Ginkgo Biloba Salt Cellar! - Wood Turning
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2021
- I watch a lot of cooking videos, saw one of the guys I watch using one of these and had to have one. I think it will be very handy! Turned from Ginkgo Biloba! Some folks call them salt box or just salt dispenser. I really like the swivel lid for ease of use and protection of the salt. Could also be used to store jewelry or any small items.
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Hi Phil, Your salt cell box turned out great !!!!! And don't worry about being a tad forgetful. Yesterday I was working on chores around the house and I stopped to take a break. Well I forgot to start back up on doing the chores again. Mommy Dearest has already reminded me that today is a new day and a great one to finish the chores I was working on. I'm stalling by going for a second cup of coffee.
Hahaha, thanks, Freddie, for my morning chuckle! 😊
I read a few of the comments and I think we all agree It looks pretty darn cool.
Good to know, Don, thank you! 😊
Somewhat Japanese in style. The wall looks right to me: 1/2 inch. The right kind of wood for the piece. Well done, Phil.
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Another fine piece. You don't need frills when you have functionality. 🐿
Exactly, Barb. It's just meant to function and it does that, nicely! 😊
Well! I don't know! An even - sided piece from Phil Anderson. What ever next! LOL
Well done Phil, it looks great.
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I know, Bryan, it's like someone took over my body! LOL!
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop Too many "The Twilight Zone"s Phil? LOL
It’s so funny to listen to you saying « of course we’ll do... » when you are actually walking us through your cue. Yes of course Phil I would do that as well!!
Haha... Well, I can feel you all around me and it's like we're just chatting, Sylvie! 😊
Love the result! Turned out beautifully. Amazon stuff is mass produced. I love simple, practical things most desirable to me. Just love it.
Thank you, Michalene! 😊
Interesting, I've never seen a salt pot like yours, so I looked them up in Amazon, there was one identical to yours with a spoon lying flat in the lid! You learn something every day, good job Phil😍🇬🇧
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Utilitarian pieces serve a purpose. Homes need 'em. I think the grain is quite pleasing to look at. Well done. 👍👍👍
Thank you, Vicki!
I love your salt box. It's simple but that's what makes it beautiful. I wish you sold your work so I could order several... oh well life moves on. ♥️😊
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I want to make one that has 2 boxes and a lid. One for black pepper and one for salt. I think yours looks so simple and elegant like it knows it's perfect and doesn't need to impress anyone. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Sounds like a great idea, J'Lyssa! Yes, this one is quite plain but it's doing it's job well and I couldn't ask for more. 😊
I like the little pot. I’m glad it did not turn out darker. Great job!
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Very. Cute I’d love one! Just too far away!! ❤️🇿🇦
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I think Jack Dempsey said it best another great job
Thank you, George!
Anyone can buy one for $15. But you have a Phil Anderson original! Priceless!! Looks great.
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You have a sort of swoosh in the grain at the bottom of the bowl. Great for grabbing a dab of salt while cooking! What a lovely piece!
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Never heard of Ginkgo Biloba. As a new turner not only am I learning how to turn but also learning of all the different species. I have to google Ginkgo Biloba now. Weather has been nice here also the past two days in Ontario Canada rain today though. Thanks Phil
You should find that the species is 270 million years old and is considered a living fossil, Sheldon. Pretty interesting wood. Good to hear the weather is improving for you, here, too!
Sometimes practical is better than high art. depends on the use. I think it's really cool actually. I want one.
It works good, Keith! 😊
Nice piece Phil. Every cook should have one. I would say it is perfect.
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Liked the round bottom, makes sense ALOHA
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Phil. Great little gift item - finally a useful thing to give to friends & family. Thanks for sharing. Dennis
Useful to me, for sure, Dennis! It's working out great! 😊
Elegant salt box. Great job. 👍🏻🇺🇸
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I like the side-wall. Actually think I prefer it to a thinner one.
Great little piece. Going to make one for my daughter out of Monterey Pine.
Thank you for posting.
Sounds great, Richard, I'm sure she'll love it!
Not your usual project, but a great design, mine has square edges inside, and you are right, it is a pain 😁
Enjoyable video, thank you for sharing 😉
Thanks for the confirmation, Silverlady. I don't know what they were thinking with the square corner in the bottom. Thank you for watching! 😊
Nice job! I enjoy watching your videos. Much better than watching tv.
Glad you like them, Cosmo, thank you!
This is a useful little project, which would, indeed, make a good gift! Christmas is a-comin' !
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Elegance in simplicity. Very nice peice.
Thank you, Jillian! 😊
I think that was a very cool project. I enjoy making stuff for my kitchen. I will put that on my to do list.
Go for it, Donald! 😊
Good simple little salt cellar. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching 😊
Salt cellars go back into history. Before salt shakers, each person at the table would have their own salt cellar, a tiny bowl, usually glass or crystal, about 1" across inside diameter, and maybe 1/2" deep. They had teeny tiny spoons for measuring out the salt. Collecting these antique cellars, which come in a staggering variety, is quite a hobby with a national association, of which a friend of mine spent a term as president. ;-)
Well...you could have blocked in the hole with a dowel and re-drilled it to the size you preferred...
Thanks for all the info, Lizzy! Yes, I could have done that except I used the size I preferred. I wanted a good sized bit of brass showing. After I had my good sized bit of brass showing, I discovered that meant thick sides! As it turned out, the thick sides do not matter at all. 😊
That'll do the trick, Phil. Nicely done.
Thank you, Billy! 😊
It's always interesting to do something different.
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Nice job Mr.Phil
Thanks for watching, Donald!
Really cool! A nice family heirloom!
We agree! 😊
I like it a lot. I think the thickness makes it manly and solid☺It also goes with the thick brass rod.
I like your opinion, Lili, thank you! 😊
I like it. It has a nice minimalist charm.
Cool, thank you, Jay!
Phil that's nice my wife would like that thank you for sharing. James
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I think that grain looks cool turned out well enjoy it Phill
Thank you, Wade!
Basswoodlike. Not flashy, but ever so functional.
True and true, James. 😊
Funny you said they would make great gifts. I live in N. California, Napa and always go for a drive in the evenings with my labradoodle and often come across olive farmers trimming back the trees this time of year. I turn a bunch of olive wood salt cellars and rolling pins last year for Christmas gifts last year and I just picked up a bunch more olive wood and everyone is getting a matching cheese board this year. I may even carve some spoons out of the odds and ends. I make a lot of turnings from nut and fruit woods as well because I have free access to the stuff and its beautiful wood. The fruit and nut wood shavings also make great smoker wood too. I just love your work, very inspirational and relaxing.
Wow, sounds like you are fixed for life with all that great wood available to you. Enjoy and thank you for watching! 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop Well its good at the moment. As soon as my wife retires we are headed back to Michigan where we both grew up. Wood turning and up-cycling are a hobby. I actually have a home business restoring tern of the century pressure lamps and fixtures, from back when big cities lit their streets and homes with gas. Coleman lamps, stoves, irons, heaters and the like.
Curved bottom was exactly what I as thinking.
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That is awesome Phil
Thanks, Sheila! 😊
I like your honesty Phil. Thank you. Still enjoying the makes 😁👍
I appreciate that, thank you! 😊
Salt cellar. Pretty cool
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Love your videos. Although I do agree to disagree about leaving the bark on piece. 😄
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maybe because I like simple, that piece really speaks to me.. What you might see as simple, I see as well thought out. Utilitarian maybe, but beautiful still.
That is what I was after, Kevin. I didn't want a show piece that I would feel bad using, just something to get the job done and this is working very well. Thank you! 😊
What a great idea Phil that will be good 👍 to use
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Well done. If you don't like the thick walls try doing the hollowing off center. The wall will still be thick where the pin is but you can make the rest of the wall thinner. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
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Good job Phil, I think that might have bored you!!! But it looks great.
Thanks, Emmett! Actually, it was kind of fun. I forget about turnings like this, sometimes.
winging it is totally my stile, enjoy you videos a lot...
Glad you like them, Jack, thank you for watching! 😊
I so enjoy your postings. Thank you
Glad you like them, Robert, thank you for watching! 😊
I think that the proportions were spot on. With it all together the sides are just right. I want to make something like this, but a whole stack of small containers that are all aligned with a brass rod. And then you can spin out the one you need.
Ohhh, cool idea, William! Love to see a picture of it when you're done! 😊
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Hi Phil, I think it came out great. The off centered growth ring pattern is great decoration in and of itself, so forgetting to use the spiraling tool was your inner self guiding you to the right path. The bottom spiral is all it needed, except for the artist signature & date. Cheers, Tom
Thank you, Tom! 😊 I didn't sign it because it's just for me and I know who made it! LOL!
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop OK for now, but someday in the future when someone finds it in an antique shop they won’t know the artist who made the lovely piece nor when it was made. Just saying 😉 Cheers, Tom
@@tomcoker9882 I love the way you think, Tom. I think the same way.
That's a beautiful salt cellar, I have a red glass one but I would love to have one like that.
Thank you, Mary! 😊
I thought Ginkgo Biloba was to help our old brains to remember . Darn I cant remember for sure . Cute little box Phil.
I think you may be right, Steve. Too bad none of that wore off on me while I was turning it. Maybe it will affect the salt and I'll get a better brain over time. Can't hurt, that's for sure! 😊
Very nice. I hope it serves you well over the years ahead 🧂😊
I hope so too, Rosie! 😊
Thank You Phil, Thank You Dave from Calmwood Creations....Nice one Phil. A project for a change. Something for the kitchen. Just thinking now "can Phil turn a tiny little spoon to fit his salt cellar???" I am late because my Thursday posting just did not go through. I must have had a senior moment??? Better late than ...than...ever?, sever?, lever??.....Oh well I will do better next time...TM
No spoon, gotta use your fingers if you want "just a pinch" of salt! Ahhh, senior moments, I've heard of them just never experience them. LOL! Welcome back, buddy!
Well I wondered where the cooking analogy was going. Well done Phil. I hope you enjoy that salt cellar. Easy on the salt though. I know you have the wax you used but i have used Howard butcher block conditioner in the past on bowls that could be used for food. Just wanted to throw that out there. Keep turning and enjoy those sunny days!
Thanks, Stephen! My plan was to get some of that Howard's product but then I remembered the wax. I'll get some one of these days, I've been wanting to try it.
I am constantly amazed and impressed with your particular talent for discovering and uncovering the object inside the stock Phil....this little beauty is no exception. How's this for a description: "The ginkgo is a living fossil, with fossils recognisably related to modern ginkgo from the Permian, dating back 270 million years." Man....that almost hits home! Be well my friend.
Yeah, I did some research on it before I turned it and was quite impressed, Doc. Then when I was shooting the video, I forgot everything I had learned! LOL! Pretty cool wood!
Very nice Phil. Sometimes utilitarian pieces give us the most pleasure because we're constantly touching them. Remember, no salty language while cooking!
Haha, the salty language usually comes while eating the cooking, Jim! 😊
Great Job, The rounded inside bottom is perfect. The only thing I would have done different was leave the domed lid top and maybe add a small knob on top too.
Here is a small challenge; learn to measure "spoon" measure in your hand. It is a neat trick I learned from Justin Wilson the Cajun cook who was one of the original TV cooks.
You create art pieces, mostly, cooking is also an art, it's the art of taste. There are many artists whos style is always unique, apply that to your food creations and create more art. ;-)
Thank you, Robert! I don't do too much "fancy" cooking, but this thing makes me feel fancy! LOL! 😊
Hey Phil,
That is a pretty little thing for the kitchen, and I think you are right about the sellability!
It sounds like spring time in the pacific NW is about the same as here in Denmark 😃😃
Take care and stay safe!
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Good to know, Lars! We tend to feel like we are always wet and cold, here, but it's not true. We get some beautiful weather, even kinda hot in the Summer.
Nice project and finish Phil
Thank you, Ian!
I've already watched this video once but I'm about to make a couple of kitchen canisters for my wife so I've just watched it again. Thanks Phil.
Hope it was helpful, John, enjoy your process!
Congratulations you did it again!!
Yay! Thank you! 😊
I must turn one of these. Such a great idea. We had a Gingko Biloba in our back yard growing up, so this piece has particular sentimental appeal. On a side note .. I sat all through the video wondering what a side by side was, and had to look it up. It's called an off-roader in New Zealand 😁
We call them off-roaders here, too, Denise but that fits a larger class of vehicles. Most of them are one person but the side by side holds two and sometimes four or six! Lotsa fun in any event! 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop absolutely fun 🤩
salt cellars where used clear back to Roman times. Salt was chunky until refinement started in the early 1900s. That is when salt shakers came into being.
Thanks for the info, Jo Ann, makes perfect sense!
I like it. Simple and functional. Looks good too.
Glad you like it! Simple and functional is what I was after.
Phil. It looks beautiful. I would love to have one. Take care stay warm and happy.
Thanks, Bonnie, you too! 😊
Funny about the square salt cellars. My little kitchen salt cellar is a much smaller rounded cedar-looking bowl with a rounded shape, inside and out. It just has a little hat of a lid, nothing fancy. :) Your gingko salt cellar is mighty! :D
Haha, yes, mighty! LOL! Thank you, Nan! I was just trying to make it like the one I saw in a cooking video. That cook seems to like his quite a bit so I thought, why not?
Happy Spring Phil!🌷
YES! Thank you!
Mother nature never intended on perfection if so we would never find the beauty in it. Happy turning Phil.
Thank you, Edward!
Great work Phil. Elegant in a simple way. Nice grain. I like that offset ( must have been a branch?) and the thick walls.Take care and keep turning. Bill Riley
Thank you, Bill! 😊
enjoyed, thank you from mild than usual NH.
Hooray for mild! 😊
I think it turned out great Phil 👍👍
Thank you, Charles!
That turned out very nice ;;;I Think I will try one 👍👍👍👍👍
Go for it, Jack! Kinda fun to make.
Aligned small rare earth magnets between the lid and body are a nice addition and give a satisfying click when you slide the lid shut. I also use 1/2” walls. These are especially useful for those of us with enough years to have trouble seeing how much salt comes out of a regular shaker.
I considered using magnets, W W, but then I think it would take two hands to open and I didn't want that. I sure know what you mean about seeing the salt, or not! LOL! 😊
Just PERFECT!
Thank you, Eunice! 😃
Sometimes Phil, simplicity equals elegance. Well done my friend.
That was my thinking too, Jerry. Thank you!
Very nice piece Phil. Love it.
Thank you, Carl!
Thank you Phil.
Thanks for watching, John!
It’s perfect. I’d sure buy it!
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Simple but very nicely Nicely made👌🏽
Thank you! 😊 Cheers!
i think it is a great salt cellar. enjoyed the video
Thank you, Joyce! 😊
Phil, your turning is like those old
Flat-head V-8 motors, smooth and accurate. Simple little box but so eloquently built. And of course your most descriptive explanations. I’ll bet your cooking is the same way!!thanks for sharing. Have a great week-end.
About all I can say is, my cooking is edible, Kid. But, I keep trying! Thanks for your time today, I appreciate it! 😊
I like the simplicity of it, think you should do more now you had test run, maybe a little shaping instead of straight sides.
Simplicity is what I was after, Lewis, so I guess I succeeded! Thanks!
That's nice and would make nice gifts!!! Probably could sell also as that's what I do with most of my stuff in my retirement LOL!!!
Happy turning to you!👍
Wish I had time to sell some of my stuff, Jon. 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop sometimes I have a personal attachment to them ! And sad to see them go but I'm happy to see someone else enjoy them to!
Great job phill👍
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Very nice. It’s different from your typical turnings. I like it.
Thank you, Dave! Yes, very different but it was fun to do.
So nice. Gingo Biloba, the tree of life. Thanks for your fine work on this piece.
The nice thing about plain grain is it doesn't distract from the shape and structure, which are also aesthetically pleasing. I like it just the way it is, thick walls and all.
Cool! It's working out quite nicely. 😊
I think that it's neat and beautiful! Probably my favorite piece so far!
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Very nice Phil love it take care and God bless
Thank you, Mike!
So that's what the ginkgo Biloba wood looks like! I'll never look at the herbal supplement the same way again 😃 I'm sure by now you've found your beautiful creation extremely useful. We've had one in the kitchen, and it's so handy to have. Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you for watching, Kelli! 😊
I like!
Thanks, Daryl!
Well, I just love it.
Cool, thanks! 😊
Excellent project. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, Ken! 😊
Pill, sometimes it's the simple things that keeps us moving forward. Love the little bottom detail. I think I enjoyed the side-by-side ride too.
Ah, wish you could have been with me, Ray! We could of stopped in for a couple beers, pool and woman chasing! LOL!
Simple, elegant styling. Very functional. Thanks, Dave for supplying the ginkgo. Glad you got out and enjoyed our one nice day. Spring seems to be a bit late this year. Even the migratory birds are slow to come through.
Glad you enjoyed it, Valerie! I know what you mean about the birds and late spring. I haven't seen anywhere near the variety of most years. They'll be along, though, just gotta warm up and dry out a bit more. 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop Watching Wayne the Woodturner’s video from yesterday. Your name mentioned in regards to the wood he was turning. They said it looked like a piece you would turn! And quite so, very gnarly (but no bark).🤪👍🏻
@@valeriehenschel1590 Cool, thanks for letting me know!
Beautiful piece, I really like it!
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