Me and My friend Ben make two of these woodworking magic tricks! They're not really that hard once you see how it's done. they're a great project for any adventurous carpenter!
Great looking project! I appreciate you explaining your thinking about design and execution, here and with the bread bow knife. Really attractive production/post value. AND you’re using a ShopSmith!! I love seeing a SS at work. I’m brand new to woodworking, didn’t own anything and bought a Mark 7 for Christmas. Just starting to set up shop in the basement.
Starting with a Mark 7! Wow, you're way ahead of the game. I didn't even use ours until probably two years into Me doing woodworking, I hope you stick with it and do good work!
That turned out really awesome! Great job! And your video quality is awesome too! I have a feeling it's about to blow up! Keep up the great work and good luck!
Thanks, I don't get compliments very often so it really means a lot to me when I do. And I certainly hope it blows up soon! Again, thanks for commenting.
Celtic knots in a rolling pin are pretty, but unless they just sit on a shelf for display they are to fragile and if dropped they will snap apart at the seam on the knot. This is not good if it’s given as a gift. The next time I try one I’m going to try drilling a 1/2” hole in center of the blank in the knot location and put a glue a dowel in prior to gluing in the last accent slice in. Then turn it to. Shape. They do make nice gifts.
Well, it does seem like it would be a weak joint, but it did survive turning, which is pretty intense. Have you actually had one pop apart before? I can't remember if I dropped mine or not, I don't think I did. Anyway a dowel sounds like great idea! Maybe I'll use the idea (if you don't mind, of course) and try one myself.
Hi, I'm an avid baker and a wood turner. Rolling pins should be left unfinished and not super smooth because you want flour to be able to stick to it. I also couldn't help but notice that you're both using the end of the fluted gouge like a scraper. If you use it as intended you'll get a nice smooth cut and easier shaping of the piece.
@@measure_once_cut_twice When you used the fluted gouge you were making contact with the tip of the tool which was at 90 degrees to the wood. If you float the bevel or ride the bevel you get a neatly cut curl of wood. Also, the tool wouldn’t normally be used at 90 degrees from the wood. Using it the way you were it was making dust because it was scraping, not cutting.
@@anaphylaxis2548 So you would have the chisel higher compared to the piece?, that makes sense. I'm a knife maker and have some experiential knowledge of cutting angles. It seemed a little bit backwards to cut at 90 degrees, but it always worked so I didn't change anything about it. I don't know anyone else that turns, so I didn't know, I'll have to do some experimenting, Thanks
@@measure_once_cut_twice There are some excellent You Tube videos on turning. Check out Worth The Effort Woodworking. Ashley Harwood, Sam Angelo, Richard Raffan.
Well if you're a human being like Me then your bench probably looks like mine too. And yeah, the Shopsmith is pretty neat, but I also have a shops worth of tools to go with it. And believe Me you do not want to see me bake!
The Zebrawood, yes, I noticed that too, it was actually the first time I'd work with it so I wasn't certain on porosity. Probably wouldn't have used it if I had known it was that porous. You must have good woodworking eyes to have noticed that!
People say I have an engineers mind, I don't agree with them, not that I have anything against engineers, a lot of people I know are engineers, I think they're weird but they think I'm weird too!
The easiest way to think about it is cuts 2, 3 and 4 need to remove the equivelant of whats going back in, that way the knot works out perfect. i did one and the saw blade wasn't at 90deg, i hadnt checked from the last guy, but all 4 cuts were made the same way so even though they were off, they were off the same amount all the way round. The easiest way to do it is to use the same thickness insert as the blade kerf, that way there is no need to removing extra and the knot is finer and more distinct. but try doin 30deg instead of 45 and the pattern elongates. , nice work though. as for your mate Ben, ask him how his back is, he needs that lathe lifted higher few more inches. he wont end up with a back ache.
I'm 5' 9" He's 6' 2", definitely rougher on him but I think he's okay. Funny you should mention using blade kerf thickness pieces, I actually just made another one and did that, the video should coming out soon. And it actually was 30deg's, it's just a skinny pin, Thanks for commenting!
Beautiful rolling pin. What where the dimensions of the turning stock and final dimensions of rolling pin? I'm looking to turn some rolling pins to match my cutting boards.
Why remove the thickness of the peice your adding in from the part your slotting into why not stack the peices in the glue up and then reduce the length at the end of the project by removing that measurement off the end? Also forget a rolling pin how about making a workbench
Draw a line on a piece of paper, then cut it at an angle and pull the two pieces apart slightly, you'll notice the lines don't match up anymore, that's the reason. And I will hopefully be building at least one new work bench in the new shop we are building, you should check out some of the videos, they're on this channel too. Thanks for commenting!
