One thing id recomend is before getting a really good tungsten carbide tool get a relatively cheap very sharp titanium carbide tool instead to get good at trimming with something hard and sharp.
@@NathanielR-d1f I have no experience with pottery but if it's anything like training wheels on bikes the only way to learn is to just do it until you figure it out
Love your videos in general but you've won a follower for life with your fair, supportive and well measured review and constructive feedback on this young artist's tools.
Your right about including that bit about where the blanks came from, it was very interesting and gives an insight into how beginner toolmakers get started.
Trimming has become my favorite part of the process, and watching you do it, moment by moment, step by step, helps so much as I try to improve on my beginner skills. Thank you! Now, if I could just master tap-centering!
Thank you Florian for answering my questions about all those similar tools completely. I have literally tried to obtain the Bison tools for years also holding back on buying other copied tools. Now settled for the recommended RD Tools. Thank you for this research.
Love your trimming videos! I think your feedback was perfectly said. He is so young and can only keep getting better and learning from each batch of tools 🙂
I discovered you maybe 2 weeks ago, probably rewatched most of you videos at least 3 times, got motivated to go back to pottery studio, and ordered your book. And I rarely get impressed with people or their works…hands down the best quality work I have ever seen and I admire your story, practice and patience. It seems like everything in your destiny aligned to give you the gift of being able to pursue your passion and I couldn't be more happy for the fact that you use it to its full potential without wasting it away..
Wasn't expecting to find such an amazing glaze store in my city by watching your videos! It is exactly want i needed, thank you very much for introducing ovolavka to me. I am only starting to learn the craft and sourcering materials is the biggest challenge right now 😅
Thank you for the beautiful video, Florian. The pot is beautiful, the narration so calming and honest, and the video editing is so well done. Big fan. Hello from Canada!
Thanks for another great video, Florian! My spider sense tells me that you are possibly on the way to creating your own ‘perfect’ tungsten carbide trimmer - and I know you would create it beautifully, giving you the chance to practice that wood turning as well 😊
8:41 Do potters ever mix porcelain and other clays intentionally? I don't know how workable it would actually be, but the small surface details you mention sound interesting.
i think it could be problematic for firing in the kiln? due to different materials having different firing temps it could be prone to cracking a lot more
@@L0wBap (me too im just going off of my best guess of what happens when two materials of different compositions are mixed) but yeah i presume shrinkage rates are gonna cause tension in the material and crack the thing
@@L0wBap ,and the other one porcelain is a big part of stoneware except for its one specific part and its really pure so you shouldn't have much of a problem I don't think
There are some techniques in which potters mix different clays. I think you should look up agateware; it's when potters add colored clay to a centered lump of clay before throwing a pot. It creates a really cool marbled look!
I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make a tungsten carbide tool that would cut when held vertically. You'd just need to shape the blade so that the bevel is on the inside instead of the outside. Perhaps a bit of a technical challenge, but one that could be overcome. It would be a tradeoff though, as it would then not be suitable for cutting at a low angle, since the cutting face would be at too steep of an angle to the clay and you'd only get a scraping or burnishing effect at best.
@12:00 Drawing on some experience with wood carving, I suspect that the answer to how to get the tool you want in tungsten carbide would be to have the bevel on the inside of the loop, rather than the outside as the carbide one was. That then appears as a very thin edge to the clay, with the tool geometry such that the handle can be held vertical whilst still cutting; but the material needed to make the edge strong enough is still present, just in a location that doesn't impede the working angles. The primary reason that such an internal bevel is not common will be down to the difficulty in grinding and honing the carbide - I really can't think of a way to do it other than spending couple of days with diamond needle files of various grits, and probably require some custom tooling for the final polish. Or: using diamond grinding points in a CNC mill.
Does the mirror have a zoom effect, or is the blurring not present IRL? I assume you have it positioned so you can see the pot at a specific side profile angle?
I understand if you are not willing to share the link to the website selling the cheap trimmers due to what you talked about.. However, if you would be willing to, could you share that link? I’ve just been unable to find any that are affordable …
It is impressive he's making the tools but they look really crude. I don't like the epoxy. These tools are very sharp but also very fragile, and it looks like if you break the cutting edge the you would have to buy another tool. The TC tools I have are made so you can replace the tips and keep the same handle should you break one.
All pass on these tools there are much better one out there. I really dislike that epoxy makes it look really cheep. The wooden handles also look like there is not much care when he makes them
Do you actually understand material properties and what tools to use to achieve the desired result based on the relative material properties of the tool and work piece? Because your comment reads like you think you do, but if you did, you wouldn't be making that comment, lmao.
Clay can be really hard, believe it or not. Especially when it becomes leather-hard or bone-dry. Even when it is wet, sometimes clay is gritty, which can dull steel tools pretty quickly.
One thing id recomend is before getting a really good tungsten carbide tool get a relatively cheap very sharp titanium carbide tool instead to get good at trimming with something hard and sharp.
Great idea! Training wheels.
Ya but the problem is I know how to ride a bike without I just cant seem to figure out how to take the training wheels off .
@@NathanielR-d1f I have no experience with pottery but if it's anything like training wheels on bikes the only way to learn is to just do it until you figure it out
Love your videos in general but you've won a follower for life with your fair, supportive and well measured review and constructive feedback on this young artist's tools.
Your right about including that bit about where the blanks came from, it was very interesting and gives an insight into how beginner toolmakers get started.
10:22 I actually like the ledge. It’s a nice little detail that still conforms to your style of angular geometries.
Trimming has become my favorite part of the process, and watching you do it, moment by moment, step by step, helps so much as I try to improve on my beginner skills. Thank you! Now, if I could just master tap-centering!
I love the little nuggets of you and Cirro!
He loves you back!
Thank you Florian for answering my questions about all those similar tools completely. I have literally tried to obtain the Bison tools for years also holding back on buying other copied tools. Now settled for the recommended RD Tools. Thank you for this research.
Love your trimming videos! I think your feedback was perfectly said. He is so young and can only keep getting better and learning from each batch of tools 🙂
I discovered you maybe 2 weeks ago, probably rewatched most of you videos at least 3 times, got motivated to go back to pottery studio, and ordered your book. And I rarely get impressed with people or their works…hands down the best quality work I have ever seen and I admire your story, practice and patience. It seems like everything in your destiny aligned to give you the gift of being able to pursue your passion and I couldn't be more happy for the fact that you use it to its full potential without wasting it away..
Wasn't expecting to find such an amazing glaze store in my city by watching your videos! It is exactly want i needed, thank you very much for introducing ovolavka to me. I am only starting to learn the craft and sourcering materials is the biggest challenge right now 😅
Thank you for the beautiful video, Florian. The pot is beautiful, the narration so calming and honest, and the video editing is so well done. Big fan. Hello from Canada!
thank you for a truly objective review...
3:48 if you're just here for the dog.
What a beautiful bowl! I know you were reviewing tools, but I'm just in it for the trimming! Lovely work.
Thanks for another great video, Florian! My spider sense tells me that you are possibly on the way to creating your own ‘perfect’ tungsten carbide trimmer - and I know you would create it beautifully, giving you the chance to practice that wood turning as well 😊
8:41 Do potters ever mix porcelain and other clays intentionally? I don't know how workable it would actually be, but the small surface details you mention sound interesting.
i think it could be problematic for firing in the kiln? due to different materials having different firing temps it could be prone to cracking a lot more
Isn't that caused by shrinkage rate? If you could equal them tho? :o (I have negative pottery knowledge) @@DRakeTRofKBam
@@L0wBap (me too im just going off of my best guess of what happens when two materials of different compositions are mixed) but yeah i presume shrinkage rates are gonna cause tension in the material and crack the thing
@@L0wBap ,and the other one porcelain is a big part of stoneware except for its one specific part and its really pure so you shouldn't have much of a problem I don't think
There are some techniques in which potters mix different clays. I think you should look up agateware; it's when potters add colored clay to a centered lump of clay before throwing a pot. It creates a really cool marbled look!
I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make a tungsten carbide tool that would cut when held vertically. You'd just need to shape the blade so that the bevel is on the inside instead of the outside. Perhaps a bit of a technical challenge, but one that could be overcome. It would be a tradeoff though, as it would then not be suitable for cutting at a low angle, since the cutting face would be at too steep of an angle to the clay and you'd only get a scraping or burnishing effect at best.
@12:00 Drawing on some experience with wood carving, I suspect that the answer to how to get the tool you want in tungsten carbide would be to have the bevel on the inside of the loop, rather than the outside as the carbide one was. That then appears as a very thin edge to the clay, with the tool geometry such that the handle can be held vertical whilst still cutting; but the material needed to make the edge strong enough is still present, just in a location that doesn't impede the working angles.
The primary reason that such an internal bevel is not common will be down to the difficulty in grinding and honing the carbide - I really can't think of a way to do it other than spending couple of days with diamond needle files of various grits, and probably require some custom tooling for the final polish. Or: using diamond grinding points in a CNC mill.
9:19 that felt like scratching a chalkboard
Does the mirror have a zoom effect, or is the blurring not present IRL? I assume you have it positioned so you can see the pot at a specific side profile angle?
Beautiful handles
They’re good shapes, certainly comfortable to hold! I’d love to try wood turning again, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a go.
Could you post a link with the blade blanks that you mentioned?
I understand if you are not willing to share the link to the website selling the cheap trimmers due to what you talked about..
However, if you would be willing to, could you share that link? I’ve just been unable to find any that are affordable …
It is impressive he's making the tools but they look really crude. I don't like the epoxy. These tools are very sharp but also very fragile, and it looks like if you break the cutting edge the you would have to buy another tool. The TC tools I have are made so you can replace the tips and keep the same handle should you break one.
I’m so close to making the decision to buy some of these shapes - especially for the foot trimming.
Hi! Would you please consider making 'throw with me' or ASMR type content?
He already makes ASMR content!
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Tungsten carbide trimming tools? What the bloody hell’s tungsten carbide trimming tools?
All pass on these tools there are much better one out there. I really dislike that epoxy makes it look really cheep. The wooden handles also look like there is not much care when he makes them
Put your money in the WC
WC!! Get it?
That's a niche pun right there! 😂
@@ChiffCharang Chemists gonna chem.
whats the point of using carbide tools for something so soft as clay?? no use!!
The hardness I imagine flexes less and holds an edge longer. Dont forget, clay is still a mineral. Think of it like sand paper, not putty.
Do you actually understand material properties and what tools to use to achieve the desired result based on the relative material properties of the tool and work piece? Because your comment reads like you think you do, but if you did, you wouldn't be making that comment, lmao.
He talks about at 6:15
Clay is soft but abrasive. Steel tools will quickly lose their sharp edge. Carbide tools hold their sharp edge much longer.
Clay can be really hard, believe it or not. Especially when it becomes leather-hard or bone-dry. Even when it is wet, sometimes clay is gritty, which can dull steel tools pretty quickly.