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Alexander Designs
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Maker of exceptional pieces and supplier of dried bowl blanks to woodturners
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Maker of exceptional pieces and supplier of dried bowl blanks to woodturners
3 minutes to better sanding.
Most beginners-novices generally dread sanding. As your skills improve with bowl gouges, your time spent sanding will become less of a bother. I hope this quick tip improves your results sanding and hopefully saves you a bit of time... and sandpaper.
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Slow is smooth... smooth is fast
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It's easy to let the energy of the lathe have you rushing things. Unfortunately when you rush you end up making more work for yourself with poor surface finish. You must slow down to speed up. Sign up for my Woodturning tip Tuesday newsletter for free weekly tips to improve your turnings 👉🏽 mailchi.mp/alexanderdesigns.us/woodturners
Negative rake scraper how to
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How I use a negative rake scraper on the occasion I turn dried wood. Amy questions please leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer Want free weekly turning tips delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my Woodturning Tuesday newsletter mailchi.mp/alexanderdesigns.us/woodturners As a bonus you'll receive 10% off any Woodturning supply order on my website 🤎alexanderdesigns.us/collections/bowl-bl...
One gouge to rule them all ... part 4
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Final part of the 60 degree bowl gouge. A bit of a recap showing the same actions from past installments but hopefully between all videos you'll have a solid understanding of how this gouge works, what it does best, and what it might not do well woodturning tip tuesday newsletter. ( you receive free weekly tips and a code for 10% off your first order). 👇🏽 mailchi.mp/alexanderdesigns.u... Red ma...
One gouge to rule them all ... part 3
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The continuation on the 60 degree bowl gouge series. As always... if you aren't comfortable doing something I show please don't do it until you have a better understanding of the technique. Always ask questions if you have any 🙂 Sign up for my Woodturning tip Tuesday emails for free weekly tips to improve your turning 👇🏽 mailchi.mp/alexanderdesigns.us/woodturners
One gouge to rule them all ... part 2
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That big cutting edge isn't just great for removing massive amounts of material quickly, it's also fantastic for sneaking up on the finished shape and improving the surface finish. If you have any questions, or something isn't clear... please leave a comment below. If you haven't already, sign up for my Woodturning tip Tuesday emails to receive free weekly turning tips 👇🏽 mailchi.mp/alexanderde...
One gouge to rule them all... part 1
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The 60 degree gouge. In my opinion the most versatile of all the gouges available. The jack of all trades if you will. In this video, I'll cover the roughing cut as well as an outside push cut. Next up will be shearing cuts. Don't miss out of free weekly turning tips by signing up for my Woodturning tip Tuesday emails 👇🏽 mailchi.mp/alexanderdesigns.us/woodturners
Mounting a giant bowl blank with a worm screw!
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How to true up a tenon and turn the outside of a twice turned bowl using a shop made jig.
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Bowl bottoms and how they affect stability, balance and feel
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Bowl bottoms and how they affect stability, balance and feel
The creative process.. where do ideas come from.
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The creative process.. where do ideas come from.
Ebonizing (darkening) wood using a non-toxic ingredients
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Ebonizing (darkening) wood using a non-toxic ingredients
Bowl coring using the Oneway easy-core
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Bowl coring using the Oneway easy-core
How to turn larger beads on bowls
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How to turn larger beads on bowls
Rolling beads with a bowl gouge continued... a variation with the treatment on my everyday bowls.
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Rolling beads with a bowl gouge continued... a variation with the treatment on my everyday bowls.
How to properly fit a tenon on your turnings.
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How to properly fit a tenon on your turnings.
Why starting small is important while learning bowl turning
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Why starting small is important while learning bowl turning
How to mount a bowl blank to a lathe.
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How to mount a bowl blank to a lathe.
Processing bowl blanks with a chainsaw (how to)
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Processing bowl blanks with a chainsaw (how to)
Chainsaw recommendations as well as simple maintenance for woodturners
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Chainsaw recommendations as well as simple maintenance for woodturners
I have a question - sometimes I want to turn or sand in reverse. My Talon chucks have places for set screws to hold them in place and keep them from unscrewing in reverse. I’ve started adding Vicmark chucks for larger jaws and there are no threaded holes or other visible way to prevent them from unscrewing in reverse mode. What, if anything, keeps chucks threaded onto the lathe besides the set screw solution?
These are all great tips! I've had a couple of scary turns, and it definitely made me nervous getting back to the lathe. I started small and worked my way back.
I'm watching you cut that green wood and I'm thinking how different it is from dry oak. I'd like to see how you would approach a dry oak blank.
Same process. Just not as large of cuts.
Do you have a favorite source for sandpaper?
Best prices and service I've found is Vince's wood & wonders. I'm working on becoming an option though
Sanding is definitely my least favorite part of turning a bowl so thank you for the tip.
Great tip Scott cheers from Will.👍
Great tip! Thanks!😀
You are very welcome
Great video, Scott. When I focus on just one problem area with the lathe off, I sometimes will make the surface uneven in that spot. Any tips on avoiding this issue? Usually with green bowls I can get a great finish off the tool, but not always when turning dry pieces. Thanks in advance!
I'd try to hit the spot first then slowly blend in that area with the lathe still off before sanding with it on again. Hopefully that will make the transition smooth enough to not notice 👌🏽
I tend to find that sanding green clogs the discs. You don't experience that?
I turn wooden hats green to finish and I sand wet wood. The discs do clog but I use a brass or steel brush and use it to declog the sanding disc on the power sander. Just hold it to the spinning disc lightly as you turn the disc and it declogs it. It works well.
I wait about a day after turning to start sanding. The surface is generally pretty dry by then. The heat created by sanding also helps dry the surface. Yes it does clog the paper a bit but it's not terrible (but that's all species dependent... every species is different).
@@downsouthwoodturningare you using net discs or standard paper ones? I've been using the net style (by hand) and been washing them after to prolong the life. I only turn greenwood and find sanding difficult tbh. Think I need to invest in a power sander
@@jackcooper4604 Regular disks not mesh
Paper disks. power sander is way faster
Thank you!
You are very welcome 🤎
great video Scott! Is your 45-ish grind similar to a 40/40?
Close in angle at the tip but as I use a jig it's not the same. I do like the 40/40 grind but much prefer to not freehand sharpen as I feel it wastes a ton of valuable tool steel. Especially at today's prices.
@@alexanderdesigns814 Agreed. I use Tormek jigs
That's a great video, Scott. Thanks a ever for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Greg 🤎
You are doing great work Scott! I hope when I finally retire I can come out for a few days and turn with you! Park the RV in the woods and get me some of that wood fired pizza! 🙂
Lots of room in the woods. Come on out 🤎
Thanks for all the very good information, I have found the mentioned breathing technique very productive to just settle any small concern you might have, thanks for your insights 🤝
Happy you found it useful 🤎
Seriously this is amazing 😮
Beautiful 😊
Let’s roll with it! 😂
Really appreciate you Scott! Good explanation!
Glad it was helpful Tony
This is one tool that i really struggle with. Do you use on green turned bowls too? All my bowls are green but i just get tear out and a terrible finish with scrapers. I sharpen on a sorby pro edge so the burr is fresh, my NR is a glen lucas french curve. Its great at shaping the inside curve but i always have to go over with a gouge. Frustrating!
NR don't really work on green wood unfortunately. I only use them on dried bowls
@@alexanderdesigns814 bummer! Better get better with the gouge then 😔. How about a normal scraper? Or is it much the same? Thanks
@@jackcooper4604gouge practice is the way to go. I avoid any scraper for green wood. The only exception is to put my tenon on.
What angle is that at?
It's around 70 degrees
First time I've watched one of your videos, very informative.
I'm glad you found it helpful 🤎
As always Scott, looking good, your explanatory style is really nice !
Glad you enjoyed 🤎
Thanks for sharing. I turn mostly dry wood. Have to sharpen often.
oddly I find I sharpen more with green wood. The finish off the gouge with soft/undried wood is a bit trickier and you definitely don't want to sand out tear out on a once turned piece. That said... tear out sucks either way lol.
Great tips, Scott, as usual. Cheers
Should the apex of the beads be perpendicular to the bowls surface or should the apex be parallel to each of its neighbours?
I'm not sure I understand the question. I try to space then evenly and they follow the desired curve of the bowl.
Thanks, Scott. I think I learned something from every video you post! Thanks for sharing!
You are very welcome 🤎
why not use rivets to attach the handle?
Thats some efficiency. Thanks for sharing your process.
Some good points, thanks for sharing. I have been thinking of getting the curved rest you show.
Very informative video. Question for you. What brand is the gouge?
what is the wood you are using?
Cherry
Thanks for that video Scott - super clear explanation 👍
Jim Sprague has shown this same technique, I think he called it shear cutting. Regardless, his demo is identical to yours. I can attest that what you're showing and explaining works excellent! Question: do you use the curved tool rest for all your bowl turning or just for the outside? Are you going to show your sharpening method as well?
Inside and outside 👌🏽. Occasionally I'll use a strait tool rest but that's pretty rare. Pretty sure I have a previous video on sharpening. It's probably at least a year old
@@alexanderdesigns814 Thank you. I’ll look for your sharpening video
Lovely buddy! Sorry I did not holler sooner!
Super tips. Just what us newbies need to be shown.
Very informative. Thanks.
Why shape of flute does your bowl gouge have?
IMO other wood turners probably won't mind a long video. I prefer single longer educational videos to multiple shorter ones. And still to this date after years of turning, my favorite grind is the 40/40 grind.
That's really clear, Scott, thank you. Can I check - is the 60 degree referring to the bevel sharpening angle, or the sweep back along the wing?
It's the bevel angle. The swept back wings are likely not 60 degrees.
@alexanderdesigns814 thanks, mate
It’s incredible how quickly you can take off a ton of material
Great vid. I don't get to cut wet wood often, and always love seeing those curls. When I got started I got a very similar 5/8" gouge with fingernail grind, along with a 5/8 "traditional"/"bottom of the bowl", and a 1/2" 40/40. The 60 deg is by far my most often used (and two years in it is very noticeably shorter). I see the uses for the other two, but I do far more work with the 60 deg fingernail. I'm looking forward to your next vid on shear scraping and agree that's another place this gouge really shines!
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Sick bowl dude, this is underviewed
Surprised you don’t wear an Airshield or similar
I do when I'm working with dried wood. This is super green and doesn't make harmful fine dust
Are you making some walnut bowl blanks
Nice chainsaw cuts 👏👏
What exactly was the project?
What diameter drill bit do you use?
I'm pretty sure it's 3/8"
I’m about to make one of these. Do I need to true up the plywood edge on the lathe before mounting the two side pieces? I found center on my plywood circle but surely it isn’t dead on. Also: I’m assuming you can’t turn the outside all the way to the rim with this method. The last little bit would need to be done once the bowl is reversed and back in a chuck, correct?
I don't bother worrying about the edges. It's not something you'd want to grab while spinning either way 😂. I generally turn just shy of the rim of the bowl, then finish it up after flipping it around. Hopefully that answers your questions
@@alexanderdesigns814 Yep, that helps! Was mainly wondering about the piece running true, but I suppose that isn’t an issue as long as it’s flat on the face portion. Thanks for the response! Loving your videos.
Well done Scott. Do you grind the heel down on your gouge? If so, is that necessary for beading? Thanks!
I do bring the heel down about 1/2 of what's available. I don't think it's really necessary, I do it more because it makes for faster sharpening on the tormek