Woodturning - Roughing out Hollow Forms

This video is a follow on video from my last one where I had shown roughing out of bowls. In this Part 2 video I now show roughing out of hollow forms from wet cherry wood. I cover both traditional side grain hollow forms as well as end grain hollow forms which I do as a split two-piece form. The video covers the roughing out process only up to the point the pieces are put into a kiln.
Website: www.frankdidomizio.com/
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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/
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 shear scraping - Woodchuckers, Lee Valley, Busy Bee
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 - Stick Fast at woodchuckers.com/search?q=CA+... or Lee Valley
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/...
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.

[@chrisjohnston2449]

Still learning something new everyday, thanks to turners like you willing to share their knowledge. I have not done much if any end grain turning. I purchased my lathe and a boat load of tools from my father-in-law. So many of the tools I have not even tried yet. I have one of the tools you just purchased. Now I know what it is for. Thanks again for sharing

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks

[@joeseb7510]

Nice work Frank!

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks

[@samriddle3591]

Nice work good description

[@davidkuhns8389]

Nice video. On my two-piece, end-grain rough turnings, I drill the pith out entirely. I find that I get less splitting that way. When I finish the piece, I glue a plug in the bottom. I hope you do a follow-up video when you finish these.

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks. Yes I usually drill out the top portion but leave the bottom solid and hope for no cracks, but that is a good idea to do both.

[@eranmizrahi7948]

Hi sir, great tutorial video. if i may, on the 2nd part\ piece, where you drilled with an extension and felt you have to hold it 'till it gets in and steady, what i do is using the rest tool, letting the drill extension sits on and stabled. i hope it will help.

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks, good idea to stabilize the drill shank

[@turnedbysean2023]

In your experience do you find sealing with PVA better than products such as anchor seal ? I’m finding a lot of my blanks crack with anchor seal, especially Oak. I would also think the PVA thinned with water would be more economical than wax sealers. As usual enjoyed the video very much.

[@frankdidomizio]

Thanks, I used to use anchor seal exclusively in the past and it works fine, but I just did not like getting that waxy substance on the floor or on bits of the bark or on what might be a glue joint later. I have seen that more people are moving to the PVA and I prefer it now. It works just as good and perhaps even better. From Craftsupplies the PVA based endseal is around the same price as Anchor seal. If you just buy Elmer's white or yellow glue by the gallon and water it down a bit it is then cheaper. If you are getting a lot of cracking that might be more a matter of other factors like drying it too quickly, leaving it too think, not a consistent wall thickness throughout, etc. If you don't have a kiln try just using a carboard box or paper leaf bag to help slow down the drying time and I recommend keeping it out of the sun or other weather - inside a garage or shed with fairly stable temp is good. I found that typically inside a home or shop is too hot and it will dry too quickly and crack. Good luck