Fascinating! As you may remember, I turned some very old Ironbark recently so it was great to see you turning some. You have made a beautiful bowl. I have also become a big fan of tripod feet since first watching you use them. Another great video Richard, thank you.
Really liked the additional camera angle at the beginning -- very nice to see where the wood is coming off the tool as you moved up the side of the bowl and also the extent to which you trued up the top. I've previously been intimidated by the 3 legged bowls, the process you show has taken the mystery out of it and I feel ready to give them a go. Thanks for that.
When sanding the inside with the rotary sander you mentioned when you adhered a 180 grit mesh disk that "I don't really like them". One of the advantages of mesh sanding disks is that they can easily be cleaned and thereby can last longer. I am curious why you do not like them.
These mesh disks don't cut as efficiently as the cloth-backed disks I've used for years. Cloth-backed disk are easily cleaned in a few seconds using a disk cleaner. A mesh disk supports much less abrasive than a cloth-backed disk which I assume is why they seem to wear out faster. The dust is easy to knock out, but that takes more time than cleaning a cloth-back disk. Mesh disks also fray on the edge leading to other irritations.
A second comment about sanding... when sanding the wood between the three feet you started with a 40 grit disk to take off much of the unneeded wood. But the next grit you used was 180 (if I heard you correctly) and then 400 grit. It seems as if you were skipping a number of the grits that are usually used in a sequence of sanding. Did this procedure not result in some scratch marks remaining on the wood?
I've milled stacks of red ironbark, and red box, & that pink colour looked awfully like red box, although I know that red ironbark grown in the sandy soil down in Tuggeranong gets a bit pale. Even the voids look more like polyanthemos voids
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No matter what you make it's always a treat to have the opportunity to watch you Richard.
Love your videos, Richard between you and Tomislav You’ve made me a better Turner thank you so much. Keep them coming.
Fascinating! As you may remember, I turned some very old Ironbark recently so it was great to see you turning some. You have made a beautiful bowl. I have also become a big fan of tripod feet since first watching you use them. Another great video Richard, thank you.
I realy look forward to your videos Richard, thanks for sharing
It's always a surprise to see what the bowl looks like after completion❤
Really liked the additional camera angle at the beginning -- very nice to see where the wood is coming off the tool as you moved up the side of the bowl and also the extent to which you trued up the top. I've previously been intimidated by the 3 legged bowls, the process you show has taken the mystery out of it and I feel ready to give them a go. Thanks for that.
Wonderful. Such a lovely piece and so instructive for dealing with the state of that wood..
What a beautiful piece. Thanks for the inspiration and lesson
Very pretty. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for all your videos and books. I am just beginning to
Beautiful as always. Thank you Richard
Really like the foot. Thank you for showing that technique.
Very well done. Beautiful color. I like the rim detail. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Thanks as always for a lovely piece of work.
Very nice Richard……
You’re a genius !!
I hope to have a percentage of your knowledge
That looks amazing.
When sanding the inside with the rotary sander you mentioned when you adhered a 180 grit mesh disk that "I don't really like them". One of the advantages of mesh sanding disks is that they can easily be cleaned and thereby can last longer. I am curious why you do not like them.
These mesh disks don't cut as efficiently as the cloth-backed disks I've used for years. Cloth-backed disk are easily cleaned in a few seconds using a disk cleaner. A mesh disk supports much less abrasive than a cloth-backed disk which I assume is why they seem to wear out faster. The dust is easy to knock out, but that takes more time than cleaning a cloth-back disk. Mesh disks also fray on the edge leading to other irritations.
A second comment about sanding... when sanding the wood between the three feet you started with a 40 grit disk to take off much of the unneeded wood. But the next grit you used was 180 (if I heard you correctly) and then 400 grit. It seems as if you were skipping a number of the grits that are usually used in a sequence of sanding. Did this procedure not result in some scratch marks remaining on the wood?
I found years ago that when power sanding stationary wood (wood not spinning on a lathe) it's possible to skip from 80 to 180 grit or 120 to 240.
Richard, you look five years younger. Did you just receive a truck load of bowl blanks? Ha
I've milled stacks of red ironbark, and red box, & that pink colour looked awfully like red box, although I know that red ironbark grown in the sandy soil down in Tuggeranong gets a bit pale. Even the voids look more like polyanthemos voids
I relied on the sawmillers for identification.
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