I am a 40 year blacksmith and a 10 yr juryman welder. Just getting in to turning this is COOL! Can’t wait until tomorrow to try it on the pice in the lathe. Thank you
Awesome project Kent. Thanks for the safety tips at the beginning of the video. You may want to mention to your viewer that it’s imperative for every shop to have a good, functioning fire extinguisher. Even if your not torching wood! ⚡️💥🔥
I just started turning after 55 years. I have forgotten much about technique so I thank you for your program. I learned about burning wood to bring out the grain in Junior high school shop But have not used it since, that’s about 55 years ago. So thanks again for your help.
I haven't tried a burn technique ebonizing before, but with ash, I think this is the best method. Iron acetate doesn't work well with ash because ash is very low in tannins. This is really neat and really stokes the ideas for future projects. Thanks so much.
Nice looking bowl form and finish! I've made my lathe tool handles out of kiln dried ash and finished with a much heavier burn. The resulting grain ridges make for a comfortable and secure grip.
Another good technique that complements burning on ash is to apply white liming wax. It accentuates the texturing because the white wax will stick in the softer, more porous spring and summer part of the grain. Thanks for another excellent video.
Very nice. You can take this further by using a wire brush to brush off the lose char then add color either with dyes or colored wax. Adds a whole other dimension. Thanks Kent.
Interesting tidbit about the Ash tree problem. Scientists have gathered seeds from the Ash trees and have stored them underground for future planting once the bug has been controlled or eliminated. This place also has seeds from the Elm tree and many other plant species. Great job on this bowl....I will really have to clean the shop before trying this one.
That's a nice technique, especially with loads of ash trees falling around me. I have used fire to accent but never ebonize, opens endless possibilities for otherwise less interesting ash wood. Thanks professor!
Kent , Good Evening , I truly love watching your videos ! You motivate me to do more different turning techniques That I have held back on doing ! Even though I have been turning for a good number of years. I want to Thank you for sharing your Knowledge with everyone! Take Care and Be Safe
@@TurnAWoodBowl Kent , You have helped me to go further with my turning, not to be afraid of doing more challenging pieces ! Thank you , Sir ! Take Care and Be Safe
You list an angle drill in the list of supplies, but it looks like you are using a different drill. What are you using? Or is the 90 angle drill a better choice than the one you use?
Hey Kent, I hear some TH-camr has a video on “Stop Bowl Gouge Skip Backs”. 😉 I know it’s helped me. But it is nice to know than even the top turners have oops ever so often. Thanks for leaving it in. Keep the informative videos coming. Cheers, Tom.
Very nice project. One question though, you refer to plain linseed oil as Danish oil, my understanding (as a noob) was that Danish oil was a mixture of oils and other ingredients?
Great point! Tried and True does not have any other ingredients. They are the only brand that I know of in the US that has this product. Happy Turning!
Nice technique Kent, love the contrast between the two colours....what is the best wood to turn? and what size of bowls sell the best....I'm starting to make some for sale for the first time.....Thanks
Hey Danny Boy, good questions. Well, wood preference is up to you and what is available to you. The serving size 8-10" and salad bowls 12-15" sell well and so do natural edge display/fruit bowls. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Hi Kent, I love and learned a lot from your videos. I was wondering if you have a shop tour video? I know I’ve adapted one thing I saw in one video, the bucket of tools :-) . Thanks for teaching us.
Absolutely brilliant project Kent done with the top flat it would look like a 78 record or with a Perspex dome it would look like a flying saucer i have just got to try that thanks a million pall from Ron England
Hey brother I've learned alot from you. You can also use a map gas torch. I have a 2400 BTU torch for burning the wood I use. It's faster with better results on a slow speed. Thanks for all your knowledge. A definite fan of your work
Kent, I used this technique on a heart pine piece I turned. The grain in the pine really popped. I just got some early eighteen hundreds pine boards that I plan to try this on. boards are 2" x 15".
21:41 how is your gouge not getting scorched? Whenever I grind for as long as you are, the metal blues and loses its temper. What is the rpm you're working with on your system and what am I doing wrong?
Great video, great bowl Kent! Just watched your “Tried and True Original Wood Finish” video again as a refresher as well. What wood were those bowls made from in that video - interesting grain patterns! Thanks!
LOVE IT!!!! I know what I will be doing very shortly for one of my next turnings. All I need to do is find the right piece to 1st practice on and another for my 'final' bowl. I can definitely see this finishing technique being used as one of my staple gun she's in the future. Love your videos and how you explain what you're doing, very easy to follow along.
did this burning on really wet wood after bowl roughing, instead of sealing/waxing/ drying in shavings. So far so good no cracks and less warping than the ones conventionally sealed 🤷🏼♂️
In places in mi.they are spraying the trees to kill the ash bores.selective of course but i haven't heard if there having any luck with that.i have dead ones but i also have some young that are alive.
I never realized a mortise could be so shallow! Mine have been closer to 3/8” or deeper thus far. A shallower mortise would leave so much more wood for the bowl shape!
Nice bowl but I thought you were going to do this piece as a hollow form due to its diameter and shallowness. I think I will probably do a hollow form bowl similar to this one.
The reason it's not burning at the rim is because the raised rim does not allow the hot gases from the flame to reach the surface. The rim is acting like a dam; preventing the flame from getting to the surface at the bottom of the dam. The gases are bouncing off the trapped gases at the dam. If you removed the rim, the flame could reach those areas, but you wanted to prevent burning there.
I am a 40 year blacksmith and a 10 yr juryman welder. Just getting in to turning this is COOL! Can’t wait until tomorrow to try it on the pice in the lathe. Thank you
That is awesome, Tom! Remember; persistent, patient practice will yield the bowls you imagine creating! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Wow I didn’t know that you could use fire on a wooden bowl. Awesome!
Hey Ryne! Yes, the Weakley pyro-gene can be used for many things! ;)
Awesome project Kent. Thanks for the safety tips at the beginning of the video. You may want to mention to your viewer that it’s imperative for every shop to have a good, functioning fire extinguisher. Even if your not torching wood! ⚡️💥🔥
Good point! Thanks for sharing. Happy Turning!
Fantastic video Kent. After attending your sessions at the Florida Woodturning Symposium, I'm ready to start my torch. Thanks again.
I like the burning. I have done the burning on other wood projects but I’ve never tried it on a bowl. I look forward to my chance to burn a bowl
Sounds great Rick! Enjoy and Happy Turning!
I really appreciate the instructional aspect of your vedios.
Thank you kindly Dave. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Beautiful and great technique Kent.
Thank you, Jack!
That’s a great technique! I’ll definitely try it. Thanks!
Excellent! Enjoy and Happy Turning!
Very nice! I love the contrast!
Thank you! Cheers! Happy Turning!
Thanks Kent. I am going to try this on an oak blank I have. Really learned and enjoyed this video.
Glad you enjoyed it Dane. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Wow that's pretty dang cool Kent.
Thank you! Happy Turning!
This will be on my list to do this year!
Sounds great David! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Great technique, great result, great demonstration. Thank you Kent, I'm learning! Best, Serge
Glad you enjoyed it Serge! Thanks and Happy Turning!
Great work 👏! I really like the idea. I'll have to try it some time. Take care and GOD BLESS 🙏!
Thank you, Stephen! Happy Turning!
I just started turning after 55 years. I have forgotten much about technique so I thank you for your program.
I learned about burning wood to bring out the grain in Junior high school shop But have not used it since, that’s about 55 years ago. So thanks again for your help.
Welcome back Joseph! Enjoy and Happy Turning!
Classy finish Kent
Thank you, Robert! Happy Turning!
Have you ever made a woodturned bonsai pot? would be really cool!!
Ohhhh. Interesting and very zen, Arnaldo. Growing a miniature tree inside a tree. I love it. I'll see what I can do.
I will never be able to use flame in my shop. I like the effect of the charring. Thanks
You can always bring it outside. ;) Happy Turning!
Great stuff Kent!!!
Thank you, Gordon! Happy Turning!
love the process and look
Thank you, John! Happy Turning!
Another beautiful bowl.
What inspired the shape?
Glad you discussed the cracking - I look forward to trying this technique.
Well done sir!
Thanks Guy! I used this shape to have a visible surface for the treatment. Happy Turning!
I love this and thanks for some ideas
Glad you like them Michael! Happy Turning!
I haven't tried a burn technique ebonizing before, but with ash, I think this is the best method. Iron acetate doesn't work well with ash because ash is very low in tannins. This is really neat and really stokes the ideas for future projects. Thanks so much.
Glad you like this one Barry! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Very cool!
Thank you, George. Happy Turning!
You never cease to amaze me, Kent. Another beautiful masterpiece. That was very interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.
So nice of you Jim! Thanks for your kind words! Happy Turning!
Good stuff
Nice looking bowl form and finish! I've made my lathe tool handles out of kiln dried ash and finished with a much heavier burn. The resulting grain ridges make for a comfortable and secure grip.
Great idea. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Hah! You've given me yet another thing to try. Awesome 👍
Awesome, Whit. Enjoy and Happy Turning!
Another good technique that complements burning on ash is to apply white liming wax. It accentuates the texturing because the white wax will stick in the softer, more porous spring and summer part of the grain. Thanks for another excellent video.
Great point! Thanks for sharing Bill!
Very nice. You can take this further by using a wire brush to brush off the lose char then add color either with dyes or colored wax. Adds a whole other dimension. Thanks Kent.
That's a great idea Doug! Thank you for writing and sharing! Happy Turning!
Absolutely beautiful. I love it. thankyou diana
Thank you, Diana! Happy Turning!
Interesting tidbit about the Ash tree problem. Scientists have gathered seeds from the Ash trees and have stored them underground for future planting once the bug has been controlled or eliminated. This place also has seeds from the Elm tree and many other plant species. Great job on this bowl....I will really have to clean the shop before trying this one.
That's good to know Chris. Thanks for sharing! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
That's a nice technique, especially with loads of ash trees falling around me. I have used fire to accent but never ebonize, opens endless possibilities for otherwise less interesting ash wood. Thanks professor!
My pleasure, Wendy! Enjoy and Happy Turning!
Very cool! I love how the ebonizing really brings out the grain variation and the texture. A definite technique to experiment with on different woods!
Thanks so much Laurie! Me too! Fun technique.Happy Turning!
Kent ,
Good Evening , I truly love watching your videos ! You motivate me to do more different turning techniques
That I have held back on doing ! Even though I have been turning for a good number of years. I want to Thank you for sharing your
Knowledge with everyone!
Take Care and Be Safe
Wonderful! Thank you for writing and sharing Larry! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
@@TurnAWoodBowl
Kent ,
You have helped me to go further with my turning, not to be afraid of doing more challenging pieces ! Thank you , Sir ! Take Care and Be Safe
Hi Kent, thanks for that , but just for the record you didn’t film the final sanding of the burnt area.cheers Chris
The charred area was wire-brushes and only lightly sanded. Happy Turning!
You list an angle drill in the list of supplies, but it looks like you are using a different drill. What are you using? Or is the 90 angle drill a better choice than the one you use?
Same design, different brand. I have an older one. Happy Turning!
well done buddy
Thanks Mark 👍 Happy Turning!
Very cool 👍👍✌
Thank you, Gary! Happy Turning!
Any tips for doing a mortise when using the tail stock? Or do you always need to use a face plate?
I occasionally use a mortise, but usually I use a tenon.
That came out great Kent, been a while since I've done Pyro on a piece. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Diemen! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Nice!!
Thanks.
Hey Kent, I hear some TH-camr has a video on “Stop Bowl Gouge Skip Backs”. 😉 I know it’s helped me. But it is nice to know than even the top turners have oops ever so often. Thanks for leaving it in. Keep the informative videos coming. Cheers, Tom.
Thanks, Thomas. I think I've heard of that video. ;) LOL All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Very nice project. One question though, you refer to plain linseed oil as Danish oil, my understanding (as a noob) was that Danish oil was a mixture of oils and other ingredients?
Great point! Tried and True does not have any other ingredients. They are the only brand that I know of in the US that has this product. Happy Turning!
Nice technique Kent, love the contrast between the two colours....what is the best wood to turn? and what size of bowls sell the best....I'm starting to make some for sale for the first time.....Thanks
Hey Danny Boy, good questions. Well, wood preference is up to you and what is available to you. The serving size 8-10" and salad bowls 12-15" sell well and so do natural edge display/fruit bowls. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Hi Kent, I love and learned a lot from your videos. I was wondering if you have a shop tour video? I know I’ve adapted one thing I saw in one video, the bucket of tools :-) . Thanks for teaching us.
Not yet Frank! At 100K subscribers, I will do a shop tour video. Thanks for asking and Happy Turning!
Absolutely brilliant project Kent done with the top flat it would look like a 78 record or with a Perspex dome it would look like a flying saucer i have just got to try that thanks a million pall from Ron England
LOL, I like that image. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Hey brother I've learned alot from you. You can also use a map gas torch. I have a 2400 BTU torch for burning the wood I use. It's faster with better results on a slow speed. Thanks for all your knowledge. A definite fan of your work
Thanks for the tip Toni! Happy Turning!
Kent, I used this technique on a heart pine piece I turned. The grain in the pine really popped. I just got some early eighteen hundreds pine boards that I plan to try this on. boards are 2" x 15".
Good stuff. Have fun Gerald! All the best to you and Happy Turning!
21:41 how is your gouge not getting scorched? Whenever I grind for as long as you are, the metal blues and loses its temper. What is the rpm you're working with on your system and what am I doing wrong?
I'm only using very light pressure and this is a CBN wheel which doesn't heat up as quick as the oxide wheels.
Great video, great bowl Kent! Just watched your “Tried and True Original Wood Finish” video again as a refresher as well. What wood were those bowls made from in that video - interesting grain patterns! Thanks!
Thanks Bill. I believe those were honey locust. Happy Turning!
I was wondering. Can you do this with any other species of wood, or is it confined only to Ash?
Yes, other hardwood species or species with well-defined grain lines. Experiment. Who knows what you'll find. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
LOVE IT!!!! I know what I will be doing very shortly for one of my next turnings. All I need to do is find the right piece to 1st practice on and another for my 'final' bowl. I can definitely see this finishing technique being used as one of my staple gun she's in the future.
Love your videos and how you explain what you're doing, very easy to follow along.
Thank you, Peter. Enjoy and Happy Turning!
👍👍🔥🔥Супер, очень интересно.
Спасибо вам большое! Счастливого поворота!
Love the bowl! Beautiful. When was the drawing held?
Thanks Tammy. Winners will be posted on the 31. Stay tuned.
did this burning on really wet wood after bowl roughing, instead of sealing/waxing/ drying in shavings. So far so good no cracks and less warping than the ones conventionally sealed 🤷🏼♂️
Best of luck to you. Happy Turning!
Love this, turned out really nice :)
Have you announced the winners of the giveaway yet?
Thanks Liz. Jan 31. Stay tuned.
In places in mi.they are spraying the trees to kill the ash bores.selective of course but i haven't heard if there having any luck with that.i have dead ones but i also have some young that are alive.
Let's hope some survive! Thank you for writing and sharing! Happy Turning!
Doug J, Midlothian TX, Tool Sharpening course
Thanks for entering. Happy Turning!
I never realized a mortise could be so shallow! Mine have been closer to 3/8” or deeper thus far. A shallower mortise would leave so much more wood for the bowl shape!
Yup, they grip pretty well, even if shallow, as long as they are cut with that inside dovetail angle. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Andrew A. - New Paltz, NY - Sharpening course
Thanks for entering. Happy Turning!
Nice bowl but I thought you were going to do this piece as a hollow form due to its diameter and shallowness. I think I will probably do a hollow form bowl similar to this one.
I like that idea alot.
Sounds good. Enjoy!
It’s a flying saucer!
I think you're right Willa!
time and time again i see big cracks in a bowl long before the work is done ,
Check out my Tree To Bowl - Understanding Green Wood course www.TurnAWoodBowl.com/green All the best to you and Happy Turning!
"I'm turning at the speed that works."
Thousands of non-cognitive brains simultaneously exploded. :)
LOL! ;) Happy Turning!
Anyone ever tell you that you look like Terry O’Quinn from Lost?
Yes they have Rob. Thanks. ;)
Fantastic!! Would you have removed the scratches better in the burnt wood if this wasn't a demo???
Yes, probably. And if I had a smaller brass wire brush. My previous one was worn down to nothing. ;)
The reason it's not burning at the rim is because the raised rim does not allow the hot gases from the flame to reach the surface. The rim is acting like a dam; preventing the flame from getting to the surface at the bottom of the dam. The gases are bouncing off the trapped gases at the dam. If you removed the rim, the flame could reach those areas, but you wanted to prevent burning there.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing Keith.
Aren't Crocs a bitch to turn with? Comfy, but then you have to brush them and your feet before you walk anywhere.