This video was great I made the jig and found that I had about 1" opening for the 11" bowl the setting for the jug must be more than 2 " for the larger bowl.Thanks ffrom another retired Patternmaker.
Yes you need to use wider and longer pieces of wood. Check this video out. ruclips.net/video/3tnPEoQKZH8/видео.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947 How long have you been retired. I loved the trade but love being retired and still working with wood. Gary
HI I worked at the trade for 15 years and got into Building/ Remodeling Worked at a job shop i Akron OH for 10 tears. Used the 3-1/2 X 5-5/8" Pcs for the 11 inch. but still have an inch spaceopen
Have you tried to make a smaller one? Sounds like maybe you have the piece they set against to far to the left making it cut a smaller segment. Without seeing it I can not say for sure. You can email me if you like. I have helped others solve problems like this. I started my apprenticeship not long after getting out of the Army in 1969. I retired in 2012. Worked in two different shops. I love making patterns.
@@ThePapa1947 The dimention was 2" from the saw cut cut to the verticle Stop Block I will cut out Pcs for the smaller one tomorrow and see it they work. Thanks.
Thank you for showing this. I will teach the other disabled vets like me how to make the turnings and try and make the sled. If you ever make a video on the other cutting part that would be great to.
Thank you and if you are talking about the ring cutting jig I have 2 videos on that. Thank you for your service. I am a Vietnam veteran myself. ruclips.net/video/GnzYR6y4ZhM/видео.html ruclips.net/video/3Uw2Ju_LAss/видео.html
This is EXCEPTIONAL! Its so hard to find really clearly explained sleds/jigs in regards to the geometry. You do a perfect job of explaining while switching between CAD and the sled. Thank you! Im going to try this!
people like you are awesome for sharing your knowledge and experience as people like me would not know where to start with a project like this, thank you . very clever
Made the sled after a few mishaps and cut my first 12 segment in scrap plywood today and came out as near to perfect as possible thanks very much for sharing this
Thank you Michael for letting me know. And I am happy to hear you used scrap wood to test it out. Others have made one and used expensive wood on the first use. I recommended using something like MDF to test it. I even tested my first one. The biggest problem I have seen is using the wrong whole to rotate from. I think you mind might tell you to use it and that is why I said to plug the whole before going any farther. Happy it worked out for you and let me know how it works with the nice wood you choose. Gary
Thank you very much James. Yes it does seem complicated. I did not explain how I created those centers as I think it would have been very confusing. Thanks for watching and commenting, Gary
Thanks so much. What I did for a living needed a lot of math and figuring out how to make a 3D part from a 2D drawing. It was something I really loved doing. Now in retirement I still love making things. Gary
Thank you Ed. Give it a try. I have many who have with great success and set pictures of what they made from it. Let me know if you have any questions. Gary
It Works !! Really helped when I re-drillled the holes in the correct locations ! Also found out that the top hole which was plugged....was only plugged in the bottom board and not the top rotating board. Then it all fell together. Thank you for sharing this with all of us....very much appreciated.
Thank you Randy. Jigs and fixtures can be very handy. I have been doing it for years. Got started at work build patterns for some almost impossible cuts and sanding setups. Now I make use of them for creating different types of turnings. Thanks for watching, Gary
Nice fixture, nice work. You can save a lot of fine wood, dimensioning the two species you work with and do NOT cut it to the small pieces you prepared. Only extend the first squareblock (17:09) to your right and give enough margen to the second squareblock. You for sure need a second toggle clamp and press the upper strip down. The cut piece goes into the lower position and the next long strip (different species) goes on top. No need to waste lot of cut offs. I like the result and will try it myself.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I guess I would like to see your method in action. It sounds like you would some pretty long boards to deal with. Sounds like it could even have problems with clearance on the bandsaw. Check out this video where I use long boards and cut the pieces from 2 types of wood at a time. ruclips.net/video/YYUa9w59BzY/видео.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947 I think this is something like what you are talking about. Just seems like you are loosing your stop points which makes mine work. I would like to see what your are talking about. Maybe you could make a video of it.
Hi Papa 1947 I saw the video you mentioned. Very nice and material efficient method for turning. In your case, I ment to use exactly the same jig you made, but only extending your first stopblock (17:09) to the right. No interference with the machine body. Having this made, you wouldn't have to cut your primary material into small pieces and waste a lot of cut offs. I haven't made a similar jig yet, but as someone who has dedicated his whole life to woodworking, I guess I am able to judge what I saw in your video. I like the method you are applying, however, you can get almost twice the pieces out of your raw material changing the method of material preparation an joint cutting. I dedicare myself more to constructional work like stairs, but also equipment for other craftsman like bookbinder, leatherworker, goldsmith, etc. I wish you a lot of new inspirations and always a pleasure time making new videos for the community. Best
What a great presentation of a jig that does an excellent job. Having the two pieces get cut at the same time really ups the quality of the end result. I'm impressed.
This is a really outstanding video. It’s a beautiful bowl and a complex process to make it but you’ve explained it so well I feel keen to give it a try. Thank you so much !
Beautiful project. I really enjoyed watching you make the first bowl and just had to learn how you made that jig for the project pieces. You have done an excellent production of explaining each step and then demonstrating it. It was very helpful and encouraging to us who are trying to expand our capabilities and improve our abilities. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you very much for your kind words. Many have made this jig and sent pictures of the finished project. Some very nice work they have done. Always nice seeing someone try something I have come up with. Let me know how it goes for you. Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Thank you for responding! Looking forward to more of your content. I just happened to stumble across this video today, as I was surfing YouYube!
After viewing this video numerous times, I decided to build the jig for cutting the curved segments. So I constructed the jig using 1/2" Baltic birch plywood. I kept your video playing in the shop so I would not miss a detail. I am happy to say that after constructing the jig, I cut out 12 segments using some scrap pine boards. The 12 segments fit together to my great pleasure. Gary, thanks so much for making this great video and providing all of the detailed layout.
George I am very happy to hear you have made a successful jig. I designed this in cad and then made my first one knowing it had to work. So I made this video making a nicer looking one than my first and was hoping it would be easy for anyone wanting to make one. This pleases me to hear your results. I have only had a few that have had issues and it is usually using the wrong holes. Thanks for letting me know. Take care, Gary
Thank you very much and let me know how it works out. I have many pictures from viewers who have made and used it with great sucess. Thanks for watching, Gary
I see that you have provided the necessary information to build the jig. Many thanks. I'm not able to get started immediately as I still have building work to do. I spent two winters without heating here in Scotland.. I have rebuilt the heating system and am once again cosy but my workshop ( shed in reality) need some work as does much of the house. Sadly at 85 things take a little longer to do. I have missed my turning for far too long. So, fingers crossed that I get the time to use your jig. Thanks again, I'm certain it will be very well received
I love the Jig but was very frustrated trying to make the cut on the 10 x 10 fixture. I made everything according to your dims. but my cut did not look like yours. I fought with it for 4hrs and was going to trash it until I looked at your video again and saw what you did not tell us to do. That was you moved the 10 x 10 dowel to the upper hole. Now it works great. Thanks again for your instructions and info on how to make this Jig.
Glad you watched it again. I did it this way so you only had to drill once to get holes in the 2 boards. If I do another version I will figure out a fool proof way of doing that hole. Happy it worked out for you. Gary
Huge respect from Azerbaijan! Extremely cool! There are two types of people in the world: The first ones have engineering thinking and create special cutting methods and second ones use cnc cutting :) I am the lazy one)
Awesome tutorial! You really explained everything that was necessary to make this gig. Thank you for your time and help. Your Florida friend, Dotty ❤😎🙃
Thank you Dotty. There have been a number of people make this jig with success. And it not I am always willing to help solve the problem. Take care, Gary
Thank you I just did a 11” and a 12” 11 turned out good I think I need some practice on the 12” that one is a hand full! But I will get it!!😁thanks my friend ,God be with you. Gerry
This is brilliant. I'm not sure what exactly pattern-makers do, but I'm guessing it's got to be pretty close to tooling design. They must miss you a lot since you retired! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you very much. A wood pattern maker makes 3 dimensional parts used for making molds for foundries who then cast steel into the mold once the wood pattern is removed.
I just love this piece of work. Your cad/cam work got my head spinning. I simply couldn't figure what you had done until a got my compass out and drawn some circles on a piece of paper. I just love it. I haven't done my first bowl yet but I think it is smooth sailing form here. Thanks you so much for sharing.
Thank you Niels, well you compass makes a great Cad program. Because that is all I did but did it electronically. Thanks for watchin and let me know how it goes. Gary
@@farmandkaae if you could provide a picture or drawing of what you did I might be able to tell what is going wrong. One problem I have seen is the wrong hole being used.
Found the problem. The saw blade wasn’t square to the tabletop. 1.5 degrees off. That made a mess of things. Now it works and again thank you for the inspiration and the challenge.
Well Gary, you blew me away when you made the bowl. Now you've blown me away with the jig! You have a very deep mind for these things. Loved watching. It's interesting to see "How It's Made". Thanks for sharing your creativity and time with me. Stay safe, Vickie
Well thank you so much Vickie! I was not sure how many would enjoy seeing how I made the fixture but was very happy to do it. Now to pick out an easy piece of wood to turn..lol Thanks for your comments, Gary
Hello Gary I love every thing you do Thanks. I have made this rotating sled works great I made a ring cutting jig all works great what I want is a larger diameter rotating sled.
Thank you Gerald. Look up my email in my about page and drop me a line and I will tell you how you can make larger diameters with the sled you have. Thanks for watching, Gary
It’d be nice to have a choice of blades. We have a “ men’s shed “ that has 2 band saws which are not the best. I think the blade was hanging up on the sled and was getting better
Well, that was a labor of love. I can well imagine the amount of work you went through to make this video, Gary. Constant camera changes, tons of editing and those don't even speak to the amount of skill and patience you displayed. Also, this made me miss woodworking and all the tools I used to use. This is one for the ages. I can imagine this video being shown in classrooms for many years to come. So well done, my friend! Phil
Thank you Phil and I got a lot of exercise going from my computer back to the shop to try and make it flow. Honestly I did not really have a mapped out plan. Good thing I have a lot of mounts for the camera arm so that was not to bad. Keeping my head out of the way was the trick. The white hair will cause the camera to over heat trying to adjust LOL. Oh yes the editing...YIKES! ...enough said🤣 But you know it was worth it. So many wanted to see it and will probably be shared with others. How cool will that be to have the world full of Vortex bowls. Stay cool my friend it just hit 92 and going up. And we are handing out 432 ice cream bars today at about 6:00 pm. Gary
Thank you very much Bob. I appreciate your comment on the length of the video. I am always concerned about making them too long. Thanks for watching, Gary
bonjour de France j'ai fabriqué ce traîneau avec votre bonne vidéo et les explications que j'ai sous titrées en français les pièces sont d' une très grande précision merci beaucoup bonne fêtes
Thank you for your contributions to the woodworking community. I enjoy and appreciate your work. You have a very easy to follow way of explaining what you are doing. I was following a guy from Australia several years ago who has introduced curved lines into his work. He had been approached by the Woodturning magazine from the UK to illustrate his technique but his jigs apparently were not up to the magazines standards and the article was never printed. Based on what you have done with the jig presented in this video have you had experience with creating semicircular lines in a segmented turning. I have pics of his work but don't see a way to add them.
Thank you very much Edward. I would love to see the pictures so if you go to my About page you will find an email address where you can send them. You need to do it on a PC as it will not show up on a phone. Thanks, Gary
Thank you for showing us how to make this jig, excellent video. I have shared it with my fellow club members of the Ely Guild of Woodturners in Cambridgeshire UK and there is a lot of interest and appreciation.
Hi again Gary. Well, I made the jig thanks to your drawings and video. My first attempt using scrap wood has turned out perfect so now I'm looking forward to making a vortex bowl for real. Thanks again.
I had to laugh when you said "this video is getting very long" I dont think any of us are going to complain about that Gary ! 3 hours, I'm still going to watch :)
Well thank you very much. I am always concerned with it getting long and full of boring parts. But on this one it did need the time to show what I was doing. So based on your comment you never know there might be a 3 hour video in the making LOL. Thanks for watching and commenting, Gary...another old man!
Hi Gary, Your title is absolutely accurate. This has to be the best sled ever. I will be making one and I can see there will be lots of Vortex projects in the near future. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to show us how this was made. Now to go and make my own. Thanks again my friend and take care. Cheers, Huw
Thank you very much Huw, all the work was worth knowing that you will be successful in making this and have a lot of fun doing so. This could have been a 5 minute video showing the locations of the wholes but I really think showing making one should be a huge help. Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions. Take care buddy, Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Thanks Gary. I have saved the video and will watch a few times before I start just to make sure. Your explanation was so good I know mine will be a success. If I need anything don't worry I will ask. Take care buddy. Huw
Thank you Jim and best of luck on the jig and be sure to let me know how it goes. I am getting a lot of photos of the results and will show them when I get a few more. Take care, Gary
Thank you Matt, I have always loved Geometry and I used it at work as a wood pattern maker. Good with Geometry and trig but not so much on algebra. I think that stems from the teacher I had in high school. I bet your students have been taught that geometry is important in lots of areas of life. Thanks for watching, Gary
Hi Gary, this is marvellous thank you. I have already cut all the pieces, just waiting for my new 3/16 x 10 tip blade, should be ready tomorrow. Them I’ll be off to the races! Many thanks!
Thank you Gord. sounds like you are good to go. Do you have anything like MDF that you could test the fixture with? Even though if you have all the holes in the right spot it is always good to test. Best of luck and let me know how it goes. Gary
Racked my brain for a couple of days trying to figure out how to duplicate this on AutoCAD and finally figured out how to get the same layout you did. Now I can also make swirls with different radii too. Thanks for the inspiration!
@@ThePapa1947 I was initially intimidated by the precision of your coordinates (e.g. 3.629, 1.814, 3.142 etc.). Turns out, the X coordinate of the first point is pretty arbitrary: any value from half the radius of the bowl to infinity will produce swirls ranging from very swirly to not swirly at all. So if you pick a value for the radius (R) of the swirl that is pleasing and scribe an arc upward from the origin at X=R then the second point will also lie on that arc. If you then take a 30-60-90 triangle and draw a line from the origin at 30 degrees to the X axis, the point where it intersects the arc will be the second point. No measurements required at all. Of course, if you want the coordinates of that second point, they are or . Thanks for the inspiration to dig into this! Now to make one of these bowls...
Thank you Jeff, you are correct with your explanation but I think for most having the dimensions would be easier. I could have rounded them to the closet fraction but everything I have ever done had to be made as accurate as possible. Thanks for your explanation of how you worked it out. Gary
@@ThePapa1947 +1 I totally agree that high precision is needed, otherwise the 12 segments will have gaps when assembled. I'm going to build a jig with R=3.5 (a bit swirlier than yours) that gives the second point at (less intimidating?) . I'll let you know how that works out.
@@jeffeastman3666 I did make a fixture for making a very swirly shape. And very unusual outcome. I still have some work to do with it to get it perfected. Plus it will us a lot more wood but will be worth it. I figured if someone was using digital calipers those numbers are easy to use. And they are pretty inexpensive and I feel a great use for all wood workers. Love to hear more of how yours works out. Gary
I will make the jig. I hope that I can get it accurate because I can see this method making a lot of different projects. You are an awesome teacher and an inspiration.
Very unique jig as this is the first time I have seen one of these types of segments that fit together without any fuss of sanding or adjustments. Definitely try to make one of these
Thank You Gary....YOU are a very clever craftsman...Your imagination far exceeds simple wood turning. Your inventive ingenuity is enjoyed by so many folks watching your entertaining videos. Gary your explanation was very well done and easy for anyone to follow. Always fun watching you work Gary. I never know what new adventurous trail you will be traveling each week....Until next Friday....TM
Tuffy, you sure do try and challenge our Friend Phil but he is always up for the challenge. I like that apparatus you made for him to complete the Honeysuckle Root bowl. Fantastic piece of equipment.
That jig is the work of a master! Well done Gary and I will keep this for future reference, thanks for sharing , those of us less brilliant need videos like this!
This video was great I made the jig and found that I had about 1" opening for the 11" bowl the setting for the jug must be more than 2 " for the larger bowl.Thanks ffrom another retired Patternmaker.
Yes you need to use wider and longer pieces of wood.
Check this video out.
ruclips.net/video/3tnPEoQKZH8/видео.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947
How long have you been retired. I loved the trade but love being retired and still working with wood.
Gary
HI I worked at the trade for 15 years and got into Building/ Remodeling Worked at a job shop i Akron OH for 10 tears. Used the 3-1/2 X 5-5/8" Pcs for the 11 inch. but still have an inch spaceopen
Have you tried to make a smaller one? Sounds like maybe you have the piece they set against to far to the left making it cut a smaller segment. Without seeing it I can not say for sure.
You can email me if you like. I have helped others solve problems like this.
I started my apprenticeship not long after getting out of the Army in 1969. I retired in 2012. Worked in two different shops.
I love making patterns.
@@ThePapa1947 The dimention was 2" from the saw cut cut to the verticle Stop Block I will cut out Pcs for the smaller one tomorrow and see it they work. Thanks.
I rarely comment on videos but you Sir are a Gentleman and an excellent instructor Thank you
Thank you very much Tom.
I truly appreciate your comments.
Gary
that's stunning! It's like watching an evil genius with an incredibly relaxing voice... keep 'em coming Papa!
Thank you very much David. I appreciate your kind comments.
Gar
PAPA 1947, AWESOME FIXTURE LOVE THE VORTEX DESIGNE
Thanks so much Sam. Happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you for showing this. I will teach the other disabled vets like me how to make the turnings and try and make the sled. If you ever make a video on the other cutting part that would be great to.
Thank you and if you are talking about the ring cutting jig I have 2 videos on that.
Thank you for your service. I am a Vietnam veteran myself.
ruclips.net/video/GnzYR6y4ZhM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/3Uw2Ju_LAss/видео.html
This is EXCEPTIONAL! Its so hard to find really clearly explained sleds/jigs in regards to the geometry. You do a perfect job of explaining while switching between CAD and the sled. Thank you! Im going to try this!
Thanks so much for your comments. They are much appreciated.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
people like you are awesome for sharing your knowledge and experience as people like me would not know where to start with a project like this, thank you . very clever
Thank you very much Joe I appreciate your comments.
Gary
Compared to me you are a genius. It's amazing to me to see how you created that jig.
Thank you very much. Hopefully if you decide to make this it works out.
Let me know if you have questions.
Gary
Well that's food for thought. As I intend to make similar stuff, I shall persevere until I get that to work, thanks Gary.
Thank you Stuart and thanks for watching,
Gary
Made the sled after a few mishaps and cut my first 12 segment in scrap plywood today and came out as near to perfect as possible thanks very much for sharing this
Thank you Michael for letting me know. And I am happy to hear you used scrap wood to test it out.
Others have made one and used expensive wood on the first use. I recommended using something like MDF to test it.
I even tested my first one. The biggest problem I have seen is using the wrong whole to rotate from. I think you mind might tell you to use it and that is why I said to plug the whole before going any farther.
Happy it worked out for you and let me know how it works with the nice wood you choose.
Gary
First class! Complicated, yet simple.
Thank you very much James. Yes it does seem complicated. I did not explain how I created those centers as I think it would have been very confusing.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Gary
I appreciate how detailed you are when explaining, a lot less "guess work" involved than most youtube videos
Thank you Josh. I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching,
Gary
You have true engineering and mathematical skill for jig making.
Thanks so much. What I did for a living needed a lot of math and figuring out how to make a 3D part from a 2D drawing. It was something I really loved doing. Now in retirement I still love making things.
Gary
WOW! Amazing job. Thank You! Now added to my project list.
Thank you David and have fun making and using the jig.
Gary
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your work with all of us. Giovanni from Italy
Thanks so much Giovanni and thanks for watching.
Gary
Wow, how truly beautiful. Thank you, i will bookmark this clip and will give it a go. Thanks again.
Thank you Ed. Give it a try. I have many who have with great success and set pictures of what they made from it.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Gary
It Works !! Really helped when I re-drillled the holes in the correct locations ! Also found out that the top hole which was plugged....was only plugged in the bottom board and not the top rotating board. Then it all fell together. Thank you for sharing this with all of us....very much appreciated.
Thank you Dan and thanks for letting me know that it worked for you.
Have fun,
Gary
Thanks a lot. I'm one to make and use jigs and fixtures to do the precise work.
Great job with explaining and showing the process.
Thank you Randy. Jigs and fixtures can be very handy. I have been doing it for years. Got started at work build patterns for some almost impossible cuts and sanding setups.
Now I make use of them for creating different types of turnings.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
phenominal work. love the jig making process. I have done your water wheel illusion and thought it came out great. self taught.
@@CassieEstey thank you very much. I would love to see the water wheel. Sounds great.
Gary
Nice fixture, nice work.
You can save a lot of fine wood, dimensioning the two species you work with and do NOT cut it to the small pieces you prepared.
Only extend the first squareblock (17:09) to your right and give enough margen to the second squareblock.
You for sure need a second toggle clamp and press the upper strip down. The cut piece goes into the lower position and the next long strip (different species) goes on top.
No need to waste lot of cut offs.
I like the result and will try it myself.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
I guess I would like to see your method in action.
It sounds like you would some pretty long boards to deal with. Sounds like it could even have problems with clearance on the bandsaw.
Check out this video where I use long boards and cut the pieces from 2 types of wood at a time. ruclips.net/video/YYUa9w59BzY/видео.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947
I think this is something like what you are talking about.
Just seems like you are loosing your stop points which makes mine work.
I would like to see what your are talking about. Maybe you could make a video of it.
Hi Papa 1947
I saw the video you mentioned. Very nice and material efficient method for turning.
In your case, I ment to use exactly the same jig you made, but only extending your first stopblock (17:09) to the right. No interference with the machine body.
Having this made, you wouldn't have to cut your primary material into small pieces and waste a lot of cut offs.
I haven't made a similar jig yet, but as someone who has dedicated his whole life to woodworking, I guess I am able to judge what I saw in your video. I like the method you are applying, however, you can get almost twice the pieces out of your raw material changing the method of material preparation an joint cutting.
I dedicare myself more to constructional work like stairs, but also equipment for other craftsman like bookbinder, leatherworker, goldsmith, etc.
I wish you a lot of new inspirations and always a pleasure time making new videos for the community.
Best
What a great presentation of a jig that does an excellent job. Having the two pieces get cut at the same time really ups the quality of the end result. I'm impressed.
Thank you very much David. I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching.
Gary
Just completed making the jig. I have tested it cutting a few leaves and am now excited to go further. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience.
Thank you Colin and let me know how it goes.
Gary
This is a really outstanding video. It’s a beautiful bowl and a complex process to make it but you’ve explained it so well I feel keen to give it a try. Thank you so much !
Thanks Graham.
A number of viewers have made the fixture with great success.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful project. I really enjoyed watching you make the first bowl and just had to learn how you made that jig for the project pieces. You have done an excellent production of explaining each step and then demonstrating it. It was very helpful and encouraging to us who are trying to expand our capabilities and improve our abilities. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Many have made this jig and sent pictures of the finished project. Some very nice work they have done.
Always nice seeing someone try something I have come up with.
Let me know how it goes for you.
Gary
That’s amazing well done and very beautiful Gary take care and God bless
Thank you Mike it was fun to do. God Bless my friend,
Gary
Brilliant jig and an excellent video! Thanks
Thank you very much John and thanks for watching,
Gary
Wow, outstanding video. Will watch this one again before I build my fixtire. Thanks.
Thank you Tim. Many have made this and had great success. Just work as accurate as you can.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Gary
Thanks Papa. I would never be able to figure something like this out on my own!!
Thank you very much. Happy you enjoyed it.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Thank you for responding! Looking forward to more of your content. I just happened to stumble across this video today, as I was surfing YouYube!
@@porker5749 thank you and I look forward to you watching more.
Take care,
Gary
After viewing this video numerous times, I decided to build the jig for cutting the curved segments. So I constructed the jig using 1/2" Baltic birch plywood. I kept your video playing in the shop so I would not miss a detail. I am happy to say that after constructing the jig, I cut out 12 segments using some scrap pine boards. The 12 segments fit together to my great pleasure. Gary, thanks so much for making this great video and providing all of the detailed layout.
George I am very happy to hear you have made a successful jig. I designed this in cad and then made my first one knowing it had to work. So I made this video making a nicer looking one than my first and was hoping it would be easy for anyone wanting to make one. This pleases me to hear your results. I have only had a few that have had issues and it is usually using the wrong holes.
Thanks for letting me know.
Take care,
Gary
I love this video. Your explanations are clear and simple. Thanks a lot.
Thank you very much Alexis, happy you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.
Take care,
Gary
I’ve just completed this jig and I look forward to using it. Thanks for a very clear set of instructions. Much appreciated.
Thank you very much and let me know how it works out. I have many pictures from viewers who have made and used it with great sucess.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gary, thank you for your reply. I really do enjoy your videos and I am making this jig now. Will let you know how it works when done. Warren
It should work out great. Let me know if you have any questions.
Gary
Very nice work and thanks for sharing. Keep on smiling.
Thank you Terry and thanks for watching.
Gary
I see that you have provided the necessary information to build the jig. Many thanks. I'm not able to get started immediately as I still have building work to do. I spent two winters without heating here in Scotland.. I have rebuilt the heating system and am once again cosy but my workshop ( shed in reality) need some work as does much of the house. Sadly at 85 things take a little longer to do. I have missed my turning for far too long. So, fingers crossed that I get the time to use your jig. Thanks again, I'm certain it will be very well received
Thank you Ron and I hope it works out for you. If not let me know.
And have fun when you get back to turning.
Take care,
Gary
I love the Jig but was very frustrated trying to make the cut on the 10 x 10 fixture. I made everything according to your dims. but my cut did not look like yours. I fought with it for 4hrs and was going to trash it until I looked at your video again and saw what you did not tell us to do. That was you moved the 10 x 10 dowel to the upper hole. Now it works great. Thanks again for your instructions and info on how to make this Jig.
Glad you watched it again. I did it this way so you only had to drill once to get holes in the 2 boards.
If I do another version I will figure out a fool proof way of doing that hole.
Happy it worked out for you.
Gary
Huge respect from Azerbaijan! Extremely cool!
There are two types of people in the world: The first ones have engineering thinking and create special cutting methods and second ones use cnc cutting :) I am the lazy one)
Thank you very much. I think both methods can work togetheri appreciate you watching,
Gary
Awesome tutorial! You really explained everything that was necessary to make this gig. Thank you for your time and help. Your Florida friend, Dotty
❤😎🙃
Thank you Dotty. There have been a number of people make this jig with success. And it not I am always willing to help solve the problem.
Take care,
Gary
Thanks for sharing, very interesting process. Full View and Like 👍
Thanks so much Allen and thanks for watching,
Gary
Thank you I just did a 11” and a 12” 11 turned out good I think I need some practice on the 12” that one is a hand full! But I will get it!!😁thanks my friend ,God be with you. Gerry
Good to hear Jerry.
I would say 12 is the limit.
Maybe I will design a 12 inch 18 segment version.
That should be easier.
Gary
Gary, your so darn creative! I love it!
Lowell
Thank you Lowell. That is very kind of you to say.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you for sharing. My husband is going to make this jig!
Thank you Judy and let me know who it goes.
Gary
Pretty dad gum awesome. Again great video.
Thanks Mike. Happy you enjoyed the video.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you for sharing this project with everyone. 😅
Thank you Adam I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
so instructive! I will try to scale this for 12" and see if I can pull it off! Thank you so much!
Thanks Tony. I did do an 18 inch and it is really hard to glue together. Still thinking of a way to overcome that.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Next time I am in Portland to visit family, I would love to buy you a coffee and pick your brain!
Let me know. I like my coffee!
thank you for the effort you put in to make this video. I think I will make the fixture.
Thank you Roy. I hear from a lot of people who have made it and it has worked perfectly.
Let me know how it goes.
Gary
Thanks, your instructions are great. First try, excellent.
Thanks so much Bill, happy you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.
Gary
Great video. Very good explanation of making the jig. Ill just have to make one now.
Thank you for you generosity.
Thank you Steve and thanks for watching.
If you have questions on the jig let me know.
Gary
Very nice and will be making a sled.
Thank you for sharing.
Always enjoy your work.
Thank you Donald I appreciate you watching. I should use mine again and show other uses of it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Thanks for making this video. You made this tricky job very clear. I’m considering making one.
Thank you Joseph. It is pretty easy to make and also very easy to use.
Best of luck.
Gary
I am duly impressed. excellent job.
Thank you very much. Happy you liked it and thanks for watching.
Gary
Thanks for this video, very interesting. Just what i was looking for, jigs help so mush in work that we do.
Thanks Ron and yes jigs and fixtures can be very helpful.
Gary
This is brilliant. I'm not sure what exactly pattern-makers do, but I'm guessing it's got to be pretty close to tooling design. They must miss you a lot since you retired!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you very much. A wood pattern maker makes 3 dimensional parts used for making molds for foundries who then cast steel into the mold once the wood pattern is removed.
I just love this piece of work. Your cad/cam work got my head spinning. I simply couldn't figure what you had done until a got my compass out and drawn some circles on a piece of paper. I just love it. I haven't done my first bowl yet but I think it is smooth sailing form here. Thanks you so much for sharing.
Thank you Niels, well you compass makes a great Cad program. Because that is all I did but did it electronically.
Thanks for watchin and let me know how it goes.
Gary
Hmm followed your instructions to the detail and ended up with a 22 mm gap. Each piece is a saw blade too small. Can that be the problem?
@@farmandkaae if you could provide a picture or drawing of what you did I might be able to tell what is going wrong. One problem I have seen is the wrong hole being used.
Found the problem. The saw blade wasn’t square to the tabletop. 1.5 degrees off. That made a mess of things. Now it works and again thank you for the inspiration and the challenge.
@@farmandkaae thanks for letting me know. All makes sense now.
Gary
Thank you for making this video and sharing it on RUclips, I have shared it on FB and X
Thank you very much Douglas I appreciate you watching and sharing the video.
Take care,
Gary
Well Gary, you blew me away when you made the bowl. Now you've blown me away with the jig! You have a very deep mind for these things. Loved watching. It's interesting to see "How It's Made". Thanks for sharing your creativity and time with me. Stay safe, Vickie
Hi Vickie, between this video and Phil's video earlier I don't have any brain cells left to work anything out. LOL. Take care Vickie. Huw
@@WoodenItBeNice I totally agree!
Well thank you so much Vickie! I was not sure how many would enjoy seeing how I made the fixture but was very happy to do it.
Now to pick out an easy piece of wood to turn..lol
Thanks for your comments,
Gary
Ingenious jig. Impressive. Thanks!
Thank you Jerry, it will let you make some pretty cool looking turnings. Happy you like it.
Take care,
Gary
Hello Gary
I love every thing you do Thanks.
I have made this rotating sled works great I made a ring cutting jig all works great what I want is a larger diameter rotating sled.
Thank you Gerald. Look up my email in my about page and drop me a line and I will tell you how you can make larger diameters with the sled you have.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Another great video, thank you for spending the time making this video!
Thank you Tom, happy you enjoyed the video.
Take care,
Gary
Wow, really nice, great job Gary!!
Thank you very much Hank and thanks for watching.
Gary
I made your sled this morning. Tomorrow I’ll try it. It seems to work but the band saw at the shed doesn’t like cutting around corners. Thanks
Hope it all works well. Also a narrow blade is important. Mine is 3/16 with 10 tpi.
Let me know how it goes.
Gary
It’d be nice to have a choice of blades. We have a “ men’s shed “ that has 2 band saws which are not the best. I think the blade was hanging up on the sled and was getting better
It works
Good deal!
That chisel you used to cut the bowl. What’s it called and is it at 60 degrees?
Well, that was a labor of love. I can well imagine the amount of work you went through to make this video, Gary. Constant camera changes, tons of editing and those don't even speak to the amount of skill and patience you displayed. Also, this made me miss woodworking and all the tools I used to use. This is one for the ages. I can imagine this video being shown in classrooms for many years to come. So well done, my friend!
Phil
Thank you Phil and I got a lot of exercise going from my computer back to the shop to try and make it flow. Honestly I did not really have a mapped out plan. Good thing I have a lot of mounts for the camera arm so that was not to bad. Keeping my head out of the way was the trick. The white hair will cause the camera to over heat trying to adjust LOL.
Oh yes the editing...YIKES! ...enough said🤣
But you know it was worth it. So many wanted to see it and will probably be shared with others. How cool will that be to have the world full of Vortex bowls.
Stay cool my friend it just hit 92 and going up. And we are handing out 432 ice cream bars today at about 6:00 pm.
Gary
what software do you use for editing?@@ThePapa1947
Many thanks Gary, it's very generous of you to make the video and share it with us.
Thank you Geoff I am happy you enjoyed it.
Take care,
Gary
Brilliant! Thank you so much! Thank you for teaching!
Thank you Kelly, happy you enjoyed it.
Gary
Thank you for a splendid tutorial and sharing your talent.
You are so welcome and thanks for watching and commenting,
Gary
Love the jig! Great video explaining it. Not too long, not too short. And the bowl turned out fantastic, of course.
Thank you very much Bob. I appreciate your comment on the length of the video. I am always concerned about making them too long.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Just right in my opinion.
@@BobBob-eh5sb Totally agree Bob. Huw
bonjour de France j'ai fabriqué ce traîneau avec votre bonne vidéo et les explications que j'ai sous titrées en français les pièces sont d' une très grande précision merci beaucoup
bonne fêtes
hé jean-louis, merci beaucoup. Très heureux que cela ait fonctionné pour vous et merci d'avoir regardé,
Gary
Looks very beautiful and thanks for sharing.
Thank you Cowboy I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Great jig. You have a very good method to your madness. Thank so much. Going to build my own tomorrow.
Thank you very much. Many have made this after watching and sent pictures if finished turnings.
Hope to see how it works for you.
Gary
Love the jig thanks for the hard work can't wait to make one! Thanks for your channel!
Thank you very much Bruce and thanks for watching,
Gary
Thanks Gary. Off to the shop!
Thank you Lauri and best of luck.
Gary
Super clear steps, well explained (& beautifully executed too)
Thank you very much Doug I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching.
Gary
Sharing is very useful for those who do not know how to do it
Thank you so much, yes that is how we all can learn new things.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Maybe they don't want to
Thank you for your contributions to the woodworking community. I enjoy and appreciate your work. You have a very easy to follow way of explaining what you are doing.
I was following a guy from Australia several years ago who has introduced curved lines into his work. He had been approached by the Woodturning magazine from the UK to illustrate his technique but his jigs apparently were not up to the magazines standards and the article was never printed.
Based on what you have done with the jig presented in this video have you had experience with creating semicircular lines in a segmented turning.
I have pics of his work but don't see a way to add them.
Thank you very much Edward. I would love to see the pictures so if you go to my About page you will find an email address where you can send them. You need to do it on a PC as it will not show up on a phone.
Thanks,
Gary
Thank you for all of your insperation
Neil
Thank you Neil I appreciate you watching.
Gary
HI gary super good jig and so cool to do. weldone.
Thank you Manjit, happy you liked it and thanks for watching,
Gary
Genius! Thank you!
Thank you Dave. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Thank you for showing us how to make this jig, excellent video. I have shared it with my fellow club members of the Ely Guild of Woodturners in Cambridgeshire UK and there is a lot of interest and appreciation.
Thank you so much Les and best of luck to all of you. Have them share it on social media as well...that would be great.
Take care,
Gary
Hi again Gary. Well, I made the jig thanks to your drawings and video. My first attempt using scrap wood has turned out perfect so now I'm looking forward to making a vortex bowl for real. Thanks again.
@@ridgebackrhodesian very nice and when you finish a picture would be great.
Great job!
Gary
Very good video Gary and excellent how you put it across thank you
Thank you very much. There have been many make this now and sent pictures of the success. I love seeing that.
Take care,
Gary
Thanks for sharing which bandsaw blade was used. Great video!
Thank you Steve, the blade works very well. Glad you liked the video.
Gary
I had to laugh when you said "this video is getting very long"
I dont think any of us are going to complain about that Gary !
3 hours, I'm still going to watch :)
Well thank you very much. I am always concerned with it getting long and full of boring parts. But on this one it did need the time to show what I was doing.
So based on your comment you never know there might be a 3 hour video in the making LOL.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Gary...another old man!
Thanks for sharing your jig and the process. I will share this video with the folks in my wood turning club. Thanks again.
Thank you Julian and if you have social media it would be great if you could share it there as well.
Best of luck,
Gary
Thank you, everything worked as magic. First try and I did it. Thank you again.
Thank you and thanks for letting me know.
Gary
thanks Gary for showing us how you made the jig
Thank you Byron for watching!
Take care,
Gary
Hi Gary, Your title is absolutely accurate. This has to be the best sled ever.
I will be making one and I can see there will be lots of Vortex projects in the near future.
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to show us how this was made.
Now to go and make my own.
Thanks again my friend and take care.
Cheers, Huw
Thank you very much Huw, all the work was worth knowing that you will be successful in making this and have a lot of fun doing so.
This could have been a 5 minute video showing the locations of the wholes but I really think showing making one should be a huge help.
Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions.
Take care buddy,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Thanks Gary. I have saved the video and will watch a few times before I start just to make sure. Your explanation was so good I know mine will be a success. If I need anything don't worry I will ask. Take care buddy. Huw
Hey Gary (Papa) another great video, I will make one of these jigs and hopefully get some great results. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Jim and best of luck on the jig and be sure to let me know how it goes. I am getting a lot of photos of the results and will show them when I get a few more.
Take care,
Gary
Great video Gary. I will definitely try this one out as I start out on my new midi lathe. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Tony and best of luck.
Have fun on your new lathe.
Gary
This is awesome Gary!!! I'm a math teacher who appreciates Geometry in the workshop! Thank you for posting!
Thank you Matt, I have always loved Geometry and I used it at work as a wood pattern maker. Good with Geometry and trig but not so much on algebra. I think that stems from the teacher I had in high school.
I bet your students have been taught that geometry is important in lots of areas of life.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Fantastic how you come up with your jigs. Well done Gary.
Thank you Jack, I have always loved making fixtures and jigs to make things easier.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That is an amazing piece of information Gary Im going to try it myself wish me luck because lm going to need it thankyou so much for sharing
Thank you Ronnie. Best of luck and if you havce any questions let me know.
Gary
Hi Gary, this is marvellous thank you. I have already cut all the pieces, just waiting for my new 3/16 x 10 tip blade, should be ready tomorrow. Them I’ll be off to the races! Many thanks!
Thank you Gord. sounds like you are good to go.
Do you have anything like MDF that you could test the fixture with? Even though if you have all the holes in the right spot it is always good to test.
Best of luck and let me know how it goes.
Gary
Racked my brain for a couple of days trying to figure out how to duplicate this on AutoCAD and finally figured out how to get the same layout you did. Now I can also make swirls with different radii too. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you Jeff, to make sure I had it right I drew in on Bobcad. That is the software I use.
Let me know how it goes I am always interested.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 I was initially intimidated by the precision of your coordinates (e.g. 3.629, 1.814, 3.142 etc.). Turns out, the X coordinate of the first point is pretty arbitrary: any value from half the radius of the bowl to infinity will produce swirls ranging from very swirly to not swirly at all. So if you pick a value for the radius (R) of the swirl that is pleasing and scribe an arc upward from the origin at X=R then the second point will also lie on that arc. If you then take a 30-60-90 triangle and draw a line from the origin at 30 degrees to the X axis, the point where it intersects the arc will be the second point. No measurements required at all. Of course, if you want the coordinates of that second point, they are or . Thanks for the inspiration to dig into this! Now to make one of these bowls...
Thank you Jeff, you are correct with your explanation but I think for most having the dimensions would be easier. I could have rounded them to the closet fraction but everything I have ever done had to be made as accurate as possible.
Thanks for your explanation of how you worked it out.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 +1 I totally agree that high precision is needed, otherwise the 12 segments will have gaps when assembled. I'm going to build a jig with R=3.5 (a bit swirlier than yours) that gives the second point at (less intimidating?) . I'll let you know how that works out.
@@jeffeastman3666 I did make a fixture for making a very swirly shape. And very unusual outcome. I still have some work to do with it to get it perfected. Plus it will us a lot more wood but will be worth it.
I figured if someone was using digital calipers those numbers are easy to use. And they are pretty inexpensive and I feel a great use for all wood workers.
Love to hear more of how yours works out.
Gary
I will make the jig. I hope that I can get it accurate because I can see this method making a lot of different projects. You are an awesome teacher and an inspiration.
Thank you Doswell! Just take you time and double check your measurements and you will be fine.
Thanks again for your kind comments.
Take care,
Gary
Great demo, thank you. I have just finished doing this sled. I shall try doing a project
Michael thank you! Best of luck and it should work fine. I have gotten many photos from successful builds.
Take care,
Gary
Very unique jig as this is the first time I have seen one of these types of segments that fit together without any fuss of sanding or adjustments. Definitely try to make one of these
Thank you Rama, others have made it after seeing my video and have been very successful. Best of luck and thanks for watching,
Gary
Thanks again for your sharing of your knowledge.
Thank you Andrew and thanks for watching.
Take care... Gary
i'm so glad you did this video and i'm sure many of us are. thanks.
Thank you so much Art, hearing that made all the work worth it.
Gary
very good project ahead of me . thank you!
You are welcome! And thanks for watching Jerry.
Take care,
Gary
Thank You Gary....YOU are a very clever craftsman...Your imagination far exceeds simple wood turning. Your inventive ingenuity is enjoyed by so many folks watching your entertaining videos. Gary your explanation was very well done and easy for anyone to follow. Always fun watching you work Gary. I never know what new adventurous trail you will be traveling each week....Until next Friday....TM
Thank you very much Tuffy. Knowing your background you comments mean a lot to me.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Tuffy, you sure do try and challenge our Friend Phil but he is always up for the challenge. I like that apparatus you made for him to complete the Honeysuckle Root bowl. Fantastic piece of equipment.
Thanks, Tuffy, for all your help. You do a lot to help us all learn more about turning.
That jig is the work of a master! Well done Gary and I will keep this for future reference, thanks for sharing , those of us less brilliant need videos like this!
Thanks so much Al, best of luck when you do make one.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you for showing us how to make the jig. I will be making one soon.
Thank you Rick and best of luck,
Gary