Wood Turning Demystified - Basic Educational Demonstration to Get You Turning
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- This is a basic overview of woodturning and it's tool as it relates to other aspects in woodworking. In it I turn a project, start to finish (including finishing) in real time utilizing the roughing gouge, skew chisel, spindle gouge and bowl gouge while explaing how to use them and why they work. Knowledge from K-12 school, experience and common sense is referenced.
I have no idea what I am doing but working with wood it's definitely for me, I love the SMELL!! Thank you so much for this video!! NO classes near me.
Search for a club instead of classes. Better odds.
@@wortheffort Thank you so much for the tip. My husband and I watched a few of your videos last night, we love them and are so grateful for them. Thank you again!
Anybody can learn anything with the right teacher this is probably one of the best tutorials I've seen on TH-cam thank you
Thanks
It's easy for an experienced person to gloss over the very basics. You presented the basics , angles and a few tools in a way even I could understand without talking down. Thanks! Your video is a keeper.
Jack Sprat agreed! Thanks!
I'm not sure how many times I've watched your presentation but I do know I pick up more each time. Thanks for sharing this information on a platform that allows so many to learn from your wisdom for free.
Thanks for posting these lathe videos, they are very informative and still teaching the masses 6 years later.
Thanks
Have found a lot of videos for "beginners". This is by far the best. Learned more in the last 40 minutes than hours of other videos! Thanks for this one!!!!!
Thanks
I just ordered my lathe and tools. I have spent the last week watching a ton of demonstrations. I am so happy I came across this one. Very well presented. It’s funny to me how many others were afraid of the skew tool and only used it for scraping. It was nice to see how well you demonstrated it.
Thanks
Awesome instruction & demonstration for beginner like me! I finally unpacked the JET mini-lathe I purchased nearly 20 years ago on a whim while recalling my limited high school woodturning shop experience. It took retirement from 40 years of medical practice to finally set up a shop. Although a book came with the lathe, none can do justice to beginner like your videos. Thanks for getting me started.
I just bought my first lathe, and watching this video gave me some more detailed instructions on safety, logistics, and was highly informative! Thank you for sharing!
Great Job! I loved your video - watched it with my 7 year old boy, twice. Thanks for keeping it "family friendly" - he's just getting into turning and he really liked your video as well. Two thumbs up - WAY UP!
This is the second time your video has taught me to turn- I have too many hobbies so the wood lathe only gets used every couple years-by which time I have forgotten everything. This is an outstanding introduction to wood turning - your teaching style and humor makes it easy to watch. Thanks for making this!
Very informative, I started turning a few months ago with a neighbor who has been doing it for years and is a member of the local wood club. I learned more of the basics in this video than I had the whole time spent turning him. Thanks
I am a Flat Woodworker who is turning round now... I have learnt more this morning than in the last three weeks since i had my new lathe. It worth the effort watching your videos..... Cheers Paul in the UK
Thanks, and watch getting dizzy.
I know it's been several years since you made this video, but the information you present is so well done that I wonder if it is worth it to you to re-do it again in a higher resolution so that we might be able to see the detail you present along the way. Thank you for this presentation. I hope you do it again.
Seconded!
Thank you so much. I have not been taught by a really good instructor in many years, and have been searching for a no-nonsense tutorial. Once again thanks!
By far the best explanation for each tool and how to properly use them! Very glad I found you on here and watched this!
Thanks
After watching what seems hundreds of clips on TH-cam , that was the best educational one , he made it really interesting with bits of science thrown in and turned a nice piece , brilliant, from the uk 🇬🇧 i
This is a good introduction to turning and I applaud the effort. I am a woodworker and I have many wonderful tools. I enjoy most facets of woodworking. I have taught woodworking and I am a certified Master Woodworking Instructor. I am retired which allows me to use my skills any way I want (retirement is great). My reason for commenting is not to spout my abilities or brag about my shop (but, it is very nice shop). I do want to encourage those who have an interest in woodworking to try new things because woodworking (from my experience) is not just flatwork or turning. Woodworking is an expansive set of skills that requires all who want to learn it to keep learning . This man is trying to pass on his knowledge and he is doing this for nothing more than his personal satisfaction. Turning requires lots of practice and patience, this is the only way to develop necessary skills and techniques required. He did a good job introducing those who want to start woodturning past the anxiety of starting. This video is a beginning, but not even near the end of learning woodturning skills. Thanks, Dan
Without a doubt the best beginners turning video on TH-cam, it has inspired me to have a go at what was quite a daunting task.You are a great presenter and I will be watching your future videos, Thank you . Phil, Hereford UK
Thanks a lot.
Best wood turning tutorial I´ve ever seen! Thank you for it!!!
This is the most informative and helpful woodworking video I have ever seen. Thank you very much.
Thanks
Cut my first bowl last week, after breaking a scraper, I thought I better do some research before I get hurt. This video was the simplest explanation I came across which was relative and allowed me to transfer my existing woodworking knowledge over. Thanks mate, great job👍
+Andrew Iannello for turning bowls I have a better video. Look for the tree to bowl video.
BRILLIANT Video. 40 minutes of good instruction. I'm new to wood turning and enjoyed this.
Clownhall how is your wood turning coming along?
Utah
I am so pleased I found your video. I just got started turning and managed to produce something that IS a bowl, BUT I had some lucky escapes after using the tools wrongly. So your lovely basic lesson really comes right on time. I love the way you use high school science and explain points of fulcrum,leverage, riding the bevel etc.keep up the good work.Thanks,David
I wish I had said what you say so appropriately. First time I see somebody telling the foundamentals of wood turning.
The piece chosen to demonstrate the technique is very adequate: simple yet appropriate. Congratulations for your
presentation. Thanks.
I just bought my first lathe (used) and look forward to getting started. I worked on and was around metal cutting lathes for 53 years. worked as an training instructor. Time for a change. Thanks for the video, we'll done. gt
Thank you. I loved wood turning in high school. Just spent 10 years building and setting up a little woodwork shop. Won't be long now and I will have a shinny new 60 year old Lathe.
I like tools my own age. Thanks for the great video I learned a lot.
They made some solid stuff back then.
Had my lathe for about 4 years and have only made a couple of handles.but many thanks to your video I will now be able to make more items with a lot more confidence.I liked and subscribed to your channel.I am using Matai a native New Zealand hard wood to make my Mallet.thanks for all the tips and tricks.they are all my tricks now👍🏽
Get busy and make a mess.
I don't usually comment, but this guy is great. Very informative. I don't have a lathe yet, but this really makes me want to get one a start wood turning. Thank you for the great tutorial.
you're a natural teacher! thanks man! clear and cogent!
As a beginning wood turner, I find this video very helpful in pointing out proper tool position and pivot. I have reviewed it several times then practiced the concepts afterwards. While it feels different than it looks, the results are getting better. I suspect using soft pine is not the best, but maybe a cheaper way to learn.
Thanks,
Michael
THANK YOU! Great explanation of the basics. I have been turning spindles for years without fully understanding the basics.
Thanks
Just got my first wood lathe after years of working with flat wood. Very informative presentation. It took my fear away of that first touch of the tool to the speeding wood. Thanks.
Have fun, make a mess.
I loved the Better Off Dead joke! You do such a great job explaining the basics. I can't wait to set up our new to us 1950's craftsman.
Not many got that joke. We're showing our age.
Thanks for explaining the Tools so well! I have been turning for quite some time - but am self taught and I just have been doing what works! Very informative on the differences!
Thanks
Awesome, I know it’s been said many times but THE best beginner turning video on you tube! I just started, did some pens, this gives me the knowledge and confidence to try more.
Thanks
What a great and informative video. Loved the narrative and the presentation and not to mention the humor and expertise. Thanks for sharing!
This video has brought me even more closer to picking up my first lathe. Thank you so much!
do it.
This was a great experience for me. I am just now considering wood turning, and your video has allayed much of my apprehension. I enjoyed your explanations of the physics involved. Thank you!
Larry
Thanks
Thanks for taking the time to explain the tools and show in detail how to hold them to get the desired results. Will look for more!
Learned a lot in a short space of time; riding the bevel. After some turning (never done it before), found the 'catching' scary... now I know what to watch for!! Thanks, great upload.
THanks
Excellent video. I was having problems with my spring pole lathing and you absolutely gave me the courage to soldier on and some troubleshooting to boot. I underestimated the importance of the tool rest and just slapped one on there in haste. Redesign forthcoming. The varying camera angles really helped me see things I normally would have missed and I love your focus on the sound, shavings, grain. Nice "Better Off Dead" references by the way. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.
I LOVE You! You Rock with your teaching cues. VERY informative. The best I have seen
You are an outstanding teacher! Thank you for this very helpful and easy to understand tutorial! I have been scared of wood turning for some time but not any more!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing the video. Just got my first lathe. I will use your techniques until I develop my own. Thanks for the clear and simple introductory. Jon
have fun
I realize this video is older now and I'm not sure if you still see new comments on it but thank you. I am a self "taught" beginner. Watching this video has helped with what all the tools on my bench do lol. I like the way you teach and I dont know how many caught it but your reference to "Better off Dead" and the I want my 2 dollars bit was awesome! Thanks again for the video and the info.
Thanks
"Riding the bevel" and the comparisons to wood planes helped me to "get it" just now! The spot about fulcrums and other reminders about "stuff we already know" applying it in different ways were likewise very effective. You have a good teaching style. Thanks, I have subscribed so I'll be viewing all the lessons
Excellent, really helped demystify the tools and why and how they are used thanks for taking the time and trouble to make and upload this.
A) it's a close fitted padded bicycle glove that is no more likely to catch than skin. B) spend all day turning instead of just an hour or two. A glove is nice. C)turning wet wood can generate enough heat to steam. A glove insulates raw skin. D) there is a time and place for safety gear, I feel a glove on forehand more beneficial with minimal risk but just because someone does or does not protect themselves doesn't mean everything they say is irrelevant. Finally... "Safety Third", Mike Rowe.
Mission accomplished, wood turning demystified. Great video.
Thanks
Very informative demonstration! Just got into turning, practising on some standard wood, going to try making a bowl from a bit of old scaffolding plank next. I'll have to watch again as you have presented a lot of handy tips and info, thanx for a great video, Barry.
I've also got a video on bowl turning "From a Tree to a Bowl" with more specialized tips to that topic if interested.
I just dug my great grandfather's lathe out and I think a mallet will be my first real project. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Get after it.
One of the most clear and concise efforts ever. I like your teaching style, Jesus taught with metaphor and so did Rod Serling. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for a great video. It is very different being able to see what the techniques are as opposed to reading about them, especially when it is explained so clearly that even a novice like me can understand. I loved your analogy's, and comparison's against other tools, as they helped me gain a better understanding of what you were talking about.
+Grid Electrical Thanks
WoW! That was amazing and you make it look so easy. That was a great video. I didn't skip ahead once!
You are an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing this video! I learned a TON.
Fabulous. I have had a 40-50 year old lathe in my shop for long time. I don't think l have ever used it properly . After watching your instructional I'm looking forward to picking up some new woodworking skills. thanks.
+Ted Wasserman Get out there and make some shavings. You'll get addicted.
Just watched for the 2nd or 3rd time. Whenever I think I need a refresher on the basics of spindle turning.
Thanks. Great information and knowledge. Appreciate it Shawn. Again you are an terrific teacher.
Thanks
Awesome presentation. Really wish the video had more resolution so we could see more of the details, but still totally worth watching. Thanks for making this.
Thanks for the video. I'm normally a metalworker, but I need to make some handles for some stuff, so I'm building a wood turning rest for my metal lathe. I didn't have a clue how to woodturn, but after watching your video, I'm ready to go out and whittle out some handles. Thanks.
You can also bolt a rest to your drill press platform for stuff like handles. Turn vertically instead of horizontally. A few videos out there from others on this technique.
Amazing tutorial! You have an excellent teaching style and you're great and making the relation between different work. This really gave me the insight I needed to understand the fundamentals. Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to make and release this!
Thanks
Thank you for this. Picked up my first lathe and chisels for next to nothing. Should have been working on other shop projects, but couldn't help but give it a whirl. No previous turning experience. But as you pointed out, the principles are the same. So I managed to make a small handle for something. It was fun!
Great video..I just picked up a used 6 x 12 lathe for $50 over the weekend and figured out some things on my own but this was very informative. thanks
I highly enjoyed your information... I DID however laugh when you said "NEVER move tool rest while it's spinning" then you go about moving the rest as it's turning. I loved your knowledge and the effort you put in.
You are good at teaching and I have suggested your site to many!!!
Thanks, word of mouth helps.
Thanks so much for sharing. Been doing various types of woodworking and carpentry most of my life but never used a lathe. Great video and puts me at ease thinking about trying one out.
I plan to show this video to my Jr and Sr High Students. Excellent way to sneak in a little science while they are having fun. One suggestion for future videos. A little more talk about safety and face shields.
EXCELLENT video! I'm brand new to turning and this answers lots of questions I had.
I very rarely watch long videos as, in a 40 minute video, you might get 20 mins of information and 20 mins of waffle. This video though was absolutely amazing, a constant flow of really useful information. I have learned so much from this one video, thank you!
Thanks
Excellent video! You have the heart of good teacher. Thank you.
Today I bought a nice Rikon mini lathe 70-100 uesd. I am enjoying your videos and learning.
Thanks
your a great teacher! thank you so much for a very thorough lesson and taking your time and care to help us all understand what we are actually doing to the wood and what is happening.
thanks brother.
VERY helpful! I am a beginner turner and this was very informative and accessbile knowledge. Thank you!
Thanks for this video! It was the very first one I used to get started with turning!
awesome
This is exactly what I needed. Thanks for putting the time into making the video.
Thanks a lot, your video gavie me very valuable information. I just bought exactly the same Lathe, and my first test was not so good...with your video I learned what I need to improve! Tnxs again.
Thanks. Keep trying.
This was a great video. You're really good at explaining as you do it. I'll be referencing this a few times
+John Cole Thanks John
Thank you for sharing your time and skills. I don't know if I'll ever do this or not, but I was curious to see an overview of what happens. Very interesting work!
Try it.
You sir are a master at teaching! Thank you so much.
Thanks
Very good instructional video for me just starting out, gives me more confidence to get going on some projects, but I wanted to point out at 12:13 you moved your rest with the wood turning, which you had just got done saying to NEVER do.
What a great introduction to woodturning. Thanks. Got you a new sub. I just bought a "cheap" lathe at Harbor Freight to see if I enjoy this hobby. I'm thinking I will.
Thank you so much. I have been using a spring pole lathe and just yesterday got a hf lathe to see if I liked it...the basics are about the same but so different at the same time lol. You explained very well.
Thanks
Thank you. Great info well presented. Multiple cameras helped a lot. As did stopping to give a visual show of cutting in, etc. I finally feel confident enough to start turning. :)
Really digging your videos. I'm getting my first lathe soon and I'm excited to use what I learned here. Thanks!
make a mess
Making a mess is one skill transfer that should be super easy for me to make.
thanks so much. you made it very easy for me to understand as a new wood turner.
Great informative video, with super presentation. Will be a great help to me.
Looking forward to lots more. Many thanks !
One of the best videos I have seen! TY
Thanks alot.
Great video. Learned a lot. Plus, 'Say Anything' awesome.
I've been considering learning to turn for a while now but I was unsure if I could do it. It makes much more sense now. I'm going to take the plunge and you earned another subscription.
By the way I loved the "Better off Dead" reference.😆
Thanks
Great video! I was looking for something like this cause i just needed to get the basics to start with.
I knew I subscribed for a reason. I learned several things. Great job!
Thanks
You should be a shop teacher.
Do they still teach shop in school?
If not they should bring it back so you could teach shop.
Most excellent and fun video to watch! Thank you
Nobody's hiring shop teachers anymore.
A real shame.
FWIW, you just sold me- I gotta get a lathe! Very nice work and an excellent tutorial, thanks :)
You are an excellent instructor, thank you for this.
Thankyou for the video- Somehow, we didn't do any turning in high school, despite having several Hercus lathes... I guess the lawyers got that too? From the outside, as a very new woodworker, lathes look pretty intimidating!
Anyhow, I'm going to take an introductory class in Woodturning soon, and when we find a house to buy, a lathe may well grace my workshop!
Thanks again, and G'day from Canberra, Australia!
Great video. Thoroughly enjoyable and informative. 👍
thank you, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE MY WOOD LATHE NOW... I bought it years ago, but never remembered how to use tools without scary results(to use to running metal lathe.. on center turning)... had used them 30+ years ago in shop class, after teachers instructions just fine... thanks again!
Thanks
Awesome! I'm gonna have to get one. I need it for my carvings I think. Big game changer! thanks for the info
Excellent information. If more people watched this, there'd be more people making shavings rather than dust.
Very informative, very well presented. Thank you! This is a great beginner's run down of lathe work.