Woodturning Hot Pepper Wood Bowl
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- Опубліковано 23 січ 2025
- I found some pepper tree logs on the side of the road on the way to work. They had been sitting for some time and were quite dry. After looking at the unique wood I decided to try a fire theme resin pour to go with the pepper wood. I wanted to try something new that I read in a book about hybrid woodturning. I used urethane resin instead of epoxy. Supposedly it would turn easier and polish better. The downside is it has a 12 minute working time and the wood must be stabilized first ( I left that part out of video, rather tedious). Upside is the blank is cured and ready to turn in 4 hours which is amazing. The book suggested to turn the piece with carbide scrapers. I found this odd and did not care for this technique and went for my bowl gouge when hollowing the bowl. I tried to use mainly scrapers on this piece and in the end I’m happy with the result. Had a bit of frustration in the middle and wasn’t liking the look. Too much resin not enough wood. Although I was very pleased with the shape, the entire rim of bowl being resin wasn’t a good look in my opinion. So I decided to turn it into a very shallow bowl to get the look I was after. In the end, I’m not sure the urethane resin is all that great. The time saved in the cure process is negated by the multiple day process of stabilizing the wood. I didn’t find it turned, sanded, or polished differently than epoxy resin. Think I will likely be using both in the future depending on the wood being used. If you have experience with both types of resin and have some tips or suggestions please leave them in the comments. I’d love to hear them. Thank you for watching!!!
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I found some pepper tree logs on the side of the road on the way to work. They had been sitting for some time and were quite dry. After looking at the unique wood I decided to try a fire theme resin pour to go with the pepper wood. I wanted to try something new that I read in a book about hybrid woodturning. I used urethane resin instead of epoxy. Supposedly it would turn easier and polish better. The downside is it has a 12 minute working time and the wood must be stabilized first ( I left that part out of video, rather tedious). Upside is the blank is cured and ready to turn in 4 hours which is amazing. The book suggested to turn the piece with carbide scrapers. I found this odd and did not care for this technique and went for my bowl gouge when hollowing the bowl. I tried to use mainly scrapers on this piece and in the end I’m happy with the result. Had a bit of frustration in the middle and wasn’t liking the look. Too much resin not enough wood. Although I was very pleased with the shape, the entire rim of bowl being resin wasn’t a good look in my opinion. So I decided to turn it into a very shallow bowl to get the look I was after. In the end, I’m not sure the urethane resin is all that great. The time saved in the cure process is negated by the multiple day process of stabilizing the wood. I didn’t find it turned, sanded, or polished differently than epoxy resin. Think I will likely be using both in the future depending on the wood being used. If you have experience with both types of resin and have some tips or suggestions please leave them in the comments. I’d love to hear them. Thank you for watching!!!
I bet the music for this video was improvised by looking at the video. And it is done so well! It makes this video so much better than on other channels.
@@squareandlevel beautiful work brother! I want one now. I am retired and in the mountains of western North Carolina, and scratching my head on whether or not I want to do woodworking for a small business. Looking at a mix of CNC Router (Axiom), a couple of those 3D printers, and a nice lathe. Just don’t know yet, but watching your video was inspiring. Use to work in Colombia (Plan Colombia), and your choice of music had me on a horse riding the mountain tops down there, lol. God Speed and subscribed sir
You have the cleanest shop I have ever seen!
This wood lathe has made that task significantly more time consuming. Thanks for watching!
Yes, they do make a mess! Not just watching, but copying, I have a casting the pot now with your walnut and resin. I used Sapele, I will try it out in about another 2 days. Your finished products do show your skill and attention to detail. Good Job!
@mavwoodturning7994 Thats awesome, wish you good luck! The Sapele should look amazing! What color resin did you decide on? Hope you have a great day!
Indigo blue with white and hypershift . I have been using designer epoxy, it has a demold time of about 72 hrs, when I get it done I will send you a photo , might have to do that by regular email.
I mix the night before to give the epoxy a little more viscosity, then the colors usually separate better
Look forward to seeing it. Good luck!
Absolutely beautiful 💖. Thank you for sharing 💕
Beautiful bowl, and a fine 430 am coffee vid 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your use of zip ties to get your pieces in/out of the pressure pot is ingenious!
Excellent work! What a beautiful bowl. Thanks for the info on the different resins and processes. One happy Scotsman learning from you. Keep up your great work. Thank you from Bonnie Scotland. 🏴😀
Thank you very much!
Blew me away wow. NOW PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE PLEASE! ❤
Beautiful piece! Final piece is a true work of art! Great video!
Wow! Blew me away when I saw the final product! You have a great imagination and a terrific ability to translate that into artful pieces!
Thank you very much for the kind comment. Much appreciated. Hope you have a great day!
Fantastic River Bowl 👍👍
Thank you 👍
That bowl came out BEAUTIFUL.👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁
Thank you!
Really nice balance you have achieved in the end between wood and resin 👌
Thank you very much!
Totally. I’m really not into pieces that huge huge voids with only resin. This was stunning 😊
Great work, and very nice finishing🤩🤩🤩. Thanks for sharing
You do very nice work, the colour really go good. Thanks
Love the wiggeling moment. Don’t lose that.
Beautiful piece and interesting process. Full view and Like 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I really like it. The reds are a great look and I love the music you selected. I appreciate the work to make something new and unique. Thanks
Thank you so much!
Really really cool! Love the color!
Completely gobsmacked. What a beautiful work of art. Another great video. Loved the sound track too!
Thank you Nick, always appreciate your comments. Hope you have a good one.
Excellent travail !
welp, gotta give you props for editing TO the music, well done...oh, and the bowl is cool too, LOL.
Thanks! Having fun trying new things. Still have a lot to learn in the filming/editing department. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day!
Very nice work! You have inspired me🤔
Glad to hear that!
Fantastic work
Many thanks!
Satisfying to see someone use warm epoxy colours. All I ever bump into is blue, cold colours. 🔥
Oh man I love this!
Thanks 👍
Beautiful!!!❤😎👍👍👍
WOW. That’s awesome.
Thank you!
Outstanding!
Muy bonito excelente trabajo 😉
it seems fascinating.
Tell me please where you buy this plastic sheets?
Hello Alexander, thanks for watching.
Polycarbonate sheet 1/32”
a.co/d/9sc0Blw
Really nice , but what a watse of resin , i could never afford to do that 😢😢😢
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I think it was a good idea to lower the rim of the bowl to expose more wood.
How do you determine how much resin to make?
I generally use math to determine volume of pieces subtracted from volume of cylinder form but this piece was different because I could not easily determine volume of the odd shaped pieces. I have purchased a few books on wood turning and one had an excellent idea of using rice to backfill the piece while in the mold and then had a conversion chart for cups of rice to grams of resin. It worked really well I am considering making a video in the future explaining my technique for blank preparation in full detail but want to dial my technique in a bit more before giving anyone questionable advice. Thanks again!!
What can you say 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
How appropriate a theme. The music also matched the theme. I liked it when you stopped the music to talk. Nice job...but the foot seems wrong.
Very nice! 😊
Thanks for the visit
Спасибо. Приятно смотреть на Вашу работу.
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What happened to the iconic intro?!
I wouldn’t refer to anything I’ve done as “iconic”, but I appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching! Hope you have a great day!
@@squareandlevel haha no worries. Love all your videos. You do incredible work!
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Maravillosa !!!!!! Creatividad