Woodturning - The Exploding Bowl ( Fail )
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2021
- welcome to this weeks woodturning video.
the exploding bowl.
In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a log into a natural edge bowl, the outcome was a little more than i had planned.
woodturning can be very dangerous and as the title suggests the bowl i was making exploded while i was finishing the tenon.
As a production woodturner i have turned the tenon off the bottoms of more bowls than i care to remember. however in the case of this bowl i stupidly rushed a few vital safety steps.
i feel that experience can sometimes lead to complacency and because i have become confident in my ability to tun the same shape bowl day in day out i became complacent with my normal approach to safety
Filming while woodturning can be distracting as i have an extra thing to think about that is never normally there while i work.
its fair to say i was rushing this piece as i was planning to finish some of my pressing production work once i was done with shooting.
I was in two minds wether or not to post this video.
Im sure the comments section will be flooded with both positive and negative feedback, but i hope that both beginners and seasoned woodturners alike can take something from my mistakes. not necessarily in the approach to removing a tenon but more in the approach to safe practice over all.
what went wrong ?
firstly, when reverse mounting a bowl on the lathe i would normally use my chuck extension or i would mount a jam chuck in the chuck.
this keeps the bowl rim away form the headstock.
my first mistake in this set up was to skip this step leaving the rim of the bowl way to close to the headstock.
secondly, when turning away the tenon i turned the nib that is vital for stability way too small, at this point i should have removed the bowl from the lathe and sanded by hand. i didnt.
when i went in to sand the foot of the bowl the slightest pressure caused the nib to fail, as the nib dislodged from the tail stock the bowl tilted on its axis causing the rim to connect with the headstock of the lathe.
The result, a trip to the local A&E to stitch up the hefty laceration to my right ring finger, not to mention the loss of a beautiful bowl.
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Thanks for the honest safety reminders. I enjoy your work.
Sorry to see that failure, your injury and loss of a beautiful bowl. This video is, however, quite a valuable lesson on safety! As you said, you skipped an important step, thankfully the cost was only a couple of stitches to a finger, not an eye!
Thank you for showing the failure. Your injury and honesty just saved thousands of fingers!
You poor man - was looking like a lovely bowl too.
Sorry for your accident brother. I pray for a speedy recovery for you. It would have been easy to withhold showing this; thanks for the safety reminder.
Sorry to see a beautiful piece become firewood but glad you still have a full set of digits. 🙏
We all make mistakes, but it's what we can learn from them that is important. Sorry this happened and glad you didn't hurt yourself badly. Love all your videos.
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It could be worst. We are used to say in France : "On progresse par ses échecs" (You progress through your failures). Thanks for your video and your perfect your analysis which remember us that when turning, danger is never far. Besides your video is useful and instructive, your bowl was magnificent. Take care and thank you for your work. 😉👍
Very unfortunate mate. Glad you're OK and not badly hurt. She was a beautiful piece pal
Aww man!! After you removed tenon, I thought, “maybe he meant the grain explode... AWWW CRAP!” 😬 You do beautiful work.
I hope you are healing well. Your work is always beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
My comment is... glad you lost just a bowl! It could have been so much worse I think. Take care. Looks like it was gonna be a really nice one. Thanks for sharing your video! It's a good learning tool for old and new. Stay safe, Vickie
OMG....wow that was brutal. A good reminder that saftey first is priority. Still you do great work and I'm glad it wasn't worse that it was.
What a beautiful bowl it was.
Glad to see it wasn't worse.
That was quite a spectacular fail! Welcome to the club, it happens to all of us.
YEEOWCH!! Glad you didn't get hurt worse!
Hope the finger heals up fast.. Thanks for showing this, I'll be sure to keep my nibs wide from now on.
Dear Artist, as it said, "No pain no gain", and, "Failure teaches success". You were really patient and stable to deal with the two failed experiments. And then, after one year, your creatures are remarkable. Who is this 'steel guy'? Jack Mack.