@@JackMackWoodturning you were in my recommended cause the UA-cam algorithm works in mysterious ways. I’m watching from the South of the US, was pretty neat to see how you did the twist.
I have never seen this channel but I've watched other wood-turning channels. When I saw this one pop up in my feed, I definitely had to check it out because I had no idea how you could make that spiral pattern on a lathe. The answer is exactly what I expected, you can't, but the fact that you made that so uniform and perfect is outstanding artistry.
I'm a high schooler that loves crafting stuff. Spent 3 months learning how to TiG weld consistently for various projects and now I'm wishing the shop I use has a lathe so I can work on stuff like this. You're an inspiration! Thanks for making such cool projects!
Cheers James. Glad your enjoying it buddy. Definitely get stuck into turning. It’s a fantastic process and teaches you more about how wood works than you’d get from any other wood working. If you have any questions let me know and il do what I can to help you out 👍🏻
TIG welding is important. Metal working is important. Woodworking is important. CAD is important. You're just in high school and have a whole life ahead of you. Get into engineering. Nothing blows a shop guy away more than an engineer who can hop on a machine and build it too!
at 3 minutes in, instead of focusing on the tool and the cut, I stare at the topmost edge of the woodpiece, and you see the shape of the silhouette changing like its being redrawn on a screen.....so cool.
As a younger man I spent a lot of time on the lathe and I could never pull this off. I tried but failed. They did make for entertaining firewood. You are a true craftsman.
I'm about to move to the mountains and slow down. It's one of the first things I will purchase for my shop. It's actually the reason I clicked on your video.
Several years ago I got into this bent of carving mushrooms with my pocket knife, and it quickly became an obsession with carving corkscrew stems. I did all of the work by hand, down to polishing them to a mirror finish and glazing them with several coats of linseed oil. I have a few remaining on my display shelf to this day and would have several more if all my attempts succeeded. But with as delicate as my carvings were they only had about a 10% survival rate. I broke most of them, either towards the end of the carving or sometime during the sanding process. One thing I always wanted to try was a double stemmed corkscrew mushroom, but never had the courage. I love to see that you were able to succeed. What beautiful work you've done!
So many of the channels like this are just full of resin use. It's so nice to see traditional craftsmanship with respect for the raw natural materials.
over 30 years ago I attended an estate auction and they were selling a four poster bed with 3 spindles per poster just like this video demonstration. It was beautiful. Each of the four posters were about 5 feet in height. Seemed to be cherrywood. Most beautiful thing I've ever seen in woodworking. THUMBS UP!!!
Beautiful results. I have done spirals with gouges and knives , it can be rather slow but I like the quiet time spent over the noise and dust of using power tools
I'm a self taught wood turner, had to make most of my own tools etc and I just love watching things like this, it is really inspiring and also shows me what tools are for what. I watched someone do a captured ring on a goblet last week and had a go on some purple heart I have, turned out really good ( excuse the pun ). Thanks for showing us how a craftsman does it, so someone like me can learn.
If ur interested in pursuing spiral work further I highly recommend the book ‘Techniques Of Spiral Work’. The author does a great job of simplifying what may seem complex.
Ja sam iz Srbije, Balkanska zemlja u Evropi, stara civilizacija sa muzejskim eksponatima iz srednjeg veka i ranijeg perioda kao i savremene umetnosti, vaš rad me podseća na nešto naše, carsko iz Xll veka. To je moj lični doživljaj.
Celebrate the wood and all of its beautiful imperfections! Providing a piece is sound structurally, and the final aesthetic I am trying to achieve allows it, I will usually just roll with the character the wood provides wherever possible. Thanks for watching man 😉👍🏻
VERY true !! Plus, great luck in not having a pre-work 'impossible to have known' internal defect in the wood .. Nothing like a internal iron spike in the wrong place ! Might it be worthwhile for one to have the stock 'X-rayed' before starting the investment of sOOO much time, skill, and energy .... I, being 'chicken' would think of that ... You being as brave as Michelangelo (who was a SCULPTOR, NOT a painter, when he took on the Cistine Chapel ceiling!!) I admire your bravery!
I'm just chiming in to parrot what everyone else is saying. It was really cool seeing the twist come together right at the moment it became the twist. Maybe I'm just spatially stupid, but I was having a hard time visualizing how that was going to happen until just before it actually did. Then I had an "ah-ha!" moment, and the twist broke through and popped into existence! I guess it's like sculpting in that the workpiece is there waiting for the artist to remove exactly the right material. Thanks for uploading this!
WOW! Absolutely gorgeous. I have whittled those double helix by hand. I made them very small and painted them up as Christmas tree decorations, but my imaginator is deficient, so it would never have occurred to me to use them in a wine cup. Watching the rapid sequences of grinding gave the appearance of hurried slip shod work, but the final product certainly dispelled that notion. Thanks once more for sharing your ideas, time and skill with us.
After working in a woodshop for a year I finally decided to jump on the lathe in time to stress myself out for Christmas. Thanks for giving me great ideas to try!
That was very Cool! My HS shop teacher, Ashley Kirkland, would say, "Great Lathe Project, Now Let's Get This Place Cleaned Up"! He would never let us take so much wood out at a time! An working around natural wood damages was interesting too, an you did very well!
Jack; Really liked your video so much that I tried it. I started out with a dried piece of mesquite. I turned it down to about the size you did changing to a vase/candleholder design. When measuring out for the twists, I made it for six one inch increments lengthwise and measured the circumfrance to be 10 1/2 inches divided it by six to get the distances between squares. This ended up giving me 3 twists instead of two that you did (don't ask me why). To help reduce the hand cutting with the dremel, I used a fortsner bit on a drill press to carefully drill down into the twists about half way which helped quite a bit. The rest I pretty much followed your video. Thanks for the neat idea of which I plan on doing some more variations in the future.
I watched this magic two years ago, when it first aired. I watched again in awe just now, and before our eyes, with patience and detailed accuracy, saw you create this wonder. Still, I don't understand how it was done. Your use of the Dremel (or whatever tool used for etching) is phenomenal, resulting in that which I viewed yet can't fully comprehend - how carving through the base yields the spiral effect it does. You're a genius. Thank you for sharing your skills.
Beautifully done. That's a gorgeous piece of apple! I wasn't sure how you were going to do the screw stem. Now I get it... and it's still bloody impressive.
I clicked on this this because I too was thinking "wait you can't do that with wood turning, it's not possible" and I was right but he does it with a Dremel??? and it looks that smooth?? remind me not to take up wood turning it would be a disaster
@@amsbeats841 I went to China on a guided tour once. They took us to places like pearl oyster farms, silk factories, etc. One place we visited was a jade processing factory. Seeing things like this being carved out of jade was an amazing experience.
This is Art but at this level of quality can only be created with a lot of skill and experience. There’s art and there’s ART. Thanks for taking the time to film it for us.
this is you too, wow/OMG I keep finding to night/this morning all the original wood lathe videos that really got me 'turned-on' to wood lathe, they're yours Jack, definitely an inspiration, not certain if they remind me of my childhood with Grandpa in his wood working shed, it was my first childhood project working with him, he loved to build 'purple martin' houses, ol'French WWI/II pilot loved his wood chisels, taught me/inspired me in life, thank you Jack :) Jonathan--good night man my heart is full XOXOXO :) God Bless
@@JackMackWoodturning yeah, he was am amazing man, short, stalky, hard man, full of compassion. Circumstances were such when we finally moved closer to Grandma/Grandpa, I was one of the few Grandchildren, who had the pleasure of living with them for good stretch of time-a year or so, he poured into me... :)
@@JackMackWoodturning no, not equally impressed. Sorry. The second time I was more impressed than before since I've come to realize that I failed to do a simple woodturning. LOL
I'm so so impressed with your work, beautifully balanced, the way you removed the wood to make the spiral without breaking it, it looks delicate but also very strong, I could watch it turn on a lathe all day, your work is beautiful sir.
Absolutely amazing! I am impressed that you saved the helix part for last showing your confidence that you wouldn't have to start over and re-turn the cup and all the other details..
Outstanding video. I’m sitting here on a Sunday morning watching it with a cup of coffee thinking: “I sure wish I could do that” !!! Thanks for posting.
Hi Brenda, glad you liked it. It is certainly a technique worth perseverance. Maybe try on something bigger first before tackling another spoon 🥄. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻
That was extreemly well done! That is something that can be done on an old Sears Routercrafter. It was made for that kind of wood turning. They are hard to find.
I don't usually watch these kinds of art videos, but the element of symmetry makes seeing this enjoyable (which probably is the same reason why i find pottery videos enjoyable lol). Anyway, great job!
@@JackMackWoodturning nah, I'm just an average Joe with too much free time to watch random UA-cam videos lol. It's just that, seeing what started out as a whole solid wood or shapeless clay turn into something shaped so evenly and proportionally, is somewhat satisfying to me.
The table in my childhood home was made from the same kind of wood. There were stages in this where I could almost see those table legs I was so familiar with. Very good to see a work of art emerge amidst the nostalgia
Excellent work. Love the wood choice. I did a spiral once. Used a morticing drill to cut away the center and then rounded over with sandpaper. Very tedious. That's why I did it only once. 😉
@@JackMackWoodturning I actually don't have a lathe yet but your videos get me excited for the day I do. I just built a workshop so I'm still setting everything up. I've always loved spirals so seeing the way you did yours was a big eye opener on how to do it right. I usually just wing things but it's nice to have direction sometimes as I haven't been successful with a spiral yet. :)
Great video!! If I had one suggestion it would be to make a three sided box to cover your lathe bed when you do finish work, glue work, stain work etc. Hands down my biggest regret with my first lathe. I basically bought a rectangle cardboard box, cut out the bottom of one of the long sides, built a quick handle and covered it with packing tape. Keeps my bed lathe literally look like the day I bought it.
Amazing - So therapeutic just watching it come alive from a block of wood - once you started, I had to watch it all the way through. Thanks Jack. Graham - from the sunny Isle of Wight.
Doing this by hand is very impressive, beautiful work. I did something similar to this in the early 80s, I had to design and build machinery to do my project.
Wow, thanks! If you work with wood you may be interested in my give away buddy, 😊👍🏻 I think you might like my new vid. ua-cam.com/video/9C0q_VLZrhc/v-deo.html 😊👍🏻
I have a metal lathe which could be used to turn the spiral in wood so I assumed that was what you would do. But no... you used a Dremel to hog out the material so much praise for the fine job you did . I experimented with turning different wood densities such as black walnut and red cedar stacked. I first did that in high school shop. Learned a lot about what happens when you use different density woods. I always thought I would do a more elaborate turning using unusual mixes of wood types/densities. That is another rainy day project.
I also thought he was gonna turn the twist - I've seen something done similar on a metal lathe yes. Then I saw the dremel I was like: "Ahhhh click baited again"
@@SkekPsys it seems unfair to imply that iv baited you into clicking my video. As with mine and all other woodturning videos the title starts with “WOODTURNING-“ this is the “topic” The name of the video or the item being made in this case is the second part of the title. In this case I chose “the twist” for obvious reasons.. it’s not my fault that 1 in 100 people who see it created their own unrealistic expectations for the video and then feel some how conned because what you see in the video didn’t measure up to your expectations. It’s all good to say how you feel but chucking a somewhat offensive term like click bait around is not fair. I didn’t set your expectations you did. Appreciate you watching all the same. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it
This is beautifully shaped. I am trying hand carving spoons right now. Couple of lime wood blanks from leevalley and many found pieces of willow for small scoops or spoons. Tried a bit of a spiral on a couple small spoons with small japanese chisel set and a swiss army knife. I would love to try wood turning agsin one day. last time was in the short unit during highschool. I'm in a small apartment no garage so there isn't space in here... unless maybe a jewellers lathe would work?..but still probably get noise complaints.😅 Hand carving seems to work for now untill I have a detached shop space to work in. I admire your craftmanship. What a beautiful piece.🥂 cheers from Bc Canada 🇨🇦
I bet it’s nothing like as easy as it looks! Looks like walnut? Amazing how different it looks with oiling or varnishing. It brings out the colours and textures exquisitely
Absolutely beautiful, a very talented individual doing that. They should be classes available to teach people if they have the talent even if they don't how to turn wood. Thank you for the Post keep up the great work.
I saw an old guy make something similar sitting on his porch with an old rat tail file... I said that's amazing... he said "you can do a lot when you don't watch t.v." wonder what he would have thought about you tube😂😂😂
God truly blessed you with the talent of creation. I love the smell of wood once u start to work with it.wish I had learned to do that when I was young. It relaxes my to watch you design each piece.
@@JackMackWoodturning no never wood turning,but I worked at a shop that produced replica antique furniture. I love working with my hands. The last piece I did was an old secretary and sold for $25k.i was proud of it.my boss taught me a Scottish Technic he learned in Scotland for finishing a piece.it was so beautiful.wish I could have kept it.lol I'm 68 and can't work like that anymore.. maybe that's why I like watching you.
That is just remarkable! I always wondered how you do the helix, now I know! Thank you so much! I have always wanted to learn woodturning, but I already have too many hobbies to keep up with. 😊
Same here but when I seen a shopsmith at a low price I changed my mind. Looks like other hobbies are going on the back burner for me. Don't be shy to start, you don't have to go in all Gung hoe but look up diy lathe and for $10 in parts and an hour build you could turn small spindles with a cheap drill.. just saying 😌
im watching from united states alabama,, what a master piece, but not exactly wood turning, but definitely first cousin to wood turning and thats wood carving or maybe you could call all turnings just a form of carving, because it does need to be on a lathe and you do rotate it,, world class job as always,, love your videos , inspired me to buy a lathe and turn!!
Absolutely beautiful work, techniques, and patience! True craftsmanship is always fun to watch. From a practical point of view, wouldn't a wider, heavier base for more stability be more appropriate for a goblet? Especially one that is so tall and top-heavy. I would love to see the same design with a bigger base. I would imagine that a goblet that is easy to knock over wouldn't have been a historical favorite. Just an observation/ suggestion.
I could see from the Thumbnail that wouldnt work purely on a lathe,so had to see how you did it. Quite amazing work,and i can see how the lathe really helps for the setting of the twist,before the really quality work with a router begins. Great job,and a beautiful result!
That is a beautiful piece of work. I was so worried it was going to break at the knot in the spiral. I believe that I would have cried. Watching from West by God Virginia. There’s a sawmill down the road. I may have to take up wood turning, you have inspired me. I haven’t used a lathe in a long time.
@@JackMackWoodturning I don’t think so. I’m from Texas, I just like it here for now. That’s just something I’ve heard folks say since I got here. I checked out some of your work, beautiful. You have a very good eye. I had a very good friend who’s father went blind from diabetes and he was a cabinet maker. His shop was set up just for him and he built amazing cabinets. He could feel wood grain with his fingertips and match it almost perfectly. Sadly my friend Mike and his father have both passed on. They both were very good carpenters and I learned a lot from Mike. My grandfather also taught me to appreciate good work. He said if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing right. You must have had someone that left a good work ethic with you. Again, very nice work.
Thanks David. The process is much more time consuming when filming as well. Worthwhile when people are enjoying the content though. Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻
At the beginning I was wondering how on earth does he make that corkscrew twist. He just makes it look so simple when one knows what they are doing. Thanks for showing us how it's done.
@@JackMackWoodturning sadly I do not have such machines or tools nor a workshop. I just have to sit back & enjoy watching other people like yourself put their heart in to it.
damn, you did this the hard way, and still done amazing job. I remember seeing quite awhile ago there was a jig attachment that held a router an worked off a worm drive belt driven off the lathe pulleys to move it along the work piece to do this sort of thing.
A spiral is not only a 2D shape it can also be a three dimensional shape.. but a double helix is most definitely only 3D.. I’d hazard a guess that English is not Michals first language,, I sure couldn’t write as compelling a description in Michals native tongue.
HEY. Thanks for watching
Tell me below where in the world are you all watching from??
Il kick it off.
North east England
@@JackMackWoodturning you were in my recommended cause the UA-cam algorithm works in mysterious ways. I’m watching from the South of the US, was pretty neat to see how you did the twist.
Thanks mate. Feel free to hit subscribe, it’ll be nice to have you along for the ride. Not sure where we are heading but I’m sure it’ll be fun 👍🏻
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Thanks 😊
I have never seen this channel but I've watched other wood-turning channels. When I saw this one pop up in my feed, I definitely had to check it out because I had no idea how you could make that spiral pattern on a lathe. The answer is exactly what I expected, you can't, but the fact that you made that so uniform and perfect is outstanding artistry.
Thanks Mike. I don’t think I’ll make another. I did a wooden spring sometime after this one. The video is on my channel. I won’t be doing it again 🤣
Well you could turn this with a cnc and a crap ton of custom threading operations and some very funky tooling. Would be one hell of a job though.
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I'm a high schooler that loves crafting stuff. Spent 3 months learning how to TiG weld consistently for various projects and now I'm wishing the shop I use has a lathe so I can work on stuff like this. You're an inspiration! Thanks for making such cool projects!
Cheers James. Glad your enjoying it buddy. Definitely get stuck into turning. It’s a fantastic process and teaches you more about how wood works than you’d get from any other wood working. If you have any questions let me know and il do what I can to help you out 👍🏻
TIG welding is important. Metal working is important. Woodworking is important. CAD is important. You're just in high school and have a whole life ahead of you. Get into engineering. Nothing blows a shop guy away more than an engineer who can hop on a machine and build it too!
@@JackMackWoodturning
You are telling truth there. Great work. My dad lost his thumb on a lathe. Lol. Oops
at 3 minutes in, instead of focusing on the tool and the cut, I stare at the topmost edge of the woodpiece, and you see the shape of the silhouette changing like its being redrawn on a screen.....so cool.
Thanks for that matey. This is also where a woodturner is looking while removing wood. We refer to it as the horizon. 😊
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
@@JackMackWoodturning no shit?! Thats amazing.....what a craft. You make art.
Van Gogh.
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at 5.7 million views that shows me people still appreciate genuine well-made goods by artisans GREAT STUFF 👍👍
Nice one John. Thanks for watching buddy 😊👍🏻
As a younger man I spent a lot of time on the lathe and I could never pull this off. I tried but failed. They did make for entertaining firewood.
You are a true craftsman.
Thanks Hunter. Don’t you turn anymore now?
I'm about to move to the mountains and slow down. It's one of the first things I will purchase for my shop. It's actually the reason I clicked on your video.
I wish I could move to the mountains. Sounds amazing. Where abouts?
@@JackMackWoodturning Sylva, NC area
Jealous! Can I come? Haha
Several years ago I got into this bent of carving mushrooms with my pocket knife, and it quickly became an obsession with carving corkscrew stems. I did all of the work by hand, down to polishing them to a mirror finish and glazing them with several coats of linseed oil.
I have a few remaining on my display shelf to this day and would have several more if all my attempts succeeded. But with as delicate as my carvings were they only had about a 10% survival rate. I broke most of them, either towards the end of the carving or sometime during the sanding process.
One thing I always wanted to try was a double stemmed corkscrew mushroom, but never had the courage. I love to see that you were able to succeed. What beautiful work you've done!
this must be one of the most aesthetically pleasing things i've seen made with wood. Well done in every way good sir
Thanks a lot man. Glad you enjoyed it. I reckon you will like my latest vid.
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So many of the channels like this are just full of resin use. It's so nice to see traditional craftsmanship with respect for the raw natural materials.
over 30 years ago I attended an estate auction and they were selling a four poster bed with 3 spindles per poster just like this video demonstration. It was beautiful. Each of the four posters were about 5 feet in height. Seemed to be cherrywood. Most beautiful thing I've ever seen in woodworking. THUMBS UP!!!
How much did it sell for?
were the carved into a spiral on the surface but with the core still intact or carved right through.
@@JackMackWoodturning I don't recall what it sold for but it was so very special. They were perfect spirals; three to a poster.
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 The core was gone. Just three long spirals suspended in air, all uniform.
Probably done using hand chisels. Another dimension to the effort and skill required.
Im a carpenter but teach now, your skill is simply immense, the free hand part of this (dremmel tool) blew me away bravo!
Thanks Dave. I have a similar video but even more intricate coming likely next week, then I’m done sanding… Forever 😂
It's rather hypnotizing when it's on the lathe. Beautiful!
Thanks a lot Hart. Glad you enjoyed it buddy 😁👍🏻
MAN !you are crasy good artist.Amasing. no words im impresed.
Nice one Boris. Thanks for watching buddy 👍🏻😊
Beautiful results. I have done spirals with gouges and knives , it can be rather slow but I like the quiet time spent over the noise and dust of using power tools
Yeah, it’s nice to take the time to do it that way. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻
I'm a self taught wood turner, had to make most of my own tools etc and I just love watching things like this, it is really inspiring and also shows me what tools are for what. I watched someone do a captured ring on a goblet last week and had a go on some purple heart I have, turned out really good ( excuse the pun ). Thanks for showing us how a craftsman does it, so someone like me can learn.
No problem Fizz! Glad you enjoyed it buddy, thanks for watching 😉👍🏻
If ur interested in pursuing spiral work further I highly recommend the book ‘Techniques Of Spiral Work’. The author does a great job of simplifying what may seem complex.
Ja sam iz Srbije, Balkanska zemlja u Evropi, stara civilizacija sa muzejskim eksponatima iz srednjeg veka i ranijeg perioda kao i savremene umetnosti, vaš rad me podseća na nešto naše, carsko iz Xll veka. To je moj lični doživljaj.
That’s awesome great use of the dremel
Thanks. Are you going to make one ?
@@JackMackWoodturning no don’t have a lathe yet but I will in the near future
Great. What kind you thinking of getting?
@@JackMackWoodturning thinking of getting a record power coronet 39 inch bowl turning
100 percent of everyone would have started over when that knot showed up. Nice work, sir.
Celebrate the wood and all of its beautiful imperfections! Providing a piece is sound structurally, and the final aesthetic I am trying to achieve allows it, I will usually just roll with the character the wood provides wherever possible. Thanks for watching man 😉👍🏻
VERY true !! Plus, great luck in not having a pre-work 'impossible to have known' internal defect in the wood .. Nothing like a internal iron spike in the wrong place ! Might it be worthwhile for one to have the stock 'X-rayed' before starting the investment of sOOO much time, skill, and energy .... I, being 'chicken' would think of that ... You being as brave as Michelangelo (who was a SCULPTOR, NOT a painter, when he took on the Cistine Chapel ceiling!!) I admire your bravery!
Amazes me the things we as human beings can create with a little time, patience and skill.
Me too Ivan. It always amazes me looking at pieces I have made. Wondering how I managed it. Every project seems impossible until the first hurdle 😉👍🏻
@@JackMackWoodturning keep it up man because this is inspiring stuff.
Thanks Ivan. Much appreciated. I will try 😉👍🏻
I'm just chiming in to parrot what everyone else is saying. It was really cool seeing the twist come together right at the moment it became the twist. Maybe I'm just spatially stupid, but I was having a hard time visualizing how that was going to happen until just before it actually did. Then I had an "ah-ha!" moment, and the twist broke through and popped into existence! I guess it's like sculpting in that the workpiece is there waiting for the artist to remove exactly the right material. Thanks for uploading this!
WOW! Absolutely gorgeous. I have whittled those double helix by hand. I made them very small and painted them up as Christmas tree decorations, but my imaginator is deficient, so it would never have occurred to me to use them in a wine cup. Watching the rapid sequences of grinding gave the appearance of hurried slip shod work, but the final product certainly dispelled that notion. Thanks once more for sharing your ideas, time and skill with us.
Thanks a lot C 😊. Will you be making one?
I hand carved that twist into some balsa wood Christmas ornaments. It was a pain. And that wood is super soft. Great job.
That is good going. I can imagine that being difficult. Thanks for watching 👍🏻😁
Try some cotton wood friend.
Craftsmanship ! All by hand, no silicone chip ! Thi is what the soul needs ! Good. On. You !
Thanks Rich. Much appreciated buddy 👍🏻🙏😉
@@JackMackWoodturning MY GREAT PLEASURE. ! JACK
After working in a woodshop for a year I finally decided to jump on the lathe in time to stress myself out for Christmas. Thanks for giving me great ideas to try!
I honestly had difficulty spatially working it out in my head how to accomplish this. Very impressive.
Ну нет у меня слов. Я замёрзла от восторга, у меня мурашки. Какие таланты? Дай бог вам долго, долго жить и делать такую красоту.
That was very Cool! My HS shop teacher, Ashley Kirkland, would say, "Great Lathe Project, Now Let's Get This Place Cleaned Up"! He would never let us take so much wood out at a time! An working around natural wood damages was interesting too, an you did very well!
Cheers Tim. Thanks for watching 👍🏻😉
Jack; Really liked your video so much that I tried it. I started out with a dried piece of mesquite. I turned it down to about the size you did changing to a vase/candleholder design. When measuring out for the twists, I made it for six one inch increments lengthwise and measured the circumfrance to be 10 1/2 inches divided it by six to get the distances between squares. This ended up giving me 3 twists instead of two that you did (don't ask me why). To help reduce the hand cutting with the dremel, I used a fortsner bit on a drill press to carefully drill down into the twists about half way which helped quite a bit. The rest I pretty much followed your video. Thanks for the neat idea of which I plan on doing some more variations in the future.
Somehow I am missing the transition from one twist set to where it becomes two, intertwined.
I’m not sure what you mean ?
@@JackMackWoodturning just because he had better ideas? It's okay to not be the most efficient, your peice still looked good
@@vanjam412 sorry dude ?
@@JackMackWoodturning great answer 😂
I watched this magic two years ago, when it first aired. I watched again in awe just now, and before our eyes, with patience and detailed accuracy, saw you create this wonder. Still, I don't understand how it was done. Your use of the Dremel (or whatever tool used for etching) is phenomenal, resulting in that which I viewed yet can't fully comprehend - how carving through the base yields the spiral effect it does. You're a genius. Thank you for sharing your skills.
Beautifully done. That's a gorgeous piece of apple! I wasn't sure how you were going to do the screw stem. Now I get it... and it's still bloody impressive.
Thanks Neil. Did you paint this?
I clicked on this this because I too was thinking "wait you can't do that with wood turning, it's not possible" and I was right but he does it with a Dremel??? and it looks that smooth?? remind me not to take up wood turning it would be a disaster
@@amsbeats841 I went to China on a guided tour once. They took us to places like pearl oyster farms, silk factories, etc. One place we visited was a jade processing factory. Seeing things like this being carved out of jade was an amazing experience.
Amazing craftsmanship and aestetically pleasing to watch
Glad you enjoyed it Jameson! Are you a whisky fan?
@@JackMackWoodturning I love my whiskey!!! U make some amazing things. Very talented
Thanks man! I love whisky too. Single malt scotch?
@@JackMackWoodturning I'm a Jack man myself Sinatra Signature... but now a days I prefer the greener things! 🇺🇲
This is Art but at this level of quality can only be created with a lot of skill and experience. There’s art and there’s ART. Thanks for taking the time to film it for us.
No problem at all. Thanks for watching 👌🏻👍🏻
this is you too, wow/OMG I keep finding to night/this morning all the original wood lathe videos that really got me 'turned-on' to wood lathe, they're yours Jack, definitely an inspiration, not certain if they remind me of my childhood with Grandpa in his wood working shed, it was my first childhood project working with him, he loved to build 'purple martin' houses, ol'French WWI/II pilot loved his wood chisels, taught me/inspired me in life, thank you Jack :) Jonathan--good night man my heart is full XOXOXO :) God Bless
Thanks a lot J. So glad you are enjoying the content buddy. Your Grandpa sounds like quite a guy 👍🏻😊😉
@@JackMackWoodturning yeah, he was am amazing man, short, stalky, hard man, full of compassion. Circumstances were such when we finally moved closer to Grandma/Grandpa, I was one of the few Grandchildren, who had the pleasure of living with them for good stretch of time-a year or so, he poured into me... :)
Lovely. I also kinda liked when the helix was half done. I had a nice transition from rough to refined.
Much appreciated scribe. Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻
I've watched this video before and I was amazed by the skills this woodturner has. Now I watch it again and I'm still amazed by it. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks. Glad you watched it twice and were equally impressed. Do you do any wood turning yourself?
@@JackMackWoodturning no, not equally impressed. Sorry. The second time I was more impressed than before since I've come to realize that I failed to do a simple woodturning. LOL
I'm so so impressed with your work, beautifully balanced, the way you removed the wood to make the spiral without breaking it, it looks delicate but also very strong, I could watch it turn on a lathe all day, your work is beautiful sir.
Thanks a lot Oliver. Much appreciated 👍🏻😉☺️
Cheers from Florida, I’m a young business owner and amateur wood turner, I appreciate your vids, I learn a lot
It's gorgeous.I just love to watch people who have a passion for creating.The process is fascinating to me.
Absolutely amazing! I am impressed that you saved the helix part for last showing your confidence that you wouldn't have to start over and re-turn the cup and all the other details..
Thanks Bugs. Practice makes perfect I guess. 👍🏻😉
Would be even worse to finish the helix and then accidentally brake it while turning the cup. So I'd say he went for the safer option.
What awesome craftsmanship. The double helix design looks amazing.
Thanks Lando. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍🏻
Outstanding video. I’m sitting here on a Sunday morning watching it with a cup of coffee thinking: “I sure wish I could do that” !!! Thanks for posting.
That is a stunning goblet. Beautiful. I tried to add a similar twist to a spoon I had carved, but it wasn't to be!!
Hi Brenda, glad you liked it. It is certainly a technique worth perseverance. Maybe try on something bigger first before tackling another spoon 🥄. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻
Gosh, always a joy to see an expert practice his/her craft.
Nice one A. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻
@@JackMackWoodturning You are a true craftsman and a joy to watch.
During the whole sped up part when hollowing it out, all I heard was "The flight of the bumblebee" :D Amazing work!
Haha what a great marriage of sound and visuals that would be. Thanks for watching 😉👍🏻
Great. Now I can’t get that out of my head.
I might use it on one of my Tik Tok video’s!
im glad i wasnt the only one
Same. But as a musician and not a woodworker it would probably be weird if I hadn’t heard that. 😄
Possibly the greatest piece of wood work ive seen on youtube
Thanks a lot CC. Glad you enjoyed it. I reckon you will like my latest vid.
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Love watching the Dremel finishing the twist as it burrows to the other side! Another angle would be awesome to see also. Great work!
Thinking about making something more intricate with a tighter angle. Watch this space! 😁👍🏻
That's a masterpiece! My grandfather was working with wood like this and saw him cutting goblets, but this is next level!
Nice one Alex. Was he a woodturner?
@@JackMackWoodturning wood and metal turner, he was a teacher in mid school and they had classes teaching boys to do that. That was a good old time.
Must have been a skilled guy. Never known anyone who turns wood and metal. Such different processes 👌🏻👍🏻😉
500 years from now..this will be the holy grail
Haha I had better sign it then. Will
It give everlasting life if I fill it with water? Maybe if I use it for beer I can get drunk with no hangover 😂
Wow. Who knew? I don’t woodturn but I’ve always been interested and this is great. Thank you!
That just had to take SERIOUS patience !
Well done mate,Nice piece of work.
Cheers Dave. Glad you like it ☺️👍🏻
That was extreemly well done! That is something that can be done on an old Sears Routercrafter. It was made for that kind of wood turning. They are hard to find.
Cheers Bill, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻
I don't usually watch these kinds of art videos, but the element of symmetry makes seeing this enjoyable (which probably is the same reason why i find pottery videos enjoyable lol). Anyway, great job!
Nice one T. Are you a potter?
@@JackMackWoodturning nah, I'm just an average Joe with too much free time to watch random UA-cam videos lol. It's just that, seeing what started out as a whole solid wood or shapeless clay turn into something shaped so evenly and proportionally, is somewhat satisfying to me.
Yeah I know what you mean T, I feel the same. Thanks for watching man 😉👍🏻
The table in my childhood home was made from the same kind of wood. There were stages in this where I could almost see those table legs I was so familiar with. Very good to see a work of art emerge amidst the nostalgia
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Excellent work. Love the wood choice. I did a spiral once. Used a morticing drill to cut away the center and then rounded over with sandpaper. Very tedious. That's why I did it only once. 😉
Nice one Robert. The sanding is light work with a good audio book. It is a great time to learn and zone out a little. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻
I think you should give it another shot!
I remember seeing this wood spiral in a Popular Mechanics book when I was a kid. Really cool to see it actually being made.
Glad you enjoyed it matey. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏻
i never thought it's possible to carve such a shape
Neither did I WD. Have you done much carving?
Hey! I'm watching from Campbellford, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for the great video! Learned a lot :)
Nice one T. What are you making at the moment?
@@JackMackWoodturning I actually don't have a lathe yet but your videos get me excited for the day I do. I just built a workshop so I'm still setting everything up. I've always loved spirals so seeing the way you did yours was a big eye opener on how to do it right. I usually just wing things but it's nice to have direction sometimes as I haven't been successful with a spiral yet. :)
Fantastic. Best of luck with your future projects.. follow me on instagram, I’d love to see your work 👍🏻
@@JackMackWoodturning Thanks, Jack! Same to you, man!
And will do! :)
Great video!! If I had one suggestion it would be to make a three sided box to cover your lathe bed when you do finish work, glue work, stain work etc. Hands down my biggest regret with my first lathe. I basically bought a rectangle cardboard box, cut out the bottom of one of the long sides, built a quick handle and covered it with packing tape. Keeps my bed lathe literally look like the day I bought it.
Thanks for the advice Patrick. I will look into this. 😁👍🏻
Love those long strips you take when you turn, you keep your tools as sharp as your skills.
Nice one Thomas. Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻
“That's the cup of a carpenter.”
- Dr. Henry Jones Jr.
Very skillful use of the gouges, skew and scraper chisels - not a catch to be seen. Most satisfying to watch.
Nice one bro. Are you a surfer?
I made all 32 pieces of a chess set years ago. It's physical as well as mental hard work. You make this look easy...and I know it isn't. Nice work!
Thanks Moss. I really want to make a chess set. It is on the list. 👍🏻😉
Amazing - So therapeutic just watching it come alive from a block of wood - once you started, I had to watch it all the way through. Thanks Jack. Graham - from the sunny Isle of Wight.
What is the weather like this time of year? Have you had much snow?
@@JackMackWoodturning - Snow - what's that! - haven't had any in the past three years - just Cold but Sunny.
Doing this by hand is very impressive, beautiful work.
I did something similar to this in the early 80s, I had to design and build machinery to do my project.
Thats sounds mighty interesting Dan. Please do elaborate 😁👍🏻
Subbed.
26 yrs finish carpenter and you make me look like a school boy. Great piece.
Wow, thanks! If you work with wood you may be interested in my give away buddy, 😊👍🏻
I think you might like my new vid.
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Way to look out for your fans sir. I will assuredly have a look. Thanks
I have a metal lathe which could be used to turn the spiral in wood so I assumed that was what you would do. But no... you used a Dremel to hog out the material so much praise for the fine job you did . I experimented with turning different wood densities such as black walnut and red cedar stacked. I first did that in high school shop. Learned a lot about what happens when you use different density woods. I always thought I would do a more elaborate turning using unusual mixes of wood types/densities. That is another rainy day project.
Sounds interesting Robert. Let me know how you get on man 😁👍🏻
I also thought he was gonna turn the twist - I've seen something done similar on a metal lathe yes. Then I saw the dremel I was like: "Ahhhh click baited again"
How is it click bait?
@@SkekPsys it seems unfair to imply that iv baited you into clicking my video.
As with mine and all other woodturning videos the title starts with “WOODTURNING-“ this is the “topic”
The name of the video or the item being made in this case is the second part of the title. In this case I chose “the twist” for obvious reasons.. it’s not my fault that 1 in 100 people who see it created their own unrealistic expectations for the video and then feel some how conned because what you see in the video didn’t measure up to your expectations. It’s all good to say how you feel but chucking a somewhat offensive term like click bait around is not fair. I didn’t set your expectations you did.
Appreciate you watching all the same. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it
@@SkekPsys Hardly a pro would seriously use a metal lathe for woodturning and vice versa… wrong expectations.
Was expecting a crunch or cracking noise in a few places in the video. Man's got skill
Thanks J, it is rather delicate 😉
Cool! Did not know you could accomplish a hollowed out twist like this with a lathe. Thanks for the inspo!❤
This is beautifully shaped.
I am trying hand carving spoons right now. Couple of lime wood blanks from leevalley and many found pieces of willow for small scoops or spoons.
Tried a bit of a spiral on a couple small spoons with small japanese chisel set and a swiss army knife. I would love to try wood turning agsin one day. last time was in the short unit during highschool.
I'm in a small apartment no garage so there isn't space in here... unless maybe a jewellers lathe would work?..but still probably get noise complaints.😅 Hand carving seems to work for now untill I have a detached shop space to work in.
I admire your craftmanship. What a beautiful piece.🥂
cheers from Bc Canada 🇨🇦
I bet it’s nothing like as easy as it looks! Looks like walnut? Amazing how different it looks with oiling or varnishing. It brings out the colours and textures exquisitely
Apple burl. Glad you enjoyed it. Worthy of the wine?
@@JackMackWoodturning absolutely
Absolutely beautiful, a very talented individual doing that. They should be classes available to teach people if they have the talent even if they don't how to turn wood. Thank you for the Post keep up the great work.
Thank you. I’m fairly sure you’d be able to find a woodturning teacher nearby in any city in the world. Just give it a google 👍🏻
lol turn wood
What do you mean James?
I saw an old guy make something similar sitting on his porch with an old rat tail file... I said that's amazing... he said "you can do a lot when you don't watch t.v." wonder what he would have thought about you tube😂😂😂
That old guy grew up to be Ted Kaczynski
I think it’s pretty safe to say he would have hated it 😂
This is the greatest reply/comment section I have ever stumbled across
The Indian kid who built an MRI machine from scratch would like to have a word with him
God truly blessed you with the talent of creation. I love the smell of wood once u start to work with it.wish I had learned to do that when I was young. It relaxes my to watch you design each piece.
I’m glad you enjoy it. Do you do any woodturning? Certainly sounds like your ancestors did ..😊
@@JackMackWoodturning no never wood turning,but I worked at a shop that produced replica antique furniture. I love working with my hands. The last piece I did was an old secretary and sold for $25k.i was proud of it.my boss taught me a Scottish Technic he learned in Scotland for finishing a piece.it was so beautiful.wish I could have kept it.lol I'm 68 and can't work like that anymore.. maybe that's why I like watching you.
Outstanding vision and completion. Keep it up
Cheers Rus, glad you enjoyed it mate
That is just remarkable! I always wondered how you do the helix, now I know! Thank you so much! I have always wanted to learn woodturning, but I already have too many hobbies to keep up with. 😊
What are your hobbies J?
Same here but when I seen a shopsmith at a low price I changed my mind. Looks like other hobbies are going on the back burner for me. Don't be shy to start, you don't have to go in all Gung hoe but look up diy lathe and for $10 in parts and an hour build you could turn small spindles with a cheap drill.. just saying 😌
That’s not turning dude
Not gonna lie, I wasn't sure how you were gonna do this one... Very Cool !!! Nice video !!!
Thanks George. What’s your pic?
im watching from united states alabama,, what a master piece, but not exactly wood turning, but definitely first cousin to wood turning and thats wood carving or maybe you could call all turnings just a form of carving, because it does need to be on a lathe and you do rotate it,, world class job as always,, love your videos , inspired me to buy a lathe and turn!!
Nice man! Thanks. Have you made many pieces yet?
This is simply astonishing!! Very beautiful!! The skill to make this is insane to me. I love it!!!
Thank you ray. So glad you enjoyed it
Its so satisfying to see the moment you start to put the finish on it.
That is my favourite bit too 😂😉👍🏻
@@JackMackWoodturning I believe you. That's a beautiful piece too.
MASTERFUL - a true craftsman👌👍👏🥰
Thanks Marette. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻😉
Absolutely beautiful work, techniques, and patience! True craftsmanship is always fun to watch. From a practical point of view, wouldn't a wider, heavier base for more stability be more appropriate for a goblet? Especially one that is so tall and top-heavy. I would love to see the same design with a bigger base. I would imagine that a goblet that is easy to knock over wouldn't have been a historical favorite. Just an observation/ suggestion.
Beautiful craftsmanship Jack! And you're obviously quite the artist too. Kudos to you for making such beautiful and unique pieces.
Thanks Malcom. Much appreciated 👍🏻😊😉
Watching this reminds me of why I got a C- in wood shop class. This guy rocks.
Haha thanks Erin. Practice makes perfect 😉👍🏻
Круто,это из той серии, глаза боятся,а руки делают.👍👍👍
I could see from the Thumbnail that wouldnt work purely on a lathe,so had to see how you did it. Quite amazing work,and i can see how the lathe really helps for the setting of the twist,before the really quality work with a router begins. Great job,and a beautiful result!
Это просто шедевр!!!Браво Мастер!!!!
СОГЛАСЕН
That that goblet is so beautiful 😍😍 i love it
Thanks thanks 😊
Отличная работа, очень аккуратно получилось. Дело мастера боится. 🇷🇺👍
That is a beautiful piece of work. I was so worried it was going to break at the knot in the spiral. I believe that I would have cried. Watching from West by God Virginia. There’s a sawmill down the road. I may have to take up wood turning, you have inspired me. I haven’t used a lathe in a long time.
Thanks Randy, I really appreciate your kind words. Is there a place called “west by god” in Virginia
@@JackMackWoodturning I don’t think so. I’m from Texas, I just like it here for now. That’s just something I’ve heard folks say since I got here. I checked out some of your work, beautiful. You have a very good eye. I had a very good friend who’s father went blind from diabetes and he was a cabinet maker. His shop was set up just for him and he built amazing cabinets. He could feel wood grain with his fingertips and match it almost perfectly. Sadly my friend Mike and his father have both passed on. They both were very good carpenters and I learned a lot from Mike. My grandfather also taught me to appreciate good work. He said if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing right. You must have had someone that left a good work ethic with you. Again, very nice work.
That was a crazy process. Well done. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit that.
Thanks David. The process is much more time consuming when filming as well. Worthwhile when people are enjoying the content though. Thanks for watching man 😁👍🏻
At the beginning I was wondering how on earth does he make that corkscrew twist.
He just makes it look so simple when one knows what they are doing.
Thanks for showing us how it's done.
Thanks Moto. Will you give it a try?
@@JackMackWoodturning sadly I do not have such machines or tools nor a workshop.
I just have to sit back & enjoy watching other people like yourself put their heart in to it.
damn, you did this the hard way, and still done amazing job. I remember seeing quite awhile ago there was a jig attachment that held a router an worked off a worm drive belt driven off the lathe pulleys to move it along the work piece to do this sort of thing.
That’s cheating 😂
Said it before, say it again - you are so talented! Full of admiration.😊
Im possesed with spirals and this si amazing beautiful work ...seriously 💕👌👌👌😏🙂
Thank you 😊
Obsessed*
Nitpick: You realise this is a helix, right? 😇 A double one, like DNA. A spiral is a 2D shape.
A spiral is not only a 2D shape it can also be a three dimensional shape.. but a double helix is most definitely only 3D..
I’d hazard a guess that English is not Michals first language,, I sure couldn’t write as compelling a description in Michals native tongue.
@@JackMackWoodturning I know, hence my 😇 emoji. To say sorry for being such an a$$, I don't mean no harm.
I have a set of candle holders like that and always wondered how they did that. Amazing talent you have!!
Thanks RC. Were they expensive?
Amaizing! Never thought that anything like this would be doable!
Thanks Vlad. Glad you enjoyed it buddy 👍🏻😉☺️🙏
you dont seem to have alot of fantasy
What do you mean Felix?
Hello Jack
Thanks for sharing this great video.
I'm watching from Queensland. AUSTRALIA
Wow, that was a great 'twist' to the end of the story! 👏🏻 I'm just glad it didn't spiral out of control.😄 But seriously, that was amazingly good!
Haha thanks RG. Glad you enjoyed it ☺️👍🏻
One simple word: Superb! That really is a gallery piece. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Ray. Appreciate the kind words 😊👍🏻
Subbed! Anyone who can do something like that surely has a lot that I can learn from them!
Thanks ES. Glad to have you on board for the journey! 😉👍🏻