I bought a lathe about a year ago. I thought finding wood to turn was going to be an issue for me, but just keeping an open eye and feeling comfortable to ask has kept me stocked. Many people don't know what kind of wood they have and don't really care, unless they are woodworkers themselves and even the woodworkers will share.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your videos. Here I have been looking for solid pieces of wood and missing the fact that smaller pieces can be combined to accomplish incredible work. Thank you, Jim, for all you do. You are not only an inspiration, you are an amazing instructor. R'Amen!
Love this piece, and as a person who has really no knowledge about wood turning, I appreciate the commentary and your insights and thoughts as you work on it. I also loved that you included in the failures and unexpected challenges you met along the way.
Wow, this is another gorgeous bowl. The pearl red is so delicious looking. Putting it with the apple pieces, then turning this. A dynamic duo. I never thought turning wood with cut off branches, that so many would use in smoking meat. I absolutely love, love this bowl. You walk us through everything. I learned to make stained glass years ago. That is cool. This is amazing. Thank you again for sharing this artistry.
Naming a rock. Surely Hudson. An icon who had a lot he had to hide. I hope society has grown up and that kind of forced closeting stops. Be who you are inside - you matter.
WOW, that pearl red is just the perfect color, showing the perfect amount of wood!! That was scary, jumping almost off the lathe! Such a beautiful bowl, completely happy with it’s balance! You always get those perfect finishes! Great work!
I have two apple trees that have been in my yard since my parents planted them in the 60's. They are in bad shape and I will be taking them down to make something for my kids who grew up eating the apples off these trees. This post was an inspiration, as have a few others as to what I'll do with the trees, especially the smaller limbs.. I've also got a few neat cracks that I think will be awesome filled with gold inside dark blue hypershift epoxy. Thanks, Jim.
@@SpragueWoodturning I'll send you pics of my "journey". I can see light through a knot in the trunk of one of the trees, and that was what caught my eye with this turn. I'm trying to find ways to use less epoxy by using "fillers". Maybe even PVC pipe and fittings.
Stunning. I love your comments about how you get wood for your projects. I am relatively new to turning but lucky for me I am already tripping over bowl blank material in the yard. In May of this year we had a tornado rip thru our little town. I was out helping the neighbourhood with my chainsaw and tree climbing skills. In many cases people just gave me the wood for helping them get the sometimes 30 inch diameter black walnut trees off of their roof or car. We have a sawmill at the house so some made it to lumber and other pieces like crotch and burls made it to the bowl blank pile. We have a pressure pot being delivered today so I cannot wait to try it out on a piece like the one you just finished. Keep up the good work. I still plan on dropping by one day to see your shop. cheers
Oh please! I left all my wood turning equipment in Cleveland, Oh. when I moved to Florida in 2001. You are making me really regret that! I loved doing tiny things...the size of your baby finger. Little chairs, etc. Now, watching your beautiful bowls and vases, I'm chomping at the bit to get back to it! Gorgeous work! Bravo!
The names I came up with are guardian, heavy boy, tough, caveman, foot crusher , toe bender, and rock'n roll. I hope you saved the pieces for a future project. It turned out fantastic! Beautiful bowl, it will grace which ever table or shelf it sits on.
I love how this bowl looks like a candy apple from the pearl red 💖 if you haven't done anything with the off-cuts that might be a neat project with the tumbler Ben sent
Super cool! I'm a salesman with an electrical supply company; I have 3 customer accounts that are hardwood sawmills. They keep me well supplied with local and exotic hardwood cut-offs but the peices aren't very large. It's a win win though because I'll make a sales call and help them with any equipment they need and they'll give me peices of species I've never heard of. I also have a couple arborist friends and I like to climb trees so I'll help them with jobs and get to keep some good sized logs. My wife got me one of those coffee cup inserts but I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I love the epoxy work you do and I've played with some epoxy inlays, pen blanks, and I've make some epoxy/wood duck calls that look great but I haven't spent the money on any deep cast to try something bigger.
Ohh, that pearl red with the apple is just stunning! Really love the patterns both from the pour and the woodgrain, and the shapes they make together. Another gorgeous project, Jim! Love your content.
Love the bowl. Thumb down! You must be kidding. I can't imagine anyone doing that. It is interesting to see way the resin spools off for you at first and then after you give it another day to harden. Great fun watching this come together.
You make my Friday’s special with your entertaining and beautiful videos. Who knew sticks could be turned into such an amazing bowl. This is definitely one of your best.
Wow beautiful piece. Brought me back to my youth, my grandfather had an orchard so I started turning apple. I used a treatment for green wood that worked great and have since forgotten the name any help out there would be appreciated. Thanks again Jim.
@@SpragueWoodturning hey Jim, I was searching my shop and found the name of that green wood treatment, it's called Pentacryl. It worked great for me, either treating before or after turning
Amazing piece, Jim. Kind of makes me think of wandering through a cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites and an eerie red glow in the background which you're hoping is just a mad scientist and not a huge pool of lava ready to explode.
That is a beautiful rock; looks like a Tiger's head in texture and pattern. Wow. I like this beautiful piece of art you made. Thank you for sharing. I liked your video.
Awesome piece. The red pearl is awesome. Stinks you couldn't save the middle of it like you were trying. When it broke I was like darn it. Have a wonderful weekend
The finished piece is superb. Just a thought - could you have just put short rounds of the branches in the bottom of the bucket and placed a plastic container with rocks/marbles/rice in it on top of them - that way the center would have already been hollow and the branches and resin you had to turn out could have been saved for another project without having to attempt the coring.
@@SpragueWoodturning Not sure - I was only talking about the 3 or four that only show in the bottom but do not run to the top ... basically, the ones you tried to core out. It may also reduce the total amount of heat and help avoid heat cracks.
Looks like my burn pile is getting smaller and smaller, all those little tree branches have been trimmed and burned are gonna have to be saved because you have gave me a new idea. Thanks again for your wonderful work
This bowl is another beautiful example of your fine work! When lit from within, it looks like red candles with tips of yellow flames. Congratulations on a job well done!
A suggestion for people looking for wood, maybe reach out to an Amish community or those who log wood for furniture. They tend to leave a bunch of off cuts behind that they can’t use and most of the land owners especially farmer would be glad to see the “waste” taken away for them. I am currently helping a gentleman I met through a local ren faire get wood from my grandmother’s farm (Black Walnut) and in exchange for all the wood he could ever want he’s making me some goblets and he’s also said he’d make a bowl for my grandmother. He makes beautiful mugs with the bark and moss still on the outside I gifted my dad one of his mugs several years ago as a Father’s Day gift. The goblets will be wedding and Christmas gifts for my family.
Oh my God!!!! It's really amazing!!! How do you always manage to leave me open-mouthed?! It's perfect. It's beautiful. It's a joy to behold, you do a wonderful job, even though you say you didn't mean to. If this is how you fails, what will be like when u does something wonderful? Nop. You are an artist, not a craftsman. That attention to detail, being able to impress the one who sees your work is only achieved by artists. Bravo.
I think you’ve outdone yourself with this one!!!! I love the horizontal lines! And that color is perfect!!! As for the rock, I think you should name it Lennox, after the number one Canadian “heavyweight” champion Lennox Lewis. 🙂
I went to your TH-cam site, chose "Playlists", then "Resin work". I saw that there was 61 videos listed, when previously there had been only 60, so I checked and found the Apple Branch Bowl, and watched it.
beautiful, I have been enjoying your skillful and creative works for some time now. It makes me cringe to see all the century old trees go to waste with destruction of yardsites due to agriculture expansion here in the prairies. I am looking forwardto your next project.
Don’t have any and I’m not sure if you know it or not, but the branches from the walnut tree that’s the same as the ones I used are in fact whiteish in color with just a tiny black center. Thanks for watching
@@SpragueWoodturning lol! I don't... I just love it when you receive gifts from viewers and yoy show us how you turn the raw materials into something so cool. 😄
Another beautiful piece! My mom was a leftie. She always said that left handed people are the only ones in their right mind. Lol!
She was right 😜😜 Thanks
Yes, I think It is right... Greetings from Canary islands.
I bought a lathe about a year ago. I thought finding wood to turn was going to be an issue for me, but just keeping an open eye and feeling comfortable to ask has kept me stocked. Many people don't know what kind of wood they have and don't really care, unless they are woodworkers themselves and even the woodworkers will share.
Yes, I’m most cases it’s easy to get turning wood either free or at a reasonable price. Thanks for watching!
This bowl looks like flames in a fireplace to me. Lovely work.
Thanks for watching
Wood Turning was my favorite subject in shop class. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at it again..
Thanks for watching
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your videos. Here I have been looking for solid pieces of wood and missing the fact that smaller pieces can be combined to accomplish incredible work. Thank you, Jim, for all you do. You are not only an inspiration, you are an amazing instructor. R'Amen!
Thank you very much!
That is a really cool look. I did not expect it to come out that way, but it really came out neat.
Thank you very much!
Love this piece, and as a person who has really no knowledge about wood turning, I appreciate the commentary and your insights and thoughts as you work on it. I also loved that you included in the failures and unexpected challenges you met along the way.
Thank you very much!
This piece is really nice. I can definitely see the difference from this time period and current day.
Thanks!
Wow, this is another gorgeous bowl. The pearl red is so delicious looking. Putting it with the apple pieces, then turning this. A dynamic duo. I never thought turning wood with cut off branches, that so many would use in smoking meat. I absolutely love, love this bowl. You walk us through everything. I learned to make stained glass years ago. That is cool. This is amazing. Thank you again for sharing this artistry.
Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!
A man with great skills and creativity like me. Greetings from Tenerife, Canary islands.
Thank you very much!
Love the flare, grain, epoxy and spacing of this piece. Yet another gem.
Thanks for the lesson Jim
My pleasure! Thanks for watching
Naming a rock. Surely Hudson. An icon who had a lot he had to hide. I hope society has grown up and that kind of forced closeting stops. Be who you are inside - you matter.
Agreed, however I’m going with Dwayne. Thanks for watching!
WOW, that pearl red is just the perfect color, showing the perfect amount of wood!! That was scary, jumping almost off the lathe! Such a beautiful bowl, completely happy with it’s balance! You always get those perfect finishes! Great work!
Thanks for watching Joe!
I have two apple trees that have been in my yard since my parents planted them in the 60's. They are in bad shape and I will be taking them down to make something for my kids who grew up eating the apples off these trees.
This post was an inspiration, as have a few others as to what I'll do with the trees, especially the smaller limbs.. I've also got a few neat cracks that I think will be awesome filled with gold inside dark blue hypershift epoxy.
Thanks, Jim.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
@@SpragueWoodturning I'll send you pics of my "journey". I can see light through a knot in the trunk of one of the trees, and that was what caught my eye with this turn. I'm trying to find ways to use less epoxy by using "fillers". Maybe even PVC pipe and fittings.
Stunning. I love your comments about how you get wood for your projects. I am relatively new to turning but lucky for me I am already tripping over bowl blank material in the yard. In May of this year we had a tornado rip thru our little town. I was out helping the neighbourhood with my chainsaw and tree climbing skills. In many cases people just gave me the wood for helping them get the sometimes 30 inch diameter black walnut trees off of their roof or car. We have a sawmill at the house so some made it to lumber and other pieces like crotch and burls made it to the bowl blank pile. We have a pressure pot being delivered today so I cannot wait to try it out on a piece like the one you just finished. Keep up the good work. I still plan on dropping by one day to see your shop. cheers
Storm wood has been a good source for me too, just be wary of ring delimitation. Thanks for watching
Charlie would be a great name for the rock!
Absolutely fantastic piece
Thanks!
BEAUTIFUL! The red really highlights the grain in the wood!
Thanks 😊
Oh please! I left all my wood turning equipment in Cleveland, Oh. when I moved to Florida in 2001. You are making me really regret that! I loved doing tiny things...the size of your baby finger. Little chairs, etc. Now, watching your beautiful bowls and vases, I'm chomping at the bit to get back to it! Gorgeous work! Bravo!
Craigs list is your friend, lol. Start buying, lol. Thanks
I can’t ignore the irony of the color red with Apple Wood. It’s a natural combination!
Sure does! Thanks
Name recommendation for the rock: Dwayne
That’s the one! Thanks for watching
This is going to be one of my retirement hobbies. If I'm good at it a part time business. Thank you for the educational and inspiring videos.
Best of luck! Thanks for watching!
absolutely stunning... I love the contrast of the red against the apple branches...
Thanks for watching!
You captured the WOW factor in this piece.
Thanks for watching
The names I came up with are guardian, heavy boy, tough, caveman, foot crusher , toe bender, and rock'n roll.
I hope you saved the pieces for a future project.
It turned out fantastic! Beautiful bowl, it will grace which ever table or shelf it sits on.
I did save the pieces and thanks for the suggestion!
Harvester operators are a good source for the most interesting pieces of wood.
I can see that. Thanks for watching
Absolutely beautiful piece, would look amazing in apple green too. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
Thanks
Cool idea
One of my favorites..... Love the colors and wood choice.... Dudley Do'Rock.... LOL
Lol, thanks
I love how this bowl looks like a candy apple from the pearl red 💖 if you haven't done anything with the off-cuts that might be a neat project with the tumbler Ben sent
I used them in the 70K bowl. Thanks for watching!
Haha I said it looks like a candy apple too!
Super cool! I'm a salesman with an electrical supply company; I have 3 customer accounts that are hardwood sawmills. They keep me well supplied with local and exotic hardwood cut-offs but the peices aren't very large. It's a win win though because I'll make a sales call and help them with any equipment they need and they'll give me peices of species I've never heard of. I also have a couple arborist friends and I like to climb trees so I'll help them with jobs and get to keep some good sized logs. My wife got me one of those coffee cup inserts but I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I love the epoxy work you do and I've played with some epoxy inlays, pen blanks, and I've make some epoxy/wood duck calls that look great but I haven't spent the money on any deep cast to try something bigger.
Good for you! Wish I had that contact, lol.
This piece is just stunningly beautiful!
Thanks for watching
Thank you Ben Noble...these apple branches went into a gorgeous bowl!
Glad you like them! Thanks
You are taking it to another level. Beautiful work
Thank you very much!
Got to say it again Jim … what a beauty!
Thanks!
Ohh, that pearl red with the apple is just stunning! Really love the patterns both from the pour and the woodgrain, and the shapes they make together. Another gorgeous project, Jim! Love your content.
Thanks for watching!
Love the bowl. Thumb down! You must be kidding. I can't imagine anyone doing that. It is interesting to see way the resin spools off for you at first and then after you give it another day to harden. Great fun watching this come together.
Thank you very much
Another beautiful bowl. Love the shape 😊
Thanks 😊
Every time I see a video I think it's the coolest. Very beautiful piece.
Thanks 😊
You make my Friday’s special with your entertaining and beautiful videos. Who knew sticks could be turned into such an amazing bowl. This is definitely one of your best.
Thanks 😊
I love when use red. The wood just pops. Have a good day.
Thanks 😊
Wow beautiful piece. Brought me back to my youth, my grandfather had an orchard so I started turning apple. I used a treatment for green wood that worked great and have since forgotten the name any help out there would be appreciated. Thanks again Jim.
I would like to know it too, apple can be very hard to work with. Thanks
@@SpragueWoodturning hey Jim, I was searching my shop and found the name of that green wood treatment, it's called Pentacryl. It worked great for me, either treating before or after turning
I always look forward to your videos a true Artisan.
Thank you very much!
Amazing piece, Jim. Kind of makes me think of wandering through a cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites and an eerie red glow in the background which you're hoping is just a mad scientist and not a huge pool of lava ready to explode.
Love your imagination, lol. Thanks for watching!
Lots of teaching moments in this video. Loved the end result. 🥰
Thanks for watching
I know this bowl didn't go as planned, but this was a definitely a success. And that red color is just incredible!
Thanks for watching
From the side, it looks like it is all liquid. When lit, it like on fire! Fantastic work!
Thanks for watching!
It should be named Lobster....it isn't a rock its a rock lobster. :)
A B52’s fan I see, lol. That makes the list too, thanks
It looks like it's on fire. Stunning.
Thank you very much!
Jim that was a very pretty bowl well no it a beautiful bowl any one would love having setting in their house as a decorative show piece
Thanks!
Wow! Kinda looks like a flame crown of sorts. Love it!
Thanks for watching
A very nice apple, that color and that wood were born for each other dude!!!
Thanks!
Very cool. For some reason reminds me of a camp fire. Good name for your rock....Sylvester the Stone.
Yup, lol. Thanks
That is a beautiful rock; looks like a Tiger's head in texture and pattern. Wow. I like this beautiful piece of art you made. Thank you for sharing. I liked your video.
Thanks for watching!
That is probably my favorite bowl that you've done.
Thanks for watching
Such a beautiful piece! Thanks Jim! Have a good weekend! 💯💯💯
Thanks for watching
Love the size and the shapes of the beautiful red. Really beautiful
Thanks for watching
Awesome bowl!! We have 300 apple trees so this is definitely a project we will be doing.
I guess so, lol. Thanks for watching
Awesome piece. The red pearl is awesome. Stinks you couldn't save the middle of it like you were trying. When it broke I was like darn it. Have a wonderful weekend
Thanks for watching
Honestly, at the end, the light shining through that made it flame!
Thanks for watching
Very, very cool. A beautiful piece again.
Thanks 😊
LOVE, LOVE this piece, it's beautiful! Of course they are 2 of my favorite colors.
Mine too! Thanks
That is breathtakingly beautiful!!
Thank you very much!
I feel like 60 tabs of LSD and a walk around a gallery of your work would be so dope.
I just might join you, hahaha 😵💫😵💫😵💫 thanks
Awesome bowel Jim !!! That gives you a lot of different ways to go in the future. Just Beautiful !!!
Thanks for watching
Beautiful work. Can't imagine cleaning up afterwards. But the product is well worth it. 😍 🥰 😍
Thanks!
It almost looks like it's on fire. This is my favorite time date!
Thank you very much!
Another beautidul piece. I also enjoy your commentary on different subjects. Thank you!
Great! Thanks for watching!
The finished piece is superb.
Just a thought - could you have just put short rounds of the branches in the bottom of the bucket and placed a plastic container with rocks/marbles/rice in it on top of them - that way the center would have already been hollow and the branches and resin you had to turn out could have been saved for another project without having to attempt the coring.
Yes, that could of been done. I think that the piece would of looked odd with the branches not running consecutively though it. Thanks for watching
@@SpragueWoodturning Not sure - I was only talking about the 3 or four that only show in the bottom but do not run to the top ... basically, the ones you tried to core out. It may also reduce the total amount of heat and help avoid heat cracks.
Meet Pete, the resin rock
I’m leaning more towards Dwayne, lol.
Jim, I get it! Dwayne The Rock! 🤩😍😂 I approve! Little slow on the uptake today! 😳
Always love hearing different options to get these woods you work with. In Tennessee it’s hard to get nice woods for free.
Really? Isn’t there lots of walnut and cherry there? Thanks for watching
OMG! I love everything about this weeks project.
Thanks for watching
Looks like my burn pile is getting smaller and smaller, all those little tree branches have been trimmed and burned are gonna have to be saved because you have gave me a new idea. Thanks again for your wonderful work
Your welcome, haha. Thanks for watching
Last week or the week before I mentioned wanting to see more reds, and more red I got! Love to see it, this is absolutely beautiful.
It was all about you this week, lol. Thanks for watching
A very beautiful bowl and a good way to use branches.
Thanks!
This bowl is another beautiful example of your fine work! When lit from within, it looks like red candles with tips of yellow flames. Congratulations on a job well done!
Thank you very much!
Ooh so wonderful.The piece of wood that's different looks like pure gold from the video.Super!!!!
Thanks 😊
A suggestion for people looking for wood, maybe reach out to an Amish community or those who log wood for furniture. They tend to leave a bunch of off cuts behind that they can’t use and most of the land owners especially farmer would be glad to see the “waste” taken away for them. I am currently helping a gentleman I met through a local ren faire get wood from my grandmother’s farm (Black Walnut) and in exchange for all the wood he could ever want he’s making me some goblets and he’s also said he’d make a bowl for my grandmother. He makes beautiful mugs with the bark and moss still on the outside I gifted my dad one of his mugs several years ago as a Father’s Day gift. The goblets will be wedding and Christmas gifts for my family.
Great! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely gorgeous every one of your videos I learn something new
Thanks for watching
8:18 th coolest shot...love this so satisfying 💜
Thanks 😊
I like the color combination. My son works for a tree removal service so I am able to get a lot of my wood from him.
Awesome! Thanks for watching
All the strings and confetti saved up in all different colors put in a clear resin would make a interesting powder keeper for a women's make up .
Not a huge fan of the resin shavings forms. Thanks
Another great bowl, the red surprised me when it was finished I thought it might too dark . great work Jim.
Thanks for watching
Oh my God!!!! It's really amazing!!! How do you always manage to leave me open-mouthed?! It's perfect. It's beautiful. It's a joy to behold, you do a wonderful job, even though you say you didn't mean to. If this is how you fails, what will be like when u does something wonderful? Nop. You are an artist, not a craftsman. That attention to detail, being able to impress the one who sees your work is only achieved by artists. Bravo.
Thank you so much 😀, I really appreciate it!
Beautiful piece Jim. Enjoy your instruction and commentary.
Thanks for watching
Never have i seen projects so stunning wish i could purchase one
Thank you very much
I forgot there is a lot of apple, cherry, peach, plum, apricot, and pear in the valley
😎👍👍👍👍👍
Now your talking, lol. Thanks for watching
I think you’ve outdone yourself with this one!!!! I love the horizontal lines! And that color is perfect!!!
As for the rock, I think you should name it Lennox, after the number one Canadian “heavyweight” champion Lennox Lewis. 🙂
That’s a good one too. Thanks for watching!
Wow! From all of your creations (i watched every single video) this is the one i like the most. Greetings from Switzerland
Thanks for watching
You have a great eye. That red goes really well with the apple wood. It's quite lovely.
How did you manage to view this video, it’s not posed yet?? Thanks
Interesting 🤨
I went to your TH-cam site, chose "Playlists", then "Resin work". I saw that there was 61 videos listed, when previously there had been only 60, so I checked and found the Apple Branch Bowl, and watched it.
Shape is perfect, beautiful work yet again.
Thanks for watching
Bob. Bob Rock. 😜
Great piece! I did something similar with birch branches. Turned out very cool and I will definitely do it again! Thanks Jim!
Great! Thanks for watching. Bobs on the list too.
Really enjoyed this one. You hit that one out of the park...or rink!
Lol, thanks for watching!
Another fabulous resin bowl, Jim. I think I would name the rock - Hudson.
It’s in the running. Thanks for watching!
beautiful, I have been enjoying your skillful and creative works for some time now. It makes me cringe to see all the century old trees go to
waste with destruction of yardsites due to agriculture expansion here in the prairies.
I am looking forwardto your next project.
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful piece. The spalting in the limbs made the project. Look forward to the next.
Thanks for watching!
This is an awesome piece as most that I have seen.
Thanks so much!
Wow that a beautiful bowl love to see one in walnut branches. Love the dark colors you pick.
Don’t have any and I’m not sure if you know it or not, but the branches from the walnut tree that’s the same as the ones I used are in fact whiteish in color with just a tiny black center. Thanks for watching
@@SpragueWoodturning never new that good to know
This week's project did not disappoint. I love this bowl and I love Ben Noble! ❤
I’m going to assume you know him, lol. Thanks for watching
@@SpragueWoodturning lol! I don't... I just love it when you receive gifts from viewers and yoy show us how you turn the raw materials into something so cool. 😄
So pretty with the light shining through
Thanks for watching!
very nice. i can't wait to see you make the tumbler! and the little key chains!
Thanks 😊
The apple wood is always nice !👍
Apple is fantastic wood. Thanks!