Great video, very well explained. I've been a hobby woodworker for 40+ years and I've never felt the urge to turn anything, but after seeing this video, I kinda do!
Love how you're showcasing other type of woodworking. I did a class recently. Turning is woodworking for people who need constant doses of dopamine. Super satisfying and great for anyone with ADHD
Would it even be possible to make the segmented bowls without the CNC to cut out the segments accurately enough? I guess it obviously would, but by heck, it would be tricky getting the angles spot on. Frank's channel is still one of my favourites though.
@@TrevorDennis100 CNC is absolutely not necessary to make segmented bowls. It really isn't that hard if you have decently accurate tools and take a few minutes to double check your setup. Or make a jig. Jigs are king. Unless you want to make Frank Howarth bowls, in which case, yea you need a CNC.
Great job! Getting curves right and consistent thickness on big bowls (especially) isn’t easy. I’m impressed that tenon held up so well too. I usually make mine a little thicker. Two quick suggestions if I may. Please use a face shield. I know people hate safety police type comments, but A few google searches will explain why. And going back to the tenon, using a spindle gouge to create a sharp corner where the tenon meets the bowl is critical to ensuring the jaws on the check have a good secure grip. Turning can be hell of a rabbit hole to down and I agree that it’s a ton of fun.
Very nice bowl Mike. That certainly was worth the wait. You'll be able to toss a lot of Salad in that bowl. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Mike! It’s been too long! Hope you’re doing okay. Looking forward to your next video.. I don’t have IG but my wife does and every once and awhile I check in. Looks like you’ve been busy with the house! Take care.
I find turning videos to be mesmerizing and it's something I've always had in the back of my mind as a hobby or maybe something I'll get into if I ever retire or have more free time. Almost like it's a niche of woodworking to save or look forward to that hasn't been tainted by time and money and deadlines. Most of the turning content I've watched doesn't teach or go into detail about the process so this was super cool. I always look forward to your videos.
Just rekindling my turning interest. Going to order my first lathe in about a week. Should be fun. I have several logs that I will need to rough turn for drying. Would not mind seeing a video on you doing that.
Awesome change of pace, Mike! Song recommendation I'd suggest since your lathe moves at high RPM: "Jump Around" by House of Pain. When that bread gets you close to Dad Bod, hit me up - I'm the ISO-standard for Dad Bod shape.
Nice job. Just a heads up last summer I was turning similar size maple bowls, I had a catch and that bowl flew off and smacked me in the faceshield hard. Glad I was using it
It would be awesome to only turn the inside or outside of a seasoned bowl blank and have an irregular rim and wall thickness. I think that would make a really appealing and unique bowl.
Nice one, I just got a lathe and turned my first project. Thanks for a great couple of pointers. I have some nice gouges etc. good brand names. My project was quite big and my tools seemed a little small for larger turning, I would love a couple larger tools like what you were using. Can you please let me know what brand they are and where you purchased them from. Thanks
Mike: you pointed out the age of the bowl before turning it for the final time. Have you ever consider/used the microwave technique of drying out your wet turned projects? Thanks for the nice video, especially the explanations and demonstrations.
I have not. Sounds interesting, but I have probably a 100 totally dry blanks in various phases of completion, so I don't think its something I'll needs any time soon, but I will file it away for a future need. Thank you.
We have two wood lathes at my Menz Shed, and the lads that use them always seem to end up half buried in shavings and dust. What makes it even scarier is that they don't always wear a mask. There are times when I do't bother to put my mask on when sawing MDF, and I end up with a sore throat for the rest of the day, so goodness knows how bad it would be after standing in a fog of dust and shavings for two or three hours? I have tried it and found it is not easy, so either I don't watch enough UA-cam, or I am just a crap wood turner. Your bowl turned out looking amazing.
From a woodturner: I think "solid D" is being a bit harsh on yourself. A few observations: as others have mentioned, FACE SHIELD. Especially for bowl turning. Polycarbonate, not acetate. Cheap, and way cheaper than emergency room visit, reconstructive surgery, etc. This is real. I've had substantial chunks fly past my head and others haven't been as lucky. The spectrum of injuries goes from a black eye to a dirt nap. You have some influence on your viewers and a responsibility to that little chap in the bandsaw rebuild vid. Kudos for learning to use real tools and not going down the carbide-scraper rabbit hole. (I don't mean hunter carbides, different and very useful species). A lot of occasional turners use scrapers exclusively, and spend a lot more time and a lotta sanding. The "bottoming gouge" is actually the original profile for the first bowl gouges. The fingernail grind came later. And rounding off the heel of your bevel will make for smoother cuts and fewer compression marks. The bowl scraper works better when you raise your tool-rest above center. Others here have mentioned negative-rake scrapers. Raising the rest and scraping at a downward angle is the same thing, only cheaper. Also turning the scraper at an angle for shear scraping. Also, a steeper grind on the side and maybe holding the outside of the bowl whilst cleaning up the sides might prevent that chatter. Grades: turning a big-ass bowl on a medium-sized lathe and putting yourself out there in the interweb for woodturning dorks to nitpick: A. Safety: work on it. The bowl itself: Solid A. Heirloom, and what I wouldn't give to see the patina on this in 60 years.
Totally. I had a whole thing about I'd rather ride the lighting than Ride the Bevel", then go into a song recommendation, and then not recommend Metallica's Ride the Lighting. Go with some soft 70s song. For some reason this was very funny to me, but landed not he cutting room floor.
You said the tailstock would not reach: why not just hot glue another piece of wood to the inside of the bowl to allow the tailstock to reach? That would allow you to get it started, have support, then you could pull it out later once the bowl is mostly balanced?
Do you squeeze your own walnuts for the oil, or do you pay your minions to do it??? On a side note, I'm more the dollar store plastic bowl sort of guy...lol No big loss if I wreck one! That bowl came out great!
Thank you. I have been working my butt off on my house after a large hail storm caused a bunch of damage. I have been filming some of that renovation, but I have not had time to edit. In other words, I'll have a video out soon.
@@MikeFarrington Dang bro sorry to hear that a storm got you. I was out a roof and a screened in awning a couple years back so I know what it is to get hail.
I have about 5 videos in various stages. I have been crazy working on our house after a hail storm caused some damage. On a positive note, I will have a video out either today or tomorrow.
To be fair, you are not a D level turner. Maybe B-/C+ depending on the curve? There were just 1-2 things in the video I would have probably stopped you from doing...
You have to solve the problem of the "light lathe" by replacing it with a used heavy model ... so that I can watch my fave, a new machine overhaul video.
That shot you took when refining the outer curve was super satisfying.
Thank you very much.
Great video, very well explained. I've been a hobby woodworker for 40+ years and I've never felt the urge to turn anything, but after seeing this video, I kinda do!
Thank you. Turing is fun.
Love how you're showcasing other type of woodworking. I did a class recently. Turning is woodworking for people who need constant doses of dopamine. Super satisfying and great for anyone with ADHD
Thank you. I agree, well said.
ADHD you say... Then I wish I had a lathe 😁
That is some of the prettiest ash I have ever seen turned. Nice work Dr. Farrington.
Wow, thank you!
That vacuum chuck is amazing! Thank you for your explanations of turning. Many of the other woodturning channels I watch don't talk about it.
Thanks 👍
With all of the crazy segmented bowls out there, it's nice to see something relatively "simple" that looks soo good. Great work.
Would it even be possible to make the segmented bowls without the CNC to cut out the segments accurately enough? I guess it obviously would, but by heck, it would be tricky getting the angles spot on. Frank's channel is still one of my favourites though.
@@TrevorDennis100 CNC is absolutely not necessary to make segmented bowls. It really isn't that hard if you have decently accurate tools and take a few minutes to double check your setup. Or make a jig. Jigs are king. Unless you want to make Frank Howarth bowls, in which case, yea you need a CNC.
Yeah and I’m just tired of resin woodworking. It’s stupidly expensive and not environmentally friendly.
Thank you. I'd love to do a segmented turning on video at some point. They are fun to do.
@@MikeFarrington Do it. I dare you. I don't think you can can.
I'm trying to use psychology to get you to make a segmented bowl video - is it working?
Glad traffic was light on the way to work today :)
Thanks Mike. This was nice and relaxing as well as educational, as always.
Thank you, great to hear.
The educational aspect of your videos is, as always, most welcome! Thank you Mike
Thank you.
Great job! Getting curves right and consistent thickness on big bowls (especially) isn’t easy. I’m impressed that tenon held up so well too. I usually make mine a little thicker. Two quick suggestions if I may. Please use a face shield. I know people hate safety police type comments, but A few google searches will explain why. And going back to the tenon, using a spindle gouge to create a sharp corner where the tenon meets the bowl is critical to ensuring the jaws on the check have a good secure grip. Turning can be hell of a rabbit hole to down and I agree that it’s a ton of fun.
Thank you. Good stuff.
I had no idea you turned. Nice. That's my jam.
Thank you. This is the first thing I have turned in a good long while.
I really admire that bowl's elegant simplicity of design. Congratulations Mike Farrington.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the turning tips you included with this one. I like the 8D nail handrail you used on the way down your stairs! 🤣
Thank you. I think thats a 10d nail, don't short change me.
Nice! Just added "vacuum chuck" to my list of new things I learnt today.
Good stuff.
The title isn't clickbait at all. This bowl is perfect!
Ha! Thank you.
Very nice bowl Mike. That certainly was worth the wait. You'll be able to toss a lot of Salad in that bowl. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Thank you very much.
Beautiful bowl, ash is definitely underrated when it comes to this type of use
Time is always well spent with you...
Thank you.
I’m a big guy. That would be a “Souper Bowl” for me! Excellent as always. Thanks!
Ha! Thank you.
"I'm on Instagram, you're welcome Instagram." LOL! 🤣 Hilarious as always Mike. Please don't change hahaha
Really nice, Mike. Just showcasing another of your many talents.
Bill
Thank you very much!
Awesome. I need to do more turning. Thanks for the vid!
My pleasure.
Informative and entertaining! Thanks Mike! Hope the shoulder feels better soon, crazy how old injuries creep up on us! Take care
Thank you. I have 2 MRIs next week. Fingers crossed.
Mike! It’s been too long! Hope you’re doing okay. Looking forward to your next video.. I don’t have IG but my wife does and every once and awhile I check in. Looks like you’ve been busy with the house! Take care.
I am basking in the glory of being first! Well done, Mike. Watching your videos is always time well spent and they make me a better woodworker.
Well done.
Stunning! So simple and yet so totally stunning!
Thank you.
The design criteria that "it's as heavy as it looks" is something not often considered.
Thank you. I have turned some really thin bowls, just to show how rad I am, and they are not good to use.
Thanks for making such awesome and varied content Mike. Absolutely fills the woodworking void in my life.
Thank you.
Great video, Mike!
Glad you enjoyed it
i like the wood grain. well done
Thank you.
I find turning videos to be mesmerizing and it's something I've always had in the back of my mind as a hobby or maybe something I'll get into if I ever retire or have more free time. Almost like it's a niche of woodworking to save or look forward to that hasn't been tainted by time and money and deadlines.
Most of the turning content I've watched doesn't teach or go into detail about the process so this was super cool. I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you very much.
It sure is a superb bowl. Love the informations.
Learned a bunch. Great voice for teaching aswell!
Thanks for another smashing video! Love your work my guy!!!!
My pleasure!
Wood so nice, I watched it twice! 👍😉
Ha! Thank you.
Gorgeous bowl! Great work.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Really nice bowl, and an incredibly well made video as always!
Thank you very much!
amazing to watch you turn this bowl and the passion you have for turning! Still waiting for a video about the k700 saw tho ;)
Coming soon!
Just rekindling my turning interest. Going to order my first lathe in about a week. Should be fun. I have several logs that I will need to rough turn for drying. Would not mind seeing a video on you doing that.
Good stuff. Time to get to work.
A beautiful, simple bowl that I wouldn't hesitate to use and display anywhere. Sometimes it's nice to allow the grain to be the feature. Great job!
Thank you very much.
Awesome change of pace, Mike! Song recommendation I'd suggest since your lathe moves at high RPM: "Jump Around" by House of Pain. When that bread gets you close to Dad Bod, hit me up - I'm the ISO-standard for Dad Bod shape.
Great recommendation. I love that song. A song from my youth.
@@MikeFarrington Same, and still a song from my old-manhood!
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this. So cool! ✨👍✨
My pleasure.
Nice job. Just a heads up last summer I was turning similar size maple bowls, I had a catch and that bowl flew off and smacked me in the faceshield hard. Glad I was using it
Thank you.
I feel like lathes are the most common shop tool I see on marketplace. Any tips on identifying a decent machine? Beautiful piece.
My opinion is a lathe should have a digital speed control. Especially for bigger stuff. After that, just get one that is the right size.
I was thinking the final shot was gonna be a couple gallons of popcorn in that piece of art.
Ha! I should have done that.
very nice. i would love to see a video from start to finish.
Thank you. That would be neat, but the bowls need a couple years to dry.
another great job bro
Much appreciated
It would be awesome to only turn the inside or outside of a seasoned bowl blank and have an irregular rim and wall thickness. I think that would make a really appealing and unique bowl.
I've don't that very thing on a much smaller bowl. Its actually one of the most favorite things I've made.
Hey MIke, great video as always. Could you share the link for the tail stock adapter to mount your chuck to the tail stock?
Thank you. I couldn't find a link for that.
Nice one, I just got a lathe and turned my first project. Thanks for a great couple of pointers. I have some nice gouges etc. good brand names. My project was quite big and my tools seemed a little small for larger turning, I would love a couple larger tools like what you were using. Can you please let me know what brand they are and where you purchased them from. Thanks
Most of my larger tools are Robert Sorry, but I make my own handles. Which I think is good practice.
@@MikeFarrington Thanks for that, makes perfect sense.
Mike: you pointed out the age of the bowl before turning it for the final time. Have you ever consider/used the microwave technique of drying out your wet turned projects? Thanks for the nice video, especially the explanations and demonstrations.
I have not. Sounds interesting, but I have probably a 100 totally dry blanks in various phases of completion, so I don't think its something I'll needs any time soon, but I will file it away for a future need. Thank you.
We have two wood lathes at my Menz Shed, and the lads that use them always seem to end up half buried in shavings and dust. What makes it even scarier is that they don't always wear a mask. There are times when I do't bother to put my mask on when sawing MDF, and I end up with a sore throat for the rest of the day, so goodness knows how bad it would be after standing in a fog of dust and shavings for two or three hours? I have tried it and found it is not easy, so either I don't watch enough UA-cam, or I am just a crap wood turner. Your bowl turned out looking amazing.
Thank you.
I have a compliant. Your Riding the Bevel song sounds a lot like Riding the Storm Out by REO!😂
Great song.
Yeah, you don't want that bowl flying off the lathe and hitting Uncle Rico's van.😂 The bowl did turn out nice.
Woodturning at its truest and best form❤
Thank you.
Do you use that grinding wheel to sharpen your hand planes? If so what kind of wheel do you use? Thank you.
Yes, I have a 180 and a 60 grit wheel. They are Norton white wheels.
Lovely.
Thank you.
Very nice work, I've not seen a vacuum chuck before. Do you get much traffic on your morning commute?
Vacuum chucks are fun, once in a while I run into a delivery truck.
Super good
From a woodturner: I think "solid D" is being a bit harsh on yourself.
A few observations: as others have mentioned, FACE SHIELD. Especially for bowl turning. Polycarbonate, not acetate. Cheap, and way cheaper than emergency room visit, reconstructive surgery, etc. This is real. I've had substantial chunks fly past my head and others haven't been as lucky. The spectrum of injuries goes from a black eye to a dirt nap. You have some influence on your viewers and a responsibility to that little chap in the bandsaw rebuild vid.
Kudos for learning to use real tools and not going down the carbide-scraper rabbit hole. (I don't mean hunter carbides, different and very useful species). A lot of occasional turners use scrapers exclusively, and spend a lot more time and a lotta sanding. The "bottoming gouge" is actually the original profile for the first bowl gouges. The fingernail grind came later. And rounding off the heel of your bevel will make for smoother cuts and fewer compression marks. The bowl scraper works better when you raise your tool-rest above center. Others here have mentioned negative-rake scrapers. Raising the rest and scraping at a downward angle is the same thing, only cheaper. Also turning the scraper at an angle for shear scraping. Also, a steeper grind on the side and maybe holding the outside of the bowl whilst cleaning up the sides might prevent that chatter.
Grades: turning a big-ass bowl on a medium-sized lathe and putting yourself out there in the interweb for woodturning dorks to nitpick: A.
Safety: work on it.
The bowl itself: Solid A. Heirloom, and what I wouldn't give to see the patina on this in 60 years.
Very nice.
Thank you
Nicely done, sir. Do you use a Vicmarc chuck?
Thank you. That is a Nova chuck.
You didn't sign your work! Beautiful piece.
Next time!
"Ride the Bevel" was the name of my 80s hair metal band
Totally. I had a whole thing about I'd rather ride the lighting than Ride the Bevel", then go into a song recommendation, and then not recommend Metallica's Ride the Lighting. Go with some soft 70s song. For some reason this was very funny to me, but landed not he cutting room floor.
What moisture content do you try to get to before the final turning?
I just let it sit long enough to where its at its point of resting. On full thickness turnings (not roughed) I try to wait till its around 10-12.
@@MikeFarrington Thanks
How much do you reckon blanks for that size bowl go for? I've always wanted to turn one like that but figured it would be spendy. Worth the cost?
Very nice 😊😊
Thanks 😊
You said the tailstock would not reach: why not just hot glue another piece of wood to the inside of the bowl to allow the tailstock to reach? That would allow you to get it started, have support, then you could pull it out later once the bowl is mostly balanced?
Yeah, that is a good idea, problem is I'm lazy. I really should do that.
That bowl will fit 4 bags of chips! Maybe 5!
So its too small.
I've seen bowl makers cut from outside in, and from inside out. Is that just personal preference?
Honestly, I don't know. I just go with what feels natural.
Ride the bevel!🤘
Ha! Rock on.
0:49 was backwards?🤔
Nope. Just looks weird.
Nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
For not being that good on the lathe it looks great the grain is stunning
Thank you.
You are amazing!! 😉
Thank you! 😃
when is your next video coming out?
Today!
a little off topic but what is the footprint of your shop?
Its 50 by 58 I think.
Is this title in anyway an Empire Records reference?
It's not, but I love that movie. I need to go back and watch it.
"The wood used to make this bowl comes from a tree blown down in a storm" is a copyrighted Frank Howarth phrase.
Thank you. Good to know. Frank is the man.
Do you squeeze your own walnuts for the oil, or do you pay your minions to do it??? On a side note, I'm more the dollar store plastic bowl sort of guy...lol No big loss if I wreck one! That bowl came out great!
The narration though, I see what you did there.
Thank you.
Nice
OK, back to work, break time is over. We need a new video.😸
Thank you. I have been working my butt off on my house after a large hail storm caused a bunch of damage. I have been filming some of that renovation, but I have not had time to edit. In other words, I'll have a video out soon.
@@MikeFarrington Dang bro sorry to hear that a storm got you. I was out a roof and a screened in awning a couple years back so I know what it is to get hail.
@@lightbread4767 Its a bummer, but its part of homeownership.
MIKE!!! You OK Bud? If you are not doing anything just make a video of you not doing anything. I promise I will watch it.
Art from Ohio
I have about 5 videos in various stages. I have been crazy working on our house after a hail storm caused some damage. On a positive note, I will have a video out either today or tomorrow.
Very nice :)
Thank you.
Fantastic teacher and fantastic cratfsman
Thank you.
No song recommendation? 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Sorry, next time.
cool
Thank you.
There is a very simple reason it's called a 4 jaw Chuck.
4 jaw Charles was it's dad.
Haha!
❤️
Thank you.
You lift up the carton and it's too light. “Oh, no! Too light!”
I've nearly hit myself in the face, while picking up a milk carton that is almost empty.
Grumpf!
Thank you?
@@MikeFarrington You got it
RIDE THE BEVEL
Thank you.
To be fair, you are not a D level turner. Maybe B-/C+ depending on the curve? There were just 1-2 things in the video I would have probably stopped you from doing...
Good to know. Thank you.
0:45 "I don't know why, but this is called a 4 jawchuck."
Is that some kind of Colorado stoner humor? I don't get it.
Do I come off as a stoner? I hope not.
I thought Rihanna was great at this year’s Superb Bowl. 🧐
Ha!
Qqqqqq
You have to solve the problem of the "light lathe" by replacing it with a used heavy model ... so that I can watch my fave, a new machine overhaul video.
I've had this thought a million times. However, all the old iron lathes don't have enough swing, unless there is something I'm missing.
Beautiful bowl. Great work!
Thank you very much!