Woodturning - A Little Something Different 

Much appreciated Jeff. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Refreshing isn’t it. Great work

Even when there's music, it's not music.More like junk that can distort your concentration.

How about the Doors, Break on Through to the Other Side? Which he shouldn't have done. How daft.

@@johnbishop5316 John, please cope harder.

I shouted NOOO! when I saw that!

Same thought.

For the life of me, I cannot grasp why folks ever do this. There are zero good reasons. Time? Much much quicker chopping corners off. In fact cutting, and even sanding to even more round I’d still way faster. Skill? Nah, no skills needed to work extremely unsafe. Easier? In no way is it easier bearing down on tool rest while feathering in tools just to stay away from the hospital. Please for the love of god!!! Someone give me a good reason.

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I’v gone into depth on this topic a number of times so for this ones il keep it brief.. Bandsaws (the likely choice for that cut), take setting up for particular types of cuts.. Mine is set up for rip (long straight) cuts 90% of the time. My lathe which is the machine I use all day every day, about 60 hours per week is designed for making wooden things round.. For me it takes around 45 seconds to take this small piece of wood from square to round. It’s safe, efficient and is the best use of my time. When you consider that no matter what I did to prep this blank I’d still have to mount the piece on the lathe to true it up.. It makes no sense to do an action before that to save time unless that action took me less than say 30 seconds. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Exactly! Music is far too subjective, you can listen to whatever you want while you watch. 👍🏻😉👍🏻

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Do you still get chance to do much turning now Bryan? Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning no, I haven’t done any in decades. It’s fun ti live vicariously thru you, here though.

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Doctor: “your stool is so smooth and shiny” 😂

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Man that'd be a crap joke

He'd say lay off the fiber.

I couldn’t agree more TJ. It is hypnotic isn’t it. Glad you liked it man. 😁👍🏻

I cannot watch anything without doing something with my hands at the same time. But when I watch these videos, especially well made ones with no yapping and music, then I don’t need to do anything else… just enjoy it.

Glad to hear it P. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻

Thanks Cosmo. If you liked the stool, I think you will love this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OCc3gvjLeZs.html Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning indeed I loved it. Thanks.

How did you break your wrist T?

@@JackMackWoodturning walking the dog, 5.15am, beautiful morning and admiring the star's, no breeze. Not paying attention to the dog, he dashed away, I held onto the lead. Got swung around, landed on wrist. Still holding on to lead. No one's fault, but carried on with walk, holding a torch in damaged hand, dog lead in other. Finished another 5km over dangerous terrain, then had to wait 2 hour's for the local a&e to open.

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Haha. Hope you enjoyed it CT. Thanks for watching 😉😊👍🏻

He he he

Thank you. That process is referred to as burnishing. It can also be done with fine wire wool if the shaving are not suitable. I appreciate you watching.

came here for this comment and the response. i assumed it was called burnishing, but wasn't sure if there might be a separate term due to the method. absolutely brilliant

@@JackMackWoodturning so that is just a handful of the shavings from the pile? Or is it a mixture from several different pieces?

My dad, who is approaching 86, used to do that all the time when using his lathe. Maybe an older skill. However, I learnt from my dad, so I do it as well.......

Haha thanks SE. Make sure you always wear your safety glasses. Thanks for 😁👍🏻

Haha thanks T. Glad you enjoyed it 🙏👍🏻👍🏻

What a nice image. Sure there is an idea for a video in there somewhere 😉👍🏻

Thanks Dan. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻😁

Thanks Lou. Glad you enjoyed it buddy 👍🏻😊😉

This is lovely. I love the face that we can make things for our kids. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻

Just as well it is oak and not steel 😁👍🏻😉

No, it's not okay even though it's wood. Bad habits make for bad injuries.

It’s not a bad habit matey. It’s a completely safe practice. Stick to what you know eh 👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning yeah, I figured as much if you were doing it, it just scared me at first is all I'm saying

@@gabrielp1306 understandable mate. But I assure you it’s not dangerous, it is if you pop your finger in there but it goes with out saying that you don’t cross the line of the toolrest. Turning a square this size is not different than a circle of a larger size. Check out this video to see what I mean. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u6Edel1bhHw.html Cheers 😊👍🏻

Much appreciated FKP. Glad you are enjoying the content. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Well, happy days.. glad you enjoyed it my friend

Well spotted Chris. You know your wood. Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻

I’v gone into depth on this topic a number of times so for this ones il keep it brief.. Bandsaws (the likely choice for that cut) take setting up for particular types of cuts.. Mine is set up for rip (long straight) cuts 90% of the time. My lathe which is the machine I use all day every day, about 60hours per week is designed for making wooden things round.. For me it takes around 45 seconds to take this small piece of wood from square to round. It’s safe, efficient and is the best use of my time. When you consider that no matter what I did to prep this blank I’d still have to mount the piece on the lathe to true it up.. It makes no sense to do an action before that to save time unless that action took me less than say 30 seconds. Hope that helps

@@JackMackWoodturning I have to admit I was thinking like Will, but your explanation makes perfect sense when you think about time. Great channel and inspirational work.

@@JackMackWoodturning this brief explain a lot, thanks 😀

If that way makes sense for your situation, great, but Ill continue to either spend 30 seconds on a band saw cutting the circle close (Im lucky enough to have a table saw for ripping, my band saw is for curves.) or at least cutting off the corners into a hexagon. Yes, it's an extra step, A. I hate interrupted cuts on the lathe, it just feels unpleasant. B. I like variety I'd rather do 2 steps for 5 minutes each than one for 10 minutes C. I really do not enjoy sharpening lathe tools. Not really a right or wrong just what works for a person.

You can still cut the corners off with just any bandsaw blade no matter what it’s setup for. Just laziness and unsafe practices.

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Yeah he loved it. 😊 Thanks for watching Judith

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Wow. your that first to say that .. 😆

Cheers Buckshot. Glad you enjoyed it man ☺️👍🏻

Учите русский язык мы вас научим делать лучше этого дуралея. Шипов на видимой части изделия быть не должно.

Danke! 😉👍🏻☺️

No problem Jean-Louis. Thanks for watching buddy 👍🏻😉

Thanks PF. Glad you enjoyed it buddy 👍🏻😉

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Nice one Scott! 😁👍🏻😉

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Thanks Barry, I try to most the time but sometimes I loose my cool a little. Where possible I try to share my years of experience with those who want to learn. Always happy to answer any questions you might have Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻

I’m a big fan Bob 😂

Thanks B. Much appreciated, 👍🏻😊

Nice one TCC. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching ☺️👍🏻

That’s awesome, all my kids will watch on RU-vid is this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nnxctcYoYsc.html Thanks for watching guys 👍🏻

Thanks Jane. 🤔 😜

Thanks NR. Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍🏻

Thats great to hear Gerbrand. Glad you are enjoying the content. Peace ✌️

Nice one PP. Unusual name, what is its origin?

@@JackMackWoodturning Its a long story really. But long story medium: I used to go by Dubstepchicken when i began my presence on the internet, but since i dont really like dubstep anymore and a friend of mine used to make chicken noises instead of calling me by my name, i went with the kind of bocking sound they make. Now after a few years i just have gotten used to pockpock for some reason. I always feel like changing it, just dont know what... Btw: you are the first person to ever comment on my name :D

Thanks Maxine. That was the plan, hopefully my grandkids, grandkids, grandkids will sit on it one day. 😁👍🏻😉

Nice one BB. I’m glad you think so. Thanks for watching 👍🏻😊

Thanks buddy. Will you try something like it ?

Cheers Christian. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Cheers Michael. Glad you enjoyed it buddy 😉👍🏻

Thanks for the kind words. I don’t make pens. I find them to be the most boring and simple things anyone could ever make on a lathe. It bores the arse off me just thinking about turning a pen. I don’t cut corners off one off pieces because iv been turning for more years than I care to say and iv learnt that “saving” little scraps of wood is utterly pointless and leads to a very messy workshop. Shavings on the other hand have so many uses. I do absolutely keep off cuts from nice wood, but I’d absolutely not ever turn two simple pipes to attach to a pre made pen body kit. I literally can’t think of anything less rewarding and more boring 😆

Thanks A. Much appreciated 😊👍🏻

Glad you enjoyed it Eric, thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻

Exactly, why? why? 😫

Because each wedge is perpendicular to the grain of the wood, which is the correct way to make a wedges joint that will last a lifetime and more.

No problem Nick. Let me know how you get on. Thanks for watching 👍🏻😁

Hi Drake, I can only assume that translates to little stool? Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

🤣🤣 Thank you 😊👍🏻

I guess a LOT of people have never seen or even heard of a milking stool?

Well this comment confused me before Id finished the video and found out what it was

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What? The stool?

Thanks a lot Ralph, much appreciated, 😁👍🏻

Hi, thanks for watching. That’s a recess used for holding the wood on the lathe, the jaws of the Chuck expand into the internal walls of the recess to give a good firm hold. it was then filled with a matching plug for aesthetic reasons but also because the stool was made for my very young son and I didn’t want sharp edges anywhere on the piece. Hope that helps 🙂👍🏻

Not to pick nits, or perhaps others have brought this up already, but the splines are not asthetically pleasing. My OCD would never allow me to do what was done. Just as all of the visible screws in my home must point straight up or be parallel with the floor (in different rooms, for obvious reasons) I would have aligned them to point toward the center of the seat, or made buttons to fill the tops of those holes. Not that you asked for my critique but it is a very lovely piece. Beautiful even. Please don't forget to sign and date it, with for whom it was made. So in 80 years time when the great-great grandkid gets it it will have a complete provenance! I have several things from 4 of my great-grandparents which have pride of place at my house! At some point my great-grandkids will get them. My g-grand mother, who I knew well, was born in 1870, and my g-grandchild in 2018. Which is 7 generations and a 150 year span of time! It would be nice if your piece was still in use in 150 years and that each generation knew who made it and who it was made for! IMHO.

Thanks for your comment. Very lovely. The alignment of the wedges is in essence the thing that could make this stool last 7 generations 🤞🏻 Expanding a joint in any direction other than perpendicular to the gain of the seat would cause the pressure to split or weaken that wood. I’m sorry to hear of your disorder.. (which seems an odd word to use when describing OCD) you must find it terribly difficult, and harder still when you read the other comments on this video where people refer to “their OCD” as a reason for wanting the wedges to be pointing to the centre. Il be sure to date said stool. Thanks for watching 👍🏻😊

@@JackMackWoodturning Damn! You have thought of everything! ( the direction of the wedges).

@@deavman I can’t take any credit.. people have been making seats/stools/chairs in this way for centuries, wood working is all about learning from the guys who came before. They knew what was what. 😊👍🏻

Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it 😊👍🏻😉

Much love from the UK 🇬🇧

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That is amazing. My school had Design Tech but it mostly consisted of people standing over sinks, having competitions who could make the biggest ball of solder. 🤣

@@JackMackWoodturning haha that's hilarious. Our school doesn't have much cool stuff going for it but we got a wood shop teacher that has 12 lathes and an alcohol addiction. He's an awesome guy, doesn't drink like he used to. Completely random 😂

Cheers Bobby. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍🏻

Cheers Danny. Much appreciated 👍🏻😊😉

Cheers Rick. I appreciate you watching. I love this comment.. it sounds to me like THE most perfect reason to get into wood turning. I can’t recommend it more as a hobby, you get instant results,, but the path of learning woodturing is a fascinating one too.. it’s very more’ish. In the next 10 years you could be a master at the craft. There’s no time like the present. Feel free to fire any questions at me as you start your journey. Enjoy 😊👍🏻

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I subbed just because of this comment.

Fickle, please listen up, you need to be VERY GLAD you will have grandkids because my only blood son went down that damn gay road. I wish you all the best sir, but please be grateful.

It’s lovely to here your sons so happy Chuck. 😊

Cheers Matt.. lots of people say that about the wedges but if you were To put a wedge into a wood In any way other than perpendicular to the grain of the seat you risk splitting the top, worse still wood compresses when force is applied to side grain, meaning over time that joint would definitely fail. The extra touches of detail in wood working come from knowledge my friend.. not style over substance 🤙🏻

Well that’s good to hear! Glad you enjoyed it matey 😂👍🏻

Nice one Chris. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Cheers Sandy. Much appreciated. Thanks for watching 😉👍🏻

Thanks Riska. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻😁

Much appreciated Nochtczar. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

Wedging a joint like this causes expansion, if you expand a piece of wood parallel to the grain to the wood you will split the wood down the grain, just like putting an axe into a log.. The strongest way to wedge a joint like this is perpendicular to the grain. Any rotation away from 90 degrees will begin to expand the wood in a direction that could weaken it or cause it to split. This stool was for my 15 month old som so strength and stability was the aim of the game. ( he’ll probably still manage to break it 😆) Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning That’s why YOU have a RU-vid channel, and I don’t. Good point!

😆 thanks. Appreciate you watching 😊👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning that makes total sense, I'll let my OCD rest on this one 😁

@@simpleau2 and my OCD can't rest until there is an uneven gap, coused by the angle with wich legs are joining the flat part of the stool.

Seriously. All that work and just one detail missing.

This would create a weak stool James. I built it to last. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻

@@JackMackWoodturning hello, not a wood worker here, how would that affect the strength of the chair? Grain structures not lining up?

@@madhattermd1 you have to put the wedges in going perpendicular to the grain so it won’t force the grain apart over time there’s gotta be better words to describe it but i can’t word right now, too early

@@mikieswart made sense to me!

My pleasure. Enjoy 😊

Thanks Steve, glad you enjoyed it man 👍🏻😉

Thanks buddy. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍🏻

I made it for my son but he is outgrowing it already! I think I will buy a cow and use it for milking. 😂

@@JackMackWoodturning There ya go! Always have a backup plan.

Thanks. I appreciate you watching 😊👍🏻

Cheers Mike 👍🏻