Woodturning a driftwood monster from the deep
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2024
- I found this piece of driftwood when wandering out on the estuary at low tide. After a hot summer of drying, it was quite a task turning it but I think the colour and figure is really beautiful. I took it back to the estuary at high tide on an autumn day. I hope you enjoy the video.
I like the low-luster finish. Makes the piece appealing as well as elegant.
Thanks very much. I love the way that simple olive oil and good old beeswax produces such a good finish too.
The water in the background really made this piece standout. Great job!
Thanks. It took a lot of messing around to get it right, so I'm glad it worked.
Fantastic piece Jon. Such interesting grain, wonderful shape and leaving that live edge was a great concept. Thank you for sharing.
Keep on turning.
Cheers, Bluey 👍
Thanks for your kind comments, Bluey. It's always a bit of a gamble, isn't it? You never quite know how the grain is going to turn out until you apply the oil.
You are right Jin, you may think it will look a certain way and them that finish hits it and things show up that you never saw before and the colours may stand out more too.
live edge is still the best feature for most wood turning IMHO.
Like, like, a thousand times like! Beautiful work Jon
Hei Phil - thanks for the comment! Chat soon.
Hello, new subscriber here. Driftwood is great material for woodturning projects. This week on Friday I have a video scheduled where I also use some to make a jewelry box. Apart from that, I also live near the sea and every now and then I find some wood that I can use.
There is a big chunk of driftwood in my shed waiting to be cut up and turned.
Your project came out nicely as well. You can never achieve that result from a shop-bought blank!
Great work, I love it!
Thanks for your comment Leo. I'll look forward to seeing how your project turns out. Good luck with it.
What a story! Loved the process, the filming, editing. Great piece! Cheers, Paige C.
Thanks for your kind comment, Paige and glad you enjoyed it.
Like everyone else, great turning, great story, great filming. Just great. Cheers
Really pleased you enjoyed it Darryl. It's great when people enjoying watching the process.
Thankyou-pleasure watching. Besutiful choice of finish and a great display at the end - as if "back from where it came".
Thanks Cory. I like the natural finish of olive oil and beeswax.
Beautiful work! 🙂👍 And I love the way you deal with the inevitable negative energy from the do-nothings of this world. Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to comment Paul, it's very encouraging.
Excellent work! Very good video and story. Relaxing. I will enjoy sharing.
Thanks for your kind comments Kathi. It's really nice to hear that you found it relaxing. Wood always puts me in a good place too!
STUNNING. Love the natural look to this piece.
Thanks Ian.
I could see and hear that this piece of wood is extremely hard, not an easy turning by any stretch of the imagination but worth every bit of work. This piece is beautiful!
Thanks, David. I really appreciate your comment. Yes, there's always a point where you begin to think to yourself, 'Is this such a good idea!'
What a beautiful vase! Now I will have to look for driftwood when I get down to the shore.
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Fascinating process and back story. Beautifully filmed. Thanks for sharing it 😊
Thanks Laura glad you liked it and so pleased to hear that the studio is everything you hoped.
This is amazing!! I love a piece of wood with a history and what a history this might have had! Simply stunning final piece. Very well filmed and edited too! Great work! 👍
Thanks so much for your commentsTF. Yes I agree. It's wonderful to think where that driftwood has floated. I can't even tell how old it is.
Great work! And very inspirational. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks for your comments Kenneth. Really glad you liked the pieces. Happy New Year.
Subscribed! Excellent work on the Lathe and the editing/video portion as well.
Well done. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for your comment and great that you have subscribed.
Beautiful live edge vase love the grain great job
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Rich. Happy New Year.
Very nice vase, and equally nice video! 👍🏻
Thanks Scenic City. Really nice that you like the video. I'm really enjoying the way that filming slows me up and makes me think about what I'm doing.
Lovely reuse of beautiful wood. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment. Really glad you liked it. I'm working on a new film which should be up in the next few days.
What an awesome piece of wood and stunningly beautiful vase.
Thanks for your comment, Kobie. Yes, it was an incredible piece of wood and I loved the way that the sea had worn it so smooth. It's one of the wonderful things about woodturning that you are kind of working together with nature, isn't it?
Hard Wood with beautiful grain...
You are amazing 👍
Thanks Kerajinan - glad you enjoyed it.
I'll bet you had to re-sharpen quite often. That is a beautiful vase. Thank you for sharing.
Hi James, yes! Lots of resharpening. I decided to leave that out of the video as about half the film would be me sharpening a chisel! Glad you liked the result and thanks for taking the time to comment.
Me dejo sin palabras, nuevamente me ha sorprendido con tan hermoso trabajo, gracias por compartir estas lindas experiencias de vida.
You are very very kind Juan, thank you.
Awesome work! Congratulations!
Really appreciate that you've taken the time to comment, thanks.
Stunning piece, very nice work.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Dave. It's nice to know you enjoyed it.
Very nice project 😁👍🏼👏
Thanks for your comment, Potgieter. It's always nice when people take the time to comment. Much appreciated.
Great vase, Jon!
Thanks for your comment Rick. Happy turning!
Liked, subscribed, and I must say, the live edge is absolutely stunning!! Wonderful piece!
Thanks Clayton. It's great working with a live edge isn't it? But you do have to go so carefully!
That is gorgeous. Way to go.
Thanks Gerald. Really nice to get your comment.
How wonderful to make something beautiful from a piece of flotsam. 💕
Thanks Givulinovich. It's amazing what wood is sort of lying or floating around, isn't it?
Hi Jon do you keep your off cuts to see if you can make something else from them, I.e. Have you tried making something in resins with your off cuts . I have been thinking of buying a presserpots to do this as you need to take the air out , and the pressure pot is the easiest way if it's done correctly you actually crush the air bubbles out of the resin I believe as you want to have a clean clear Job at the end of it there is a lot involved obviously turning the object and then going through the post this of polishing it afterwards but you can get some amazing art out of it afterwards,
A little bit about me I'm retired heading towards 70 years young and I live in old Mill ( Moulin ) that I've been converting for the last 7 to 8 years , Near a town called Argentat in the Correze in France.
Only problem is I do not have any outbuildings so I'm using my basement as a workshop which is not the tickly big approximately 7 m x 12 m, are used to work for myself in the UK as a specialist joiner cabinet maker where my workshop was at least three times this about 8 m wide and 35 m long.
Anyway that's enough about me have an enjoyable week stay safe.
Kind regards from Phil from the Moulin in France
Hi Phil Your workshop sounds amazing. Yes, I have various piles of wood around the place, which will come in useful one day! I'm working on a film about making a chair from a walnut tree. The tree was one I planted as a walnut 22 years ago - so that piece of wood has certainly been hanging around a while! Good luck with the turning and other projects.
Very nice work, subscribed 👍👍 thanks for sharing
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Very cool 👍
Thanks, Edwin.
Great outcome!! That piece of driftwood grain is spectacular!! Do you know what kind of tree??
Hi Annmarie. That's an interesting question. Unfortunately, I have no idea. It's also fascinating to think that it could have drifted from a near shore or one far far away. So the possibilities are endless.
Hi 👋 you have picked up some amazing pieces of wood obviously driftwood I've got something similar I've got a river next to me and it's normally only 2 to 3 foot deep winter time it gets a lot deeper and occasionally bits of wood trees and whatever come down from upstream if I can I will pull them out cut them up into manageable lengths and let them dry out I've only just started doing this to in the last year or so so a lot of the bits I've got are still not dry enough to turn or to finish so I say.
Love you work very artistic I hope you don't throw your little bits away that you cut off as waste because you could put them into Resin with some colour and obviously make some more beautiful products stay safe where your facemask and his shield eye protection.
From Phil from the Moulin in France.
HI Philip, Thanks for your reply. It sounds like you have some really interesting projects coming down the river! Yes, thanks for raising this. Good safety protection is essential when you are working with this kind of material- good face and eye protection and a very robust dust mask is essential. And of course, it's really important to go very careful and delicately when working any of these awkward shapes.
This video is kind of poetic... good work
That's a really nice thing to say André. Thanks.
Very nice project - well done
Thanks for your comment Karell.
wow.... the original shape had such a beauty i would have just clean and make a coffee/center table with it, waste of amazing piece...
Thanks, Savage. That's a nice idea.
Fantastic showing off the finished work from whence it came
Thanks - glad you appreciated that
Awesome job!
Thanks for the comment, Marc.
Pretty cool..!! You think about all the places that piece of driftwood has been...bobbing around in the ocean for possibly years!!
Thanks Larry. Yes - it's really interesting to think of the story isn't it?
I'm sorry but as nice as this wood came out it should have never been turned.
You had a beautiful piece of yard art , it should have stayed surrounded by your flowers.
Not a criticism
Fair comment, Curas. It's always a conundrum when working with such a wonderful material as wood.
Brilliant video perfection
Thanks for your kind words, Thomas.
Well done!
Thanks.
Very nice 👍
Thanks, Mountain View.
Excellent job, congratulations
Thanks for your comment Jony
Very nice 👍👍
Thanks for your comment
I like the editing a lot very well done and the piece of driftwood is amazing I got some in the some I'm going to think about what can I do with
i sub for sure
Thanks for your kind comments Willy. I've enjoyed your videos a lot. Look forward to seeing your piece on the driftwood.
Epic piece, great craftsmanship
Thanks for the comment TC. It's really encouraging to know you appreciate it.
Another beauty, Jon! I gotta find better beaches to scour for driftwood!
Thanks Tom. It's great fun searching for wood, isn't it?
Brilliant thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Thanks for taking the time to comment Anne. Glad you liked it.
Wow brother impressive
Many thanks for your comment, Grizz.
Hello friend im your new subscriber very nice piece project.from phillipines
Thanks, glad you like it and it's nice to know that a piece of muddy, cold drift wood is appreciated in the sunny Philipines!
Beautiful piece Jon! Great video quality also. Were the bits you cut off at the start branches or roots? Thanks 😊
Thanks for your comment, Kevin. Glad you liked it. That's a really good question. I think they are the roots but it was so worn by the sea it was difficult to tell.
😄 I was embarrassed to ask, Your work opens my imagination to other possibilities! Thanks
Stunning.
Thanks Oscar.
Красиво. Очень понравилось ваше изделия.
Thanks - nice to know that you like the project.
Looks amazing, itd be perfect for my paint brushes
Thanks Gary - hope you've got a nice pot of black emulsion!
lookingn at that halfway through, i was hoping the shape would be kept for the base, and for once an uneven base and neat top would be created !
That's a nice idea, thanks.
beautiful work
Thanks, Gabriel.
Great final reveal
Thanks Jake. There's always something very soothing about water, isn't there?
Very nice.
Thanks for your comment Bee Bob. I did try a spindle gauge for a very short time but it was a bit too rough, so I erred on the side of caution. It was such a short trial that it didn't make the video. I do like the trusty bowl gauge - it's so versatile, isn't it?
Nice vase. Not the sculpture I expected. Very pretty though.
Really glad you liked it, Hex.
Hi, what oil or liquid did you use inside the vase, thankyou
Hi I used olive oil inside the vase. It seems to get really deep into the grain and I usually leave a pool of it for a day or two to sink in. I'm not sure if its food safe (I think it might go off) but I think it's fine for decorative things like a vase. What finish are you using?
@@jonsealwoodturning4673 only new to this game so trying the usual suspects of linseed, linwax own mix, and shellacs, CA Glue, lacquers. Never look as good as videos I watch!
Lovely
Thanks - glad you liked it.
Awesome video... Only 134 subscribers ? Well you can just go ahead an' add another one B-)
Thanks
Poetry.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
I did woodturning many years ago at a Craft Shop, never got as competent as I would have liked, sorry
to see the thumbs down.
Hi Lewis. Great you tried woodturning. It can be an addictive hobby!
This a wood is too old ...
.and this a vase is too nice ..
Thanks for your poem!
I can't figure out why you used a bandsaw for parts and of all things an axe for others...that's too funny and makes no sense to me.
Yes that's an interesting comment and has got me thinking. I like using an axe and wanted to take down the uneven side. When I'm working with the grain, I find an axe the best tool for that. I think I started using the hand saw for the root ends and just got a bit lazy on one of them!
If you're ashamed how it turned out let me know. I'll give you my address and you can send it in a plain brown wrapper. Your secret will be safe with me. :-)
Will do, Ivan!
@@jonsealwoodturning4673 Keep up the good work. Those of us who can't enjoy watching those who can!
I am not impressed, I like the colors in the wood but don't like the shape.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Nancy. Sorry it's not for you.
I would have simply sanded and finished the original piece. It had so much more character than what you ended up with. Too late now.
Hi Raymond, Thanks for your comment. Yes, there is a good argument for that. It was certainly an interesting piece of wood to start with. It's always a struggle when using such a beautiful natural material, isn't it?
Lovely
Thanks for taking the time to comment.