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@WHATAGIRLWANTS2009 Год назад

You can use a forstner bit in your talestock to reduce the amount of cutting and give you a starting point for the inside of the bowl.

@markmitchell7359 Год назад

Yes, this is a great technique, also good for getting the depth.

@blodpudding Год назад

Yeah I was gonna say, this was like watching Andy Dufrenes dig his way out of his jail cell with a spoon!

@heyimamaker Год назад

Saved me for mentioning this. Also removes the pesky wiggly bit in the middle.

@taylordurrer4950 Год назад

The patterned plywood looks so cool with the colored veneers. You could use the extra cut-off strips to make bookmarks, or you could use them as a patterned plywood veneer as accents on another project

@elisabethj.gawthrop9312 Год назад

Bookmarks!❤

@OnlyLac Год назад

I would buy a bookmark!

@matthewmalloy354 Год назад

First off let me say I am so impressed with all your discoveries every time you make a video on pattern plywood. We get to learn a lot with you on your journey. Second as somone who turns often, let me offer you one piece of advice. There are different gouges made for different jobs. When you roughed out the handle for your table saw you used your bowl gouge ( pointed gouge with swept back bevel). You’ll want to use the roughing gouge. ( shaped like a half pipe with bevel that dosnt sweep back). Turning is a beautiful art and success makes it so enjoyable. Using the correct tools will give a better success rate. But I have to give you props in breaking out the skew chisel. Even as a seasoned turner I know the best way for me to blow something up is the skew. They don’t call it “the taming of the skew “ for nothing. Other than that another superb video. Keep up the great work and I always look forward to more of your videos

@Everfalling1 Год назад

Isn't that a fingernail profile gouge and not a bowl gouge? Serious question because I've never heard that style of gouge called a bowl gouge. It can be used as one. It is more of a hybrid between a bowl gouge and a skew.

@merrickallard8488 Год назад

I've done a fair bit of pattern plywood turning in the past, roughing gouges are terrible for it because you're turning endgrain. In the same way you shouldn't use a roughing gouge on a bowl, roughing gouges on plywood suck and can even be dangerous. My favourite is the skew (not used like a scraper) for turning plywood, you get a much nicer finish

@chrisp.76 Год назад

Be sure to make a defined foot on bowls. A little undercut around the edge will do a lot to elevate the piece. I’m a potter in addition to being a beginning woodworker.

@DominusFeles Год назад

I missed that detail as well 😊

@jillbork2683 Год назад

The thin off cuts could be mini paper lanterns or beautiful ornaments 🙂

@jaderene Год назад

Great idea, also maybe even epoxied bookmarks? Or even earring blanks? I think his partner she would do an amazing job on a product like that!!!!🤍❤️

@Cadet1249 Год назад

Or tinder for a fire 👍

@raheslop Год назад

Just been watching your video, I turn a lot of items made from old skateboards, and for someone turning laminated wood for the first time you did amazing. If you have a go a turn a “normal” bowl you’ll be amazed how much easier it cuts, you are properly learning to swim in the deep end. When I made my first skateboard bowl I also experienced the gouge heating up, however a lot of the heat comes from the bevel rubbing and the pressure on the bevel, I struggle to explain it but as you progress you’ll notice the gouge doesn’t heat up as much & you have to sharpen it less, again on my first skateboard bowl I must have sharpened my gouge a dozen times. Hollowing it you went for a deeper bowl than I’d normally do, kudos, as you found the gouge gives a better finish when turning laminates but deep carving is tricky. Personally I always go for a tenon over a mortise as if there’s any faults in the glue up the chuck can cause them to split. However amazing first time turning veneers as as I said if you master it turn “wood” will seem easy in comparison

@Everfalling1 Год назад

He definitely has some angles to learn with his fingernail profile gouge. Normally a bowl like he made takes a single sharpening. It is hard to explain on the internet what he should look for when he is roughing out a bowl as far as gouge angle etc. But you hit the nail on the head for sure.

@hayduke Год назад

"Visually digestible" is a great design language term! Conveys a ton about design decisions very simply 👍

@davebauerart Год назад

Impressive persistence! Very cool results, the lathe adds a new dimension to the patterned plywood for sure!

@RandomBogey Год назад

19:48 seeing as it’s a, I guess, “leverage handle,” (idk the scientifical term) it probably wouldn’t have hurt to use a longer bolt set the full length of the handle, or most of the length so it’s not exposed at the end, to give it more rigidity. That probably would’ve prevented it from breaking unsupported on the lathe and would prevent it from breaking in the future

@user-yb3hq7qt1s Год назад

You are a brave man for turning your first bowl so big and a composite as well

@StormBurnX Год назад

This seems like exactly the sort of thing to send to Frank Howarth!! He does a lot of segmented bowls that are, effectively, patterened plywood but minus the ply, so he would have a lot of experience working with that sort of fragmented material! Also, wow, the ai-generated spam comments are truly wild.

@RoseKindred Год назад

I loved Howarth's segmented wood-turned-ball video he did about a year ago.

@peterrosenberg8716 Год назад

Took the words right out of my mind!

@StormBurnX Год назад

Watched through the video twice. Absolutely great work. That CA glue polish was brilliant!! Much thanks for linking that video as well, it was quite interesting!

@saint-miscreant Год назад

came in here to suggest this! i would actually love to see them do a collaboration, they both inject a lot of creativity into their projects and clearly have fun with things

@JTWoodworks Год назад

Dude this looks so good!! It's really impressive and I can tell this opened a whole new world for you to explore. So excited to see where you take this idea

@QuarionGalanodel Месяц назад

Your comment about revealing more and more of the pattern and stopping when you liked the way it looks reminded me of a quote from a famous sculptor (I forget which one). He basically said that his sculptures were already in the marble and he was just revealing them to the world.

@SuperVoodude Год назад

It was nice to hear and see the details of your turning learning process. You could probably send the cut-offs and shavings to Peter Brown. He does a lot of neat resin + strange material bowls and projects if you aren't familiar.

@Willeth Год назад

Really relieved when you moved the tool rest inside the piece. I'm no expert woodturner, but I suspect that was part of the reason you found it tough when the bowl got to its deepest - the forces end up getting magnified due to the position of the pivot point. When your rest is close to your workpiece it's working for you, and the more your tool is overhanging, the more it works against you.

@paulhopkins1905 Год назад

Your lathe gouge technique was interesting lol. You had the bevel kinda inverse to what is normally done. Also if you lower your tool rest a bit, you can ride the bevel and still cut on the center of the spindle. But at the end of the day, your results were fine, but you aren't giving yourself any bevel supporting the cut, it will catch easily like that

@Morgoroth37 Год назад

Ok. I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking about how he cut that 🙂 I was like, damn, have I been doing it wrong?

@bekahmarie489 Год назад

I'm dying when you blew into the bowl and started choking on sawdust. That was hilarious cause I'm 100% certain every woodworker has done that.

@SomewhatObscureFurry Год назад

The shavings you have can be used for some amazing bookmarks, i don't read but i'd be happy if i had one of those as like a bit of decoration... it'd fit well with the style i'm going for in my room... btw this is the first video from you i've ever seen and it's great content! Earned yourself a sub!

@hrodwulf172 Год назад

I think you could layer those shavings together, epoxy them like Cam from Blacktail did with his denim table, and then turn that into a matching spoon/knife/fork/spork handle. I vote spoon though, because spoon is the best word out of all them. Great video once again, cannot wait to finally get started in my little shop and try some of your projects!

@heretoserve5023 Год назад

AND LOVE THAT LITTLE HANDLE SO MUCH MAN THAT IS SO EFFING COOL!

@oldhamwoodworks Год назад

Absolutely brilliant idea and execution! If you haven’t already found a use for the offcuts from trueing the large blank, they would make insane handles for a marking knife. They look about the right size anyway. I’d love the opportunity to make one for you, but it’s an easy enough project to tackle yourself as well. I always love seeing where your creativity takes you, and thanks for sharing!

@slowdaze Год назад

Loved the video Michael and congrats on working on a new skill! Traditional wood turning gouges are all about tool presentation. That takes time and as you eluded too plywood probably isn’t the easiest material to start learning on. It’s hard to tell from the video, but I think your tool rest may have been too high. If your handles are long enough they should be tucked into your hip when the tip of the gouge engages the center line of the wood. Your inside cuts are a push cut, you kinda want to do that on the outside too. Most of your tool presentation on the outside was scraping cuts, which are fine but the tool has more versatility and you can get a better finish with the push cut. It will all come with practice. Keep it up!

@elizabethwaters7175 Год назад

I think the shavings would be great bookmarks!

@HLR4th Год назад

Outstanding. As always, thanks for including the challenging moments we all fear but learn so much from. The bowl is magnificent! It was as much fun seeing you discover new ways to make the pattern blocks, and then make them even more efficient.

@adolfoman Год назад

Love seeing your craft expand into these new things. You are such an artisan and I love the inspiration you exude and passion you put into everything you create. Keep up the amazing work Michael!

@Zogg1281 Год назад

A couple of this I've seen that might help when turning pattern ply wood bows This one I haven't tried, but seen it done and would do it myself - when making your blank up, start by putting a nice soft wood in the area you will be removing for the inside of the bowl. It's so much quicker to remove sodt wood thats solid then hard plywood thats made up of a million glue joints. It does take so extra time and planning but it also woorks well. This idea I have tried and love. When making a bowl or vase, before picking up anything chiselly, use a chuck attachment in the tail stock, then use larger and larger drill bits and forsner bits to hollow out a load of that bowl. This will save you even more time because when tuning a bowl ther hardest part tk turn is the bit thats spinning really farst in the center of the wood. The drilling methode removes most of these problems. The sides are also the quickest to shave down and the hole the drills leave make life easier. I've also seen people glue a piece of hardwood to the botton so you don't end up with the bowl separating from the chuck. At the end, you could use a laithe tool to separate the 2 piece of wood or a saw. Hope this helps to get your confidence up a bit 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍

@MeToob Год назад

Amazing work once again, you never cease to amaze! When I was taught to turn bowls, we always glued a scrap disc to the bottom of the blank, with a piece of paper in between. Screw on the adapter plate, do all your turning (inside and out), carving right into your scrap if you want. When the turning is done, split the bowl off the disc with a chisel, the paper should let it split away cleanly. Sand the bottom, and you're done. Also my wife says to use the scraps for bookmarks. Thanks for another great video.

@jaimecastells9750 Год назад

Michael, I've been following your work with pattern plywood for a long time. I am fascinated to see what comes in this video, but I have paused it to hit you with a 'before' comment. Your creativity and explorer's urges are a big part of why I follow you. I share your excitement going into this experiment.

@katemckinney4895 Год назад

Anything Murphy or secret cubbies and doors, laundry hampers, tables, for small living spaces Also using tall ceilings for using vertical space for furniture like a reading nook, or a three story bed-mini loft-lookout You do great work!

@alexa8186 Год назад

I tend to find that when hollowing out a blank the best thing to do is to pull toward myself and take deep cuts. (Catching against the wood is mainly avoided with technique; keep practicing). As mentioned by someone else: drilling out the center (using a chuck attachment on your tailstock) helps a ton. And when you’re turning spindles: I hope that you’ll try out placing a finger or two against the toolrest for added control. This can evolve into planting your palm against the toolrest and pulling on the tool with hooked fingers for hollowing out objects.

@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Год назад

A lot of turners have a drill chuck designed to fit the tail stock and use that to hold a Forstner Bit to drill out the center material of any bowls, cups and vases they turn... Drilling out the center save them a lot of time and effort mining out the center with their gouges since the center of the piece isn't turning as fast as the outer rim is...and slower turning material is harder to cut...

@RoseKindred Год назад

This was a great video, it turned out lovely. I have seen many videos similar where the wood is stabilized into a block of resin, so just using plywood and glue is a great answer to the question if you can turn patterned plywood on its own. Now I am envisioning taking the large blank first, cutting it into inch cookies, and rotating the colors before regluing it into a large blank once again.

@wit6665 Год назад

Idk if it's more reliable but peter brown usually glues on a sacrificial piece of wood for the chuck to grip onto at the bottom then cuts it off later.

@helenedesmarais8697 Год назад

I'm a hobbyist quilter and all your patterns gave me LOADS of ideas. I was asking "how do I sew this ? " I printscreen a lot of the patterns to add to my ideas files. Thank you. ( I understand perfectly when you asked what else can I do with this ? 🤔

@chrisdavis1722 Год назад

As talented as you are with wood, it’s exciting to see you experimenting with lathe work. The handle and bowl are stunning as are the multicolored veneers. The thin offcuts look like wood box top veneers or cut into pendants or earring pieces. Looking forward to future vids. Great job! 👍

@Sugar3Glider 6 месяцев назад

8:55 you're learning the ways of the candy maker. Well done!

@JustinMurray170fin Год назад

Fantastic video, my thanks❣ I've recently purchased my 1st lathe and videos such as yours, where things don't always go to plan, are invaluable to my development. I appreciate you including the entirety of your project, from inception to completion, along with your narration & thought process in problem-solving.👍

@Art_Murder Год назад

For the inside, I recommend drilling out the center of the bowl, approaching final depth, with a forstner bit

@michaelmathews8974 Год назад

Nice job for a first bowl turning! I was hollering at you through the whole turning process trying to tell you what you were doing wrong! :) Great job getting it done! It turned out beautiful! Regarding the offcuts, I'll cut them up into smaller pieces and put them all into a mold and either pour a rising Charcuterie board or make an epoxy bowl!

@suzil7687 Год назад

Love watching you learn! There is a device that cuts a new blank out of the middle of your current blank. I forget what it’s called but it’s a tool rest and curved stand with blade. Clear as mud description. Besides that crummy recommendation here’s a good one: use the carbide to hog and finish w the other ones! No shame in carbide easy tools for hogging!!!

@EricWard001 Год назад

One tip: with that much glue and manufactured lumber, your tools are going to dull super quick. You can see how much force you were using in certain instances, leading to your tool snagging. Sharpen frequently!! That said, what a great result and this was far more difficult than many realize!

@leonardomapache Год назад

I've seen thusands of wood turning videos and never seen tools so shiny and new.

@connorculkin5138 Год назад

Something you might find helpful when turning pattern plywood, epoxy/wood, or generally fragile turns. Get a drill chuck you can put in your tail stock. Use it as a drill press and gradually step up the diameter of the drill bit. Use some carbide chisels to hollow out from there. Will save you a lot of time and probably a project or two from breaking. And great job for your first bowl. I like how you first real project is with one of the hardest things to turn without breaking.

@briarmoss2637 Год назад

Shavings suggestion - save these and others from various projects across a few months, then stick them all together in a bucket chaotically, and add epoxy, you can also add glitter/pearl or even glow powder to the epoxy for special effect and then turn the epoxy chaos mix

@negotiableaffections Год назад

The plywood that keeps on giving - and a nice sideline in confetti too! This can only keep getting better, with practice etc. And with the variables for making blanks almost endless - this should prove very interesting.

@SilverBack. Год назад

If and when you try this again it might be an idea to put a glue block on the bottom instead of a mortice or tenon more glue in your joints and more pressure when clamping up. when you think the gouge needs sharpening it does, take your time turning , enjoy the process. The bowl turned out amazing , well done.

@bbg-designs8364 Год назад

I know this guy who has a 3d printed dustport for dustcollection on the lathe, it clamps onto your toolrest, and catches anything that falls down, and also goes around the rest aswell and catches the dust that comes over

@JoshuaTrautmann Год назад

I recently found your video, and I am loving your creativity. Admittedly, I am a bit intermediated about the process; however, after seeing how great your rip fence handle turned out, I am eager to try it for myself. That was amazingly cool, even if the blue did not turn out the way you had hoped!

@alankeith7866 Год назад

I'm glad you stuck with it. The finished product is fantastic!!

@TheTonyMcD Год назад

0:20 Aww, that is just adorable.

@Thomllama Год назад

People may say use a Forster bit to remove excise, but use like a 3 or 4” hole saw you may be able to snap the core out and have a chunk extra to turn also or use elsewhere.

@OspreyKnight Год назад

Looks awesome. You might try leaving a pillar in the center for your tailstock to press against. It helps keep everything in place while you're digging it out. It doesn't have to be thick. With your plywood I might leave a inch wide pillar until you reach the bottom. Then clean up your sides, and then cut off the pillar. I'll often use a Dimond carbide tip to make a cone in the center then a round carbide to open up the middle. I'll also use a diamond to create a sunken tennon instead of a mortis. I like to make a continuous curve all the way under my bowls but Compression works a lot better to hold the bowls. So I just cut a groove then taper the tennon.

@CameronLockey Год назад

Fun video Michael! I noticed that you started out turning your blank from the hex using your bowl gouge. I think you’ll have an easier time getting it into round and to your max diameter if you start with a wider roughing gouge. I also find it much easier to get smooth shavings that way and usually will do all my wide shaping with it as well. You can turn it onto its side and direct the shavings away from you as well. In general I’ll only use a bowl gouge on a spindle if I need to scoop out a tight curve. Keep up the good work with your turning. I have the same lathe and love it. It gets more fun each piece you turn.

@MichaelAlm Год назад

Thanks for the info!! 🙌

@pmgddm Год назад

Great project. I applaud you for putting your learning process out there. As a long time turner, I'd offer two suggestions: 1) More clamps and pressure on your glue ups; and 2) a tenon rather than a mortise to use with the chuck is much stronger. Your "squeeze" clamps don't give you enough pressure for lamination work, plus you need cauls to hit the center of the sheets. For segmented turning, every single spot has to be a solid glue joint. I think you'll find those will give you much better results. The tenon on the end is much stronger because it's putting the wood under compression rather than a mortise which is pushing the wood apart and its strength is dependent on having plenty of wood outside the mortise (but the physics are still working against you :-) ). Good luck and keep up the good work. You'll have a lot of fun with turning square patterns into round objects.

@chasm9557 Год назад

I have that same mini lathe. I've found that it's well worth the price and it's easily handled turning some rock maple pieces that I wasn't sure if it was going to be beefy enough to handle.

@justinrehms4530 6 месяцев назад

For that amount of plywood if it’s not been said before I’d get a bucket small enough to hold it then put clear epoxy in and put it into a vacuum pot so the epoxy gets into all of the gaps and poor of the plywood. Let it cure for a couple weeks then get your turning groove on. It will be fully stabilized and though it may splinter here or there it won’t blow apart. Looks fantastic though for sure.

@ctfddftba Год назад

Congratulations on learning a new skill and sharing your journey with us!

@markmitchell7359 Год назад

You could use a waist block epoxied to the bottom of a harder wood for tour chuck to grip on too, this would help with the tear out also. In the end you would just part off the waste block and mount on a flat back plate to finish off the bottom.

@someonenamedsean91 Год назад

Man, you gave us like 3 videos worth of content in one and I love it!!

@carolumyi4768 Год назад

The bowl looks totally "AMAZING!!!!" I just love the beautiful pattern of the wood.

@Mykidsareswimming Год назад

I love your enthusiasm for this. Also super sick project. I would display that in my home.

@DDWells Год назад

Having just watched the Rabbit boxing video before this, i thought the fur on the sculpture was incredible, and the pattern ply wood shaving would look amazing used on something like that

@SeraphimKnight Год назад

You talking about how the veneers are usually used for skateboards is making me think that a patterned plywood skateboard would be pretty cool!

@nikkafrog Год назад

What you did was basically the same as making a cane in lampwork or polymer clay. You can use some of those techniques to make better blanks or logs for your plywood. Especially on making a square pattern cane. Then you can cut slices and glue up as a solid sheet.

@victoriaeads6126 Год назад

Also look up "bandsaw circle cutting jig," it's a thing that will help you more efficiently cut circles from blanks.

@flamedphoenix84 Год назад

You should use all the shaving of this project and put it in an epoxy table of something like that. The colours would look amazing.

@Curionimbus Год назад

Love all the creative ways in which you use patterned plywood and I respect the drive for an efficient use of materials. Geometric morphing is a fascinating subject, especially when it's financially incentivized ;) For the thin shaved offcuts, perhaps you could use them as plumage for a potential bird sculpture? Leaves on a carved sapling? I look forward to seeing whatever you make of them. Thanks!

@nicnacpaddiewac Год назад

These videos are my Saturday morning cartoons. Even had my Almfab hat on while watching!

@jencstephens5452 Год назад

You casually set up what most turners have to save up for years to attain. You refer to adding a lathe as one would adding another drawer to the design. Your newby starter tools are Robert Sorby. The Nova chuck has mulitpul attachments. You have a top of the line sharpening system. Turning is not a tool you use when you need. It's a skill that takes a lifetime to prefect, and it's a passion for those of us who get into it. Idk if the turning bug has bitten you, or if this will be the last or nearly the last time you work on the lathe. Before you give up, a couple of suggestions...... before you turn your made blank, vacuum in some super thin epoxy. Deep pour works good. Takes a couple days to set but it makes it one solid piece. And grab yourself a carbide turning tool. Super simple to use, no need to sharpen, and much gentler on resin and fragile woods. You are so invested already, another couple hundred dollars to perhaps give you that successful feeling all makers want is worth it. 😉 And yes, I own it, I was bit by that green eyed bug. Not in an ugly way, just in a hope you appreciate having what most of us will only dream of. You are good with wood, and I know I fell in love with turning after a few successful projects. Hope you give it another try.

@lisakuhnel1449 Год назад

First, gorgeous work and I love your channel! One piece of advice…not claiming to be an expert turner, but I noticed when you first put the bowl on the chuck that the mortise was just a little shallow so the bottom of your piece wasn’t making contact with the chuck. That may have contributed to your piece coming loose while turning. Again, amazing piece and thanks for all the fabulous videos!

@jaimecastells9750 Год назад

I love that Beth Alm is the first support you list! Quite right!

@willmanderscheid4236 Год назад

Thus turned out amazing! I love watching your patterned plywood videos. They are inspiring. We actually found an old lathe, like a huge industrial one. Not sure what to do yet!

@victoriaeads6126 Год назад

There is a "bowl saver" jig that will help you hollow a bowl, and there are also methods like using a forstner bit to help 'hog out' the interior.

@wyvernsieyes Год назад

Inspired by your original videos on pattern plywood, i went to messing about in my workshop with what i could do. I find it really interesting that we have both found the same processes and discoveries. I too was concerned with how the center of a log glue up would come out. But had the same reaction as yourself when i saw the resawn pieces had come out so well. I have a few machines that desperately need upgrading, but when that's done i have some really stunning furniture designs to prototype and build.

@Britzzio Год назад

For the shavings: drawer front with a solid wood exterior frame and a middle portion with the shavings randomly scattered, held together by resin :)

@andrewembry5827 Год назад

when you were trying to use rachet straps and clamps to tighten your big jig, you could use large elastic athletic bands, when wrapped around tightly they exert huge even amounts of force

@andrewembry5827 Год назад

this is an awesome project by the way, its really cool.

@davidpretorius2984 Год назад

If you were to build (or source) something that has the same mechanism as a hexagonal bootlace ferrule crimper you could (in theory) get substantial clamping force evenly across each face. Awesome video, love the experimentation

@jaderene Год назад

This quite possibly one of my most favorite videos that you’ve uploaded, as an aspiring woodworker, seeing try something for the first time, and working through all of the difficulties, is awesome! Another idea I think you could definitely try doing, once you’re more comfortable with woodturning is make your own patterned plywood/colored patterned plywood handles for the lathe!!!!🤯🤍

@Drow87 Год назад

I'm SO happy to see you back with a video Michael!

@bytesizedengineering Год назад

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this one Michael! You continue to amaze!

@yerboykakyoin624 Год назад

As soon as I saw those very thin and unique offcuts, my mind went immediately to book marks!

@AFT3RDAY5 Год назад

Cool video. As a learned woodworker this really appeals to me. And you can learn so much more from a try-and-fail video than a perfect display of how a master does it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@hubey Год назад

Beautiful work! Re: the shavings; they could be bookmarks after being set in glue or epoxy.

@aprildegele1510 Год назад

Use for shavings? Inlay, edge banding? Even visible shims. I CANNOT believe that you were able to turn ply. I would have thought this impossible, much less pattered ply. You have just changed my pen-turning world! Impressive work with the gouge for a beginner. Yes, you have to use sharp tools, which means you have to incessantly sharpen (as said in my previous comment). CARBIDE. Honestly , I'm pretty amazed that ply will turn. Question: Why didn't you use your carbide blades to turn the inside from the beginning? I mean, I understand wanting to learn to use the gouge, but why? When you have a carbide tool? Would have saved you a long time re-sharpening and you'd have seen the same effect with the change in pattern that you enjoyed. Just use it from the beginning. GLAD you were able to continue after it came out. Great save. Honestly, I'm stunned. GREAT job !!!

@frednoble3547 Год назад

For gluing up the big log, try clamping from one end to the other, so glue can continually squeeze out. Applying the ratchet straps the way you did probably trapped it from escaping the ends

@mattathayde Год назад

This may have been mentioned already but there is a tool I have seen that may be of interest to you to save material. It is a set of tools that will basically cut into the top of the bowl and will cut it a dome shape. The process is to use the smallest one to remove a solid dome but then each consecutive one will basically cut a bowl out of the inside that is progressively larger so you end up with basically a set of nesting half spheres. You would still likely need to finish carving out this shape of bowl but you would be able to retain a lot of pieces for later use (you could also just jump to the largest one that fits and then have one large solid dome of material to use later). Unfortunately i cannot remember what it was called and i only vaguely think that it may have been Adam Savage that i saw using it at one point.

@victoriaeads6126 Год назад

19:25, that glow is chatoyance... Which is a word for the way wood reflects light...and it's very fun to say.

@lenonkitchens7727 10 месяцев назад

Two suggestions. First, you needed to start with a much bigger gouge just for hogging off that initial material. Secondly, after creating your mortise for the chuck, sand and put finish on the outside of your bowl before turning it around. Otherwise, good stuff!

@argat9418 Год назад

Great vid and this turned out awesome. One tip- make your tendons slightly deeper than the length of your jaws. This way the project touches the base of chuck and has the best grip. Hope this helps.

@MichaelAlm Год назад

Thanks for the tip!

@dmick1977 Год назад

This was probably the most suspenseful of your videos yet. I actually felt anxious near the end after it popped off the lathe a few times.

@wickeddelight Год назад

The scraps really reminded me of feathers. I was imagining them decorating the sides of a mask (the kind you hang on the wall, not wear). Perhaps more importantly, if you go to make a hollow piece like a bowl in the future, if you can glue it up in the 4 quarters of the piece, you can then use a saw to take off a lot of the material that you would otherwise have to carve out of the middle. So you recover more scraps and save time. I learned this from carving watermelons, they are good practice material if you want to measure angles and understand what you will get wyen you reassemble.

@357BoardGames Год назад

Try adding blo (boiled linseed oil) then ca glue and alternate until the layers are thick enough. It makes for a tougher and deeper finish. I used to make a ton of custom pens and had hundreds if not thousands of hours behind a lathe. Great job on the patterns

@jaimecastells9750 Год назад

Fascinating results, Michael! FYI, I am confident that we could create a bowl blank with about one eighth the material that would require MUCH less labor to turn. I'll have to give it some thought, but it is certainly possible. A long time ago I said that I was happy to provide some support because what you were doing was so innovative, even if I didn't see myself using it. I'm starting to see ways pattern plywood could fit into my aesthetic. Innovation leads to more innovation, right? More really good work, man! Thanks and congrats!

@adrian-mu3jr Год назад

Carbide scrapers are nice and easy for hollowing. Rodeo turning, amazing plywood. Turned out pretty neat in the end. Awesome content!

@sparkyenergia Год назад

A bowl perfectly suited to storing all those pattern ply off cuts.

@pipspastryshop Год назад

This is really cool! You should turn a bowling ball with patterned plywood using those colored veneers

@Matt_Barnes Год назад

Oh man, turning plywood is all asses and endgrain. That being said, I'm excited for upcoming woodturning content on your channel! Believe me when I say that woodturning will get easier with experience, yes, but just as importantly, with the right tools (gouges, chisels, scrapers, various chuck jaws etc.). They don't have to be really nice tools, either; high speed steel is high speed steel. Once you got your tools and order of operations down, the progress really speeds up. IMO you chose right to go with a mortise because you can finish the bottom and whole exterior before moving on to the hollowing without having to saw off a tenon and manually finish the bottom when the hollowing and finishing is done. Never hesitate to step over to the grinder to sharpen your tools because you can cut through miles of wood in a matter of minutes! Oh and get a beefy round nose scraper, it has saved me countless hours of sanding out tool marks. Beautiful bowl, Michael!

@johnandlarry Год назад

Should censor/blur the final product at the start so people stay for longer to see the final product at the end but are also enticed by what went wrong. Amazing work, this bowl is gorgeous