cracks and pour the CA glue rub it in with your finger ad .ore wood powder as needed, The wood wheeler from Arkensaw is where I seen this ...
Cutting the soft spots too scary for me you were 👍
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Do you have a link to where you get your ca?
This is what I mostly use, Pat:
www.amazon.com/CA-Adhesive-Thin-4-5-oz/dp/B009356B92/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=ca+glue&qid=1556988536&s=gateway&sr=8-5
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Use should be using used, dried coffee grounds. Don't waste the new stuff. :)
That's good advice, Donna! I just have to remember to save and dry some old grounds and I'm sure they would work just fine.
Phil
Not sure why you'd use good coffee to fix that? You must be stood in piles of the right colour turning dust to fill those cracks seamlessly?
I don't really like filling cracks, mikenco. To me, they always look like filled cracks. So, if I must, I'm going to make it stand out rather than look like I've done a poor job of trying to hide something. Does that make sense?
Phil
How about calling it a yarn bowl? Wood will be wood, us turner's just work with what we find. Stay safe
That's a great idea, Paul!
How do I share your videos?
Thank you for asking, Tommy! Right below the window that contains the video is a Share button. You can share on any of the social platforms or get a shareable link from there. 😊
i got to tell you i dont like the flaw i thank i have thought if a way to fix it and still be hard to tell
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To bad it gave out but still beautiful grain.
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Phil, I have not yet seen how you’re going to address your new “feature”, but……if I was dead set against a resin fix, I’d take my Dremel ( or a fine rasp) and smoothe out that feature and call it a “spoon slot”!!! You could even carve a simple spoon to lay in the spot to go with the bowl…..!!! Just sayin’.
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To beautiful to complain about the bite taken out.
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Rotten wood hardener works well, if you can find a store that carries it!
I do have some Minwax Wood Hardener, Paul, but I'm scared to use it. I don't know how it will finish or what kind of finish I can put over it. I'll try it one of these days...
Phil you can put any finish you like over it. All it does is stabilise the fibres so that you can still turn it.
Stephen Ogle video #97 is a good watch. He shows you how to stabilise rotten wood.
I'll give it a look, Paul. I used to watch Stephen but I don't think he has had anything new for quite awhile.
Trouble with CA is that it does not penetrate anywhere near as much as rotten wood hardener. The thinness of the wall which lead to the breakage was probably due to the softness of the punky wood. Try it Phil, you will be surprised.
Those cracks would concern me.
As long as they have an end point, they don't bother me, Ronnie.
You have to make coffee first then recycle the grounds!!
It works either way, Alan, but you're right, why waste it? LOL!
Add to it
Add what?
I like the coffee patch..more then just for making me pee!
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Feature it!!!!!!!!!
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Burn the edge instead'
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