Woodturning a Tamarack Burl - Part 1

In this video I use woodturning to shape a large tamarack burl. The piece is large enough that I am able to core 2 other bowls out of the piece. The wood is wet, so it is just roughed out in this Part 1 video up to the point where I put them in my home made wood kiln. In the next video, Part 2 I will finish turn the pieces.
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Tools and I use in my videos and some product links:
Stihl 391 chainsaw
Robust American Beauty Lathe & tool rests - woodchuckers.com/ ,www.turnrobust.com/
Oneway hollowing system oneway.ca/products-category/c...
Oneway scroll chucks woodchuckers.com/collections/..., oneway.ca/, oneway.ca/ or from Lee Valley, Busy Bee and elsewhere
Vicmarc scroll chucks, lathes, steady rests, etc. www.branchestobowls.com/chucks
General Salad Bowl Finish woodchuckers.com/search?q=gen... , www.amazon.ca/General-Finishe...
Sandpaper woodchuckers.com/collections/..., sandpaper.ca/hook-and-loop-pr..., stockroomsupply.com/collectio...
5/8” roughing bowl gouge - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Busy Bee
5/8” bottoming bowl gouge - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Busy Bee
1/2” finish cut bowl gouge - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Busy Bee
1” skew for negative rake shear scraping - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Busy Bee
Glenn Lucas inside bowl negative rake scraper - Woodchuckers
Easy Wood carbide tools - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Amazon, Busy Bee
Coring System - Oneway, Woodchuckers woodchuckers.com/search?q=coring
Korpro carbide cutter tips from Hunter for the coring system branchestobowls.com/korpro
Vicmarc steady rest branchestobowls.com/product/3...
Epoxy/Resin - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Amazon, resinate.ca/product/epoxy/, designerepoxy.ca/epoxy-resin/,
Rangate Knot and Crack Filler - canada.rangateknotfiller.com/
Andre Martel calipers martelhooktool.com/ENG/USA/out...
CA glue - woodchuckers.com/search?q=CA+... or Lee Valley or Amazon
Woodburner - Razertip www.leevalley.com/en-ca/searc... or Burnmaster at www.chippingaway.com/cat/wood...
Beading tool - d-waytools.com/beading-tools/
Respirator/faceshield: Sundstrom from Woodchuckers in Canada woodchuckers.com/products/sr-... or from Woodturning Wonders in the US woodturnerswonders.com/collec...
LED magnetic light - www.cindydrozda.com/html/Micro...
Veritas Carbide burnisher (for negative rake scrapers) www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/...
Extra long tool rest by Steve Sinner advancedlathetools.com/lathe-...
Ron Brown’s laser guide www.longworthchuck.com/index....
Rubber chuckie mandrel and cones www.rubberchucky.com/#/
This video is for entertainment purposes, woodturning can be dangerous, follow all safety precautions when using your tools and equipment and get proper instruction/training.

[@MRBRADSTER96]

Can’t wait for part 2 Frank. Love the vids.

[@frankdidomizio]

thanks

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

It's great that you can get cores out of the wood. Looking forward to seeing that big bowl all finished!

[@frankdidomizio]

thanks

[@chrisjohnston2449]

very nice sized burl. I have the same core system. I find it easier to do the bigger bowl first. I turn a tenon or a recess on the small bowl area, core out the big bowl, then I can turn it around to put a tenon on that end to turn it around again to get the small core. I am looking forward to the next video. keep up the good work.

[@frankdidomizio]

thanks, yes , i have heard that some people core the way you describe. it is a bit safer so you are sure to get a large tenon on all the cores, but I have got used to doing it this way which i think is a bit faster if you are into coring a lot of pieces.

[@williamswhistlepipes]

Great work, I’d like to try some stuff this size but my current lathe a union graduate gives me 10 inch over bed on the bowl turning side . Im looking into a floor standing tool rest. Good work I like your style of turning 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks for the nice comments, yes 10" over the bed is ok for smaller burls, but often they have wings which require an even larger swing.

[@area50juan]

Nice, i keep eyeballing the corepro's but they're so expensive.

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks, yes, I agree. I went for many years and did many cores before I decided to make the jump to the Korpo bits. For wet wood I don't think it makes much difference, but if you are trying to core dry burls or anything with epoxy it is really hard on the HSS bits, so that is the main reason I purchased a few of them for my Oneway hollowing set.

[@robertcornelius3514]

Nice, but I'm soo sorry you have to turn on such a cheaply built lathe. Ha

[@frankdidomizio]

thanks, you must have one as well or one from the competition 😁