woodturning 2x4 bowls (for practice)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This woodturning video is 2x4 projects. Woodturning bowls from 2x4's. A great woodturning project for beginners.
After you make the bowls you can sell them at craft shows, art markets, craft fairs, or where ever you sell your products.
This is good practice for tool technique, bowl shapes, and finishing the bowls without spending much money.
They can be a candy dish, change bowl, or a bowl to throw your keys in.
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I've just learned more about bowl turning in 10 minutes then I have from some videos that are an hour long. Thanks !
I'm glad it helped!
Thanks for watching!
You make it look so easy. They are great!!
@@jond1965 Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
Thank you, so much!! I am a stroke survivor with left side paralysis. I hope to recover enough to use a lathe for therapy. I'm going to nee LOTS of inexpensive wood.
There are lots of options out there. Enjoy your journey.
A construction site always has odds and ends of 2x4s that usually get burned in winter or tossed in a dumpster. Wish the best for woodturning as therapy.
2x4’s make good practice for sharpening and tool control. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Doug.
I have a very tiny workshop hardly 8 x 8 and this looks like something I could do in there with a small lathe. This is a fantastic video, especially for a novice like myself.
Thank you. My shop is 9x16 but my turning area is 6x9. 8x8 is plenty of room.
The way you work on both sides if the lathe is fascinating.
Thank you Joe!
I'm left handed so I make it work for me.
Appreciate you watching!
Three styles from plain ol' 2x4s. Who would have thought the ugly duckling would turn into a swan?
It will be my swan song.
Wonderful
3 different shapes 2X4 .
I will try all of them
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you!
Enjoy the experience!
Glad I watched, now I can turn my screwed up candle holder into a bowl. Afterall, I wouldn't want to waste a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" floor scrap just because I didn't remember steps in the candle ho!see video.
Thanks good practice for a rookie, 83 year old rookie.
Wish I could get my tools as sharp as yours on my homemade system.
Nice job. Thanks for sharing
Candle holder video
It's always nice when you can fix something with another idea.
I have a wolverine jig to hold my gouges, but the rest of my sharpening system is homemade. I use a belt sander from harbor freight.
Good luck to you Bill!
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate it!
So neat. Haven't tried this but will soon. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad you like! Thanks for watching!
That’s what I needed. Ideas to practice on.
A few bucks for a 2x4 give several blanks for small bowls. Play around with different shapes. I usually sell them for 5 bucks each. I usually make a batch of the same shape then switch to another shape.
Thank for watching Ron. Have fun.👍
Super, I'm going to try it. Thanks Dan.
Have fun!
Thanks for watching!
Great idea. I think you have this. You’re a natural
Thank you Robert. I don't know about natural...you should have seen when I started.😵 Thanks for watching.
Cool smalls great idea good way to practice 👍 have a good day ✌️
Thank you. Appreciate you watching.
I really like how you parade the results at det end. Please also let us see the undersides without distractions.
Thank you!
Great stuff! , and looks display good. I've made some 4X4 chalices for practice. And people love them. I do move working in exotic woods, but the pine gives people on a low budget some good looking stuff. I even keep a few around the house. Keep turning brother!
Thank you Michael. It makes inexpensive practice material and some nice projects.
Thanks for watching!
I'll try again. Another suggestion: take a piece fo eighth inch thick pladtic, four or five inches square and heag along one skde until it's slft enough yl roll s pencil in. Let it cool the pencil should fit snugly but still go in and out. Grind or file or bandsaw along the top edge leaving a point the distance away from the pencil, the width of your tenon or recess. You can see how to use it. The thkng is, I've broken pencil leads, but never had lne of these catch and fly. Ic the point wears just cut the edge back tl make a new lne. Make multiple pointd for different widths. Again, love youf videos. Ed
@@EdRaastad-rj6mi That's a good idea. I've been thinking of making something to mark the mortise and tenon size. I just keep putting it off.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching!
Nicely done my friend
Thanks Barry. 🙏 I appreciate you watching.
Excellent. I’ve been playing with squares too lately. I like things which are “supposed” to be round and aren’t.
Thank you Mark. When you have a lathe everything gets round.😜
You make it look easy. Great video my friend. Thanks
Thank you Andrew! I appreciate that!
Great job 👍.
Thank you Robert.
Those are awesome.
Thank you Len! Glad you like them!
I appreciate you watching!
@@RcWoodturning I am a home improvement contractor. Do you know how many cut offs I generate. Turning vs Burning.
I used to build garages. So I have an idea. That's alot of Nik naks you could make and sell.
Stay tuned. I have more ideas.
Thanks for watching!
Como corta essa ferramenta ela é fantástica, abraço aqui Brasil
Thank you!
3 lovely bowls Rus.
Really nice work mate.
Take care Rus.
Cheers, Huw
Thank you Huw. Appreciate the view buddy.
Excellent choice for turning practice. Relatively inexpensive. Not much lost in the case of mishaps but quickly become useful little bowls when all goes well. Thank you for sharing. Have a great 2023 and stay safe.🙂🙂
Thank you Glen! I appreciate you watching!
I hope you have a great year as well!
Stay safe and take care.
Well done!
Thank you Robert. I appreciate you watching.
@@RcWoodturning You make it look so easy.
I've been doing it awhile. Practice is the best thing. Then you will make it look easy as well. 👍
Nice Idea! Sadly in my area (EU) construction wood is out of fir and not very forgiving for wood turning. I'm really jealous about your pine 😁
Thank you rudi! If your referring to Douglas fir that is the dominant wood for construction lumber here to.
I've had good success turning it. A sharp tool makes a difference.
This project is Douglas fir.
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Nicely done! I love turning old 2x4 as some of the grain patterns look fantastic. And popular at trade fairs too
Thank you Gary! With some imagination you can do a lot of things with a 2x4.
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate it!
Great vid! Transitioning from carbide to traditional here. What is that last tool you’re using to scrape the insides? Thanks!
Thank you Al. Tool is homemade. It's basically a round nose scraper. It has a blunt angle on the bevel for doing the bottom of the bowl. I use it flat for scraping, and on it's side for shear scraping. Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.
I have to learn how to speed up my sanding. You’re a whole lot faster than me 🤣 (yes I’m joking). Really appreciate all your videos. Shows you don’t need a bunch of “name brand” tools to turn.
I'm kinda cheap.
Maybe it's my superpower.
Enjoyed the video. Shows that working with pine can lead to wonderful results. When carving out the bowls you used two tools after the gouge. What were those two tools? Also, what finish did you use? Shellac?
Not sure what you mean by "2" tools. The only other tool was a homemade round nose scraper. Unless you mean the caliper to mark the diameter of the mortise. I used friction polish made with shellac.
very nice. Thank you, I will be doing all 3 bowls for practice. what type of oil are you using? I'm new to this, and been watching a lot of videos to learn. You are working from the back side of the lathe compared to everyone else i watch. Why is this? thanks for the video.
Thank you!
The finish is friction polish.
I'm left handed. So I work from the backside when doing endgrain or inside bowls.
I am trying to do the same thing but my first attempt ended up splitting a big chip and ruining the bowl. What speed are you using to do this?
@@TheLathe I'm running about 1200 rpms. You need to take light cuts and don't push the tool into the wood.
What is the tool you use to clean up the insides? I know one is a bowl or spindle gouge but I’m not sure what the other one is- beautiful projects
Thank you James! The main one is a 1/2 bowl gouge. The other one is homemade. It's basically a round nose scraper. I made it from a 3/4 inch round shaft.
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate it!
If I understand correctly, these would not be suitable to use for soup or cereal ? What about just to hold apples/oranges ? I am new to turning and these are some of the questions I have. What woods are suitable for eating from. Nice work and I'm excited to practice. Peace be with you
The bowls in this video could be used for that although they are pretty small. I know there are some exotic woods that are not recommended for food use. I'm not that familiar with them, but most woods are fine for food as long as you use a food safe finish. I have heard red oak is an open pore wood and liquid will leak thru it. I appreciate the questions. Keep learning and practicing. It's a lot of fun. 👍
You know you don't need a fancy 45 degree square to find the centre of a square or almost square block of wood. Just mark lines from corner to corner and they cross in the centre.
Ya, I know. It's what was handy. I mostly use on round blanks.
Thanks for watching Thomas!
I appreciate it!
I am trying to get back in wood turning after my wife died and I moved. I am using a Vicmarc chuck and screw center. So I cut up some 2x4's and went to Vicmarc's site and they said the pilot hole for the screw chuck was 3/8 inch. When mounting the wood it wallows out or turns when I try to tighten it. I am using their shark jaws and screw center as I can't find the spacers I used to have. I am thinking my problem is it is soft wood. I could have sworn there used to be a pilot hole size for hard wood and another for soft wood. I tried smaller drill bits then it is hard to screw on. Don't know what I am doing wrong. Like your style using construction lumber and tree branches. Since moving don't know were to get logs to cut up for bowl blanks, so your site has been perfect.
Sorry to hear about your wife. Woodturning is fun to pass the time. I don't go by any recommendations for size hole. What I do is measure with a caliper between the threads of the worm screw and drill a hole that size. I've also used thin plywood as a backing for the blank. Hard board works well too. Thanks for watching and enjoy the adventure.
@@RcWoodturning Thanks for the tip. At my old place I had several plywood spacers to use with my dovetail jaws. Lost in the move? 😁Tried my shark jaws similar to what you used and it takes up a bunch of the excess threads. That was another good idea I got from you. I will go try your tip now, thanks again.
@@fergusrb most of the time with the 2x4s I'm doing tealights. I don't want the hole to be to deep so I'm only using about a 1/4 inch of the threads.
Do you have any recommendations for a lathe, complete novice on a serious budget ?
I would check Facebook market place or Craigslist. Other then that I know wen has a pretty inexpensive model.
@@RcWoodturning thank you
Very nice. What finish did you use?
Thank you. I use a homemade friction polish with shellac, denatured alcohol, and boiled linseed oil. Thanks for watching.
I see lots of turners on RUclips wearing gloves without fingers….like yours. Will just any old glove work to cut the fingers off or is there a special glove that works best? Thanks
I use mechanics gloves. They seem to work best for me. I put a drop of ca glue on the threaded seems after I cut them so they don't unravel.
They do make gloves already made with no fingers if you want to go that route.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate it Mike.
This will be a great skill builder as a new wood turner. Also won’t be concerned about using a “good” piece of wood for practice. What is the finish you are using? Thanks!
@johndesormier8099 I just used scrap 2x4s. I used friction polish on these.
Thanks for watching!
Was that a skew chisel with a round shaft that you were using at 09:57? It looked to be quite a narrow chisel - How wide was it?
It's a homemade round nose scraper. I made it from a 3/4 in. round stock.
@@RcWoodturning Thank you
Your welcome.
awesome! what finish is that? it's real nice.
Thank you. It's friction polish. I mix it 2 parts shellac, 1 part each denatured alcohol and oil of your choice. I use boiled linseed oil.
@@RcWoodturning ok thanks. 👍🏻
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How much can a bowl like those sell for?
I sold them for 7.00 each or 3 for 20.
@@RcWoodturningthanks for the reply!
@xyz9250 your welcome
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