I know the problem. I tried to turn a huge vase from a cherry log... it ended up as a honey dipper. My wife asked if I could turn a large platter for Christmas treats... another honey dipper. Last month I started work on an oak desk... fortunately, it was for a friend who loves honey so it wasn't a total failure. By the way, does anyone need a honey dipper? Give me a call. I've got a few.
As someone interested in starting Turning I was wondering why you would turn a toothpick from a log... seemed like a massive waste when I first watched this however it makes sense if the wood is cracked etc!!
One problem with this approach is that the other day I listened to a log, and it told me that it wants to be a serial killer! And now at night, I hear it calling to me... Forever calling...
I am no woodworker but yours is a beautiful comment. Wood takes me to trees, and trees to Mother Nature. We have to listen to Mother Nature if we have to make use of this phenomenon called Life.
The smell yes but be very careful with some species of wood, you can develop a sensitivity to it so always use dust protection. Not those paper masks a good one like a respirator.
So the plan for this video was to turn a Christmas tree with last year's Christmas tree. However, when I started to turn this wood it was splitting and tearing all over the place so I decided to keep turning until I got to a usable piece of wood. It was totally unexpected for me as my plan went completely out of the window but I decided to just go with it. Sometimes my best work comes from moments like this.
Gee, wish you were my brother then I could have hinted for this beautiful honey jar as a Christmas pressend! I would love to have owned one like that. Greetings, Sara from South Africa.
Eu também sei bem o que é isso. Eu costumo dizer que a madeira tem personalidade e é ela quem define no que quer se transformar e o mais incrível é que ela sempre tem razão. Já torneei algumas peças que eu nunca imaginei que faria. No decorrer do vídeo percebi que você usou ferramentas poderosas(grandes demais), então ficou uma dúvida: Será que o resultado seria diferente se você tivesse usado ferramentas menores? Parabéns pelo vídeo!
amazing work with great results only thing i want to say is safety i have a metal lathe golden rule #1 no sleeves no jewlery no gloves or any thing that could get caught by the rotating stock or head stock of the machine
That is true but the tool rest ur hands should be on the opposite side of your work and chances are nothing will happen but it is still a good rule of thumb
It's not about getting caught by the stock it's about getting caught in ribbons of metal shavings. You'll know that not all metals come off as pieces on a lathe, some metals create ribbons that are sharp as razors just as in drilling metals. Wood will always come off the same in a lathe no matter weather hard or soft wood. But you're right as far as working with metals in lathing, drilling etc, you don't wear gloves, long sleeve shirts unbuttoned or jewelery cause you can lose fingers or even limbs that way.
That came out just beautiful. And it made me think of two artforms, one horizontal and one vertical, that are remarkably similar: I'll bet woodturners make GREAT potters.
I followed your work with great interest because I love these tutorials... but what makes me smile (if you allow me) is that you took a nice tree trunk to make a small honey tool... something comes to mind movie where someone like you had taken a huge tree trunk to make a single toothpick. please smile and don't be offended because I admire your work and truly appreciate it
I can see what you mean by unexpected. You did well to salvage anything! At one point I thought you were going to have to turn away the whole log. But in the end you made excellent use of a piece of a species which is normally chipped or burnt. Credit to you as always for finding beauty and purpose in your chosen material. I love this channel.
Thank you so much Nigel! Your comment truly means a lot to me. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Harry, I follow a number of wood turners but I have to say that you are right up there with the best. A man that can make something special out of an apparently ordinary piece of timber.
Thank you so much Stephen! Your comment truly means a lot to me. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Hi Harry I was amazed at what you manged to make out of the wood considering it was being a pain,it has nice grain. I really like the honey dipper it is magnificent the lidded honey pot is gorgeous and ghe wood is lovely it's got nice grain. Well done you are marvellous as you always come up with something out of something people would of burnt., the finish touch really makes them shin. Thank you for another marvellous video can't wait for the next. Take carefrom Amanda x
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You can tell how old I am. I remember a Looney Tunes episode where they started with a giant log and ended up with a toothpick. Beautiful honey pot. I like the way you did the lid.
Thanks for watching Habeeb! Link to the roughing gouge is in the description if you are interested. Is this one of your favourites? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
I LOVE THIS!!!❤❤❤ My nickname is BizzyBee! And I LOVE BEES! I LOVE HONEY! This is so perfect for me! And you really did an AMAZING job on it! I didn't know what to think at 1st and was sad to see so much wood go to waste. But I am in awe of your finished pieces! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work with us!💥❤🙏
Super classy!! I particularly like the lighter coloured wood used as contrast for the finial. I’m sure the satisfaction of a beautiful piece, only makes the honey held within, that much sweeter!!! Great work!!! 😃👍🐝🍯
My husband made furniture.and I helped.....we used a template to make table legs..chair spindles etc. so all would be alike..goggles are a must and always make sure to use dried wood.. use a light touch...my young sons made small projects which I still have today..
Thank you so much, Matthew! I knew I couldn't just leave it at the dipper. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Have you seen that I have a website?! Visit it here: www.harrysmithwoodturning.com/
Yes, and don’t put your fingers inside the bowl
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I know the problem. I tried to turn a huge vase from a cherry log... it ended up as a honey dipper. My wife asked if I could turn a large platter for Christmas treats... another honey dipper. Last month I started work on an oak desk... fortunately, it was for a friend who loves honey so it wasn't a total failure.
By the way, does anyone need a honey dipper? Give me a call. I've got a few.
😂🤣 love it Ron!!! 🐝
As someone interested in starting Turning I was wondering why you would turn a toothpick from a log... seemed like a massive waste when I first watched this however it makes sense if the wood is cracked etc!!
Thanks Ron, there appears to be a saturation in the honey dibber Market at present, prices have hit rock bottom 😂🤣
Hope all is well? 😃🪵👍
@@solidarityworkers6900 cheers Sol 😃🪵👍
@@CBPM_ Hi Jim, the wood will always be the boss in any project... 😃🪵👍
I absolutely love it when folks listen to the wood. It will always tell you what it wants to be.
One problem with this approach is that the other day I listened to a log, and it told me that it wants to be a serial killer!
And now at night, I hear it calling to me... Forever calling...
Yes It wants to be sawdust.
I am no woodworker but yours is a beautiful comment. Wood takes me to trees, and trees to Mother Nature.
We have to listen to Mother Nature if we have to make use of this phenomenon called Life.
As a guy who's been turning for over a decade, all I can say is -- Wow.
Bless you for not ruining your videos with background music.
If I had the tools I would be playing with wood all the time, I love the smell!
And I love wood made into artful objects.
Just beautiful Harry!
Me too...I walk into furniture stores and just inhale the smell of wood...😂
@@janicehattaway5916 😁
The smell yes but be very careful with some species of wood, you can develop a sensitivity to it so always use dust protection. Not those paper masks a good one like a respirator.
I play with my wood all the time
So the plan for this video was to turn a Christmas tree with last year's Christmas tree. However, when I started to turn this wood it was splitting and tearing all over the place so I decided to keep turning until I got to a usable piece of wood. It was totally unexpected for me as my plan went completely out of the window but I decided to just go with it. Sometimes my best work comes from moments like this.
Gee, wish you were my brother then I could have hinted for this beautiful honey jar as a Christmas pressend! I would love to have owned one like that. Greetings, Sara from South Africa.
splitting or not, working in fresh wood carving and so on, this wood is lovely and got a very interesting look
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Eu também sei bem o que é isso. Eu costumo dizer que a madeira tem personalidade e é ela quem define no que quer se transformar e o mais incrível é que ela sempre tem razão. Já torneei algumas peças que eu nunca imaginei que faria. No decorrer do vídeo percebi que você usou ferramentas poderosas(grandes demais), então ficou uma dúvida: Será que o resultado seria diferente se você tivesse usado ferramentas menores? Parabéns pelo vídeo!
Te ha quedado genial. Un saludo desde España.
Best video for making sawdust I've ever seen. Well done.
I can't stop thinking on how much waste there was
Gotta show some respect to the woodworkers. It's a blend of science and art and the world's richer for it.
amazing work with great results only thing i want to say is safety i have a metal lathe golden rule #1 no sleeves no jewlery no gloves or any thing that could get caught by the rotating stock or head stock of the machine
Catch your glove and your widow gets to turn off the lathe.
At least it would be quick.
Gloves and turning spindles are a bad idea.Please be careful
I have lost a finger by such an accident. Pls be careful!
That is true but the tool rest ur hands should be on the opposite side of your work and chances are nothing will happen but it is still a good rule of thumb
It's not about getting caught by the stock it's about getting caught in ribbons of metal shavings. You'll know that not all metals come off as pieces on a lathe, some metals create ribbons that are sharp as razors just as in drilling metals. Wood will always come off the same in a lathe no matter weather hard or soft wood. But you're right as far as working with metals in lathing, drilling etc, you don't wear gloves, long sleeve shirts unbuttoned or jewelery cause you can lose fingers or even limbs that way.
That came out just beautiful. And it made me think of two artforms, one horizontal and one vertical, that are remarkably similar: I'll bet woodturners make GREAT potters.
What a gorgeous vase you made.. splendid, absolutely splendid. You have an eye for beauty.
It's a honey pot.
GOOD AT MAKING WOOD CHIPS AND SAW DUST ! REALLY GOOD !
I always have faith in wood....when a project seems to go wrong, is wood that tells you what to do! Great job Harry....merry Christmas from Italy!
Thanks Umberto you are correct, the wood will always be boss! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas 🎄 and New year 😃🪵👍
Good to see the measuring included
I followed your work with great interest because I love these tutorials... but what makes me smile (if you allow me) is that you took a nice tree trunk to make a small honey tool... something comes to mind movie where someone like you had taken a huge tree trunk to make a single toothpick.
please smile and don't be offended because I admire your work and truly appreciate it
What a great video. More entertaining than anything on the TV. Fantastic
The sign of a true professional is when they hit a problem then work zround the problem but still make something amazingly beautiful
I thought it was gonna be a candleholder at first, turned out awesome!
What a beautiful piece of wood for the honey pot and lid! Good job on the dipper. That turned out really pretty
That turned out quite beautiful. I cant wait to get my wood shop rebuilt and get my lathe going. The lathe is my favorite tool of them all.
I can see what you mean by unexpected. You did well to salvage anything! At one point I thought you were going to have to turn away the whole log. But in the end you made excellent use of a piece of a species which is normally chipped or burnt. Credit to you as always for finding beauty and purpose in your chosen material. I love this channel.
Thank you so much Nigel! Your comment truly means a lot to me. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Very cool. I love the way the lid holds onto the tapered handle.
Beautiful piece of art.
The shape of that honeypot is lovely!👏👏👏
Ein Honigtöpfchen! Das ist echt süß. Und sehr schön geworden!
So calming to watch and a beautiful object at the finish.
Beautiful Harry, and practical! Love the different woods.
Beautiful honey pot & dipper.
Honey I shrunk the log...lol... Nice piece.
I enjoy watching these videos so much that I become slightly addicted to them every night! Lol thanks for putting on a show
New viewer here. Never created anything on a lathe before. It is so mesmerizing. The cup sounded so thin when you put it down.
Beautiful
Harry, I follow a number of wood turners but I have to say that you are right up there with the best. A man that can make something special out of an apparently ordinary piece of timber.
Thank you so much Stephen! Your comment truly means a lot to me. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
He started woodturning,and the wood actually turned.This was so unexpected for me too.
Now that's a real honey pot. 🍯 Looks pretty sweet too.
I really enjoyed that mate, thanks for sharing your nifty little pot.
Very nice little project! Love the colors and shape of the container! 🙂
Awesome 👍
A combination of skill and creativity. It's so cool to watch the results. Great video.
That's a nice piece! Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Very inventive project considering it was going to be a Christmas tree 🤔.
I love the walnut.
Fantastic Work
Thank you so much Christine! What was your favourite part? 😁👍
Well done ! Especially the lead up to the culmination !
Thanks
Nice honey jar. I really like it
Patience and the right tools plus skill and imagination. Beautiful results!
Very clever idea with the lid! Merry Christmas!
Hi Harry I was amazed at what you manged to make out of the wood considering it was being a pain,it has nice grain. I really like the honey dipper it is magnificent the lidded honey pot is gorgeous and ghe wood is lovely it's got nice grain. Well done you are marvellous as you always come up with something out of something people would of burnt., the finish touch really makes them shin. Thank you for another marvellous video can't wait for the next. Take carefrom Amanda x
Thanks for your wonderful comments Amanda and your continued support. As you know my burn pile is my favourite go to for inspiration! Take care x 😃🪵👍
Beautiful honey pot
Harry Smith is amazing wow!😊❤
Clever home made honey jar!!!
Magnificent work! Thank you.
Absolutely gorgeous! This was my first time watching this channel. You can bet it most definitely won't be my last! Very inspiring!!! Thank you!
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Beautiful work mate the little honey pot was an excellent idea.
Oh my
nice job
BEAUTIFUL!!
Beautiful honey jar❤
You can tell how old I am. I remember a Looney Tunes episode where they started with a giant log and ended up with a toothpick.
Beautiful honey pot. I like the way you did the lid.
Very nice honey pot. Well done.
Great decision. 👍 turned out lovely
Thank you so much! What was your favourite part? 😁👍
What an exquisite piece. I was totally mesmerised. ❤
Thank you so much! What was your favourite part? 😁👍
Beautiful.
Most excellent!
Wow! Beautiful and inspiring 🍯
Thank you very much! 😁👍 Have you seen my new art and design channel yet? www.youtube.com/@DesignedbyHS/videos
WOW
This is amazing work
That is a nice Ruffin gouge 🤙🏽😍👍🏽
Thanks for watching Habeeb! Link to the roughing gouge is in the description if you are interested. Is this one of your favourites? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Very nice
The best creative idea
That is so nice
I LOVE THIS!!!❤❤❤ My nickname is BizzyBee! And I LOVE BEES! I LOVE HONEY! This is so perfect for me! And you really did an AMAZING job on it! I didn't know what to think at 1st and was sad to see so much wood go to waste. But I am in awe of your finished pieces! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work with us!💥❤🙏
Way cool!
Super. I'm glad this video made more than 1 million views.
Super classy!! I particularly like the lighter coloured wood used as contrast for the finial. I’m sure the satisfaction of a beautiful piece, only makes the honey held within, that much sweeter!!!
Great work!!! 😃👍🐝🍯
Well done!
Thank you as always Doug! I hope you have a great Christmas! 😁👍
Beautiful
Wonderful!
Hermoso trabajo, original!!! 👏👏👏💖💖💖
Beautiful work!!!!!
Really beautiful!!
Beautiful ❤
A little honeycup.... Very nice!
I don't have a favorite . I love them all.
Well done. lovely.
This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
That’s just awesome
غاية في الإتقان والجودة.
Beautiful and functional. A work of art.
My husband made furniture.and I helped.....we used a template to make table legs..chair spindles etc. so all would be alike..goggles are a must and always make sure to use dried wood.. use a light touch...my young sons made small projects which I still have today..
Very cool piece!
I was impressed enough with the stick…but wait…there’s more. ;-)
Thank you so much, Matthew! I knew I couldn't just leave it at the dipper. Is this one of your favourite pieces? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Beautiful 😍 !!!
GREAT!!
Sweeter than honey! Nice job.
I like it. Nice work.
That is so cool.
these vids are so satisfying
Very beautiful set Harry and you did a stunning job turning it as well
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you so much as always! What was your favourite part? 😁👍
@@HarrySmithWoodturning You're welcome and I'd say the finished product with the finish showing how beautiful it come out
Very beautiful. Merry Christmas 🎅
Thank you as always mate! Is this one of your favourites? Hope you have a great Christmas, and a Happy new year! 😁👍
Отличная работа👍👍👍
Caught me by surprise too! Not surprised it was beautiful though.
Nice one!