I love the juxtaposition of the futuristic technology (3D scanning, CNC machine, Six Million Dollar Man) being used to bring out the inherent natural beauty of the live edge. It's a nice blend of machine and nature. Wonderful video as always, Frank.
Beautiful bowl, Frank. THAT would be an heirloom piece if there ever was one... cost of materials, $0... labor of love, $6,000,000... heirloom piece, priceless... well done.
Love the coloring of the wood. I like the choices you make on the fly. You don't let a thing like the section of wood coming off get to you. You are a fine example of shop safety.
I have turned a small natural edge bowl from a wild plumb limb and loved the color and pattern of the grain. I have never seen a plumb tree as big as this one and I really like the finished piece!
Frank, I just love your videos. They are all so polished. Your narratives are what make your videos great. Your voice is calming and inviting, giving us all the impression of what a sincere gentleman you are. Keep up the fantastic work!
Love the hushed, reverential commentary. Beautiful piece. I love how we are talked through the thinking behind the piece and then can watch to see how it turns out.
Another beautiful piece Mr Howarth. Your solution to holding the bowl on the lathe so you could carve the bottom of the bowl was like watching a separate build, it was awesome.
I have to mention one of my favorite things about this piece is how the color from the wood leached into the resin just a little bit and made it a slight shade of red the plum color of the wood is gorgeous and the contrast between all the colors of the wood and the bark that's leftover is wonderful
The final shape of the bowl and feet in combination remind me of a butterfly perched on something. Especially with the colors of the wood and how the sapwood is at the edges of the "wings" of the bowl. Really beautiful project, Frank!
Maybe the most captivating and interesting and talented man on youtube. The idea of capturing the shavings accumulating on the floor was fantastic. That was artistic in itself.
My gosh Frank, your skills are tremendous. An artist with wood. Your trademark I feel is the ability to turn an experiment into a fabulous piece, seemingly making your plan out along the way. It's adds this sense of spontaneity that translates into your work. A brilliant eye for potential Mr. Howarth.
Frank, I don't really know if this is what you were going for with this video, but I thought it would be nice to tell you. It's exactly 4:00 AM here where I live, and I'm having a really difficult sequence of days (more like weeks) -- big decisions and potencial big changes ahead in my life. So, it's a monday morning, I should be waking up to work in a few hours, but I just can't sleep. My head is all over the place; doesn't leave me alone. And then, I made a cup of tea, sat here and watched this video. And, Frank, I have to thank you. These images made me calmer than I ever been in the last week. I watch your channel for years, now. Love your work, the quality of your videos, the funny bits and the beauty of your woodwork. I really hope that you read this and that knowing that you helped me today gives you a little smile. Thanks. Wish you all the best.
A lot of things involved here which bring out the great artist you are. The vision for the piece. the extreme patience and ingenuity. Well done Frank on such a beautiful bowl
Easily one of my favorite pieces, unbelievable natural structure and aesthetics to that piece of wood; I'm actually glad that piece of bark chipped off.
Hi very impressed with your skills you obviously been doing this for quite a few years, myself I am retired I'm 68 years old I live in part of France , I am English . I still have some of my woodworking machinery, like my big Watkin woodwork in lathe, because I'm retired I do not have a lot of money so just recently I've been trying to make my own tools I've just made myself a hook gouge. Once again very impressed with your work. Stay safe in these bad times of the virus as we are in lockdown in France. So trying to keep myself busy. Phil from the Moulin in France.
What a great piece! Shared this with my Father ( also an architect, Father, and wood junkie). He turned my boys each a beautiful live edge bowl in the same fashion as yours. Thanks for sharing the experience and the Six Million Dollar Man Theme! Marc
So I am going back and watching older videos, and I somehow missed this one. This bowl turned out quite stunning, and I feel I must compliment you on your stellar problem solving skills. The resin you used on the cracks really feel like they belong to the piece, like sap solidified to amber. I am just going to go ahead and state that I think this is the best bowl you ever created, it's certainly the most visually stimulating. Excellent work.
At first I thought it was going to look like the Death Star ,but then what an amazing project . every time l think that it's just another project it turns out to be an amazing project . And just like your other viewers said an hour video is so interesting it's over in five minutes. keep the videos coming. Upsman retired local 63 California.
This was an awesome piece. I like how you kept both the turned piece and its respective video for 3 years to complete this one. I was almost hoping that when you were filling the cracks you would add some copper to the epoxy to have a feel similar to Japanese broken pottery.
Wow. Color me impressed. All that work for one bowl. It is so beautiful! When society goes to the dogs and there is nothing but chaos, we will need you on hand to help rebuild it. Don't go anywhere. Stay put.
Just when I get to the point of my draw dropping at your woodworking skills, I then see your expertise with video editing and production and my mind is fully blown. I don't know how the hell you're so good at so many things, Frank, but man I'm impressed. Keep it up. This channel should have a million subs.
You are truly an artist. Your woodwork is as brilliant as your filmmaking and both together are priceless. Thanks for sharing this hard and beautiful job.
gotta say, it's great to see more classical frank makes work. the CNC is awesome, but i appreciate seeing some videos where it's use is more the background than the focus.
Frank, that thing looks awesome! Please, keep up the great work! I greatly enjoy seeing your creativity in your builds. You are experimenting with new ideas and posting them for us to see. It is great to see you learn and, in turn, we learn from it as well.
Fantastic work! And, I love the Six Million Dollar Man references! That was my dad's favorite show growing up, and he's now got my brothers and I hooked!
Hot glue to seal the cracks for resin filling is brilliant! I like it. I've had a lot of trouble with that. Even if you stretched a piece of rubber or something over the outside of the cracks and used hot glue to seal around the borders that should work great to get the resin flush with the surface. Tip: you can remove hot glue from wood by soaking it briefly in rubbing alcohol. It peels right off.
Well done Frank - a truly beautiful piece. This is the first video of your's that I have seen seen - it won't be the last. Three things I really enjoy. One, seeing a well equipped with all the toys. Two, seeing someone who can actually use that equipment and three, seeing a great project come to life.
What a professional video and inspired piece of work! Very lovely. I never realized you had to let the wood dry that long! Also nice tip about the resin in cracks. Thanks for inspiring me.
Hi Frank, I love the channels and the stop-motion animation especially. On your use of epoxy or any type of resin for that matter, a torch flame waved at the bubble almost in a threatening manner, keeping the flame moving constantly. That helps bring the bubbles to surface. Or a pad sander with no paper held on the side of the item to vibrate as with concrete. Hope this helps, Pete
Amazing, I love turning live edge pieces but I hate the difficulty of getting a good even finish (in other words sanding), this video has given me lots of ideas on reverse mounting awkward shapes. Thanks Pete
Nice to see a video on using resin to fill cracks. I have done this before. I usually start with filling the cracks before I start turning to reduce the chance of it coming apart. My process has been to start with tape and seal it with medium ca before pouring in the resin (colored, sometimes with glitter). I like the idea of using hot melt and will try that next time. I use a heat gun to remove bubbles. So far I have had good success, but I use a slow cure poly resin. For vibrating out bubbles a would think a random orbit sander with no sandpaper would do the job.
WOW! Frank that is one beautiful looking bowl. I have never had an interest in having a lathe, but this video inspired me to someday learn this too. Awesome editing too, like always. Thank you sir!
What a wonderful creative mind you have, that is a fantastic piece you made there, thank you for showing the process that you go through to achieve the final piece.
Absolutely love this project Frank! I think the fact that you tried something different really paid off! Also great thinking in trying to solve problems while woodworking, quite genius!
Once again a truly amazing piece of work. I have some Maple that I have wanted to turn into some live edge bowls. This gave me a lot of insight as to how to attack such a project. Also your rather complicated maxi jig for the bottom was incredible. Thanks again as always an insipiration!
First the bowl is beautiful! The next best is the solutions you had to find to be able to do the work in the first place. Thank you for showing both the end product and the method used. ;)
I don't know what I'm more jealous, the skills or the workshop. Definitely the skills, the workshop can be purchased. Nicely done Frank!
I love the juxtaposition of the futuristic technology (3D scanning, CNC machine, Six Million Dollar Man) being used to bring out the inherent natural beauty of the live edge. It's a nice blend of machine and nature. Wonderful video as always, Frank.
Beautiful bowl, Frank. THAT would be an heirloom piece if there ever was one... cost of materials, $0... labor of love, $6,000,000... heirloom piece, priceless... well done.
Love the coloring of the wood. I like the choices you make on the fly. You don't let a thing like the section of wood coming off get to you. You are a fine example of shop safety.
AN older video....but one of my favorites... you done real fine here sir.
I have turned a small natural edge bowl from a wild plumb limb and loved the color and pattern of the grain. I have never seen a plumb tree as big as this one and I really like the finished piece!
Wow.. This made me realise I've been watching and being inspired by your videos for 4 years now. And still loving them.
That is dedication to the craft. Keeping video footage for 3 years to complete a project. Great job on the bowl too.
Frank, I just love your videos. They are all so polished. Your narratives are what make your videos great. Your voice is calming and inviting, giving us all the impression of what a sincere gentleman you are. Keep up the fantastic work!
Love the hushed, reverential commentary. Beautiful piece. I love how we are talked through the thinking behind the piece and then can watch to see how it turns out.
Another beautiful piece Mr Howarth. Your solution to holding the bowl on the lathe so you could carve the bottom of the bowl was like watching a separate build, it was awesome.
I have to mention one of my favorite things about this piece is how the color from the wood leached into the resin just a little bit and made it a slight shade of red the plum color of the wood is gorgeous and the contrast between all the colors of the wood and the bark that's leftover is wonderful
The final shape of the bowl and feet in combination remind me of a butterfly perched on something. Especially with the colors of the wood and how the sapwood is at the edges of the "wings" of the bowl. Really beautiful project, Frank!
I audibly gasped at the bright purple color that came up at 2:36 when you drilled out the center core. Just beautiful!!
You, my dear sir, are simply the best woodworker in youtube. In your case, it can't even be called woodwork, more like woodart.
Maybe the most captivating and interesting and talented man on youtube. The idea of capturing the shavings accumulating on the floor was fantastic. That was artistic in itself.
My gosh Frank, your skills are tremendous. An artist with wood. Your trademark I feel is the ability to turn an experiment into a fabulous piece, seemingly making your plan out along the way. It's adds this sense of spontaneity that translates into your work. A brilliant eye for potential Mr. Howarth.
The world has been bit scary of late, 17:30 minutes with Frank and the world is just a little brighter. Thanks Frank!
I agree!
Some scarier now, June 2020. Still it's nice to take a break from it.
Frank, I don't really know if this is what you were going for with this video, but I thought it would be nice to tell you. It's exactly 4:00 AM here where I live, and I'm having a really difficult sequence of days (more like weeks) -- big decisions and potencial big changes ahead in my life. So, it's a monday morning, I should be waking up to work in a few hours, but I just can't sleep. My head is all over the place; doesn't leave me alone. And then, I made a cup of tea, sat here and watched this video. And, Frank, I have to thank you. These images made me calmer than I ever been in the last week.
I watch your channel for years, now. Love your work, the quality of your videos, the funny bits and the beauty of your woodwork. I really hope that you read this and that knowing that you helped me today gives you a little smile. Thanks. Wish you all the best.
Life is an experiment, that is why 'live and learn' is a saying. Beautiful work. I hope to one day be as talented as yourself.
A lot of things involved here which bring out the great artist you are. The vision for the piece. the extreme patience and ingenuity. Well done Frank on such a beautiful bowl
Frank you are amazing. I could watch your videos all night. Your narration is exceptional. Thanks for sharing.
That rig to reverse the live edge on the lathe was awesome; I would not have thought of that - very cool Frank!
I could listen to you all day...it is a pleasure to watch you work...thanks frank
The jig you created is pretty genius. I was really impressed with that.
Frank, I'm not a huge fan of most wood turning projects, but this bowl is absolutely gorgeous. Easily some of your best work.
I really like the way the resin looks in the cracks, that natural edge also really looks superb!
Easily one of my favorite pieces, unbelievable natural structure and aesthetics to that piece of wood; I'm actually glad that piece of bark chipped off.
I'm still astounded by the amount of work and skill you put into these wonderful pieces. As always a joy to watch and listen to.
Excellent video Frank. You're consistently killing it. Thank you for the entertainment.
Really beautiful Frank! I love how the epoxy kind of looks like tree resin in the cracks. Thanks for sharing!
Frank. You are simply a humble genius. Thanks for another great video.
Hey Frank, i am absolutly blown away by the idea of the support jig. A-maz-ing!! Keep up the turning!! Greetings from the Netherlands.
I highly admire all the forethought, patience, ingenuity, and determination it took to make this piece. It's a beautiful, beautiful creation.
The story line is awesome... the flow, the rhythm... awesome all over.
Frank, I think the plum bowl is your best yet. Nice job.
Hi very impressed with your skills you obviously been doing this for quite a few years, myself I am retired I'm 68 years old I live in part of France , I am English . I still have some of my woodworking machinery, like my big Watkin woodwork in lathe, because I'm retired I do not have a lot of money so just recently I've been trying to make my own tools I've just made myself a hook gouge.
Once again very impressed with your work. Stay safe in these bad times of the virus as we are in lockdown in France. So trying to keep myself busy.
Phil from the Moulin in France.
I haven't watched your videos lately, because you did so much on the CNC that I could not possibly do. This was very nice.
What a great piece! Shared this with my Father ( also an architect, Father, and wood junkie). He turned my boys each a beautiful live edge bowl in the same fashion as yours. Thanks for sharing the experience and the Six Million Dollar Man Theme!
Marc
So I am going back and watching older videos, and I somehow missed this one. This bowl turned out quite stunning, and I feel I must compliment you on your stellar problem solving skills. The resin you used on the cracks really feel like they belong to the piece, like sap solidified to amber. I am just going to go ahead and state that I think this is the best bowl you ever created, it's certainly the most visually stimulating. Excellent work.
At first I thought it was going to look like the Death Star ,but then what an amazing project . every time l think that it's just another project it turns out to be an amazing project . And just like your other viewers said an hour video is so interesting it's over in five minutes. keep the videos coming. Upsman retired local 63 California.
I'm always in awe of your ingenuity and craftsmanship Frank, you never fail to impress! Rob.
Beautiful!! The cracks actually added to the beauty. I'm glad you persevered on this one.
Frank, the fantastic quality of your videos and editing, together with your commentary are just a joy to behold.
Absolutely incredible work, Frank. That turned out gorgeous.
This was an awesome piece. I like how you kept both the turned piece and its respective video for 3 years to complete this one. I was almost hoping that when you were filling the cracks you would add some copper to the epoxy to have a feel similar to Japanese broken pottery.
Those time lapse shots with the changing angle are awesome
Wow. Color me impressed. All that work for one bowl. It is so beautiful!
When society goes to the dogs and there is nothing but chaos, we will need you on hand to help rebuild it. Don't go anywhere. Stay put.
Gorgeous Frank! I like how you apply intelligence to every project, and how you explain why and how you do everything.
Wow that is honestly the nicest woodturned bowl I have ever seen, excellent work!
I absolutely LOVE the look of the resin filled cracks!
Just when I get to the point of my draw dropping at your woodworking skills, I then see your expertise with video editing and production and my mind is fully blown. I don't know how the hell you're so good at so many things, Frank, but man I'm impressed. Keep it up. This channel should have a million subs.
Thanks
Beautiful work, I loved the way Frank made the viewer aware of his design thought process, very well done video!
You are truly an artist. Your woodwork is as brilliant as your filmmaking and both together are priceless. Thanks for sharing this hard and beautiful job.
gotta say, it's great to see more classical frank makes work.
the CNC is awesome, but i appreciate seeing some videos where it's use is more the background than the focus.
Frank, that thing looks awesome! Please, keep up the great work! I greatly enjoy seeing your creativity in your builds. You are experimenting with new ideas and posting them for us to see. It is great to see you learn and, in turn, we learn from it as well.
Late to the party, but wow that edge looks so delicate. It is amazing that the bark stayed put. Well done.
Love how you have added aerial shots and even more animations to what was already stellar production work. Thanks for sharing!
Man I love the rotating time lapse over the lathe!! Makes for and an epic shot.
Another amazing project! I love the fact that you aren't afraid to tackle projects that require techniques you haven't used before.
Fantastic work! And, I love the Six Million Dollar Man references! That was my dad's favorite show growing up, and he's now got my brothers and I hooked!
1 Bowl to rule them all....outstanding piece and process!!!
Absolutely stunning piece of work. Choosing a prime number of, in your case bolts, is often a good way to avoid harmonics on rotating machines.
Possibly one of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen... Thank you for doing this and showing it to us!
Dont know if you are the best woodturner, but certainly the best editor of the kind, and surely creative, gj.
Awsome!!!!!!! Frank, you are a true artist!!!!!!! Very inspiring for me and I guess also for lots of people!!!!!!!
That's a nice looking bowl, I think it's my favourite bowl out of all the ones I have seen you make.
I love this piece so much! It's definitely my favorite. So organic. And the resin makes the bowl even more beautiful. Genius! 👌💖
Hot glue to seal the cracks for resin filling is brilliant! I like it. I've had a lot of trouble with that. Even if you stretched a piece of rubber or something over the outside of the cracks and used hot glue to seal around the borders that should work great to get the resin flush with the surface. Tip: you can remove hot glue from wood by soaking it briefly in rubbing alcohol. It peels right off.
NightHawkInLight Cool to see you here.
Thanks. There is a spot on the bark where i need to get the hot glue off.
A true artisan you are! Fantastic piece of artwork, and videography!
Frank - you are an incredible woodworker/artist. You inspire a lot of us to try things - many thanks!
The plum wood bowl shaped almost like two hands, is just amazing. Former joiner until 1969!!
well worth the three year wait and adding those feet is quite unique, well done
the best thing is that you genuinely have fun doing things
Well done Frank - a truly beautiful piece. This is the first video of your's that I have seen seen - it won't be the last. Three things I really enjoy. One, seeing a well equipped with all the toys. Two, seeing someone who can actually use that equipment and three, seeing a great project come to life.
You're the most patient man ever. Great job!
I had no idea plum trees got that big, such beautiful wood!
That's a great looking bowl. The wood is beautiful and I love the foot! Another great video too, Frank!
What a professional video and inspired piece of work! Very lovely. I never realized you had to let the wood dry that long! Also nice tip about the resin in cracks. Thanks for inspiring me.
"There's a few little bits that aren't perfect..." Yeah, but that is what makes the bowl. The perfect imperfections. Awesome work!
Hi Frank, I love the channels and the stop-motion animation especially. On your use of epoxy or any type of resin for that matter, a torch flame waved at the bubble almost in a threatening manner, keeping the flame moving constantly. That helps bring the bubbles to surface. Or a pad sander with no paper held on the side of the item to vibrate as with concrete. Hope this helps, Pete
Amazing, I love turning live edge pieces but I hate the difficulty of getting a good even finish (in other words sanding), this video has given me lots of ideas on reverse mounting awkward shapes.
Thanks
Pete
Nice to see a video on using resin to fill cracks. I have done this before. I usually start with filling the cracks before I start turning to reduce the chance of it coming apart. My process has been to start with tape and seal it with medium ca before pouring in the resin (colored, sometimes with glitter). I like the idea of using hot melt and will try that next time. I use a heat gun to remove bubbles. So far I have had good success, but I use a slow cure poly resin. For vibrating out bubbles a would think a random orbit sander with no sandpaper would do the job.
the little logs make it look alive... I love it!
That is gorgeous; never seen plum wood before. Excellent work!
Awesome looks like something that may come from the bottom of the ocean, something marine in nature, thanks for sharing is beautiful.
that bowl turned out so beautifully! and I got a good chuckle out of the 6 million dollar man reference!
Everything you do is impressive, but this one is absolutely incredible.
the production value of your videos is amazing
Great call adding that little amount of red to the resin. Beautiful piece, thank you
Wow, amazing piece! So many techniques involved in this project! Thanks for sharing!
WOW! Frank that is one beautiful looking bowl. I have never had an interest in having a lathe, but this video inspired me to someday learn this too. Awesome editing too, like always. Thank you sir!
What a wonderful creative mind you have, that is a fantastic piece you made there, thank you for showing the process that you go through to achieve the final piece.
Incredibly beautiful work. It makes it even better to have seen the process.
Absolutely love this project Frank! I think the fact that you tried something different really paid off! Also great thinking in trying to solve problems while woodworking, quite genius!
Once again a truly amazing piece of work. I have some Maple that I have wanted to turn into some live edge bowls. This gave me a lot of insight as to how to attack such a project. Also your rather complicated maxi jig for the bottom was incredible. Thanks again as always an insipiration!
Amazing! The design and construction of the jig could be a project in itself.
First the bowl is beautiful! The next best is the solutions you had to find to be able to do the work in the first place. Thank you for showing both the end product and the method used. ;)
I really like how the light comes through the cracks.
Awesome piece Frank - not sure how anyone could give it a thumbs down. Thanks for sharing