technique videos?

[Guillaume Breton]

Hello everyone. After spending some time searching this forums, and youtube, i'd like to know if any of you has ever come across nice videos about bowl turning techniques.

i'm very new to woodworking in general, and turning, but i do love it.

I've watched countless videos if turners like Brian Heavens, Hayden HD, Getting0Done, etc, and do my best to try to watch closely how they do what they do (which always seems sooooo easy)

at shcool, in between projects, i like to try what i saw, but it never seems to be as smooth as what i see. Of course there is experience, but i'm sure i could find nice guides on how to turn efficiently, without the stress it creates when you are not quite sure you are doing it right.

even if it was a DVD, i'd be willing to buy it of course.

all i turned so far is a 12in segmented pepper mill and a small natural edge black walnut bowl with relative success.

i'm now trying to turn a spalted black ash bowl and oh my do i have some difficulties.

maybe its just the type of wood, its soooo hard... but, i'm sure everything can be turned with the good technique.

tyvm in advance for the information. If i missed a thread on these forums please link it to me here so i can catch on !

i really like turning but i'd prefer it to be less stressful than that !

Guillaume

[duckkisser]

here is some links about tools/ supplies/ projects ect....

dont know how you feel about making your own tools the nice thing about wood turning tools is that they are simply shaped so with a little bit of creativity you can make your own. if your inturested let me know got a few links.

here is some stuff you might be able to use as a new turner its videos, samples, projects, stores, ect.

http://aroundthewoods.com/tools.shtml

http://www.woodturnersresource.com/

http://www.woodcentr...orum/ornaments/

http://www.woodturni...e.com/index.php

http://www.turningbl...olprojects/Page

http://www.woodworke...h=center finder

some tools i have made for turning

http://globaltooling...ert-knives.html blades for a home made e-z carving tool this is prity usefull for beginers especial dealing witn end grain this is a very good tool that you can make yourself and save alot of money. same with the decorating tools they add flair with little cost.

favorite turners

http://www.youtube.c...D?feature=watch

http://www.youtube.c...re=results_main

http://www.youtube.com/user/bobham5

a few tricks that i have learned

to burn lines get the sample cards of formica it will burn a hole on side grain or face grain of a project. these can be found at any do it yourself store

favorite finish is : shelack, boild linseed oil, denatured alch one part of each mixed together. it makes a decent finish that blends and smooths well, dries fast and is shinny.

Some stores

http://www.woodcraft...s-and-kits.aspx

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/

http://www.packardwo...gory_Code=tools

http://www.pennstate...ning-tools.html

[Roger T]

While Duck certainly is the king of links, here is a link to a video I made that covers just the very basics of bowl turning. It is basically the Bill Grumbine method of turning a bowl. I'd like to think its well worth the time to watch it, as I believe you can come away with a bit of knowledge.

And then there is Bill Grumbine's actual video. "Turned Bowls made Easy" It may be one of the best at providing a new/newer turner the information that they need.

Black Ash, especially when dry can be very challenging to turn. Hard as woodpecker lips. But keep your tools sharp, light passes when cutting. With perseverance you will get through it.

Hope this helps a little bit.

Roger

[duckkisser]

damn i knew i forgot one actuly i had all those link on another posting that i just copied and pasted. and now i have rogers i used alot of those sites to get on the ground running when i started turning and they were very helpfull. so i try to save people some work searching and wasting time.

[Guillaume Breton]

oh boy ! hours of things to watch/read ahead of me ! thanks so much ! I really appreciate it !

Guillaume

[Guillaume Breton]

with you guy's help, i was able to turn that black ash bowl, coming from a log found on the shore of the St-Lawrence river here in Québec.

it was a hard wood, but i ended up having fun. it was a pain to sand also, took a while!

thanks again, i'll continue learning and reading/watching these links !

[duckkisser]

i hear you brother sanding does go smoother and little faster with experience but it still makes up the bulk of the work on your project. grab a audio book or wheel over a tv to watch a movie. sanding does not make alot of noise so you can do other stuff while sanding.

[sbarton22]

MAN!! lots of great advice here. This forum is a great place for you to ask questions. There aren't as many people who turn here as there are on the rest of the forum, but the experience range is perfectly spread out. Guys like Roger are the masters. Duck and I are about on the same pace in the middle. And there are ten people on either side of us.

I'll throw out a suggestion. Try making a pen (or bottle stopper) or twenty. They are very small projects. You get to cycle through the entire process of planning, constructing, turning, and finishing pretty quickly. You also get to concentrate on one technique at a time (just not enough wood for 50 techniques). Then I would try little turned boxes (less that 4" in diameter). That will teach you hollowing and precision.

If you can master the skills for those little things (where every flaw is obvious and amplified), then when you do a big bowl, you will have a range of options to help you get through it. Think of it as focused learning to develop a "tool box" of skills.

Welcome to the world of turning.