Architecture at a small scale expressed through woodworking and film making.
Disclaimer: My videos here are for entertainment, to share what I do, and to maybe provide some inspiration. Woodworking can be dangerous if all safety precautions are not taken. Please don't try anything I am doing just because you saw me doing it. Understand that there are years of learning and experimentation by me that are not in the videos. You can have a safe, enjoyable, and even inspirational time in your shop by understanding your own tools, materials, and your own skill level.
Absolutely beautiful 😍 The only suggestion I would make would be to maybe have a solid rim at the top, giving the chaos a boundary, or even a double/triple colour stripe. Thank you for sharing your thought process with us 🤗👍☺️
Thank you for making this video. I was looking for workshop size suggestions when I ran across a suggestion to check out your woodshop construction video...just a beautiful design btw, I'm a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and your shop reminds me of his work. I'm in the planning stages of building my woodshop/workshop and this video is extremely helpful. You've helped me to think about things I hadn't considered. I'll be building it myself and I'm only going to get one chance to get it right, don't want to be cramped. ...Oh, and I love the video effects.
I have had huge success at boiling my pieces to accelerate drying. It will take drying time to to weeks to a few months. I also like to use Pentacryl. I have had far more luck with it than with Anchor seal. This is for the turning pieces, obviously not for the slabs.
Has there ever been a thought where - even with a knot or crack in the wood, you just continue to turn the bowl and leave it in there? Assuming the crack isn't that big where it is bad for the structure of the bowl, that is
Got to tell you, that cherry will darken up almost as dark as the walnut. It will take 15, 20 years, but it will happen. Other than that, it’s a nice bowl.
To prevent the pieces from sliding around as you glue and clamp them up, put some salt on the glue joint. The salt has enough sharp points to bite into the pieces to keep them from sliding around. I learned that from Steve Wilson, the shaker oval box maker here in Michigan. Sadly, he passed away early last year.
Probably from watching your videos for many years now: once I saw the shape of the bowl I immediately intuited the fix (like anyone would need to be clairvoyant to do that) and I thought about calipers to check the side thickness, then you did it! You making calipers never occured to me and I don't know why not.
Nice piece of work Frank. The "racing stripe" is a nice touch. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂 PS I really like your calipers.👍👍
You could put some table salt on your glue joints to stop them from sliding around. And the sale will dissolve a little as the glue dries, saving blades and such. You could use a little sand if you want, but that could hurt blades.
Frank, this was so sweet. That bowl was so whacky to begin with & you made it absolutely beautiful, as usual. Thanks for sharing you art with us. hUgz from Ohio
