Woodturning - Twisted copper wire and soapstone inlay
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Woodturning - In this video I will show you how I combine twisted copper wire and soapstone to make unique inlays. As always, please read and follow all safety instructions related to your equipment and always wear a face shield. Enjoy!
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When I was adding twisted wire to jewelry projects, I would clip the ends at an angle rather than straight across. By careful trials, I was able to make the join invisible. There was about 1/4 twist where the top overlapped the bottom. Might require using a pliers to slightly change the twist on the wire but the effect was worth the effort. Probably work on wood inlay as well. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks for the tip! Jim
-4, Carl, I agree wi Francis.
There's a jewlery trick of overlaying the ends in the final shape (i.e. if it's a circle, make it a circle with the ends passing each other) then cut both at the join at a 45 degree angle, that way they're a perfect match and the angled cut is easier to hide.
I use recovered electrical wire in my own wood projects (just thumb drives, so usually small LV wires, but I look for solid core so the twists are visible) and another trick I learned real early to make the joint invisible is to cut long, then file the ends flat. Doing that and using the angle lap trick you mentioned I can make joints completely vanish.
Francis Kisner cutting-edge the wire in 45 degrees angle is better than straight cuts.
One of the things I like best about Woodturning videos is the real time creative problem solving that is required. Thanks
Thanks 🙏
Absolutely gorgeous. I've watched a couple of other wood turners but I like the extra mile you go to seal your work and make it shiny. Always beautiful.
Thanks again!
I thoroughly enjoy our videos, and the thoroughness is most educational, thank you from Kansas City, Missouri USA
Thanks Don.
Fantastically creative and well done.
Excellent video production, too.
Thank you very much!
What a neat idea, an awesome accent that blends into the natural beauty of the bowl.
Thanks Jim
Many thanks!
Very nice! That wood 🪵 is really pretty! Now I want a salad bowl! The extra craftsmanship with the soapstone and copper…AWESOME!
Thank you very much!
Just simply beautiful. I had no idea it took so much time, thought, labor and creativity. Your work is great and your video is educational. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us.
Thanks a lot Dave.
Really great video! I know this just a small detail in the whole video but your method for stopping wire was superior to any other method I have tried. I’m so grateful for the this and all the time I’m saving getting that plastic coating off - Thank you so much!!!
Glad it helped! Thanks
The amount of time and effort you put into the product……….and then the video, its impressive to say the least.
Looks great, and definitely with a subscription 👍
Awesome, thanks a lot, Jim.
I just found your channel and I am new to woodworking its been a 25 year lapse using my Dad's 1950's shopsmith and using it. Playing around with the lathe setup turning pens, very small birdhouses and bowls. You are inspiring me to try inlay. Hopefully I can get decent results. I subscribed and mashed the like button. Greg
Welcome aboard! Thank you very much!
That copper is gorgeous! Awesome outcome! The double twisted copper would be cool also!
Amazing work and great idea! Bravo!
Thank you very much!
Absolutely awesome and stunningly beautiful the copper and soap stone inlay and the grain of that wood is magnificent and spectacular.
Thank you, can’t go wrong with walnut!
I'm almost caught up on your older videos! Your work is fantastic!
Glad you like them! Thanks
Another beautiful bowl. Your videos are addictive. It's like a netflix video binging ;). I can't stop! Cheers.
Lol, thanks. Wish I could get paid like Netflix! Haha.
Beautiful walnut and wire touch!
Rex B Thanks, Rex!
I have to say, the most beautiful the copper wire itself looked was just after you twisted it. the convexity of the curves of the twisted copper wire makes it looks beautiful. the twist of the metal itself is beautiful. with that in mind, it would be cool to see an inlay of copper wire where it wasnt cut in half by the sanding, but instead you got that full, wreathed copper wire look. i guess you would do exactly the same as this, but make the indentation for the wire inlay deeper, then fill it with a clear resin and sand til just above the wire. maybe there is some otherway
anyway your work is incredibly beautiful and i enjoyed the video. just sharing my idea/2c
I might cover this in the future, thanks!
@@SpragueWoodturning no worries, clear resin might dull/diminish the visual qualities of the copper anyway. was just my thoughts watching the peice come together. amazing work man
You could silver solder the copper ends together and then sand it smooth for a nicer join
But then you would have a silver spot and I don’t want that. Thanks
Absolutely awesome job. It's only my opinion but you wouldn't want to get every little imperfection out. To me that is what gives it that hand made look and quality. Nothing like something that is mass produced these days, they are all identical and to perfect. Again awesome job.
Agreed! Thanks 🙏
Oh my, I love your creative ideas! Stunning design! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
If I lived in America I would have bought a set of bowls of this design. You have great talent my friend.
Another beautiful work of art! Amazing Jim!
John Kilborn Thanks John!
I love this bowl very unique
Thanks 😊
It's fun watching older videos to occasionally hear when you speed up the footage. That chipmunk sound is hilarious 😂 beautiful piece, neat inlay 🥰
Lol, thanks 😊
Lovely Jim. I would never have thought to twist the copper wire in a drill! Simple idea and brilliant tip. 👏👏
Thanks Jeanie!
Excellent work! Thank you!
Your welcome, thanks
Interesting technique with beautiful results!
Thanks again!
Thank you. You’re awesome.
Thank you too!
That is beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Just watched. Very very nice. Thank you.
Thanks 🙏
Stunning!
Thanks!
As always Jim, love your work...
Thanks Bill.
What a great idea! Lots of scrap copper wire laying around. Might have to really search for a source of stone to crush! Thanks and cheers from MT, stay safe!
Thanks, marble might be a good alternative as well.
Another beauty!
Thanks 🙏
For what it is worth and maybe you already know but a wood rasp shaves the soap stone into very fine powder . Love what you are doing.
Yes I did, thanks for the info tho, Jim.
THAT LOOKS AWESOME KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE
Thanks Curtis!
YOUR WELCOME I WISH I WOULD OF KNOWN ABOUT THE WIRE TWISTING I DONE THAT ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO IF I WOULD KNOWN SOONER I WOULD LET YOU KNOW THEN BUT I WASN'T WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL AT THE TIME SORRY ABOUT THAT WELL TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE MY FRIEND PEACE BE WITH YOU AND YOURS
Awesome and brilliant! Watched and then subscribed! I loved the copper inlay and walnut!!!
Thanks 🙏
Very nice looks great
Thanks 😊
What a fantastic idea well presented and you killed it great work thank you for sharing
Thanks Gwynne
Beautiful.
Thanks 🙏
Very nice. Good idea.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Nice technique David, thanks for sharing, happy to be a new subscriber, cheers from Greece 🇬🇷.
Awesome! Thanks 🙏
Nice result, and very well done video, very instructive. I have never used wire inlay, have used brass powder, the cuttings from a key cutting machine (from the hardware store), plastic and natural turquoise. Some of these would work well with the wire inlay, I think. Good tip about prefinishing before adding the CA.
Thanks Ron!
Very nice work. Thanks
Thanks 😊
Great tip about putting a coat of finish on before using CA glue-many thanks!
Thanks 🙏
Great job!
Thanks 🙏
Brilliant I like the way you explain everything you do just found your Chanel will be looking a lot more Gerry uk
Awesome, thanks Gerry.
Very nice. Ya did a good job.
Thanks Stephen!
Love walnut.
It’s king! Thanks 🙏
this is just amazing
Thanks again!
Lol I was so randomly happy when you trued up the rim of the bowl after seeing all the run out as it was spinning in the beginning. It was giving me a tick and then you fixed it 😂
Lol. Thank you very much!
Just found your site a few days ago and what a shame ! You produce really lovely interesting work and in particular this one . And I'd just experimented with copper wire for the first time days before ! Could have used some of your wise advise . As it was it turned out okay but far from flawless . Single strand of copper , a couple of copper nails on heavily split Burr Elm .
Looking forward to many more of your videos , good luck and good health Jim . 👍
Awesome, thanks 🙏🏻
Beautiful job. 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
You are flawless!!
Awesome thanks 🙏
Super Jdee, Gruss aus der Schweiz
Martin
Thanks 🙏
You can get scotchbrite pads up to 1000 grit (white pad) then no steel splinters. Great bowl, going to make one for my wife with copper wire salvaged from control box for well pump that caught fire in our garage.
I’ve bought the white 1000 grit since shooting this video and they just don’t perform as we as the 0000 steel wool, if I was knocking down sanding sealer then they would probably do the trick but this finish is tough and durable. Thanks, Jim.
Thanks Jim I will keep that in mind as I did buy some of the bowl finish from a company on the East Coast, could not find it locally in California.
I attended Mc Master University and lived in Bramalea Ontario.
Sprague Woodturning Jim do you think the maroon (400 grit) or light gray (800 grit) scotchbrite pads would work or would they be too rough? What is the equivalent grit of the OOOO steel wool? Thanks Jim
Jeff Lynch I would definitely not use the 400, it’s too aggressive. The 800 might do the job. If you can get a variety pack with the different grits and then try them and see want works best for you. Amazon possibly?
Interesting. Have you ever looked at the perfling on a violin? Check out how that is done. That might be something for you as well. Very nice work.
Putting laminated strips in the grove might look good two, thanks for the idea. Jim
I think once you have the length cut, I'd put it back in the vise and solder the ends together so you have them lined up and you have a ring to glue into the groove. Just my .02. Looks great, Thanks
Thanks Peter!
Beautiful job, awesome 👏
Thanks 🙏
super nice!
Thanks Rob!
Awesome work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 🙏
Thanks! Great video!!
Glad you liked it! Thanks
Beautiful!!!!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Amazing.
Thanks 🙏🏻 Greg!
Great job, and an awesome hat EH!!!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Your the first to comment on that, lol.
I love it
Thanks 🙏
Very nice.
Thanks Mike!
When you are cutting what is effectively a hoop, don't snip the ends because they will squash , and lay the end over the start at the desired length and cut at 45 degrees form the top, and if you are really careful, you should be able to match the orientation of the "links" one each cut end
Great advice but really hard to do when the wire is down in the recess to get a proper measurement. I totally get what you say about squashing the ends of the wire tho. Jim.
I have been doing wire inlay for about a year now. It started out as an idea, and as I fumbled through, made mistakes, and finally got it to work…..I find this on UA-cam. Your attention to detail and preventative measures taken has won me over. I’m happy with my journey in this. Thanks for your efforts.
That is awesome! Thank you very much!
Great idea. Will try.
Thanks!
I watched video of yours about what to do with your shavings, one thing I thought of was to if you had a large table, lay them out and cover them with clear Epoxy Resin to make a sheet of Resin wood, then cut it into strips with some of your Colourful left over Epoxy and make a Resin wood Bowl, what do you think
Nicola from the UK.
I actually hate the look of wood shavings and resin. It’s just not my thing and would cost a ton of money and I really don’t think there’s much of a market for that kind of stuff. Thanks for watching
Well done, thank you for the great tips. BTW, I'd feel at home in your shop. Cheers Greg
Cool, thanks!
Fantastic!!!!
Thanks 🙏
Hey Jim, you turn out such beautiful bowls.
I always look forward to watching your videos as I find them all so inspiring.
One question for you:- here in the UK I've not heard of sand soap. Please explain!
Many thanks
Rob
Thanks, it’s actually soapstone. It’s mostly used for carving.
Nice!
Thanks
You 're wellcom.
Nice job. Thanks.
Thanks 🙏
Stunning work!
Quick question: when you did the bottom of the bowl, how did you hold it to the lathe?? I should say I know nothing about wood turning - I just found your work so beautifully hypnotic
It’s held on the lathe with what’s called a vacuum chuck. I talk about it in the Mahogany Obsidian video, check it out and thanks, Jim.
That is a very nice bowl. Just beautiful. Wondering, what would something like that cost?
Bowls like this sell for $180 and up, it just depends on the size and type of wood.
You know you're Canadian when you wear a camo Tim Horton's hat lol
You know it, eh. Haha.
outstanding project, loved the wire inlay look, will be sure to try this...
Thanks 🙏
203k bowls! Wow Id say you have some practice lol. Beautiful work and excellent explanations.
I wish! 20 is the year, lol.
A trick to hide the wire ends if you want to go through the trouble - don't just nip them off wherever they butt up against each other. Manipulate the wires as needed to find a mutual spot where both twists have both wires vertical, then trim (if needed) one end at that point. Follow the top wire of the trimmed end back one twist (or more if you have enough material and want to be able to weave things back together to make a more stable ring) and nip it off where it twists under the other wire so you're left with both wires terminating on the down twist, then run the other wires ends to the second trimmed wire, nip it off there, then repeat what you did on the first end. If done right, both splits should be neatly hidden when the wires are weaved together.
Great tip, this one just about worked out but the wire was just a little short. I will try this next time, thanks 🙏
Spite & Envy are the characteristics of thumb downers ...........
My vote, 👍👍 🥰
Agreed, thanks 🙏
Nice! I want to learn lathe work but just haven’t made the jump. I need to find a mentor or maybe a class, but I tend to just jump right in, so who knows..
There is probably a Woodturning club in Austin, Jim.
Thanks. i'll have to try that. i was wondering why you did not leave the center with a finishing cut to do on it and they you would not have to worry about glue running into the center because it will all be cut away on the finish cuts? Also, have you ever used clear epoxy to secure the wire in the groove? Thanks, Jim
Probably the biggest reason I finish turn and sanding the bowl before I inlay is because I want the inlay centered in the bowl. Can you imagine getting a catch after you’ve spent all that time and money on a inlay?? I’ve never used epoxy for any inlay work. Jim.
@@SpragueWoodturning I can understand that! I'm going to make one out of 150 yr old cedar from a pickle vat and put in copper wire with turquoise inlay. I'll put the like to the Lumberjock project when I get it tone. If you are not a member of Lumberjocks, Please check it out. the guy and galls on there would love to see your work. I really enjoy learning new things every day and I like the twisted wire inlay a lot!!!...................Cheers, Jim
Beautiful bowl!! I am curious what it is you use to hold the bowl to finish the bottom? I see it at the 34:46 point.
It’s called a vacuum chuck. It hold the bowls with vacuum pressure and doesn’t mark up the bowls when doing it.
@@SpragueWoodturning thanks! I just saw that when I looked at the next video about the seashell inlay.
Have you tried it with two different kind of wires put together?
Not yet, but now that you mention it, it would be pretty cool looking. Thanks
nice real nice = sure wished my lathe would turn that slow
Thanks, variable speed is where it’s at, Jim.
I like those inlays. Have you ever inlayed a chain?
No I haven’t.
Hello from New Westminster. May I offer some constructive criticism? I watched the video on double speed and it still was too slow. When you want the camera to focus up close, put your hand in the entire field of vision or it will still focuses on the farthest point. Cheers.
Will that work with a GoPro? That’s what I use. Thanks.
This is beautiful!
I've seen you do a number of inlays in rims, but do you ever do them on the sides of a bowl? You could do several even? The angle of the groove might be problematic?
It’s too messy to do this on the side other than filling holes and cracks. Thanks 😊
After the steel wool and blowing it off a tack cloth picks up any remaining particulits I have found
If it’s sitting on the surface, sure. The problem I’ve got is it gets embedded in the pours and no tack cloth is going to take it out. Generally, I find compressed air works the best. Thanks
I Love Copper Very Cool Shit Man;)) Designer Epoxy Rocks;))
Happy you are enjoying my videos! Thanks!
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Good to know, thanks 🙏🏻
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👍👍👍, back at you, thanks!
9:19 circumference, not diameter.
Correct!
"About" not 'abot' ....
@@daltanionwaves it's pronounced 'aboot'
@@jdmccallen28 Yeah sure it is ya backwards Canuck, with your backwards metric system instead of the Queen's fractional feet and inches... 🇺🇲🦅🏈
I hate Imperial...mainly because it forces me to do math.
"3/16 inch is too big, so I'll use 1/8 inch"
...which is of course 2/16 of an inch, which is a thumb of some random dude cut up into 16 pieces and then 2 of the slices put together...brilliant.
I liked the project though, good job :)
Lol, sorry.
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Omg
Thanks 😊
Dear Sir, beautiful work. Love the format: Quietly spoken commentary, gently humming machinery and NO ANNOYING MUSIC! I can only aspire to be able to emulate your talent on the lathe, one day.
Lol, thanks Peter!
Great job nice tips about sanding sealer or finish before ca glue is a must specially using a epoxy resin as well. Again nice work I'll give it a crack. Cheers David
Awesome, thanks 🙏