Another awesome video. I just made a pair of matching bowls that stick out of a square block and I used the method of cutting it in half after doing a spindle turning of a half sphere on the end of the square stock with an abrupt square transition from square to the round end. (Did the sphere shape by eye and it was nearly perfect, yes!) then I cut it in half, then trimmed the bottom off with the bandsaw to have a small flat bottom to the bowl so I could do a small mortise for a pen chuck, (so it would remain hidden when sitting flat)reversed it and did the bowl. You end up with a bowl that looks like it’s embedded sideways into a block of wood. Very cool. Then I saw you cut your ladles in half in the same manner. I’d never done that before so I was proud to see you do it also. Anyway I like the idea of cutting the spindle in half to form 2 matching pieces like you have here. I had only seen a picture of the bowl in a block and I could only imagine that method in my head. It worked pretty well. Have you ever done one of those? I thought it might be a good subject for a video project. I would love to see your take on this idea. Sorry I have rambled on enough. I have a show in Durango Colorado starting December 5th and I’m going to include a couple of these ladles in my collection. Thanks again for all you do for the wood turning community! Take care, Scott
In the 1970s I made a living turning bowls, boxes with suction-fit lids, and scoops. When I move to Australia in 1982 all the market wanted was heavy reddish bowls - usually jarrah or redbum burl. For 55 years my interest has been in creating simple utilitarian objects that will be used for decades, if not generations. Making a living selling what I've made (rather than teaching or selling tools), I need to make stuff efficiently, and stuff that sells. Consequently I've never been interested in projects like emerging bowls or the recent winged box in the 4-Ways series although I appreciate the skill involved. These ladles are production items that can be churned out at the rate of 12 to 18 an hour. They're great for cash flow.
I love your candor. "Not a huge problem....just irritating." Truth! Have a great day out there in sunny Australia. -10C here in central British Columbia.
Make no mistake, i bow to the knowledge of a master.. but i also take a little pride in thinking to myself around the 7 minute mark.. "Gosh, he's going very fast! I'd have a catch if i did that."... Then the catch. Please don't take that as smugness or criticism, just the development of my own catch prevention radar. I only started last year, so it's just nice to have affirmation of the learning. Brilliant video! I've SO much more to learn
Usually I'd be roughing the handle using a ¾" continental gouge or make peeling cuts with a ¾" or 1" skew chisel. I was being far too agressive given I was using a ½-in spindle gouge AND cutting uphill into endgrain.
What perfect timing. I was just looking for something different to try besides bowls and boxes and this is a wonderful idea. Thank you for the great primer on scoops.
Great project Richard, I always enjoy what I learn from watching you work. Can you do this project with a skew to show the difference in presentation it offers.
When I turn a piece with that much of the piece in the air, i put some blue painters tape on the end of the handle.. this is for the same reason they paint the ends of propellers on airplanes a different color than the rest of the propeller, So that they can be easily seen.
I have a cherry block which is on it's way to becoming a pair of ladles. I hope they work as well as the two you did in this video. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Very cool technique! I will definitely be making a few sets of these now that I understand how they're made. For some reason I am craving a big bowl of cereal after watching this 😂 they're perfect big kid cereal spoons!
Didn't you years ago do one of these by gluing a brown paper bag between the 2 pieces of wood and then splitting them when you were done with the outside? I guess the trick is getting the brown paper bags as they all use plastic. You bring back memories. I remember you turning large wooden spheres for the garden saying they would probably split. You then rolled them out the door and almost tripped. Ahh memories.
Respect for not editing out the occasional slip; I had my fingers crossed when you band-sawed those small slivers as I know from experience that they can catch in the slot in the table insert. Are the Chinese now buying up Australia's timber?
Another great video! These are definitely on my project list. Thanks. Your skewed scraper, the one with the notch on the corner, you have said what the dimensions are before, but I can't find the episode. Is it 1-1/4" X 1/4" ??
Hmm, I might be inclined to make up a blank by gluing two pieces together with cardstock in between to make the parting easier, rather than trying to bandsaw a round object.
Gluing up is far too slow for production and not necessarily safer as glue-ups can fail, especially when wedged by centres if the tailstock is tightened. Safest is to retain a square section of the original blank (as I mentioned).
Hummm..removing one of the chuck jaw leaves a fairly large gap for the gouge to slip in and generate what would be a very nasty metal on metal catch. Be very carefull if some of you intend to use this method. This is Wussybear with your safety tip of the day 😊
Hummmmmm.... I do mention the option of a wooden chuck and anyone worried about catching a gouge will probably use a scraper which is extremely difficult to catch. You see a wooden chuck in use in th-cam.com/video/kMB8E_IBsaU/w-d-xo.html.
Sir, you are a genius and a master of masters who can explain something so well. Bless you
Terrific video, thank you, Richard. This project gets to use a variety of skills: turning, band sawing, carving/sanding. Great fun!
These are so beautiful, tasteful! Thanks for the masterclass!
Thank you , Jake. Much appreciated.
And once again I learned something new ( new to me anyway ) from one of your videos. Thanks yet again. I've got to try this method now ( well, soon ).
Another awesome video. I just made a pair of matching bowls that stick out of a square block and I used the method of cutting it in half after doing a spindle turning of a half sphere on the end of the square stock with an abrupt square transition from square to the round end. (Did the sphere shape by eye and it was nearly perfect, yes!) then I cut it in half, then trimmed the bottom off with the bandsaw to have a small flat bottom to the bowl so I could do a small mortise for a pen chuck, (so it would remain hidden when sitting flat)reversed it and did the bowl. You end up with a bowl that looks like it’s embedded sideways into a block of wood. Very cool. Then I saw you cut your ladles in half in the same manner. I’d never done that before so I was proud to see you do it also. Anyway I like the idea of cutting the spindle in half to form 2 matching pieces like you have here. I had only seen a picture of the bowl in a block and I could only imagine that method in my head. It worked pretty well. Have you ever done one of those? I thought it might be a good subject for a video project. I would love to see your take on this idea. Sorry I have rambled on enough. I have a show in Durango Colorado starting December 5th and I’m going to include a couple of these ladles in my collection. Thanks again for all you do for the wood turning community! Take care, Scott
In the 1970s I made a living turning bowls, boxes with suction-fit lids, and scoops. When I move to Australia in 1982 all the market wanted was heavy reddish bowls - usually jarrah or redbum burl. For 55 years my interest has been in creating simple utilitarian objects that will be used for decades, if not generations. Making a living selling what I've made (rather than teaching or selling tools), I need to make stuff efficiently, and stuff that sells. Consequently I've never been interested in projects like emerging bowls or the recent winged box in the 4-Ways series although I appreciate the skill involved. These ladles are production items that can be churned out at the rate of 12 to 18 an hour. They're great for cash flow.
I love your candor. "Not a huge problem....just irritating." Truth! Have a great day out there in sunny Australia. -10C here in central British Columbia.
I appreciate so much when you show and explain your catches and mistakes. Gives hope to us mortals.
Great project for the holidays. Thanks for the idea. I like the shape of the handle where it meets the bowl.
Make no mistake, i bow to the knowledge of a master.. but i also take a little pride in thinking to myself around the 7 minute mark.. "Gosh, he's going very fast! I'd have a catch if i did that."... Then the catch. Please don't take that as smugness or criticism, just the development of my own catch prevention radar. I only started last year, so it's just nice to have affirmation of the learning. Brilliant video! I've SO much more to learn
Usually I'd be roughing the handle using a ¾" continental gouge or make peeling cuts with a ¾" or 1" skew chisel. I was being far too agressive given I was using a ½-in spindle gouge AND cutting uphill into endgrain.
What perfect timing. I was just looking for something different to try besides bowls and boxes and this is a wonderful idea. Thank you for the great primer on scoops.
Very nice, I love your design, I think I will give it a go. Thanks.
excellent project!!! I loved it!!
Great project Richard, I always enjoy what I learn from watching you work. Can you do this project with a skew to show the difference in presentation it offers.
When I turn a piece with that much of the piece in the air, i put some blue painters tape on the end of the handle.. this is for the same reason they paint the ends of propellers on airplanes a different color than the rest of the propeller, So that they can be easily seen.
I've also seen a fence fixed between the handle arc and the rest so it's impossible for a hand or finger to interact with the propeller.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I would definitely need a fence... Jane
I have a cherry block which is on it's way to becoming a pair of ladles. I hope they work as well as the two you did in this video. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
12:03 well, this is brilliant. I've seen so many of the clamping jigs for this. Never seen anyone smart enough to just leave a jaw out of their chuck.
Another great demonstration.
Very cool technique! I will definitely be making a few sets of these now that I understand how they're made. For some reason I am craving a big bowl of cereal after watching this 😂 they're perfect big kid cereal spoons!
Another excellent teach-in, thank you!
Love it, especially 2 from 1 blank.😊
Very interesting, thanks. I'll give it a go this week.
Excellent project!
Amazing! I will definitely try to repeat a similar project in the coming days)
Thanks Richard . I will be trying this method soon
I shall try one tomorrow! Thanks again, Richard.
Didn't you years ago do one of these by gluing a brown paper bag between the 2 pieces of wood and then splitting them when you were done with the outside? I guess the trick is getting the brown paper bags as they all use plastic. You bring back memories. I remember you turning large wooden spheres for the garden saying they would probably split. You then rolled them out the door and almost tripped. Ahh memories.
The sphere-rolling was in my first Turning Projects video published by Taunton Press.
Excellent Richard.
They turned out to be very nice spoons thanks for teaching us out here in TH-cam land
Thank you sir❤❤❤
I'll have a go at this today.
I thought you were going to glue two bits of wood together with paper between at the start.
Great project.
Debs
I've seen a few glued up spindles fly apart, wedged by a tightening a conical tailcentre. YOu need a cup centre.
Respect for not editing out the occasional slip; I had my fingers crossed when you band-sawed those small slivers as I know from experience that they can catch in the slot in the table insert.
Are the Chinese now buying up Australia's timber?
Very interesting, as someone who used to make Welsh lovespoons, I could maybe use a mix of the two crafts.
Another great video! These are definitely on my project list. Thanks.
Your skewed scraper, the one with the notch on the corner, you have said what the dimensions are before, but I can't find the episode. Is it 1-1/4" X 1/4" ??
I found 1"x ¼" the best dimensions. Smaller can be a bit lightweight, larger and it becomes more difficult to feel the cut.
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I definitely do not have the confidence to work inside the chuck jaws, I’m only just up to working close to the chuck jaws 😅
You can make a jam chuck to hold a ladle for hollowing. Take a look at th-cam.com/video/kMB8E_IBsaU/w-d-xo.html.
wow I am amazing , I never thought one could do that .
I’m going to try this, though my band saw skills are lacking.
An alternative is to glue up a blank with a paper joint that you can split with a knife or chisel after the initial betweeen centres.
@ thanks. I honestly never would have thought of that
Hmm, I might be inclined to make up a blank by gluing two pieces together with cardstock in between to make the parting easier, rather than trying to bandsaw a round object.
Gluing up is far too slow for production and not necessarily safer as glue-ups can fail, especially when wedged by centres if the tailstock is tightened. Safest is to retain a square section of the original blank (as I mentioned).
Hummm..removing one of the chuck jaw leaves a fairly large gap for the gouge to slip in and generate what would be a very nasty metal on metal catch. Be very carefull if some of you intend to use this method. This is Wussybear with your safety tip of the day 😊
Hummmmmm.... I do mention the option of a wooden chuck and anyone worried about catching a gouge will probably use a scraper which is extremely difficult to catch. You see a wooden chuck in use in th-cam.com/video/kMB8E_IBsaU/w-d-xo.html.
What kind of wood is that?
Chinese elm
Nice ladles, Ashka says axe and knife next hahahah
I do actually have some under way...
Very nice
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Richard Raffan has an excellent TH-cam video available on making entry cuts with no catching or skating. 😆💕