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Much appreciated Gary! I'm not at your level yet but i really appreciate the support. Mr. Beans is a polydactyl so he has 7 toes on each front paw instead of 5 (and his thumbs are opposable, he can make a fist!) . Since he has extra "toe-beans", that became a natural for his name. And my wife is notorious for making up millions of ridiculous and completely random nicknames for our pets. It's her thing.
Beantown, bark inclusions can be great or a pain in the butt. Love your work, subscribed, keep the videos coming, don’t make them too long as it can get a little monotonous. Your videos are a good length though. Easy to see you were a teacher. I was as well. Thanks very much.
Beantown, is a fine name for a cat, perseverance pays off, I love color and grain of the bowl, I like the information on the glue in the crack. Thanks for a great video.
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Glad you enjoyed it! I didn’t expect it to be that bad when I picked up the blank either, but the one side was much thinner than the other. It made for rough turning for a while because I had to keep the speed down as well due to the imbalance. I was so happy to get the speed up later, it was much more fun turning then.
Bean to several places in the world but never been to Beantown Great video lovely looking finished product Thank you for sharing your skills Mr Beans looks gorgeous too
BEANTOWN ! I'm very happy I subscribed Jim. As a beginning turner I always pick up some good technique nuggets from watching you work. Keep 'em coming.
@alancole6912 thank you! I'm glad I could help. There are a lot of great turners out there, and I'm still pretty new. If I can pass on some of the tricks I've learned from others, I'm happy to do it!
Beantown is an interesting name for a cat. As for the bark inclusion, that definitely gives the bowl character and natural "flaws" in the wood like that are a feature. Glad you kept going with this piece!
Not every day you come across the youtube channel of the teacher who changed your life the most! Hope you remember your class of 2017, I remember you talking about Beantown a few times in class haha. Love to see you finding passion even in retirement!!❤
I appreciate you watching and supporting my new venture! I will have to go look up my rosters from that year to really remember. I always remember my students, but not necessarily the year.😁
Hmm. I just went through my rosters and I'm not sure who you are. Feel free to email me if you want to reconnect! Also tell your classmates they should watch and subscribe! An easy and free way to support me. Plus, they could win a really nice free bowl...
Beantown... and we can't forget Frankie, too. :) I love the dark feather inside the bowl. Great piece of Shoestring Acacia. Beautiful bowl. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Hello Jim, Nice job on the bowl -- your patience and persistence really paid off, that is a beautiful bowl. Looks like something from beantown. Stay well.
So many furry friends for all these wood workers -- looking forward to the Beantown experience! What an amazing piece this is... how you kept going where others would have given up. Great work!😊
Many thanks! I kept going, but there were many moments of dread of failure during this turning. If my focus was not primarily on making art, I probably would have trashed it halfway through turning the outside. Or worse, chopped it into tiny blanks before I even started. There are a couple of prominent youtubers that reject almost anything with a flaw, but they are production turners, focused on selling lots of bowls for a living. I'm retired and doing this for fun (and maybe a tiny bit of money if it comes). So that really affects my attitude towards the wood. Thank you for watching!
Nice bowl. It was good to see that it held together. I’m never quite sure about survival when I have wood like this. But when they do stay in one piece they are most often beautiful. Well done. Been to Beantown. Great city to visit.
@rowdyturner3692 that's awesome. It really is a very satisfying activity. I would say the most important thing is to budget for, and immediately get a sharpening system. You have to sharpen your tools A LOT! If you done have a way to quickly and easily sharpen, you'll end up turning with dull tools which is absolutely zero fun. Good luck!
what part of the world are you in? I can't get giant logs easily like people in wetter parts of the US, but my lathe can only take a 16" blank between centers so that's usually ok. If I lived outside the Phoenix urban area where people have landscape trees that regularly fall down, it would be a lot more difficult
I’m on the south part of Phoenix (Ahwatukee). My shop stays around 92-95 degrees all day even when it’s >110 outside. So I can work out there but not a full day, especially with my heavy turning clothes. Thanks for watching!
I have a Nova 3000. It's old and has been discontinued but it does the job. The rotating stock is a gamechanger for me. My shop is very small and I don't have space to turn off of the end of the lathe. Rotating makes it very comfortable (and safer) to hollow the inside of bowls. You don't have to lean and get in awkward positions to get the tool inside of the bowl. There are a number of lathes you can buy today that have a rotating headstock. Record Power, Nova, and some others offer them. My dream would be to upgrade to the Vicmarc VL240. @KerryCorney in Austrailia has one and he does a lot of production turning in addition to art pieces. He has a RUclips channel that is worth watching. Thanks for watching!
@jbaker7903 I have one and trimmed one of the branches back. I was hoping for a larger heart shaped bowl but the big cracks didn't go away like I hoped. So I did indeed spend more time than I needed to. I prefer to keep blanks as big as possible when going for a live edge so I have material to spare to make changes. I don't mind the extra time to get the best result I can.
@@FRBPturning Yeah, I hear ya. I just always trim stuff off that I know I can't use. I see lots of people turning big square things into small round stuff, and it seems like a waste of time.
@jbaker7903 if I have a more square piece I usually knock the corners off to save time since I'm sure they will get turned away. But a live edge crotch has too many unknowns for me at my current level of experience.
Haha! I'm glad the number didn't bother you! The odds of that are probably really low with the millions of small channels out there. I'm happy to have you!
If you feel anything I do is not safe for you, don't do it. I'm very clear that this is for entertainment and my methods are not for everyone. For a small bowl like this, at 200rpm, the energy stored in the bowl is very low and the risk of injury (especially with my safety gear on) is very low. If you prefer other methods, that's fine too.
Jim sei molto, generoso, non amo regalare i miei prodotti tanto meno venderli, pero vorrei sapere cosa hai usato per lucidare questa ciotola. Un grazie da Roma
I have to admit, it kind of hurts to give this away. It’s one of the prettiest bowls I’ve ever made. I used shellac sanding sealer (zinsser seal coat), an abrasive paste and then a polishing paste (Yorkshire grit and superfine). It’s not a super durable finish, but perfectly fine for this decorative piece. Thank you for watching! Keep your eye out for my next giveaway, maybe you will win the next one!
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Very nice! Good commentary! Don't worry so much about imperfections...make them a part of your art! Well done!
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. Cheers!
Nice turning Jim. We had some strange names for cats but never Beantown. I like it. We did have one we called DownThere
Much appreciated Gary! I'm not at your level yet but i really appreciate the support. Mr. Beans is a polydactyl so he has 7 toes on each front paw instead of 5 (and his thumbs are opposable, he can make a fist!) . Since he has extra "toe-beans", that became a natural for his name. And my wife is notorious for making up millions of ridiculous and completely random nicknames for our pets. It's her thing.
Oh we have had our share of fun cat names as well 😁
Great job 👏 👍 😊 a bit like some of Phil Anderson's work. Beantown.😊❤ Gerry 😊
@@gerrychauveau2925 thank you!
Beantown. Really like that piece, very nice colors. I had heard this timber called River Cooba.
@tf484 I haven't heard that name but I know it is grown in a number of places and given local names so it's possible. Thanks for watching!
Beantown, I've never been but want to one day. Love your perseverance with this bowl. Gorgeous grain for sure.
@izgood2bking702 thank you I appreciate it!
@izgood2bking702 I love your username btw great movie! 🤣
@@FRBPturning I agree, Brooks is a genius.
Beantown; this popped up on my homepage out of the blue but I really enjoyed it - hope the channel continues to grow!
@itzel525 thank you! I'm glad you decided to watch!
Beantown, bark inclusions can be great or a pain in the butt.
Love your work, subscribed, keep the videos coming, don’t make them too long as it can get a little monotonous. Your videos are a good length though.
Easy to see you were a teacher. I was as well. Thanks very much.
@@gregdownunderinOz Thank you! Much appreciated!
Been to Beantown and really enjoyed myself. Beautiful bowl.
@geraldsimon3268 lol thank you!
Beautiful Bowl from Beantown!
@stevenmoore7782 thanks!
Beantown. This is a perfect color for a sailboat interior.
It would need to be some THIN veneer cuz this stuff is dense!
Wow it’s a beauty beantown!!!
@@PaulBrocklehurst-t8c thank you!
Beantown beautiful bowl.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beantown, is a fine name for a cat, perseverance pays off, I love color and grain of the bowl, I like the information on the glue in the crack. Thanks for a great video.
Thanks for watching!
Beantown. Turned out really nice & the inside feather sets it apart 👍🏴
Thank you! This is by far the most prominent crotch figure I've turned in my short experience. I'm kind of sad I'm giving it away now!
Beantown. Nice bowl.
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Beantown for sure! Wow, that bottom was really out to begin! Really fine piece to admire! Thanks for letting us along for the ride.
Glad you enjoyed it! I didn’t expect it to be that bad when I picked up the blank either, but the one side was much thinner than the other. It made for rough turning for a while because I had to keep the speed down as well due to the imbalance. I was so happy to get the speed up later, it was much more fun turning then.
Bean to several places in the world but never been to Beantown Great video lovely looking finished product Thank you for sharing your skills Mr Beans looks gorgeous too
Glad you enjoyed it! Beans is indeed a handsome fellow
BEANTOWN ! I'm very happy I subscribed Jim. As a beginning turner I always pick up some good technique nuggets from watching you work. Keep 'em coming.
@alancole6912 thank you! I'm glad I could help. There are a lot of great turners out there, and I'm still pretty new. If I can pass on some of the tricks I've learned from others, I'm happy to do it!
I absolutely love the bowl..
Beantown..
@jeffbeck163 thank you!
Beantown is an interesting name for a cat. As for the bark inclusion, that definitely gives the bowl character and natural "flaws" in the wood like that are a feature. Glad you kept going with this piece!
Thanks! I agree about the character. Bland, perfect bowls are nice, but I like when there are variations. They are more interesting to look at.
Beantown. Vakker bolle
Not every day you come across the youtube channel of the teacher who changed your life the most! Hope you remember your class of 2017, I remember you talking about Beantown a few times in class haha. Love to see you finding passion even in retirement!!❤
I appreciate you watching and supporting my new venture! I will have to go look up my rosters from that year to really remember. I always remember my students, but not necessarily the year.😁
Hmm. I just went through my rosters and I'm not sure who you are. Feel free to email me if you want to reconnect! Also tell your classmates they should watch and subscribe! An easy and free way to support me. Plus, they could win a really nice free bowl...
Beantown. Beautiful bowl. The wood reminds me of Russian Olive.
@@van9420 thanks! I've never seen Russian police before. I'll have to look that up
It was wonderful how yoiu saved the crotch and the large crack. Liked your finish. Beantown it is.
@@ronbrown769 thank you so much!
Beantown... and we can't forget Frankie, too. :) I love the dark feather inside the bowl. Great piece of Shoestring Acacia. Beautiful bowl. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Yes! Thank you! It was Mr. Beans turn to shine today.
Thanks for the lesson on crotch-turning. Regards to Beantown.
My pleasure! Thanks!
Hello Jim,
Nice job on the bowl -- your patience and persistence really paid off, that is a beautiful bowl.
Looks like something from beantown.
Stay well.
Thank you! This one was a little uncertain.
So many furry friends for all these wood workers -- looking forward to the Beantown experience! What an amazing piece this is... how you kept going where others would have given up. Great work!😊
Many thanks! I kept going, but there were many moments of dread of failure during this turning. If my focus was not primarily on making art, I probably would have trashed it halfway through turning the outside. Or worse, chopped it into tiny blanks before I even started. There are a couple of prominent youtubers that reject almost anything with a flaw, but they are production turners, focused on selling lots of bowls for a living. I'm retired and doing this for fun (and maybe a tiny bit of money if it comes). So that really affects my attitude towards the wood. Thank you for watching!
I like how the bowl turned out. So pretty and the problem area on the bottom gives it more character. Beantown.
@@maryrichmond thank you!
@@FRBPturning You’re very welcome.
Awesome cool
@@AnySawTVG thanks!
Beantown - enjoyed the thought process as you worked through this challenging chunk of wood.
@user-yv8hq7mc7d thank you! There was a lot more going through my head, but I don't want to talk too much over the turning.
Nice bowl. It was good to see that it held together. I’m never quite sure about survival when I have wood like this. But when they do stay in one piece they are most often beautiful. Well done.
Been to Beantown. Great city to visit.
You and me both! This was a way more difficult and complicated turning than I was expecting.
Nice work! Beantown
Appreciate it!
Beantown is a fine name for a furball. Very nice work.
Thank you!
The feather in the bowl is beautiful! Hope Beantown likes it as much as me 😁
@STMwoodturning thanks! I was hoping it would be good, and I was super happy when it worked out!
Going to make it back to Beantown one of these days. The crotch figure is astounding! Well done on this Acacia live edge bowl.
@walshjp17 thank you!
Beantown really a cool bowl
@@robertyouker3168 thank you!
Beantown…just love the Shoestring Acacia. We just haven’t had any monsoon action here in the valley to be able to any? Besides we need the rainLOL?
Should read --to be able to find any--
I did a little drive around after the last storm and only saw palo verde which I have a ton of.
Beantown never looked so good ❤
@@Audie1234 thanks!
Very pretty, the wood grain is beautiful
@@LuannYoumans-ec5fc thank you@
Beantown! Love your narration and your turning results 👍
@steveweiss8606 thank you I appreciate it!
Beantown. So hard to predict how the bark seam will play out in a crotch bowl. But it held together, and the feather makes it all worth it!
Thanks! In hindsight, I should have known it would get worse towards the outside of the tree. I'm lucky I stopped when I did!
Beantown, takes an artist.
@@stevetyndell2091 thank you!
Beantown. This is my second time watching your channel. It will not be my last. Tremendous patience and restraint on your part. Beautiful bowl
@@chrisjohnston2449 thank you so much!
Beantown has it !! Beautiful beans and wood !! What more do you need? Lol. I go to my first WoodTurners meeting this coming week.
@rowdyturner3692 thanks for watching! Are you just starting to turn? It's a lot of fun, but I'm not big on meetings myself.
I haven’t started yet but I can’t wait to!!
I’m going to the meeting to learn & meet others.
@rowdyturner3692 that's awesome. It really is a very satisfying activity. I would say the most important thing is to budget for, and immediately get a sharpening system. You have to sharpen your tools A LOT! If you done have a way to quickly and easily sharpen, you'll end up turning with dull tools which is absolutely zero fun. Good luck!
@@rowdyturner3692 you will learn way faster than I did! I thought myself from books and videos. I still have a lot to learn...
Stunning piece of wood!
@KB-lj4vk thank you!
beantown, it turned out awesome
Thank you!
Beantown thinking of making one of these as a wedding present.
@Submanca if you've got the wood, tools, and skills they make excellent gifts!
@@FRBPturning The problem is the wood. I can't find good hard wood in my bush.
what part of the world are you in? I can't get giant logs easily like people in wetter parts of the US, but my lathe can only take a 16" blank between centers so that's usually ok. If I lived outside the Phoenix urban area where people have landscape trees that regularly fall down, it would be a lot more difficult
@@FRBPturning I am in Canada and live on the edge of a swamp. Lots of wood but no exotic.
👍❤️
@williampeak8851 thank you!
Hi Jim.. just found you and loved the crotch bowl. I know you are AZ, but where? I'm in Surprise and loving the 110s. Rather be in Bra town.
I’m on the south part of Phoenix (Ahwatukee). My shop stays around 92-95 degrees all day even when it’s >110 outside. So I can work out there but not a full day, especially with my heavy turning clothes. Thanks for watching!
What brand of lathe are you using? As the head seems to turn to the side. Thanks
I have a Nova 3000. It's old and has been discontinued but it does the job. The rotating stock is a gamechanger for me. My shop is very small and I don't have space to turn off of the end of the lathe.
Rotating makes it very comfortable (and safer) to hollow the inside of bowls. You don't have to lean and get in awkward positions to get the tool inside of the bowl.
There are a number of lathes you can buy today that have a rotating headstock. Record Power, Nova, and some others offer them. My dream would be to upgrade to the Vicmarc VL240. @KerryCorney in Austrailia has one and he does a lot of production turning in addition to art pieces. He has a RUclips channel that is worth watching. Thanks for watching!
@@FRBPturning Thank you for the response. Much appreciated
beantown
It's a great place!
You really need a bandsaw to take off the corners and to even things up some.
@jbaker7903 I have one and trimmed one of the branches back. I was hoping for a larger heart shaped bowl but the big cracks didn't go away like I hoped. So I did indeed spend more time than I needed to. I prefer to keep blanks as big as possible when going for a live edge so I have material to spare to make changes. I don't mind the extra time to get the best result I can.
@@FRBPturning Yeah, I hear ya. I just always trim stuff off that I know I can't use. I see lots of people turning big square things into small round stuff, and it seems like a waste of time.
@jbaker7903 if I have a more square piece I usually knock the corners off to save time since I'm sure they will get turned away. But a live edge crotch has too many unknowns for me at my current level of experience.
@@FRBPturning Well you did a real nice job on the bowl, so don't let my criticism slow you down.
@jbaker7903 thank you. I'm happy to take constructive criticism, I still have a lot to learn!
honored to be the 666th member of beamtown
Haha! I'm glad the number didn't bother you! The odds of that are probably really low with the millions of small channels out there. I'm happy to have you!
Anyone else popping over to Beantown rn? Or just me
Seems like there are going to be quite a few visitors soon ;-)
beantown? deadpool?
I’m not sure about the Deadpool reference, but thanks for watching
Dangerous nub removal
If you feel anything I do is not safe for you, don't do it. I'm very clear that this is for entertainment and my methods are not for everyone. For a small bowl like this, at 200rpm, the energy stored in the bowl is very low and the risk of injury (especially with my safety gear on) is very low. If you prefer other methods, that's fine too.
Jim sei molto, generoso, non amo regalare i miei prodotti tanto meno venderli, pero vorrei sapere cosa hai usato per lucidare questa ciotola. Un grazie da Roma
I have to admit, it kind of hurts to give this away. It’s one of the prettiest bowls I’ve ever made. I used shellac sanding sealer (zinsser seal coat), an abrasive paste and then a polishing paste (Yorkshire grit and superfine). It’s not a super durable finish, but perfectly fine for this decorative piece. Thank you for watching! Keep your eye out for my next giveaway, maybe you will win the next one!