Interesting video and great looking bowl. It aldo shows that you don't have to have the latest and greatest equipment to turn out beautiful pieces. Looking forward to more videos.
straycat1674 I am afraid that if you attempted to smooth out the outside it would have turned into a shooter glass!! But no... I like the way not that it looks... but the way it feels! Thanks for watching Larry
+G3n3rati0nGlossY1980 Hello Michelle: Many thanks! They are fun to do! ;>) I had a look at your channel and while I am not a Dollie person... I do have my buddy Cedric! He even has his own channel! th-cam.com/channels/qOEjvwwxBMHprvTvmDZz0w.html Thought I would introduce you two! Thanks for watching Larry & Cedric too!
I have been subscribed to your channel for a while now and I just enjoy watching so much. I am learning heaps and one thing I really love seeing is that not everything has to be perfectly round to look fantastic. Hope to continue watching you create for a long time to come !
Tim Nicholson Hello Tim: There is a matter of knowing when to quit! Once in a while I get it right! Unfortunately... most of the time... ;>) I am glad that you have learned anything of use... every little thing counts in the long run! Thanks for watching Larry
Larry real nice piece you turned out. Also i am happy to see other people have catches that fling (throw) my turnings out of the chuck, as long as you are ok. Cheers Roger
lol, thats for commenting back. it's wasn't as bad as I made it out to be. I love watching get and turning things myself. just never videotaped any on my work as I'm still learning myself after a few years. hope ya took no offense to what I said, I surely didn't mean for it to be offensive. Thanks for sharing your work.
Actually you managed to hit it pretty much right on the head! But as there have been 70 thousand + views it's not something that I would want alter... and it is all part of the learning curve, so I think it has a place in the order of things! A recorded turn has a lot of things to think about, and as you go along you learn different tricks that make it work better! I never have learned not to mumble as much as I do... but I have learned how to put text on the screen so people can follow along... of course it took me 66 videos to catch on to that one! And no I take no offense and I will also be back making more videos soon... between the cancer in my shop (electrical) and the few spots they found in me ( not electrical) have slowed things down over the last few months! Soon! Thanks for watching Larry
A very nice looking piece there. I'm chomping at the bit over here saving up for a decent chuck and a few bowl gouges. You've really shown that a scraper is a much needed tool as well. Thanks.
Big Dan Hey Dan: While you are saving... don't forget to explore the world of alternatives... not that they really replace what a chuck can do... but making faceplates out of wood and threading them straight onto your headstock... a tapered bolt the same size as your headstock, with lines scored down the sides makes a good tap and you can do all kinds of things with that. I have been turning for about twenty years now , but only got a chuck 2 years ago. There are a lot of things you can make... and do... without! As far as tools go... I would think that you should only need 5 tools to begin with... a roughing gouge is always a good place to start... although I seem to interchange my skew quite often for that task... but that is my #2 is the skew ... then a scraper... and remember that any flat chunk of steel (a file would good)... can be sharpened into a scraper ... after that I would look for a bowl gouge ... and a parting tool... I think if finances are not what they could be... you can always check the pawn shops and second hand stores... you can get some pretty good deals there...just be ready to learn the fine art of sharpening as they won't be pristine! Here in Victoria we also have UsedVictoria online and I am sure that they have something similar everywhere... you can get a lot of stuff for free there and if not free then a pretty good price! Hope that helps a little and I hope you come up with some cool projects! Thanks for watching Larry
Ah, where to start. Thank you for the great reply! I am working with an ancient shopsmith and a few hand carving chisels, reground screwdrivers, drill bits, and allen keys, currently trying to gain competence with general beads and coves. I have picked up a carbide roughing tool and (just yesterday) a live center which has become a game changer. Also recently I made an adapter to fit a faceplate acquired from the local swap meet and look forward to trying out a glue block on my next bowl attempt. I refuse to put screws through the bottom of a bowl even if it is just for practice ;) So technically I should be able to make this work with the square R2 carbide tool, and perhaps a round scraper made out of something. Months ago I was on the hunt for a huge file or 3 until the safety police discourage me from it, however I think I may continue the search again, and try other alternatives. Like car axles, and torsion bars.. they aren't tool steel but they are resistant to shattering and are harder than mild steel, and even a mild steel skew doesn't sound impossible, say, from a chunk of 3/8"x2" flatbar. Like you said, worst case scenario is I'll have to sharpen the tool every 5 minutes. However, with a few clever jigs I bet it would only take seconds to do so. Ever since I started this hobby I spend so very little time actually turning on the lathe vs time spent adapting tools to turn with. However I sense that acquiring tools and chucks and jigs for this hobby will be never ending. Thanks again for the kind words and for sharing great videos. There is so much inspiration here on TH-cam it makes me itch to gain competence and eventually share my experiences as well.
I'll try the home made thread cutter as well, to give me more options when my faceplate is tied up.. Also I read that medium CA glue will bond to wet wood.. I'm going to need that since I only have access to green hardwoods.. I'm dying to make a container. I tried one once out of cedar and found that was not such a good idea trying to make the lid a tight fit and it came apart, then the container came apart when I tried to jamb chuck it.. lol.. I don't have maple here than I am aware of.. I do have what I thought was big leaf maple down near the creek but the neighbor who has the greenest thumb I know doesn't think they are maple.. =( Anyway, it looks like I need to get a tree identification book. Today is going to be a tool making day. I may try taking a video even though I don't have a mic for my camera. Gotta start sometime right? Do you know of a good free video editing software? Thanks again.
Big Dan If you take your pieces of green wood and put it in the microwave for a minute and then take it out and let it cool... Weighing will let you know when it stops getting lighter and you will have a fairly dry piece! I have a dehumidifier and I put it on that for the time after the microwave... but just letting it cool down will do the same thing.I haven't used the CA for holding things on the lathe... but I have seen a great many other people do it... I just use a hot glue gun... screw a piece of wood to your faceplate and use that as your glue block. That way you shouldn't have any problems running into them!Not sure why the safety police should be concerned about sharpening a file... it is very hard steel and you are just running one side over the grinder... makes great tools!Another source of wood that is quite often overlooked is pallets! There are an enormous species of wood used in their construction... but remember that these come from all over the world and are built from the cheapest woods available... where we are that may not be as readily available! I have found many oak and a few mahogany... For most of the first year I used Windows Movie Maker... it has limitations but in the first while you will be finding your own limitations and what you want to do... I then found Adobe Premiere Elements... it goes on sale here every once in a while for about 89 dollars and it has many more capabilities... but even there... there are things that I think about doing...but to do so I would have to buy the full package... and that is up around 600!I wish you luck and I hope you have fun with it... that what this is all about... there are those out there who make a living at this and there are those who just have fun with it! Either way... Good luck. Larry
+Chuck Blaylock Everywhere you go there is neat wood that you don't have at home... but sometimes the wood we have got... turns in to something pretty spectacular! Sometimes all you need is a pallet! But mostly... it's just that need to create something that takes over and uses what ever we have at hand! Here's hoping that this Christmas finds you safe and warm. Health and Light Larry
When I get desperate for wood, I start turning 2X6's. That way I can stay practiced until I find more exotic wood to turn. Very nice bowl and unusually shaped too.
Great video Larry, the bowl is beautiful, and so full of gorgeous figure. The finish makes it really "pop". Funnily enough I use the same plastic bag method on some of my brushes as you do, so it must be acceptable! ;) Take care Mike
wow I thought you were pushing to the limit there after it flew off. as last night I was turning had an awesome bowl great grain it and pushed the limit a little to far and kaboom. that sucked but anyways that was an awesome apple bowl have to get some apple wood loved that bowl
dale marsh Hey Dale: It can be pretty startling when that happens can't it? Any of the fruit woods are nice to work with... Not sure which I like better ... the apple or the plum... they are both wonderful to work with. And working them green is even easier... they just warp more! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
well the first time I had a bowl blow up on me. well lets say thank god for afce shields I didn't have my guard on the lathe and was turning at 3000 rpms and hit me right in the forehead
Love the bowl! Just curious about your lathe. If I am not mistaken, that is an old Craftsman lathe. If so, I have the same one. Have you made any modifications to it?
Hey Aeron: Good eye! Three years and you are the first to notice it! I never would have noticed it either! But no it was actually a piece of bark that flew off and landed ( unheeded) on the floor! Thanks for watching Larry
It is in fact a Craftsman... and I have made very few changes to it... at least as far mechanics... I have closed in the top so that the sawdust doesn't end up down behind and underneath as much! Of course it is a lathe and sawdust happens!!! I am going to try and find a new set screw for the tailstock as it seems to have broken in its previous life... but I have had it now for about 10 years and have been very happy with it. Thanks for watching Larry
+Bob Lewis Hey Bob: I am in the thriving Metropolis of Shirley BC! And if you take the number of subscribers I have and divide that by 8... you will be pretty close to our total population! Thanks for watching Larry
Thank the wood gods... I have been lucky so far!! He would have been right if it had hit me.. fortunately it went the other way!! Thanks for watching Larry
+Todd Beaulieu Hey Todd: If the wood is dry you should have no problems with it at all.... it is just another view of the grain... If however the wood is green... there is a high chance that it will split as that is the spot where everything moves to. You will have pith problems where ever you leave it... but it can turn out to be a very nice feature! Getting it down to thin enough for it to dry the same on both sides is important. Hope that helped some. ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Hello David: As it turned out the wood held up just fine... it had been down for quite some time. Arbutus is the one I have a tough time with... even dry it still cracks! Apple seems to be pretty stable... at least the pieces I have worked with. Thanks for watching Larry
Thanks Larry. It could be that either I am not patient enough to wait for my free wood to dry for a year or so or I am too cheap to buy some blanks already dry.;-)
Pre dried blanks are no fun!! You always need to have that question in the back of your mind... Is this one going to hold together? Of course if it doesn't... there are always other ways around that too! I think the trick is that you have to come up with lots of free wood.. that way some of it will be dry by the time you get to it!! Larry:-)
chet dillenbeck Hello Chet: It is a Nova chuck and you will need the 16:10 adapter to make it fit the threads! Should come included... although mine had to be ordered! Certainly opens up a new world! Good luck. Larry
I got mine at KMS tools... it is a Nova chuck and if you have the same then you need a 3/4 16tpi adapter... also sold there... or anywhere that sells Nova products! Thanks for watching Larry
+Tom Maples Hey Tom: I appreciate your critique, and agree wholeheartedly! As the fifth video I had made there had been some improvements since the first... but now as I head into my one hundred and twentieth... I have to kind of cringe! But as this is a progression in turning and a progression in the ability to show that turning in its best light... I have left it up and it is now my most watched video! And while it has more dislikes than any other video I have put out.... it also has the most likes of any video! My mumbling doesn't help any either! You will find that I now put out two videos every time I put one out... I make another one with text as well... Partly for those who can't understand my mumbles... and partly because some people have hearing impairments and partly ( I found this an interesting thing) because there are a number of people around the world who don't speak English... but can read it! ;>) OK so I just had to go look! No! It was piece of Apple that had been cut the previous year and when I was finished turning it remained pretty much as was! I am not aware of any changes you would have to make to cut an end grain bowl but then I am learning new things every day!;>) Thanks for watching Larry
liliana de fatima vidal calderon Hola Lilana: Y yo que pensé que tenía un nombre largo! Iam tan contenta de que te gustó lo que viste ... Ese fue uno de mis primeros que se ponga a y fue una maravillosa pieza de madera. Usted encontrará que mi estilo de toma de vídeo ha cambiado un poco en los últimos años desde entonces ... y esperemos que para bien. ;>) Gracias por mirar Larry
Si mis abuelos les gustaba trabajar la madera, es un poco pesado para una de mujer, mi padre tallaba como antiguamente se hacia por eso me traes hermoso recuerdos , el olor de la madera los nombre de tipo de madera que el pino el cedro rojo, el negro, cerezo el nogal y mi padre me contaba de donde era originaria cada madera y como lo traían aquí a Colombia ahora ya con mis años valoro mucho este trabajo es un arte, me gustaría conservar esa tradición que antes me parecía aburrida , nuevamente gracias por compartir enseñando a la gente joven este lindo y hermoso arte que se perdió con el tiempo, pero ya nuevamente se esta recuperando (claro por la tala indiscriminada)
Wood turning on the other hand is not heavy at all! And you don't even need a big lathe to make all kinds of things! A small one will make ordinary pieces of wood transform into wonders right before your very eyes!! What is hidden in some of these pieces are worth the effort! I had a lathe once that was only 50cm x 20cm. Wish I still had it! Continue to enjoy the world as it should be... Larry
+dennis buckner Hey Dennis: That was video #5 and things have improved along the way... hope you find that there are others that are easier to hear! Thanks for watching Larry
I thank you for your concern and so far I seem to be all in one piece!!! Catches are one of those things that happen when you play with spinning wood and you push a piece of steel at it!!! It is just a matter of what is left when you are finished!! Thanks for watching Larry
I want to get started doing this just for the fun and since I need a hobby after having my construction career ended by an injury. Where would I begin ? I mean , I don't even have a lathe , nor do I know what kind to buy as a beginner. Thanks
+Bryan Resch Hey Bryan: My first though is... don't go out an spend a bunch of money on a fancy lathe! Instead look through all the used sites on line... here we have Used Victoria and I am sure that most places around the world will have something similar... quite often you will find lathes that people no longer want and they just want to get rid of them. Sometimes for cheap and sometimes for free! But anything that will get the wood spinning is a good place to start! I got mine from somebody who had bought it years earlier and never used it... so he took it apart and it sat in a box for I think it was 6 years till he gave it to me! It doesn't have any fancy bells and whistles and I think that is probably a good way to start! Learn what the wood does first... later once you become more proficient you can buy what you think you need then... and by then you will know what you want! A chuck is always a nice thing to have... but I ran mine for 10 years before I got one! You can make some pretty impressive things while the wood is between centers! If you went out and spent 100 dollars on a lathe now... and only did a half dozen projects before you decided it wasn't for you after all... you aren't out much... if you spent $4000... Here's hoping you find just what you need! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Sorry to take so long to reply!! (maybe I should have deleted that too!?) In the video I am working on now, I take out all the bad stuff and make it look like a perfect turn (almost!) but then when you get to the end... I have put all of the other stuff there!! The second part is longer than the first!!! Thanks for watching Jim Larry
never have done any lathe work personally.. but you hold your chisel upsidedown.. does that impact cutting? it seems like you would get the better cut flipping it over
michael minner You are pretty observant for a non practitioner! Yes I do hold it upside down! I guess it must be something from my barbering days... holding a straight edge to someones throat gives you a pretty good feel for what a blade can do! A skew is much the same as a razor in that it is a long straight edge and you use as much of it as you can! Sometimes there are cuts that have to be made that go the other way up... but for the most part... you get fewer catches this way and it still gives you a pretty good finish! ;>) Just imagine if I was left handed too! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Chuck D: I simply use the tool that I feel will do the trick... it may not be right... but it gets the job done! It also gives you an opportunity to decide if is a way you can use ... or not! I like my skew and use it for all kinds of things that it isn't normally used for... but in the end... if I can come up with something close to what I had in mind... it works for me! Here's to you for watching and for having your own style.. Happy turning Larry
It's not a "style". It's using tools for their purpose. You aren't even using the tool as it's intended. I suggest you watch some of the expert turners such as Richard Raffan and Carl Jacobsen.
Larry is one of the best I've seen with a skew, and he turns out amazing works of art, I suggest you Chuck D watch and learn from a master turner and keep your thoughts to your self until you know what the hell your talking about
I agree with the negative comments regarding the music. Sorry, but it really was not something I want to hear again. I would much rather hear your thoughts about how and why you did this or that. I’m a beginner myself and need all the expert advice I can get and really love what you did here. 😊
A beautiful bowl Larry. Constructive comment; I found the music volume a little high for your voice over and the flat notes in the tune weren't really to my taste. But, the second watch with the sound muted was much more enjoyable. Thanks, Ben
TeamWild Hello Ben: I do hope that you have found other videos that are more to your liking... That was one of my first so things didn't work just the way they were supposed to... but at the time I thought it was pretty good... In watching it again you are most definitely right though! I should have thought more about your poor ears when I wrote that piece of music! Thanks for watching Larry
+Gloria Costello Hello Gloria: That was my 5th video and you are very right... the music was way too loud! But live and learn and my more recent ones ... while I haven't learned not to mumble ... I have included a version with text so if I remember what it was all about... you can read it! ;>) Shouldn't be too long now and I will be back at it! Thanks for taking a look! Larry
+Ron A. Bolton Hey Ron: You are correct... But as you will have noticed... That was my 5th video... And I think that you will find that the later ones get better! I guess it's all part of the process! Another 10 years and I should have it all down pat! Thanks for watching Larry
+Barton Seven Hey Barton: Thank you for the advice... and for the record... I agree with you! But 3 years ago there a lot of things yet to be learned! Over the years I have picked up a lot and continually do... thanks in part to viewers like you! Thanks for watching Larry
Burls on apple trees seem to be very rare....here in Calgary there are literally thousands of apple trees (representing 20 or more species/cultivars) yet I have never spotted any burls on the apple trees, standing, or in the tree-cutters pile (and believe me, as the song says, "I'm a Burl Watcher!")...plum can be super nice, for the smell of the wood, and the purplish streaks...I cringe when I hear of plum orchards being churned into chips for bar-b-q-ers!!!
+james parker I guess it is not a burl in the true sense of the form... this is a section where the tree had been pruned and then grown over... several times! I believe that the tree had been planted some time in the '20s ( the last ones ... not these ones!) and so had seen much pruning over the years! In the yard here I have plum, pear, peach, cherry and a lone apple tree...( different yard from the one this bowl came from) and these trees yield some nice smaller branches as I get them back into proper shape. I also have some pieces of Japanese Plum... they use them for lining the streets in Victoria and they have a most gorgeous colouration... like regular plum but on steroids or something! I did have a friend that cut down their plum trees... and they are sitting in their basement drying for me! Not sure I will ever get to turning it all... but we will give it a shot! Definitely no bar-b-q-ers here! Thanks for watching Larry
Hey Ernest: As you can tell by the video name, that was my 5th attempt and it was done 3 years ago! I was learning then just as I am still learning... and it has been comments like yours that have taught me to do better! Thanks for watching Larry
My wife loves the little bowls, she uses them all around the house. I really like that, one of these days I'll get a chance to turn apple. Going to hit subscribe to see more from you. It would be a great help to get your opinion and sub on my channel aswell. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Chris: I understand that the audio is not all that good... but it was only my 5th video and I was still learning, and that was 3 years ago! Hopefully you will find some more enjoyable offerings in my later videos! Thanks for watching Larry
normally I would not say anything about the music people choose in their videos. unfortunately I cannot hold my tongue on this one. what is that horrid ear stench. atonal , it's like the person who is playing it was Def. the bowl is beautiful the music makes me want to hurt puppies.
Well sir: I am that Def person who stenched atonaly in you ear! But... Anyone who can listen music of any kind and still wants to hurt puppies... I think they wanted to hurt the puppies anyway! And I would rather write music... which I do... that some people don't like than be someone who would do something like that! You will also notice.. or you might have anyway... that this was my 5th video and I was still learning how to do things and learning what not to do! 2013 was a while ago! Thanks for watching Larry!
The Tiny Trailer Workshop nope. never wanted to hurt a puppy a day in my life until that music entered my ear hole. I'm sorry if I offended you but as a musician myself I find it offensive. you may consider it some kind of Philip Glass experimental piece but I would beg to differ. anyway you definitely are an artist when it comes to turn in a nice piece of wood which is something that I cannot do and am in fact jealous of.
Well that is a good thing to hear! There must be hope for you after all! There was no offense taken... I used Band in a Box back then and it made music that wasn't copy-written! I don't know if it gets better as time goes on.. but I did start making a texted version that makes it so you can listen ... or not! I am a lot more capable with the wood though! And as I have had to take this last year off for chemo related stuff, I am dying to get back out there and make some more shows! The ideas have never stopped! Larry
Toby Barker No... I think I may have written a couple that were worse! ;>) But that was two years ago and things have changed... but as they say... you can't change the past! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Fortunately... as time went on... I found different musics! And if they still suck... I guess there is always the volume switch! Thanks for watching Larry
Interesting video and great looking bowl. It aldo shows that you don't have to have the latest and greatest equipment to turn out beautiful pieces. Looking forward to more videos.
I am soooo glad that you did not even the outside out and chose to keep the beautiful personality of this piece in tact!
straycat1674 I am afraid that if you attempted to smooth out the outside it would have turned into a shooter glass!! But no... I like the way not that it looks... but the way it feels! Thanks for watching Larry
Just gorgeous!!! I've always wanted one of these beautiful bowls. Never realized just how much work went into creating one.
+G3n3rati0nGlossY1980 Hello Michelle: Many thanks! They are fun to do! ;>)
I had a look at your channel and while I am not a Dollie person... I do have my buddy Cedric! He even has his own channel!
th-cam.com/channels/qOEjvwwxBMHprvTvmDZz0w.html
Thought I would introduce you two!
Thanks for watching
Larry
&
Cedric too!
Glorious piece of wood turned beautifully so many thanks for a pleasant 17 minutes.
Best wishes,
Alan.
I have been subscribed to your channel for a while now and I just enjoy watching so much. I am learning heaps and one thing I really love seeing is that not everything has to be perfectly round to look fantastic. Hope to continue watching you create for a long time to come !
Tim Nicholson Hello Tim: There is a matter of knowing when to quit! Once in a while I get it right! Unfortunately... most of the time... ;>) I am glad that you have learned anything of use... every little thing counts in the long run! Thanks for watching Larry
Larry real nice piece you turned out. Also i am happy to see other people have catches that fling (throw) my turnings out of the chuck, as long as you are ok.
Cheers
Roger
It's so peacfull watching you turning :) This bowl is really great :) Keep going :)
+Emilien Benard Hey Emilien: I soon hope to be back out in my shop... Hard to believe that this one is 3 years old already!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Getting my first lathe soon, hope I can turn stuff half as good as you, thank you
Gerald Huxtable It won't take long! As soon as you turn it on... the ideas start flowing! Good luck! Larry
lol, thats for commenting back. it's wasn't as bad as I made it out to be.
I love watching get and turning things myself. just never videotaped any on my work as I'm still learning myself after a few years.
hope ya took no offense to what I said, I surely didn't mean for it to be offensive. Thanks for sharing your work.
Actually you managed to hit it pretty much right on the head! But as there have been 70 thousand + views it's not something that I would want alter... and it is all part of the learning curve, so I think it has a place in the order of things! A recorded turn has a lot of things to think about, and as you go along you learn different tricks that make it work better! I never have learned not to mumble as much as I do... but I have learned how to put text on the screen so people can follow along... of course it took me 66 videos to catch on to that one!
And no I take no offense and I will also be back making more videos soon... between the cancer in my shop (electrical) and the few spots they found in me ( not electrical) have slowed things down over the last few months!
Soon!
Thanks for watching
Larry
A very nice looking piece there. I'm chomping at the bit over here saving up for a decent chuck and a few bowl gouges. You've really shown that a scraper is a much needed tool as well. Thanks.
Big Dan Hey Dan: While you are saving... don't forget to explore the world of alternatives... not that they really replace what a chuck can do... but making faceplates out of wood and threading them straight onto your headstock... a tapered bolt the same size as your headstock, with lines scored down the sides makes a good tap and you can do all kinds of things with that. I have been turning for about twenty years now , but only got a chuck 2 years ago. There are a lot of things you can make... and do... without! As far as tools go... I would think that you should only need 5 tools to begin with... a roughing gouge is always a good place to start... although I seem to interchange my skew quite often for that task... but that is my #2 is the skew ... then a scraper... and remember that any flat chunk of steel (a file would good)... can be sharpened into a scraper ... after that I would look for a bowl gouge ... and a parting tool... I think if finances are not what they could be... you can always check the pawn shops and second hand stores... you can get some pretty good deals there...just be ready to learn the fine art of sharpening as they won't be pristine! Here in Victoria we also have UsedVictoria online and I am sure that they have something similar everywhere... you can get a lot of stuff for free there and if not free then a pretty good price! Hope that helps a little and I hope you come up with some cool projects! Thanks for watching Larry
Ah, where to start. Thank you for the great reply! I am working with an ancient shopsmith and a few hand carving chisels, reground screwdrivers, drill bits, and allen keys, currently trying to gain competence with general beads and coves. I have picked up a carbide roughing tool and (just yesterday) a live center which has become a game changer. Also recently I made an adapter to fit a faceplate acquired from the local swap meet and look forward to trying out a glue block on my next bowl attempt. I refuse to put screws through the bottom of a bowl even if it is just for practice ;) So technically I should be able to make this work with the square R2 carbide tool, and perhaps a round scraper made out of something. Months ago I was on the hunt for a huge file or 3 until the safety police discourage me from it, however I think I may continue the search again, and try other alternatives. Like car axles, and torsion bars.. they aren't tool steel but they are resistant to shattering and are harder than mild steel, and even a mild steel skew doesn't sound impossible, say, from a chunk of 3/8"x2" flatbar. Like you said, worst case scenario is I'll have to sharpen the tool every 5 minutes. However, with a few clever jigs I bet it would only take seconds to do so. Ever since I started this hobby I spend so very little time actually turning on the lathe vs time spent adapting tools to turn with. However I sense that acquiring tools and chucks and jigs for this hobby will be never ending. Thanks again for the kind words and for sharing great videos. There is so much inspiration here on TH-cam it makes me itch to gain competence and eventually share my experiences as well.
I'll try the home made thread cutter as well, to give me more options when my faceplate is tied up.. Also I read that medium CA glue will bond to wet wood.. I'm going to need that since I only have access to green hardwoods.. I'm dying to make a container. I tried one once out of cedar and found that was not such a good idea trying to make the lid a tight fit and it came apart, then the container came apart when I tried to jamb chuck it.. lol.. I don't have maple here than I am aware of.. I do have what I thought was big leaf maple down near the creek but the neighbor who has the greenest thumb I know doesn't think they are maple.. =( Anyway, it looks like I need to get a tree identification book. Today is going to be a tool making day. I may try taking a video even though I don't have a mic for my camera. Gotta start sometime right? Do you know of a good free video editing software? Thanks again.
Big Dan If you take your pieces of green wood and put it in the microwave for a minute and then take it out and let it cool... Weighing will let you know when it stops getting lighter and you will have a fairly dry piece! I have a dehumidifier and I put it on that for the time after the microwave... but just letting it cool down will do the same thing.I haven't used the CA for holding things on the lathe... but I have seen a great many other people do it... I just use a hot glue gun... screw a piece of wood to your faceplate and use that as your glue block. That way you shouldn't have any problems running into them!Not sure why the safety police should be concerned about sharpening a file... it is very hard steel and you are just running one side over the grinder... makes great tools!Another source of wood that is quite often overlooked is pallets! There are an enormous species of wood used in their construction... but remember that these come from all over the world and are built from the cheapest woods available... where we are that may not be as readily available! I have found many oak and a few mahogany... For most of the first year I used Windows Movie Maker... it has limitations but in the first while you will be finding your own limitations and what you want to do... I then found Adobe Premiere Elements... it goes on sale here every once in a while for about 89 dollars and it has many more capabilities... but even there... there are things that I think about doing...but to do so I would have to buy the full package... and that is up around 600!I wish you luck and I hope you have fun with it... that what this is all about... there are those out there who make a living at this and there are those who just have fun with it! Either way... Good luck. Larry
Finally this just came up again on my TH-cam feed, i used to watch you all the time, i wonder what ever happened to you and the tiny trailer workshop…
Love the bowl!
very beautiful wish i had some of that wood i have a lot of diff wood no apple lol great job
+Chuck Blaylock Everywhere you go there is neat wood that you don't have at home... but sometimes the wood we have got... turns in to something pretty spectacular! Sometimes all you need is a pallet! But mostly... it's just that need to create something that takes over and uses what ever we have at hand!
Here's hoping that this Christmas finds you safe and warm.
Health and Light
Larry
A little bowl but beautiful grain. Never seen a bowl turned so off center before. Have a happy xmas.
And you as well!
Thanks for watching
Larry
When I get desperate for wood, I start turning 2X6's. That way I can stay practiced until I find more exotic wood to turn. Very nice bowl and unusually shaped too.
Remember... exotic woods... depend on where you live! In Georgia... they make pallets out of walnut!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Great video Larry, the bowl is beautiful, and so full of gorgeous figure. The finish makes it really "pop". Funnily enough I use the same plastic bag method on some of my brushes as you do, so it must be acceptable! ;)
Take care
Mike
thanks Larry I hoping your Christmas is,a awesome one
I have some stiff competition here with all of you guys around!!
Thanks
Larry
Very nice. Like your work.
Thanks for watching
Larry
wow I thought you were pushing to the limit there after it flew off. as last night I was turning had an awesome bowl great grain it and pushed the limit a little to far and kaboom. that sucked but anyways that was an awesome apple bowl have to get some apple wood loved that bowl
dale marsh Hey Dale: It can be pretty startling when that happens can't it? Any of the fruit woods are nice to work with... Not sure which I like better ... the apple or the plum... they are both wonderful to work with. And working them green is even easier... they just warp more! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
well the first time I had a bowl blow up on me. well lets say thank god for afce shields I didn't have my guard on the lathe and was turning at 3000 rpms and hit me right in the forehead
Nice looking job..
Many thanks! It was fun to do!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Thank you Tom
I was pretty happy with the way it turned out!
Thanks for this, it is relaxing for looking
+bismarck cro This was made for relaxing while looking! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Love the bowl! Just curious about your lathe. If I am not mistaken, that is an old Craftsman lathe. If so, I have the same one. Have you made any modifications to it?
Hi, super video can I use part of your video to my compilation of the most interesting woodworking projects ?
If somewhere ... buried in the text if nothing else... the Tiny Trailer is named... then by all means!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Great video
The music reminded me of a Bizarro World take on the universal tune, Happy Birthday.
Band in a Box comes up with all kinds of neat sounds! Fun to play with! Thank you!
And Thanks for watching
Larry
Beautiful. :-)
Edson Oseas Most kind! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
loved the music as well Thanks complainers really bother me especially on Free tutorials
Everybody has tastes... some just complain about theirs more than others! My thanks for your excellent taste!
Thanks for watching
Larry
at 0:35.... did a chunk blow a hole through the piece of wood in the background?
Hey Aeron:
Good eye!
Three years and you are the first to notice it!
I never would have noticed it either!
But no it was actually a piece of bark that flew off and landed ( unheeded) on the floor!
Thanks for watching
Larry
It is in fact a Craftsman... and I have made very few changes to it... at least as far mechanics... I have closed in the top so that the sawdust doesn't end up down behind and underneath as much! Of course it is a lathe and sawdust happens!!! I am going to try and find a new set screw for the tailstock as it seems to have broken in its previous life... but I have had it now for about 10 years and have been very happy with it.
Thanks for watching
Larry
Just subscribed, enjoyed the app burl 111 video..where are you located ?
+Bob Lewis Hey Bob: I am in the thriving Metropolis of Shirley BC! And if you take the number of subscribers I have and divide that by 8... you will be pretty close to our total population!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Thank the wood gods... I have been lucky so far!! He would have been right if it had hit me.. fortunately it went the other way!!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Excelente trabalho, que tipo de madeira é essa? abraço
Nelson
Olá Nelson: Apple é a madeira e foi um projeto divertido de fazer!
E aqui está um back abraço!
Obrigado por assistir
Larry
Obrigado pela resposta, continue com seus trabalhos maravilhosos, abraço
Você é bem vindo!
Hi. Could you please address the issue of turning with the pith? I thought that this was not advised. I'm new to turning though. Thank you.
+Todd Beaulieu Hey Todd: If the wood is dry you should have no problems with it at all.... it is just another view of the grain... If however the wood is green... there is a high chance that it will split as that is the spot where everything moves to. You will have pith problems where ever you leave it... but it can turn out to be a very nice feature! Getting it down to thin enough for it to dry the same on both sides is important. Hope that helped some. ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
+The Tiny Trailer Workshop Oh! That makes perfect sense. Thank you!
Thank You
Barry Frankel You are welcome!
nice bowl, what did you use to finish?
Hey Milton:
I find shellac gives me the effect I am looking for!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Turning a bowl with the pith in it like you did, do you experience any cracking, or was the wood dry enough for it to not be a problem?
Hello David: As it turned out the wood held up just fine... it had been down for quite some time. Arbutus is the one I have a tough time with... even dry it still cracks! Apple seems to be pretty stable... at least the pieces I have worked with. Thanks for watching Larry
Thanks Larry. It could be that either I am not patient enough to wait for my free wood to dry for a year or so or I am too cheap to buy some blanks already dry.;-)
Pre dried blanks are no fun!! You always need to have that question in the back of your mind... Is this one going to hold together? Of course if it doesn't... there are always other ways around that too!
I think the trick is that you have to come up with lots of free wood.. that way some of it will be dry by the time you get to it!!
Larry:-)
quick question can you please tell me what kind of chuck you have as I have a lathe just like it.
chet dillenbeck Hello Chet: It is a Nova chuck and you will need the 16:10 adapter to make it fit the threads! Should come included... although mine had to be ordered! Certainly opens up a new world! Good luck. Larry
i have that lathe! where did you get your chuck? Im looking for one
I got mine at KMS tools... it is a Nova chuck and if you have the same then you need a 3/4 16tpi adapter... also sold there... or anywhere that sells Nova products!
Thanks for watching
Larry
The video was great but I could hardly hear you above the music. Does this bowl require a drying time since you turned with the grain?
+Tom Maples Hey Tom: I appreciate your critique, and agree wholeheartedly! As the fifth video I had made there had been some improvements since the first... but now as I head into my one hundred and twentieth... I have to kind of cringe! But as this is a progression in turning and a progression in the ability to show that turning in its best light... I have left it up and it is now my most watched video! And while it has more dislikes than any other video I have put out.... it also has the most likes of any video! My mumbling doesn't help any either! You will find that I now put out two videos every time I put one out... I make another one with text as well... Partly for those who can't understand my mumbles... and partly because some people have hearing impairments and partly ( I found this an interesting thing) because there are a number of people around the world who don't speak English... but can read it! ;>) OK so I just had to go look! No! It was piece of Apple that had been cut the previous year and when I was finished turning it remained pretty much as was! I am not aware of any changes you would have to make to cut an end grain bowl but then I am learning new things every day!;>) Thanks for watching Larry
MUY LINDO ORIGINAL TREMENDO TRABAJO
liliana de fatima vidal calderon Hola Lilana: Y yo que pensé que tenía un nombre largo! Iam tan contenta de que te gustó lo que viste ... Ese fue uno de mis primeros que se ponga a y fue una maravillosa pieza de madera. Usted encontrará que mi estilo de toma de vídeo ha cambiado un poco en los últimos años desde entonces ... y esperemos que para bien. ;>) Gracias por mirar Larry
Si mis abuelos les gustaba trabajar la madera, es un poco pesado para una de mujer, mi padre tallaba como antiguamente se hacia por eso me traes hermoso recuerdos , el olor de la madera los nombre de tipo de madera que el pino el cedro rojo, el negro, cerezo el nogal y mi padre me contaba de donde era originaria cada madera y como lo traían aquí a Colombia ahora ya con mis años valoro mucho este trabajo es un arte, me gustaría conservar esa tradición que antes me parecía aburrida , nuevamente gracias por compartir enseñando a la gente joven este lindo y hermoso arte que se perdió con el tiempo, pero ya nuevamente se esta recuperando (claro por la tala indiscriminada)
Wood turning on the other hand is not heavy at all! And you don't even need a big lathe to make all kinds of things! A small one will make ordinary pieces of wood transform into wonders right before your very eyes!! What is hidden in some of these pieces are worth the effort! I had a lathe once that was only 50cm x 20cm. Wish I still had it! Continue to enjoy the world as it should be... Larry
lovely bowl cut cant hardly hear ya for the back ground music mate
+dennis buckner Hey Dennis: That was video #5 and things have improved along the way... hope you find that there are others that are easier to hear!
Thanks for watching
Larry
kool i hope so too :)
I thank you for your concern and so far I seem to be all in one piece!!! Catches are one of those things that happen when you play with spinning wood and you push a piece of steel at it!!! It is just a matter of what is left when you are finished!!
Thanks for watching
Larry
I want to get started doing this just for the fun and since I need a hobby after having my construction career ended by an injury. Where would I begin ? I mean , I don't even have a lathe , nor do I know what kind to buy as a beginner. Thanks
+Bryan Resch Hey Bryan: My first though is... don't go out an spend a bunch of money on a fancy lathe! Instead look through all the used sites on line... here we have Used Victoria and I am sure that most places around the world will have something similar... quite often you will find lathes that people no longer want and they just want to get rid of them. Sometimes for cheap and sometimes for free! But anything that will get the wood spinning is a good place to start! I got mine from somebody who had bought it years earlier and never used it... so he took it apart and it sat in a box for I think it was 6 years till he gave it to me! It doesn't have any fancy bells and whistles and I think that is probably a good way to start! Learn what the wood does first... later once you become more proficient you can buy what you think you need then... and by then you will know what you want! A chuck is always a nice thing to have... but I ran mine for 10 years before I got one! You can make some pretty impressive things while the wood is between centers! If you went out and spent 100 dollars on a lathe now... and only did a half dozen projects before you decided it wasn't for you after all... you aren't out much... if you spent $4000... Here's hoping you find just what you need!
;>) Thanks for watching Larry
+The Tiny Trailer Workshop Thanks for the advice , much appreciated. I will start looking around and see what I find. ATB
for some reason i keep ending up watching lathe videos on youtube whenever i am bored...
Always.
muh1h1 Well in that case I hope you get bored much more often... Who knows what you will create! ;>) Thanks for being bored/watching Larry
Sorry to take so long to reply!! (maybe I should have deleted that too!?) In the video I am working on now, I take out all the bad stuff and make it look like a perfect turn (almost!) but then when you get to the end... I have put all of the other stuff there!! The second part is longer than the first!!!
Thanks for watching Jim
Larry
The latest and greatest doesn't make you a better turner...it just makes you a better equipped one!
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Larry
nice bowl but who is on the piano?? Les Dawson........
Hey Paul:
Thanks!
And that is the 2012 Band in a Box Special!
So me I guess!~
Thanks for watching
Larry
Then I think that it must be time to put it into International Law... brushes must be bagged after use!!!
Thanks for watching
Larry
never have done any lathe work personally.. but you hold your chisel upsidedown.. does that impact cutting? it seems like you would get the better cut flipping it over
michael minner You are pretty observant for a non practitioner! Yes I do hold it upside down! I guess it must be something from my barbering days... holding a straight edge to someones throat gives you a pretty good feel for what a blade can do! A skew is much the same as a razor in that it is a long straight edge and you use as much of it as you can! Sometimes there are cuts that have to be made that go the other way up... but for the most part... you get fewer catches this way and it still gives you a pretty good finish! ;>) Just imagine if I was left handed too! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Why are you using a skew as a scraper? And why are you scraping for roughing out?
Chuck D: I simply use the tool that I feel will do the trick... it may not be right... but it gets the job done! It also gives you an opportunity to decide if is a way you can use ... or not! I like my skew and use it for all kinds of things that it isn't normally used for... but in the end... if I can come up with something close to what I had in mind... it works for me!
Here's to you for watching and for having your own style..
Happy turning
Larry
It's not a "style". It's using tools for their purpose. You aren't even using the tool as it's intended. I suggest you watch some of the expert turners such as Richard Raffan and Carl Jacobsen.
Larry is one of the best I've seen with a skew, and he turns out amazing works of art, I suggest you Chuck D watch and learn from a master turner and keep your thoughts to your self until you know what the hell your talking about
It may not have been very big but it certainly does hold its own as far as looks are concerned!
Thanks for watching...
Larry
great
I agree with the negative comments regarding the music. Sorry, but it really was not something I want to hear again. I would much rather hear your thoughts about how and why you did this or that. I’m a beginner myself and need all the expert advice I can get and really love what you did here. 😊
A beautiful bowl Larry.
Constructive comment; I found the music volume a little high for your voice over and the flat notes in the tune weren't really to my taste. But, the second watch with the sound muted was much more enjoyable.
Thanks,
Ben
TeamWild Hello Ben: I do hope that you have found other videos that are more to your liking... That was one of my first so things didn't work just the way they were supposed to... but at the time I thought it was pretty good... In watching it again you are most definitely right though! I should have thought more about your poor ears when I wrote that piece of music! Thanks for watching Larry
I'd like to hear more of your "mutterings", can't through the music! 🙂
+Gloria Costello Hello Gloria: That was my 5th video and you are very right... the music was way too loud! But live and learn and my more recent ones ... while I haven't learned not to mumble ... I have included a version with text so if I remember what it was all about... you can read it! ;>)
Shouldn't be too long now and I will be back at it!
Thanks for taking a look!
Larry
Great work, but hard to hear what you are saying with the Music over the top.
+Ron A. Bolton Hey Ron: You are correct... But as you will have noticed... That was my 5th video... And I think that you will find that the later ones get better! I guess it's all part of the process! Another 10 years and I should have it all down pat!
Thanks for watching
Larry
cool.love your work.
Beautiful bowl but I would sharpen your tools more often, they looked pretty dull in the video...
Really nice bowl. But personally.....music was way too loud.
+Barton Seven Hey Barton: Thank you for the advice... and for the record... I agree with you! But 3 years ago there a lot of things yet to be learned! Over the years I have picked up a lot and continually do... thanks in part to viewers like you!
Thanks for watching
Larry
Burls on apple trees seem to be very rare....here in Calgary there are literally thousands of apple trees (representing 20 or more species/cultivars) yet I have never spotted any burls on the apple trees, standing, or in the tree-cutters pile (and believe me, as the song says, "I'm a Burl Watcher!")...plum can be super nice, for the smell of the wood, and the purplish streaks...I cringe when I hear of plum orchards being churned into chips for bar-b-q-ers!!!
+james parker I guess it is not a burl in the true sense of the form... this is a section where the tree had been pruned and then grown over... several times! I believe that the tree had been planted some time in the '20s ( the last ones ... not these ones!) and so had seen much pruning over the years! In the yard here I have plum, pear, peach, cherry and a lone apple tree...( different yard from the one this bowl came from) and these trees yield some nice smaller branches as I get them back into proper shape. I also have some pieces of Japanese Plum... they use them for lining the streets in Victoria and they have a most gorgeous colouration... like regular plum but on steroids or something! I did have a friend that cut down their plum trees... and they are sitting in their basement drying for me! Not sure I will ever get to turning it all... but we will give it a shot!
Definitely no bar-b-q-ers here!
Thanks for watching
Larry
So much character
Good video, but it's hard to hear what you say as the music is so loud !!
Hey Ernest:
As you can tell by the video name, that was my 5th attempt and it was done 3 years ago! I was learning then just as I am still learning... and it has been comments like yours that have taught me to do better!
Thanks for watching
Larry
My wife loves the little bowls, she uses them all around the house. I really like that, one of these days I'll get a chance to turn apple. Going to hit subscribe to see more from you. It would be a great help to get your opinion and sub on my channel aswell. Thanks for sharing.
Отличный канал! Но музыка в видео немного психоделическая.
great bowl, can't hear a word you're saying over the God of full music, belive I fell asleep 3 times trying to watch it.
Hey Chris: I understand that the audio is not all that good... but it was only my 5th video and I was still learning, and that was 3 years ago! Hopefully you will find some more enjoyable offerings in my later videos!
Thanks for watching
Larry
There is a man's face with a cigar in his mouth inside that bowl.
Well you know... You are right!! All this time and I had never noticed!
I must learn to pay more attention!
Thanks for watching
Larry
normally I would not say anything about the music people choose in their videos. unfortunately I cannot hold my tongue on this one. what is that horrid ear stench. atonal , it's like the person who is playing it was Def. the bowl is beautiful the music makes me want to hurt puppies.
Well sir:
I am that Def person who stenched atonaly in you ear! But... Anyone who can listen music of any kind and still wants to hurt puppies... I think they wanted to hurt the puppies anyway! And I would rather write music... which I do... that some people don't like than be someone who would do something like that!
You will also notice.. or you might have anyway... that this was my 5th video and I was still learning how to do things and learning what not to do! 2013 was a while ago!
Thanks for watching
Larry!
The Tiny Trailer Workshop nope. never wanted to hurt a puppy a day in my life until that music entered my ear hole. I'm sorry if I offended you but as a musician myself I find it offensive. you may consider it some kind of Philip Glass experimental piece but I would beg to differ. anyway you definitely are an artist when it comes to turn in a nice piece of wood which is something that I cannot do and am in fact jealous of.
Well that is a good thing to hear! There must be hope for you after all!
There was no offense taken... I used Band in a Box back then and it made music that wasn't copy-written! I don't know if it gets better as time goes on.. but I did start making a texted version that makes it so you can listen ... or not!
I am a lot more capable with the wood though! And as I have had to take this last year off for chemo related stuff, I am dying to get back out there and make some more shows! The ideas have never stopped!
Larry
cannot hear cause of the crappy music
worst music ever. nice work, though
Toby Barker No... I think I may have written a couple that were worse! ;>) But that was two years ago and things have changed... but as they say... you can't change the past! ;>) Thanks for watching Larry
Music sucks.
Fortunately... as time went on... I found different musics! And if they still suck... I guess there is always the volume switch!
Thanks for watching
Larry