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As Wood Turns
Добавлен 29 ноя 2011
Woodturning is a creative outlet for me. I've dreamed about woodturning for years and have made some beautiful wooden items.
While I do not claim to be a professional woodturner, I want to share my dream with others and help them to achieve their dreams as well.
DISCLAIMER: Woodturning can be dangerous and these videos have not been designed to demonstrate safe practices - They are for fun and education only.
Have Fun but Be Safe
While I do not claim to be a professional woodturner, I want to share my dream with others and help them to achieve their dreams as well.
DISCLAIMER: Woodturning can be dangerous and these videos have not been designed to demonstrate safe practices - They are for fun and education only.
Have Fun but Be Safe
Woodturning Eccentric Tree - It Grew Up In The Wind
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Inspired by entries in last year's Ornament Challenge. I am in an eccentric mood. Plus, we had a club demonstration wherein one of the projects was an evergreen tree.
I decided to take the demonstration tree to the level of the challenge tree. This requires a series of offsets to the turning axis to achieve a leaning tree or a tree that has grown up in a consistent prevailing wind, my mother's "canyon breeze".
The wood is aspen. This piece is solid, without checks common to aspen.
The tree is 6" tall, 3" diameter, finished with shellac.
Enjoy.
p.s. If you would like a more in depth demonstration than my weekly videos, please contact me for an IRD (Zoom Demo) on this or other...
Inspired by entries in last year's Ornament Challenge. I am in an eccentric mood. Plus, we had a club demonstration wherein one of the projects was an evergreen tree.
I decided to take the demonstration tree to the level of the challenge tree. This requires a series of offsets to the turning axis to achieve a leaning tree or a tree that has grown up in a consistent prevailing wind, my mother's "canyon breeze".
The wood is aspen. This piece is solid, without checks common to aspen.
The tree is 6" tall, 3" diameter, finished with shellac.
Enjoy.
p.s. If you would like a more in depth demonstration than my weekly videos, please contact me for an IRD (Zoom Demo) on this or other...
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Woodturning Trembling Trembleur
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.11 дней назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com I saw a couple of trembleurs in the instant gallery at the AAW symposium in Portland, Oregon. And, then, Eli Avisera did a demonstration that was very informative. The only significant difference between Eli's process and mine is that I cheated and turned the trembleur from a round dowel instead of square stock. In my experience dowels have fairly straight grain which is per...
Woodturning Eccentric Single Piece Scoop
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.17 дней назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com Inspired by a fantastic demonstration at the Portland American Woodturning Symposium by Eli Avisera. This is an eccentric or multi-axis small scoop from a single piece of wood. It requires turning a sphere on the end of a spindle, then offsetting the axis to turn the main handle, then returning to the original axis to finish the handle. At long last, hollow the sphere to for...
Woodturning Mystery Bowl In A Board
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.24 дня назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com I wish I knew what species of this this bowl is turned from. It was a decorative tree in my back yard that I cut down. The wood is beautiful. It is an interesting convergence of a square bowl and a bowl. Size: about 7 x 2 and 2 High. Finished with walnut oil. Enjoy. p.s. If you would like a more in depth demonstration than my weekly videos, please contact me for an IRD (Zoom...
Woodturning Square Bowl From Venezuelan Saman
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www.AsWoodTurns.com I received this wood from a friend who had traveled and lived in Venezuela. He had returned with a "bookcase" of beautiful wood, saman. He was moving and need to find a new home for the wood. The wood was already 12" square and 2" thick. I trimmed it to remove dings in the edges. Mounted with hot melt glue, I turned a mortise. But at the last minute, the hot melt glue failed...
Cottonwood Burl Bowl Required Three First Aid Treatments
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Месяц назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com Salvaged from a friend's burn pile, this cottonwood burl took some TLC and a redesign but not that much TLC. It is well worth the UV resin and CA needed to bring out its beauty. Size: about 11 diameter and 3 tall. Finished with wipe-on poly. UV resin: Amazon CA glue: Almost anywhere Enjoy. p.s. If you would like a more in depth demonstration than my weekly videos, please con...
Woodturner's Band Saw Sled - Essential for Advanced Projects
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Месяц назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com While making last week's project, it was an appropriate time to upgrade my band saw sled incorporating inspiration from a demonstration at last year's Rocky Mountain Symposium in Colorado. In that demonstration, he used a sled that had some features that I thought would be good to incorporate into the sled I have been using and upgrading for several years. One problem - thes...
A Child's Stacking Toy Grows Up - Now My Fancy Wood Box
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Месяц назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com A viewer, Steve, sent me a set of pictures and asked how to turn it. I had to scratch my head and recall presentations by Janice Levy and others. Then figure out how to cut an inner box out from the center of a larger box. First conclusion. Don't cut it out of the same block - well, almost. But first elongate the lamination so that the plies are identical. Then turn the two ...
Enhanced Bark Edge Flower For Mother's Day
Просмотров 888Месяц назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com I have turned this style of flower before. However, I had purchased some Cold-Bend Hardwood and thought to use it to enhance my flower. Plus I stabilized the wood with Cactus Juice to stabilize the bark to assist it to stay attached. The wood is walnut, sassafras, bloodwood finished with shellac or mineral oil. The bendable hardwood is still wet and too flexible at this diam...
Peach Bowl To Preserve Precious Memories
Просмотров 9582 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com This is not the best example of wood for bowl turning. However, it was essential to turn this bowl anyway as a return gift to the lady in whose yard this tree grew. I filled the major cracks with ultra violet activated resin which I am finding very convenient for small repairs. It is supposed to be longer lasting than CA glue. The completed bowl will be returned to the lady ...
Rose Bowl From The Root
Просмотров 8442 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com After digging up an old rose bush from my yard, I attempt to turn the root ball to get a bowl. At 8" by 3", this bowl warped dramatically making it too warped to finish turning and sanding it on the lathe. Still, I carved and sanded it before finishing with walnut oil. It is unique. Enjoy. p.s. If you would like a more in depth demonstration than my weekly videos, please con...
Rejected, Discarded But Beautiful Burl Bowl
Просмотров 8312 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com This cottonwood was discarded at our club's monthly Saturday gathering. Why discarded? The piece had a pair of smaller burl bumps. One had an accidental gash from a chain saw; the other had large obvious voids. I picked it up anyway and decided to see if I could get anything from it. It yielded a 6" diameter, 2" tall bowl with amazing burl figure. Walnut oil brings out the b...
Spring Turning - Bark Edge Birds Beak Bowl
Просмотров 1 тыс.2 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com Late winter and early spring is when I prune trees in my yard. Sometimes, this is a source of both wood and inspiration. In this case, I cut an apple limb that is perfect for a small birds beak bowl. A birds beak bowl utilized and entire cross section of the limb as can be seen by the pith running through the bowl sides. This bowl is about 3 inches long, about 2.5 inches wid...
Turning - My Quest For A Wood Star
Просмотров 1 тыс.3 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com After turning an eight point star inspired a few weeks ago, I had a another thought about how to turn a star yet another way. I was not sure it could be successful. However, I decided to try. Previously I have: - Turned a sphere and added finials; - Turned a cube into a star using a specific, custom jig; - Turned a cube into a star using a pen mandrel centered on faces, then...
Turning Finishing Touches To My Easter Diorama
Просмотров 6113 месяца назад
www.AsWoodTurns.com This project is the culmination of several projects. It is a diorama with a theme of Jesus Christ's resurrection. It consists of a tray, a star, a tomb, a wire tree, and a miniature statue of Jesus Christ. This video details the tomb, a segmented project with eight segment rings with segment counts from six to twenty segments. The variance in segments enables aligning joints...
Very helpfull!
Thanks heaps for your video. I have a Vicmarc chuck and will be using your concept for sure! I have not got a lot of spare cash for more jaws etc for 1 off projects so your video has saved me a lot of money.
What size bowl gouge in the roughing stage
That's neat, Alan. What would it look like if you used a spiral line to mark your offsets? Just wondering. Bill
Offset turning is alot of fun. Very pretty. Thank you for sharing Alan. See you next time
Saw a similar turning video by someone else a couple of years ago. No, I don't remember the name of the poster. He posted exactly how he made it with measurements. That made it very easy to copy. A fairly easy but satisfying project. My daughter collects Christmas trees so she liked it. And those who aren't turners can't usually figure out how you get it to bend. That's a bonus. It's always nice to try something new. Thanks Alan for posting this. I'd forgotten about making this. May have to re-visit it for this season.
Well done Alan. That's a pretty little tree. Nicely bent.🙂🙂
Thanks, Alan!
Great job. I like this string steady much better than most of them that I’ve seen. I can’t turn one very long because of the short length of my lathe, but what you’ve shown is fully doable. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome Doug Alan
Thanks for the ideas and the inspiration Allan. Would you share the type of chuck/jaws you are using?
My base chuck is Vicmarc VM120. I prefer deep shark jaws but for this video they were long nose jaws. Alan
Nice wand ,love the feather in end, too many different steps. Can you make a video of a wand with a lot less steps.
A wind can be as simple or complex as you desire. Alan
Thank you for sharing Alan👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎
Very welcome Alan Alan
Excellent work and Like the dowel idea. Do you have an stl file of the 3D printed string steady you can share?
In the description. Alan
Wow what a amazing Idea and peace of work. You have such a gentle touch. Thanks Tim
You're welcome Alan
Pretty cool method Alan. I was at the AAW as well but missed this demo. Gary
No worries - I hope to have done it justice. Alan
Thanks, Alan! As always, your imaginative solutions are a joy to watch.
Glad you like them! Alan
Nice, Alan. That string steady was a great idea. I don't think starting with a dowel is cheating. I'm pretty sure you know how to turn a square piece round when you need to lol. Bill
Yes, I have rounded a couple of pieces. :) Alan
My friend Jan Pennel turned one 2.4m or 8ft long. She was an amazing woman. ❤
Definitely a sight to be seen. Alan
very stylish scoops, thanks for sharing the process.
My pleasure 😊 Alan
Enjoyed that thanks. I was expecting the off centre scoop that I saw on Instagram yesterday, but see that I missed that a few days ago. That's next on my viewing list. I noticed that you were using the skew ""toe down", which is something I still have to learn. All of the teaching videos (that I have found at least) show "toe up" turning, so what's the best way to go about learning to turn "toe down" with a skew? A more frugal way to make the string steady is to fit it directly onto your partly extended tailstock quill. This also has the advantage of being able to pass a few inches of the spindle inside the quill and gain a few inches in maximum length.
Toe down - Toe up - Whatever is best for the cut. I am not a bigot. Great tip on the steady. Thanks Alan
Alan, this is an outstanding piece of work. I love the steady rest. Quite innovative. The results are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and continue to stay safe. Thanks to your reminders I know I will.🙂🙂 Looking forward to meeting you at SWAT.
Glad you enjoyed it. I'll be there. Alan
Do you have a video of the offcut chuck shown at the end of the video
No I do not. Mine is a minor adaptation of one that is common on the web. Alan
Thats a beautiful platter. Its nice to see you have mistakes also and not edit them out
Well, I will keep making mistakes. :( Alan
Alan, very good tip on drilling the rubber stopper. I was having trouble doing that. Not any more. Thank you. Roger D.
Glad to help. I use mine frequently. Alan
The tough part for me was getting the top and body edges to fit flat together. Fun project.
That's why they have to be turned together Alan
This wood looks like Redbud to me. Here in North Carolina it blooms with small purple blooms in March, almost before everything else. Its seed pods look like small flat pea pods, and it is extremely prone to checking. The leaves are green, but there is a cultivar that has reddish purple leaves. The light colored sapwood checks easily, but the heartwood is pretty stable. Here's a link to the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis
Could be - thanks for the research. Alan
I agree with the previous comments! I'll definitely be giving this a go to add another dimension to my one-piece scoops.
Yes, another great style. Alan
Allan - your videos are exceptional! You get to the point, no fluff, and all the information is very useful, not to mention mostly inspirational! Will you be selling your bushings?
Sorry not going to sell them. they are fairly easily made so there would be a very limited market. The stl files are at printable.com as noted in the description. Download and take them to a maker's space Alan
Love to "dabble" in offset turning and seeing your cute little Eccentric Scoop makes my day for another fine Alan Stranton project to tackle.......Thanks once again.
Perfect! Alan
The scoop is very nice. 👍👍 I understand the method of turning the sphere end and the offset turning on the handle. However I think the fixtures you 3D printed are the most interesting. My biggest interest is how you set up the printer to make those fixtures. As in how to tell the printer what to make. Someday a video on the procedure please. I wish I could have been to Portland. I will be at SWAT in August. Will you be there? Take care and continue to stay safe, I will.🙂🙂
The closest that I have done is at "Woodturning and 3D Printing Can They Work Together?" Yes, I'll be demo'ing at SWAT. See you there. Alan
I have done quite a bit of off set turning but I have never made a scope. This was a very enjoyable video Alan. Thank you for sharing. I will look for you next week
Glad you enjoyed it Keep coming back. Alan
Nicely done - as usual. You've about convinced me that I need a 3-D printer. Thanks. I know that your weekly production takes planning and effort.
I'm convinced - almost trying to justify a 2nd one. Thank you Alan
is the pvc handle generating alot of heat? hows it holding up?
It can get a little warm. Then it is time to take a break and avoid repetitive stress. :) Alan
Thanks for the inspiration....
You are so welcome! Alan
alan , is there a reason molly recommended 20 gauge wire versus 16 or 18?
Not sure - but she knows her wire. Alan
This wood looks very similar to the Russian Olive tree I cut down.
Interesting Russian Olive that I have cut does not have the variation. Thanks for your input Alan
Osage Orange better known as hedge apple
Thanks for pitching in. Alan
bonjour Alan je pense que c'est du sumac de virginie en France on dit vinaigrier merci pour la video
Sumac is likely - I looked at a picture on the internet - Similar Alan
Any dead leaves still out in the yard? That would go a long way to helping you identify it. The wood has the beautiful look of Acacia (honey locust), mesquite ( black locust), or perhaps a nut tree like almond or pecan. What ever it is, it is well worth the time invested to turn it.
Agree for the pretty wood. Alan
Alan, at last weeks Saw Dust Session I did my first sphere. It turned out quite well for the first time. I did have help from another club member, you know the club well, the Willamette Valley Woodturners. Your video on holding the sphere gave me new ideas on a better way to do that. Thanks for the video and your show. Roger D.
Your second sphere will be easier. :) Alan
Very nice piece Alan. The wood is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I will look for you next week
Please do! Alan
Wood could be laburnum?
I've turned laburnum but not for quite a while. The tree did not look like it. But thanks for pitching in. Alan
Another pleasant Friday morning watching "As Wood Turns". There is always something good coming from the Stratton shop and this is no exception. That is a beautiful piece of wood Alan. You did it proud. Nicely turned and beautifully finished. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and continue to stay safe.🙂🙂
Glad you enjoyed it. Will do. Alan
Nice bowl, Alan. Also a nice subtle shout out to the three little bears. Bill
Gotta love those bears. Alan
Beautiful piece of wood. May well be crab. Hope someone can give a definitive answer.
I hope so too. Alan
Nice project! What did the leaves look like? The heart wood kinda' looks like Sumac.
The leaves are long gone - only wood left. Thanks for pitching in. Alan
Great bowl.
Thanks Alan
Nice job Beautiful Piece Alan and great save!
Glad you enjoyed it ALan
I know this is a little after the fact, but I happened to watch Eli in Portland and was wondering if you had a template of these arcs either in your blog or in somewhere in the files you could forward along 🤞🏻🙏🏻
I did not attend that session but saw him do it many years ago. He does not use a template. Alan
@@AsWoodTurns I was referring to the printed template as shown in your video
@@DerekCadmus Eli used a 9" circle to define the curvature of the side that would then match his padded jam faceplate. For the actual arcs, he loosened the chuck and cocked it before re-tightening the chuck. His replay is out on the AAW now for you to confirm. Alan
Nice, Alan. I'm glad you persevered to the end. Bill
Me also... Alan