Woodturning - Tall Sissoo bowl almost exploded on me!
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- This gnarly looking log is from a Sissoo (Indian rosewood) tree that was cut on 10-8-23. This is the thickest blank I have and I wanted to see how deep of a bowl I could get out of it. I had some trouble but the result was pretty awesome, I think.
These trees are actually quite invasive in residential landscapes and their roots will destroy concrete in patios and pools. A friend was having 2 large trees taken out of his backyard so I "volunteered" to take the logs off of his hands. Lucky me! The heartwood is absolutely gorgeous and the sapwood is a creamy color. I decided to turn this one with a natural edge.
I am very committed to being environmentally responsible and 65% of my shops electricity comes from my home solar panel system. I also transport all the raw logs in my electric vehicle. I rarely pay for wood for turning projects since there is plenty of local wood that I can use that would otherwise end up in the landfill. I enjoy making art from what would otherwise be trash.
I am a relatively new wood turner, so I'm still working on my technique and make plenty of mistakes! All woodworking can be potentially dangerous, so you should not try anything you see me do without instruction. My videos are for entertainment purposes only. I do wear gloves when turning as I have very painful arthritis in my hands and the gloves support my joints. In general, it is not recommended to wear gloves around power tools like this, but this is how I do it.
My lathe: Nova 3000 (it's old, I'm hoping to upgrade someday)
Learn to turn bowls: Kent Weakley / @philandersonshadyacre...
“Nub” removal source: Phil Anderson / @philandersonshadyacre...
Tools:
Carter and Sons:
Mike Mahoney Wood Lathe Turning Tool: carterandsonto...
Mike Mahoney Wood Lathe Turning Tool: carterandsonto...
1-1/4" Negative Rake Scraper carterandsonto...
Crown Tools Ellsworth 5/8” 55 degree bevel swept back bowl gouge
(from Kent at Turn A Wood Bowl - TH-cam)
Easy Wood Chuck
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Sometimes you just have to go with what the wood wants. It turned out beautifully.
Thank you! For a while I was pretty sure the wood wanted to kill me... but I got it to settle down in the end.
Nice video! I like the amount of discussion you have, with breaks to just see the woodturning. Your voice cadence and tone are perfect and make it enjoyable to listen to. Looking forward to more!
@sngrins2256 thank you! I still hate the sound of my own voice but I try!😁
Brilliant save! That's a lovely piece...well done. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏾
@gregjohnson8486 thank you so much! I was very sad when I thought it was ruined
@@FRBPturning No sir! You nailed it. 👍🏾💰🏆
@@FRBPturning you made the right decision. I had a similar experience this week and did the same thing because I’d spent a lot time fixing cracks already
Great save. Love the grain/figure detail.
Thanks! Me too!
Nice recovery... looks good!
@@dchilliard09 thank you!
Very nice, In the end the bowl turn out great.
@@DavidBird-uu8km thank you!
I really like the new shape. Its graceful and very pretty wood grain. This shape really shows off the beauty of the natural wood. Gteat job.
@@jeanettecusic9430 thank you!
I think the finished bowl is really nice! The grain is spectacular!!
Thank you so much! I agree on the grain. I can't get enough of this wood. Super lucky to have stumbled into this supply
That is how yarn bowls, laced-up, and zipper bowls got their start. Carve or cut out the crack and make it a feature area. But making it shorter works too!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@valeriehenschel1590 hmm. I'll have to look those up! Sounds like a new design to offer. Thanks!
Great save, nice result, good work
@@johnwoods9995 thank you!
It looks nice. That was a good save.
@@robertkurilla7859 thank you!
I like a wide rounded scraper for problem areas like that. Bowl turned out beautifully
@liveoak4124 I only have 1 decent scraper right now so that's a good tip! Hopefully I can start making some money soon so my wife doesn't yell at me for buying more tools🤣
What a beautiful piece that turned out to be! Shame it cracked and you lost your live edge. Love the contrast between the grain and the sap wood!
@jimputnam7539 thank you! It's definitely one of my favorites. The heart wood is why I turn most of these into live edge bowls. Turning the other way wastes so much of the heartwood.
I’m not a fan of live edge, as I prefer symmetry. All in all, you did a very fine job.
Great piece of wood and you did it justice. Great job, thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much!
I love this bowl! Beautiful!
@@RaspberryBerets thank you!
Amazing save. I love the grain of the wood. The bowl is so beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Good call on reducing the height of the bowl. Great end product!
It was painful to carve away all that work but I was also happier in the end. Thanks for watching!
just a beautiful piece of art! Thank you for sharing
@lyndaowen2154 thank you!
Great balance between dialogue and cutting scenes. I like the running dialogue that gives us your thoughts and concerns while making decisions. Great to see you using carbide where necessary and not being a slave to gouges. Nice calm approach to the video. I’m a fan. Also….never heard of sassoo?.
@billmaxwell640 thank you! That's exactly the vibe I strive for. Too much talk or silence can be annoying or boring, for me. I spend a lot of time re-watching the footage to get my thoughts down.
I had never heard of Sissoo until my friend said he had these trees cut down. Then I realized that's another name for Indian Rosewood, and I did everything I could to get those logs! It took me 2 days and 4 trips, 40 minutes each way to get them all home. Then another 3 days to chop them into blanks. So the logs were "free" but not really... totally worth it, though, and I'd do it again
Looks great in spite of the change in design. Great contrast in the wood colors. ...And Frankie looks good too. lol 😺
Thank you! I couldn't convince Frankie to get back in the bowl, and I'm not sure she would fit now anyway!
Very nice piece of wood Jim. I like it either way. Thank you for sharing. See you on the next one
Thanks 👍
Millions of likes for this work
@@WoodworkingTop535 one can hope! Thanks for watching
Nice save!!
@@HarveyCassidy-hz8cg thank you!
I like the second design better.
Thanks! I do too, I was just disappointed that I lost about 2 inches in height due to my screw up.
Looks good - and I actually prefer the finished bowl to the original idea.
@@MrSteveBrookes thank you!
On the road to success you will pass failure many times👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻great video
@@williamswhistlepipes thank you!
Great save. Hollowing out is rough. Just when you get almost done it goes bad
Exactly! I love hollowing until I get to the bottom. Then I'm always paranoid I'm going to go through the bottom no matter how many times I measure. I've only done that twice so far, but I'm sure it will happen again. Thanks for watching!
Great job! You should let your wood dry all the way before turning. A twice turned bowl will speed up the drying time. Keep on keeping on!
I would love to wait until all my blanks were dry but since I only started collecting logs last year, I would have nothing to turn for the next 2-3 years (or more for the bigger ones)! I do plan on trying more twice turnings when I can find more space to store the roughed bowls, which I don't have right now. Thanks for watching!
That's a real pretty piece of wood turned to a cracking, ( no pun intended ), really pretty bowl. I've subbed to the channel. Liking your videos. 👍🏴
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Jim….so glad you showed your grit. The bowl is really a great style. I’m sure you have a “bottom feeder” ?
@alandisomma-od5fz thank you! I'm the end it was worthy of the struggle for sure. I DON'T have a bottom feeder and this one taught me i need one!
I found it funny when you said that hollowing was your favorite part, it's my least favorite. I much prefer the shaping of the outside. It's too bad it didn't turn out perfect, the wood is so beautiful. The biggest bowl I ever made got knocked down the stairs when my dog fell off the back of the couch and broke a chunk out. 😢
@JamesCouch777 oof. I would probably cry if this bowl got broken at this point. I think I like hollowing because I can usually have the speed higher, and I'm getting closer to being done. I will agree that the outside is where all the creative process happens, which is its own kind of fun.
That is a fantastic bowl even if it did not end up being your original design. I am wondering why you choose to not rough turn it and let is sit for like a year to dry out?
@JOHNSmith-pn6fj I don't have a lot of storage to put rough turned bowls. So mostly I turn them green and thin. They don't distort much if I make them thin since it's so dry here. They are mostly dry by the time I'm done turning and sanding. This one was totally dry after I let it sit for a couple weeks. I may do more twice turnings now that I have a coring jig. Thanks for watching!
Ive turned this wood before of what a wood collector called Florida rosewood and i like your style !
@brenthagen3049 it's a joy to turn isn't it? Thanks for watching
@@FRBPturning Im a dry turner , so it makes it a little more dusty.
Beautiful, really brings out the natural beauty of this tree. Your presentation tempo, and description of your efforts is very educational. Can you share which carbide tools being used?
Thank you, will follow your work. Best
@davidfriedman3962 thank you! Maybe all those years teaching high schoolers left a mark! I have a set of Woodpeckers Ultrashear Carbide tools. I'm looking to get a couple more to hollow out vases and how forms. I haven't tried to do those types of turning yet.
Hallo, das ist sehr schön geworden. Hast du toll hinbekommen, mein Abo hast du 👏👌🤗
Thank you! I don't speak German but was able to translate. I appreciate you watching and subscribing!
@@FRBPturning Ich schaue mir sowas immer gerne an. Ich kann viel von solchen Videos lernen! Viel Spaß beim drehen 🤗
Interesting timber , never heard of it before. The colour of the timber and grain look a lot like some of the camphor we get here in Oz down under..
Pity about the catches, you need a good hollower. I use cup bits from nova to hollow that deep in the angle.
I was surprised that you wanted to finish this bowl with it being so wet. I normally rough out a wet bowl and leave it around an inch thick, a bowl this big would be a little thicker. There is a guide as to how thick a bowl should be when roughing out to dry though.
Great result in end. Has the bowl warped at all.
It’s actually Indian rosewood and is used for guitar backs and sides if the trees are big enough. Great tonewood. Here it is used to stabilize slopes around freeways and drainage canals. If it spreads too far, it destroys concrete.
After ~2weeks of drying at about 10mm wall thickness it was almost completely dry when I finished it. The rim is now 216mm and there is only 1mm of distortion with zero new cracks.
I have found good success with walls around 1/4” (6mm) on wet blanks if I start and finish in the same day. If I only do the outside and then the inside the next day, I get issues. My shop gets so hot in the summer that I sometimes don’t have a choice. Turning right now is pretty tough. My shop is 92-95 F all day every day since summer started. Winter is better but the air is so dry it creates cracking issues. I kind of view this bowl a failure that came back around to success. I do things differently now if I can help it! Thanks for watching!
I think it looks better now than it did with the natural edge.
@@stevebloch3184 thanks! I am happy with how it came out as well.
Way to show great safety practices, wearing gloves and long sleeves using a lathe
Yup! Gloves make it so my arthritic hands can actually do the work, and long sleeves to keep my allergic skin from getting exposed to irritants. If you read the description you see me address the glove issue. At no time have I told anyone that my way is the only or safest way. Everyone can do what works for them. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Just subscribed!
@susiehall4053 thank you!
I use a half inch round carbide negative rake tip when I get deep into a bowl never had a catch with the negative rake
I am planning to get a better hollowing tool soon for just such a reason! Thanks for watching!
Appears you hove the carbide cutter slightly above centerline when working inside. Try altering your placement next time s you're slightly above when cutting outside and slightly below when cutting inside with carbide. Gary at ThePapa1947 gives a great explanation of this with diagrams.
Thanks for the tip. This was one of the first times I used carbide so I was not very skilled.
Where in AZ? I am in Surprise..
@@DonHovde I'm in Ahwatukee
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thank you!
If you like having hands you might wanna loose the gloves, if the bowl or chuck grabs the glove you could loose you hand especialy durig a catch
I explain why I wear gloves in the description. I am aware of the risks. Thanks for watching though!
@@FRBPturning i use fingerless gloves, this way there's less risk of limb loss
By the way, i've got some intresting beem
I live in the netherlands so there's a significant time difference sometinglike 6 to 10 U
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use your carbide tools on a downward angle your catches will be somewhat diminished
do you mean rotated from horizontal or with the handle higher than the cutter?