Phew, you were so fortunate to get away without destroying such a beautiful bowl. I've learnt so much from you over my years as a turner. I even direct new turners to our club to tune in and watch back episodes, to learn essential techniques. Thanks Kent
Great bowl 😊. I allways like watching your videos, every time I learn something new. I would add another speces of wood that is great for live edge turning and that is european ash, also bark is well atached to wood. As for metals in the wood I tend to keep them in the bowl if they are in right spot. For spots with metal I use carbide, for everything else traditional gauges. Lots of wood in my country has remnats of war, so bullets and shrapnel are allmost common thing to find when woodturning.
Good stuff! I feel like a pair of vise grip pliers would have made light work of those nails. It's amazing you didn't really get any kickback when you hit them. Have me an idea for wooden nails to hang things in trees... 🤔
When I turn a blank of this size, I will take a forstner bit and drill a hole about 1/2”-3/4” into the wood for my spur bit. Then pound the spur bit in with a wooden mallet. This will help keep the wood on the lathe in the event it decides to fly off somewhere. This has saved my bacon on 2 or 3 occasions where I could have been injured. To remove nail like you encountered, grip the top of the nail with pliers, then scoot your pry bar underneath the pliers and pry the nail out then.
What should I say you asked about nails. I cut a 40cm slice of an elm, which came from neighbours garden with the chain saw into blanks. First I ripped off some teeth of the chain, than I had to dig out a 4 inch nail. After I had two out I thought I am fine now until I chopped some smaller pieces close to the bark... There I finally used a metal saw to get through the nails. I leaned to play with the almost black spots which develop around the nails. The end the result looks really good.
I use channel locks to remove nails. Grab the exposed portion and use the curved edge of the jaws to roll the nail out of the hole. Vise grips work too.
Just like a snapping turtle once he bites, he won’t let go once you started that bowl nails or not you finished it and the bowl was worth the effort. Good job enjoyed it.
It is a beautiful live edge bowl. I think they probably put the no trespassing signs up over the years, lol. Great demonstration of staying the course. Yes I have run into nails and bullets (we live in the country) where they tack the target to a tree. Thanks for sharing Kent.
Beautiful piece !👍 I never use wood from anyone's yard because of the nail issue I had a 3/8 lag bolt in a piece that I was turning once and it wasn't fun when I hit it never again will I use yard wood!!!
Great looking bowl, Kent. I have a question. I've noticed that you check the wall thickness tactilely. Why not use a caliper? Digital calipers can be found for $30 or less. The question is not why someone put nails in the tree, the question is why they didn't remove them after they had served their purpose. This is not just a problem for wood turners. The nails are a huge problem for the persons who cut the tree down and then buck it. Nails can do huge damage to a chainsaw, including causing the chain to break. At the speed the chain is turning serious injury can occur. Another is if the tree goes to a mill to be processed. Circular saws aren't hurt too much, but a nail can cause a carbide tip to be knocked off. However, a nail can cause the blade of a bandsaw to break. With the number of home/portable saws out there, nails can cause a lot of lost revenue to the mill operator as they have to fix/replace their equipment. Perhaps a small metal detector would be helpful.
I had access to a neighbor's downed Hickory tree that was approx 18" - 24" in diameter. I've turned a dozen bowls from that tree and three of them are live edge. Yes, I agree the bark stays on the blank very well. I like turning the Hickory but I find the character is a bit lacking in the timber.
Thanks for the tip on using danish oil for the fragile bowls. For anybody else like me who only has the linseed/beeswax mixture, I make it work on live edge bowls without gunking by making use of compressed air (light touch on the air nozzle trigger). It clears all the excess from the crevices so I can wipe it away with a cloth.
Great video Kent. I am surprised that you didn't break the foot off the bowl while banging on it. My Walnut bowl wasn't so lucky, but did put a new one on it. Nice work.
Beautiful bowl! I have once discovered a fence staple and a bullet in a blank. The fence staple was predictable because the tree was growing along an old fence line but the bullet was a surprise. Probably ended up in the tree by a deer hunter. Both were not easy to extract.
At 15:25, the sheer scrape is against supported grain regardless of direction of tool movement. The angle between wood direction and cutting edge is essentially the same either way. I hit my first nail this week, moments after sharpening, of course. It was too deep for my metal detector to find it when I milled the logs. It was a yard tree, and years ago, it held a tree house and a swing. Yard trees are always a gamble for the sawmill and the lathe.
Thank you for writing and sharing! Yes, shear-scraping is the only technique that can go against the supported grain without issues. The shave is so light it doesn't pull out end grain fibers. Happy Turning!
I've met up with nails a time or two and found myself regretting all the tree forts and other structures I built as a kid using - you guessed it - nails. Hit a completely buried one once whilst chopping out a mortise late in a build project. Watcha gonna do?
Kent, that is a fine-looking bowl. Enjoyed the nail lesson. I would like to be able to get some of the various woods I have seen you turn ... after all, if it is local wood to you, it is local to me, too. I've been watching some of your sharpening videos trying to shape a 55º gouge. Thanks for all these great videos.
Nice bowl, i learned a lot by watching this video. I was wondering if there is a reason not to use pliers to extract the nails, It would allow much less chiseling?
Great job I was going to say someone was building a tree house. But they were to deep or the tree was way to young. I have never pulled a nail out of a bowl. But I hate to admit it I pounded many a nail into a tree when I was a kid. I guess my day is coming.
I think they were for a plank nailed in to enable climbing the tree trunk prior to the accessible branches (offered as one who as a kid who was an enthusiastic tree climber!
When I run across a nail, I chisel around the nail to expose the head and use a pari of Pliers or vice grips by claming down and using the jaw of the plier as a lever. Ususlly puls right out.
Beautiful bowl! I'm glad to learn how to handle nails. Thanks! Question: do you have any trouble with warping thin wall bowls that are as wet as this one was?
Such a beautiful bowl! I've learned so much since I've started watching your videos. I do have a question on the shoulder/foot though. Is there any rule of thumb on what the size of the shoulder/foot should be in relationship to the bowl/platter you turn (similar to the turning speed/size of the bowl)?
Great bowl! So, did you turn a bowl from a three- to four-month-old log and finish it right away or was there a time delay until you finished it to dry?
I only worked at the Craft Centre for just over six months so a short career in wood turning and luckily never had any nails to contend with, you said you like taking the bowls in to your house so I wonder how much of your work do you keep and how much do you sell?
I have a question for you. I have seen many of your videos and I have never seen you turn a small bowl is there a reason. Just asking because I have a small lathe and can’t do more at the moment
Around the 24 min mark you are doing what I call a reverse cut. I do the same thing to cut away the pillar I leave in the middle of my bowls for support purposes. What I find interesting is everytime I make that cut, the surface I leave is like a mirror. Its perfect. I would argue it would even need sanding. BUT I can never get that same insane smoothness when I make my bowl wall cuts. Any idea what makes that backwards cut so dang smooth and shiny?
When turning a log into some bowl blanks, I discovered a modern arrowhead buried in the wood. Fortunately, I was able to remove it before applying lathe tools to the blank.
Did you say you paid for this or someone gave it to you.they had to put up there garage sale signs every year.maybe free kittens cause they couldn't afford to get the cat fixed.you might need to invest into a metal detector.beautiful bowl.
It's funny how much you don't like nails. Of course it's inconvenient, but no one is ever thinking about wood turners or furniture makers when they are nailing something to a tree.
Congratulation Kent for this great slalom demonstration between the nails! But the result was worthy. 🤣🤣👍👍
Thanks Jean! 👍
Beautiful piece, Gary! And you got the added bonus of that wonderful red cedar smell in the process. Thanks for another great video!!
Very symmetrical, beautiful bowl. It was definitely worth the effort.
Kent, looks like you "nailed" this one!🤣
You need a pair of end cutting pliers and a pair of side cutters. Make pulling those nails without so much chisel work. Great video.
Phew, you were so fortunate to get away without destroying such a beautiful bowl. I've learnt so much from you over my years as a turner. I even direct new turners to our club to tune in and watch back episodes, to learn essential techniques. Thanks Kent
Great bowl 😊. I allways like watching your videos, every time I learn something new. I would add another speces of wood that is great for live edge turning and that is european ash, also bark is well atached to wood. As for metals in the wood I tend to keep them in the bowl if they are in right spot. For spots with metal I use carbide, for everything else traditional gauges. Lots of wood in my country has remnats of war, so bullets and shrapnel are allmost common thing to find when woodturning.
I was holding my breath during your final passes inside the bowl😮. Whew!
Thanks, me too. Happy Turning!
Nice hickory bowl...you nailed it😁
That's a beauty in spite of the nails!!😫🤣 Well done Kent!!
Time to get a pair of channellock pliers.😉
I was thinking vice grips
Good stuff! I feel like a pair of vise grip pliers would have made light work of those nails. It's amazing you didn't really get any kickback when you hit them. Have me an idea for wooden nails to hang things in trees... 🤔
NICE VIDEO. THANKS. I'M ITCHING TO ORDER MY LAGUNA 18/36.
Roger, Have fun! Get it ordered. Happy Turning!
Exceptional tip to use the jam chuck on lathe bed to stabilize without damage when finishing bottom! Thank you!
I love it too! Nice work Kent.
When I turn a blank of this size, I will take a forstner bit and drill a hole about 1/2”-3/4” into the wood for my spur bit. Then pound the spur bit in with a wooden mallet. This will help keep the wood on the lathe in the event it decides to fly off somewhere. This has saved my bacon on 2 or 3 occasions where I could have been injured.
To remove nail like you encountered, grip the top of the nail with pliers, then scoot your pry bar underneath the pliers and pry the nail out then.
What should I say you asked about nails. I cut a 40cm slice of an elm, which came from neighbours garden with the chain saw into blanks. First I ripped off some teeth of the chain, than I had to dig out a 4 inch nail. After I had two out I thought I am fine now until I chopped some smaller pieces close to the bark... There I finally used a metal saw to get through the nails. I leaned to play with the almost black spots which develop around the nails. The end the result looks really good.
I use channel locks to remove nails. Grab the exposed portion and use the curved edge of the jaws to roll the nail out of the hole. Vise grips work too.
Hey, you nailed it!!!! Beautiful bowl, glad there were no more nails after that 4th one Kent 😁🌱☀️
Thanks 👍 Me Too. Happy Turning!
I love that bowl! Great video!
Nice bowl Kent!
I bought a pinpoint metal detector after several rounds with wood full of nails. Works perfectly 😅
Amazing
Refined and organic all in one!
Can’t get better than that.
Keep up inspirational online mentoring 👍
I’m soaking up loads.
Just like a snapping turtle once he bites, he won’t let go once you started that bowl nails or not you finished it and the bowl was worth the effort. Good job enjoyed it.
It is a beautiful live edge bowl. I think they probably put the no trespassing signs up over the years, lol. Great demonstration of staying the course. Yes I have run into nails and bullets (we live in the country) where they tack the target to a tree. Thanks for sharing Kent.
I haven't had any nails yet but I did have a .22 cal bullet once, Thank goodness lead is soft.
Beautiful piece !👍 I never use wood from anyone's yard because of the nail issue I had a 3/8 lag bolt in a piece that I was turning once and it wasn't fun when I hit it never again will I use yard wood!!!
Great looking bowl, Kent.
I have a question. I've noticed that you check the wall thickness tactilely. Why not use a caliper? Digital calipers can be found for $30 or less.
The question is not why someone put nails in the tree, the question is why they didn't remove them after they had served their purpose. This is not just a problem for wood turners. The nails are a huge problem for the persons who cut the tree down and then buck it. Nails can do huge damage to a chainsaw, including causing the chain to break. At the speed the chain is turning serious injury can occur. Another is if the tree goes to a mill to be processed. Circular saws aren't hurt too much, but a nail can cause a carbide tip to be knocked off. However, a nail can cause the blade of a bandsaw to break. With the number of home/portable saws out there, nails can cause a lot of lost revenue to the mill operator as they have to fix/replace their equipment. Perhaps a small metal detector would be helpful.
What a struggle Kent but it turned out beautiful.
I mark the nail(s) with a pencil then turn either side with my parting tool and that makes them a lot easier to get out.
Great work with removing the nails..
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Lovely superb Nice bowl.
loving it! wow!
Good video, never had to dig out nails but have had many screws to dig out from face plate
I just rough turn some elm and it had bullet in it that was pretty cool
Hallo Kent. Ich bin immer wieder begeistert von deinen Arbeiten. Wunderschön gemacht 👏👌
Subscribed! I'm totally gonna joint the Central Florida Wood Turners club hope to see ya there Kent.
Well done.
I had access to a neighbor's downed Hickory tree that was approx 18" - 24" in diameter. I've turned a dozen bowls from that tree and three of them are live edge. Yes, I agree the bark stays on the blank very well. I like turning the Hickory but I find the character is a bit lacking in the timber.
Nice! I'm glad you are having hickory fun too. All the best to you and Happy Turning!
Kent, another great video! Vice Grips work great when the nail puller won’t grab. Thanks for all your information!👍
Thanks for the tip on using danish oil for the fragile bowls. For anybody else like me who only has the linseed/beeswax mixture, I make it work on live edge bowls without gunking by making use of compressed air (light touch on the air nozzle trigger). It clears all the excess from the crevices so I can wipe it away with a cloth.
Great video Kent. I am surprised that you didn't break the foot off the bowl while banging on it. My Walnut bowl wasn't so lucky, but did put a new one on it. Nice work.
Beautiful bowl! I have once discovered a fence staple and a bullet in a blank. The fence staple was predictable because the tree was growing along an old fence line but the bullet was a surprise. Probably ended up in the tree by a deer hunter. Both were not easy to extract.
At 15:25, the sheer scrape is against supported grain regardless of direction of tool movement. The angle between wood direction and cutting edge is essentially the same either way.
I hit my first nail this week, moments after sharpening, of course. It was too deep for my metal detector to find it when I milled the logs. It was a yard tree, and years ago, it held a tree house and a swing. Yard trees are always a gamble for the sawmill and the lathe.
Thank you for writing and sharing! Yes, shear-scraping is the only technique that can go against the supported grain without issues. The shave is so light it doesn't pull out end grain fibers. Happy Turning!
I've met up with nails a time or two and found myself regretting all the tree forts and other structures I built as a kid using - you guessed it - nails. Hit a completely buried one once whilst chopping out a mortise late in a build project. Watcha gonna do?
Kent, that is a fine-looking bowl. Enjoyed the nail lesson. I would like to be able to get some of the various woods I have seen you turn ... after all, if it is local wood to you, it is local to me, too.
I've been watching some of your sharpening videos trying to shape a 55º gouge. Thanks for all these great videos.
Thanks 👍
That's a beautiful piece. Is it once turned? I wonder how to prevent once turned bowls from wiggling when they dry
Nice bowl, i learned a lot by watching this video.
I was wondering if there is a reason not to use pliers to extract the nails, It would allow much less chiseling?
Beautiful bowl, Kent! Thanks for the lesson in nail removal. Great video! Scott
Great job I was going to say someone was building a tree house. But they were to deep or the tree was way to young. I have never pulled a nail out of a bowl. But I hate to admit it I pounded many a nail into a tree when I was a kid. I guess my day is coming.
Had a barb wire staple in one and I could see where the wire went through one side and out of the other.
I think they were for a plank nailed in to enable climbing the tree trunk prior to the accessible branches (offered as one who as a kid who was an enthusiastic tree climber!
When I run across a nail, I chisel around the nail to expose the head and use a pari of Pliers or vice grips by claming down and using the jaw of the plier as a lever. Ususlly puls right out.
Beautiful bowl! I'm glad to learn how to handle nails. Thanks!
Question: do you have any trouble with warping thin wall bowls that are as wet as this one was?
Such a beautiful bowl! I've learned so much since I've started watching your videos. I do have a question on the shoulder/foot though. Is there any rule of thumb on what the size of the shoulder/foot should be in relationship to the bowl/platter you turn (similar to the turning speed/size of the bowl)?
Great bowl! So, did you turn a bowl from a three- to four-month-old log and finish it right away or was there a time delay until you finished it to dry?
Why do you only rarely use the 3/4 bowl gouge? What’s the disadvantage of using it?
Judging how far into the wood those nails were, they probably nailed
'Wanted Dead or Alive'
posters on the tree!!! Lol
I only worked at the Craft Centre for just over six months so a short career in wood turning and luckily never had any nails to contend with, you said you like taking the bowls in to your house so I wonder how much of your work do you keep and how much do you sell?
Lewis, I have bowls everywhere. LOL There's always room for one (or dozens) more. ;) Happy Turning!
I have a question for you. I have seen many of your videos and I have never seen you turn a small bowl is there a reason. Just asking because I have a small lathe and can’t do more at the moment
Robert, Oh I've turned lots of smaller bowls. Check out all my videos, especially the World's Smallest Bowl. ;) Happy Turning!
Kent what's the blue tape on the tool rest for?
Was this a twice turn bowl? And was a completely dry when he started sanding.
Around the 24 min mark you are doing what I call a reverse cut. I do the same thing to cut away the pillar I leave in the middle of my bowls for support purposes. What I find interesting is everytime I make that cut, the surface I leave is like a mirror. Its perfect. I would argue it would even need sanding. BUT I can never get that same insane smoothness when I make my bowl wall cuts. Any idea what makes that backwards cut so dang smooth and shiny?
It might be use to use a metal detector to check fot nails etc
I suppose, but the gouge finds them really well too. ;)
When turning a log into some bowl blanks, I discovered a modern arrowhead buried in the wood. Fortunately, I was able to remove it before applying lathe tools to the blank.
Nice bowl urban wood is a pain. They were in the early years of the tree.
What are the dimensions, Kent?
I recently had to remove a bullet!
The Bowl is great - but nearly 15 time advertisement sucks.
Did you say you paid for this or someone gave it to you.they had to put up there garage sale signs every year.maybe free kittens cause they couldn't afford to get the cat fixed.you might need to invest into a metal detector.beautiful bowl.
Copper nails kill trees
Oh, why?
It's funny how much you don't like nails. Of course it's inconvenient, but no one is ever thinking about wood turners or furniture makers when they are nailing something to a tree.
Oops! Should have finished the video before opening my mouth!🙄
"Woodturning Nail Removal Live Edge Bowl"
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