ACACIA- What A Challenge! - Wood Turning
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- First time turning Acacia, I guess. I was not expecting the wood to be so hard but, wow, it is! Got through it with lots of sharpening and found the grain to be beautiful and colorful. Complimented by the excellent bark, it turned out to be a beautiful piece. Not sure about the shape, though, what do you think?
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Hardwood Unusual grain. Your eye 👁 turned the bowl skilfully Wonderful result 🎺
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The woodpeckers loved this piece also!!
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You bring the beauty out of every piece you turn
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I could see it on a dinner table with bread in it. Gorgeous.
That would work, Susan! 😊
I love the shape, wood details and bark.
Great, thank you, Marcia! 😊
The grain is show stopping beautiful.Thanks Phil!
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Always a pleasure.
Thanks for the video.
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I am glad to see you wear gloves today! Nice bowl! God Bless!
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Very beautiful!! The first thing I thought of when I saw the finished piece was baby Moses in his basket in the river. It would make some child a nice baby doll bed or bassinet. It would last forever and be a nice family heirloom. Thank you for sharing.
Hmmm, cool idea, Pixie, thanks! 😊
Love the shape and the finish
Thank you, Bob! 😊
Good job again PHil. NIce color and shape. Happy turning. SEe you next week.
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Another beauty! That looks like a bread bowl.
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Beautiful grain on this with some lovely chatoyance. And I love the dark contrast of the bark. Must hunt down a piece of Acacia wood 😍
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That is some beautiful wood. Given the blank, the shape is good and you got to keep all that beautiful bark
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Fantastic Phil absolutely amazing.
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Very nice shape, grain is 😎 cool. Great piece as always.
Thanks, Marge! 👍
Love it Phil looks beautiful and the shape is really good. I would be proud to put that piece on my dinning table 👍👍👍😊😊😊♥️
Cool, Kelvin, thank you! 😊
Beautiful chatoyance. Great job as usual.
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I really like the shape of this bowl, good job.
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Love the shape of the bowl Phil. Pretty graining as well
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Acacia eh! Very beautiful Phil what a wonderful grain and the colour is wonderful. That little blue-grey kind of fives it nice character. It is a very nice shape.
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That is a great bowl Phil. Awesome work as always
Thank you, Jiggsy! Cheers!
Great looking bowl
Thanks, Bobby! 😀
very nice bark bowl
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Beautiful piece. Shape is superbly ornamental. Could serve a nice salad in it for a few people, if it has to have a practical use.
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Nice work Phil.
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Really nice Phil, I've been learning a lot from you. 👍
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Perfect!
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It would be a nice bread bowl too.
Great idea, Stephanie! 😊
just loved it mate
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Pretty slick. I think there are more types of Acacia than states in America. Most types come from far away. But nearly all varieties are hard, heavy, and have a tendency to have interesting grain patterns. Every tree is different but this wood is usually twice as hard as the woods that North America calls hard. Such a lovely thing that you have made, Phil, thanks for doing what you do.
Interesting, William, thanks for the info! 😊
We have sweet acacia here in Texas known as huisatche. Yes there are probably hundreds of different types of acacia in the world. It is heavy and dense very similar to mesquite I tree form and the color.
Really nice, Phil. I particularly like the contrast between the sap wood and heartwood. The shape of the bowl seems to emphasize that. Great finnish!
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Beautiful! Nice to see a piece of acacia wood. I think it’s gorgeous. Hope you are feeling as good as you sound. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Ted! 😊
I love the shape, somehow I feel it shows off the beautiful colour and grain beautifully. The distinctive bark too adds a great deal. As ever Phil, I am watching you at ridiculous o’clock (5.15am) here in Scotland after being blasted awake by a bad dream (I think!?). I miss the smell of a woodshed, since my husband died, and now I watch you and allow my mind to inhale what I know to be one of the nicest scents in the world. Anyway, thanks again for a wonderfully relaxing and interesting video! 👏🏻🪵
You and I have similar sleeping habits, Anita. I too wake up very early since my wife died. I usually just turn the TV on to watch the news (that will give you bad dreams) and doze off and on for the next few hours. Luckily, I don't do anything during my waking hours that requires a lot of sleep to get over! LOL!
The shape looks fine, doesn't have to be functional if it's a decorative piece. The bark looked good too, only thing I could see was the Nascar track inside it lol
Another good project I'd say
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I like the shape Phil👍🏼 Looks like a very functional bowl 🥣😎🙏🏼 Well done!
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Phil, that is a really cool piece, it would make an excellent fruit bowl. I personally want to thañk the for involving all of us in your videos. You talk to us like we are there with you and I for one really appreciate that.
Thank you very much! 😊
To classic shape for your style, but I love it.
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I'm a wood turner from England and I fell out of love with turning but watching your videos has rekindled my interest.
Thank you for being an inspiration and getting me back into the workshop!
Wonderful! I'm so glad you are going to give turning another go, Dave. It's a great hobby! 😊
The bowl is gorgeous! The rays of light on the outside just radiate!
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Another good one for the collection! Thanks to Dennis and wife for contributing wood to Phil to have fun with, and for all of us to enjoy the results of Phil’s time at the lathe.
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Our sweet acacia known as huisache in Texas looks very close to mesquite which is also very plentiful here. It’s much more dense and heavy and is harder but shares the same white sap wood and pink to deep red heartwood. They can be mistaken for each other when very mature. I cut and mill both.
The bowl turned out very nice. I’ll have to try to turn some one day.
Today is one day! 😊
Nice one Phil. I love the shape. The inside "flaw" screams of life's travails. I would leave the inside empty save for a solitary apple. Thx Phil. 🌴
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It's a beautiful shape and a beautiful piece of wood I love the grain pattern and the bark is great - thanks Phil!
What can I say but another master peace
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Looks fantastic Phil! And as others have said the shape is very nice. Actually kind of relaxing and I can not tell you why but that was my first thought.
The finish is exceptional and really shows off the chatoyance. And ya gotta love that bark!
Nicely done!
Take care buddy,
Gary
Thanks a bunch, Gary! 😊
Another Absolutely beautiful piece of art, I love the shape and the bark is tight. ♥️
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I love 💘 the shape 😍 ♥ Such a beautiful bowl. Everything you do amazes me. Really love your wood projects!
Thank you, Duchess! 😊
I like the shape a lot, Phil. In fact, I like everything about it. Was that evidence of woodpecker that I saw in the bark before you started turning? Sure looked like it to me. A beautiful job done as usual, my friend. I loved the look of the chatoyance in the wood. Absolutely wonderful work, buddy! 👍👍😃
Take care,
…..Gord
I believe that is Bird's Eye, like you find in Maple. Too many holes, and they don't go deep like woodpecker holes would.
Just my guess, and I'm sticking to it. ;-))
Thanks a lot, Gord! I agree it looks like woodpecker holes but, they are very well spaced, not hap-hazard as you might suspect a woodpecker would make. I have more of this and it's the same way but it might have come from the same part of the tree. I just think it's the way the bark is but I really don't know. 😊
That is truly beautiful! Amazing how the woods differ in hardness.
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Beautiful Phil. The branch inclusion is a plus. The compression grain is stunning. Personally I would have thinned the walls a bit more. Maybe bring the upward curve at the bottom in toward the center a bit as well. But these are simply personal choices. What you have is an absolutely gorgeous bowl. Thank you for sharing.
You are not the first to say that, Doug. I know it's a failing of mine. I just can't stand to turn away good wood simply for the sake of appearance. 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop I hope you don’t that my comment as a criticism. I was just saying that my eye would take it just a little different. I enjoy seeing what you do with the various pieces of wood. In fact, you open my eye and mind to doing things a little outside conventional wisdom. Thank you for all you do.
Great looking bowl Phil, I like the shape and the bark looks really cool too.
All the best to you.
Regards Jim
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I was afraid you were going to lose too much of the natural bark, but the finished product couldn’t have been more beautiful. It’s so soothing and satisfying to watch you work.🍻
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That's a really nice piece phil,beautiful grain and shape,woodpeckers are cool,spring is my favourite time of year when nature is waking up
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I like it. The shape makes me think of Pac-Man. Like he grew a beard before the ghosts got him and he’s dying. 😜
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A beautiful piece Phil. The wood popped perfectly. Thanks. Hope to see you next week.
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Beautiful work!! Do you sign your work with a wood burning tool?
I use an Ultra Fine Point Sharpie, Frank and apply paste wax over it. 😊
Hi there Phil well personally I love it and the shape is very pleasing to the eye and I think very beautiful as well as being useful :-)
Cool, thanks! 🙂
Yippee. I’m first. I know I will love it.
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Thank You Phil...(i am late 4 your show today, the job gets in the way at times)...Acacia grows all over my area and comes in many different kinds. I did not know it was such a hard wood. Excellent bark and nice crack free turning. Phil you are the crack, cavity, spalted, rotten, wormy, rocky-ist wood turner on UA-cam so I suspect it was a bit of a carefree turning this time? .. I was thinking if it would have worked to scrape in reverse on that torn part? Would it have not torn or torn more? ... As said, I am late BUT I am having fun as always watching you turn Phil and look forward to your next performance... TM
Sorry I forgot...Thank You Dennis & wife for supplying Phil with his first Acacia turning...TM
Thanks a lot, Tuffy and your tardiness is excused. 😊 I don't think turning in reverse would have helped. I spot sanded and sanded at 80 grit, forward and reverse and it just would not smooth out. I know, it's just weird! It was not a carefree turning. This wood was HARD! I edited out most of my "I'm gonna go sharpen up" but believe me, there were plenty of them. LOL!
Thanks Phil for another wonderful wood turning
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An outstanding piece. Binge watching Phil. Life is good. 👍👍👍
I appreciate that, Steve! 😊
Beautiful bowl. Larry in Silverdale, WA...signing off.
Thanks, neighbor! 😊
It is a double and triple pleasure watching your work .. Not only is your skill amazing and the things you get out of a tortured piece of wood , incredible ..I love the beauty of your wood... and your voice and manner is so comforting and reassuring that It makes this old World seem like a sane place again . God Bless you ..keep up the amazing turnout of work.
Oh, my, thank you so much, Ola! 😊
Love the finish Phil and the bark. Thanks for sharing, stay safe, Jules, Droitwich, England
Thanks a lot, Jules! 😊
Beautiful. I love the shape. I really appreciate your narrative.Very informative. AG
Thank you, Amy! 😊
🙋♂️🏴 Hi Phil great bowl I do like the shape you created and the patterns in the grain show up so well. Love it.
Thank you, John! 😊
Acacia - a wood that termites and wood worms LOVE! We live in the Dominican Republic where acacia abounds and is used for furniture which gets gobbled up by wood loving critters.
Interesting, Claire, thank you for the info! 😊
Pretty bowl, Phil! Love the curl in the grain! Reminds me of the curl in my Arizona Ash bowl.
Thanks, Billy! 😊
i didnt think you knowed how to turn a round bowl :) looks good
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Stunning piece! Tell me, aren't your joints *shoulder, wrist and elbow) and back sore from the kick back. Thanks for sharing Absolutely love your work!
Thank you, 3G! No, not even a little bit and I'm old! 😊
It's a beautiful bowl with its own special characteristics. I think it wants some nice warm French bread in it to go along with a hot bowl of soup. In fact, it's making me hungry for dinner! Thank you for creating this wonderful piece and showing us all how it came about. Take care, Phil. 🌳
Sounds great, Gwynn! 😊
Good morning Phil, Just before 9 am here really sunny but cold and another perfect Friday morning for me. Big mug of tea and a video from you. It doesn't get any better.
Beautiful bowl Phil and I love the shape as well.
I have used Acacia in some pens and it works really well especially if I segment with a contrasting wood such as Black Walnut.
Great video Phil and I might just have to watch again with another mug of tea.
You and I are keeping the tea manufacturers in business, Huw! We should be getting a cut of the action! LOL! Thank you, my friend! 😊
Beautiful work Phil 👏! Acacia has some nice grain. I don't think it grows were I live. Take care and GOD BLESS 🙏!
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Beautiful piece Phil. You’re sounding much better I hope I’m right. Always look forward to your videos!
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Beautiful Bowl. I love acacia wood. It’s usually a pretty hard wood when it’s dry. But it’s always a very pretty grain.
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Beautiful Phil! The shape reminds me of a baby's cradle.
I love the bark and wood grain. Love your videos! ❤ 😎
Your Florida friend.
Cool, thanks, Dotty! 😊
Hi Phil, greetings from South Africa.
my wife and I really enjoy your creativity.
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Beautiful piece Phil! Very nice looking bark and grain to, heard ya say something about spring, we’ve been hearing the whippoorwills, we heard a blue jay mimic a hawk just the other day to well I heard one then my wife heard it so I knew I wasn’t going crazy after that but that does sound crazy, I never heard such in all my life, so spring I think is on the way here to although it got pretty chilly last couple of nights, things are starting to bloom though,
Enjoyed the video video! 👍
Sounds like an amazing spring is headed you way, Kimsey! I didn't even know blue jays could mimic, very cool! 😊
All round cracking bowl, love the live edge dark bark finish, some lovely markings, and no cracks yep no cracks. Good one. All the best from Lincolnshire UK
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God directed acacia for the supports and all the wooden furniture of the tabernacle of meeting (Exodus 25 - 38). This video highlights the hardness of this wood, and therefore presumably its durability, as well as its subtle beauty, suggesting why God chose it to strengthen and beautify the place where He dwelt among His people.
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Lovely job Phil, what’s the matter with the shape? It’s not a round bowl but it’s certainly a beautiful bowl. Take care Phil
Thanks, Keith! 😊
Acacia ! We got that from you , brought back by a man called "Robin" , hence the name "robinier", used around railway tracks to keep animals away (don't want to be stung!) and even better than chestnut for fences , more durable as posts and best for woodturning !
I still have a piece or two of it, Youenn. Saving for a rainy day! 😊
My goodness but that piece is beautiful!!! You couldn't have done any better. The "flaw" you pointed out, where there might have been a branch... It isn't a flaw but an extension of natural beauty and design. Thank you for sharing that pieces inner beauty. You are the bomb-diggity for sure.
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Howdy Phil
Don't ya think that wood looks like Sycamore too ?
That spot were the branch came out is really nice ..... the blue/gray is a bonus !
The way the grain is the shape makes it look like it is oval ! .....wow how you do that on a lathe ? lol
another nice piece Phil
keep on turnin'
Yeah, I can see some similarities to Sycamore, Bruce. Haha, lots of oval bowls like this as you know, buddy! 😊
Nice piece of work Phil.👍 Very good production. I like that you show some sanding. Too many productions avoid it like the plague. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe. 🙂
Thanks, Glen! 😊
That's really beautiful Phil.
I love it.
Lots of acacia here in Port Lincoln South Australia.
I shall have to start searching for suitable pieces.
Get to it, Richard, times a wastin'! 😃
Very nice bowl. Never heard the word chatoyance before. I've learned something. Have you ever turned peach? Cut down a peach last year. Going to try turning this year. Best wishes.
No I haven't , Jerry, good luck with yours! 😊
I have, siting right in front of me a bowl, California acacia wood
at most 3/32 wall light as a feather . turned by Bob Stocksdale.
I bought it and a12" platter from a yard sale. 25c each.
the bowl still had potato chip crumbs in it.
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Well Phil, you certainly no how to entertain another great video.
I agree, not sure about shape, probably a little upright for me. I’d have made a shallower curve, but all in all great job.
You don’t seem to have any really big swept back finger nail gouges. I don’t like them either, I prefer standard grind, or just a little sweep on wings so that I can get down the bottom of bowls better.
Thanks Phil from down under in Oz
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It's a beautiful bowl and I really like the shape. The wood is lovely. Is there any chance you sale some of your smaller pieces? Please give your furbaby (cat) a hug for me...I miss stroking a kitty and hearing it purr. 😊
Thank you, Mary! I'd like to be able to sell some of my work but there just isn't time for packing and shipping. Maybe one day I'll have a helper. Thank you for your interest! 😊 Curly Cat says meow!
I enjoyed this video too. I watch all I can. About the bowl, I love it's shape and size and bark. I have a few bowls with branch "accents" in them. Depending on whether the inside or outside finishes out better is the side I display. But, I'm someone who likes wormholes, various sized cracks, bark inclusions and odd shaped wood such as crooked roots and elbow shaped branches. Again you did a fantastic job on this bowl.
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"Chatoyance"? Mais, vous parlez français, Phil! You speak French! Giggle, giggle.
LOL!
I like the shape Phil and the beautiful bark. Well done for producing another lovely project.
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Nice bowl, Phil. ...don't often see a 'straight forward" Phil Bowl
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Phil,
Beautiful bowl I love the flaws that nature gives us. These flaws give our projects character. Great job!!
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Beautiful piece. Phil do you sand between each coat of sanding sealer & finish? If so what grit do you use. I admire all of your work.❤
I have a very short video on what I do between coats, Chris: ua-cam.com/video/lqns7oue4W4/v-deo.html 😊
One of your video you did back min 2019 you made a comment you weren't an artist. This video shows you truly are one SIR
Thanks, John! 😊
Another beautiful piece. The grain is just lovely, not replicated outside of nature. Also, I couldn't help but notice the injury to your left hand above the thumb. All okay? We just care, don't want to help it.
Old men that take an aspirin every day tend to bruise easily, Tom. No biggie, no pain, it's all good! 😊
Nice turning Phil! Good to see ya my friend! Happy Turning! 💫🪵
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I can't have enough watching seasoned turners like you digging into wood and come up with a Mother Nature's wonder. By the way, I noticed your 5/8 bowl gouge was getting shorter close to the end of the video and was afraid that Acacia was so hard that you had to sharpen it hundred of times. Just kidding! Thank you for sharing.
Haha, well, you might have noticed that! Actually, I was switching between a newer and older 5/8" gouge so I wouldn't have to stop to sharpen so often and when I did, I sharpened both. They are exactly the same except the five year old one is about 2" shorter than the newer one. 😊