Turning Speed - How Fast Do I Turn - Top 2023
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2023
- A common question when people see me turn in live demo's and video comments is if that is actually how fast I turn in real life. My answer is always, "It depends". But 90% of the time it's no. In real life production work I turn a bit slower because that is a marathon. Video's and demo's are more a sprint. I can't maintain that pace for hours on end. Plus when in the monotony mode my mind wanders so I take lots of breaks.
This video, while cut to show different angles, is more in line with my production speed when making tops. I maintain the adage "slow is fast" and focus on taking big bites to remove waste and slow speed/increase burnishing pressure to improve the finish cut to point I don't have to sand. I also take my time coloring to focus on solid lines and a multitude of designs.
So yes, I can turn one top in 30 seconds. It's not a hard skill to learn. Anyone can with practice. But more likely I'll do 15-20 in an hour which is a pace I can maintain. Do the math and that's turning at a little better than minimum wage. I view it as steady, dependable cash flow and that evens out the waves of income from other avenues.
And Yes, compared to the street vendors in India that's embarrassingly slow. But those turners are wizards.
Meh, maybe that's of interest to someone.
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Thanks for sharing Gardening Australia. ABC you rule
Thanks to you and your dad great videos. my favorite 2 are the rice bowl and the cylinder needle boxes but there all good thanks again.
That looks great.
Great video Shawn.
Life begins at 3,000 RPM
cool
Very nice, takes me just over 5 minutes.
I recently upgraded from a tiny lathe to a decent sized midi lathe and I can work at 3 times the speed for a similarly sized project.
What kind of markers are you using for painting them? The ones I have tried bleeds out in the wood 😕
Sharpies. The bleeding comes from quality of last cut. DONT SAND.
@@wortheffort I see. I will try that then. Thank you for answering🙂
I’ve learned so much watching you, but feel I’ve only scratched the surface of your knowledge base. I do have one question. I am in need of a new chuck. I’m a fairly new turner, so I don’t know if I should follow the buy once, cry once philosophy, or if there are good chucks out there at a reasonable price range that you’d recommend. My main problem is, as a new turner, I don’t really know which companies are the “big name”, and what’s the hidden jewels. Anyway, love watching you, even if you don’t have time to respond.
I have a video all on chucks that'll likely answer that question.
@@wortheffort oh, okay 👍🏼. I (obviously) missed that one, but I’ll be checking it out. I have been making small stuff, but i want to move into larger items, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable with what I currently have.
Thank you for your reply and telling me where to go.
@@wortheffort You don’t have the link to that video do you? Not sure if you are aware, but you’ve got a LOT of videos to sort through (and mainly, my ADD keeps getting the better of me, and I suspend my search and start watching another of your videos…and another of your videos…and another of your videos…and, you get the picture)
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I guess I know what I’m making in this hour I have right now at 6 am before I head to the farmers market 😉
get after it
@@wortheffort ram out of maple blanks with 5 mins to spare. Better slice up a log tomorrow! Any old videos on making bowl blanks?
@@alexandersangster7137 lots
@@wortheffort thanks dude! Seen a few I’ll look for more. Running out of material patience and will to continue lol
Well, I somewhat guess that it depends on the power of your machine, as well as the noise level it produces and the neighborhood your in. At least to me noise is a very big factor, weather I am near Hamburg Germany or in the larger Detroit area, someone always seems to have a noise complaint.
Just crank up your music and they’ll never hear your lathe running! 😂
@@christophermckinney984 Well, there is this song that I rly like, ruclips.net/video/kivuDS-6HbQ/видео.html Armin van Buren Turn it up some more .-), thing is, police coming after the complaints somewhat gets expensive.
Sounds like you need a better lathe? 😮😅 My lathe sound is the wind sound from the turning object, there really isn't any engine sound. Faster is usually quiet, in slow speed the vibration might cause noise. Dust extraction may be noisy, but has nothing to do with rotation speed, and green wood is great without dust issues. Bowl gouge is not as noisy as roughing gouge. My husband says in the next floor he can only tell when I use the roughing gouge. 😅 But your comment made me appreciate country life even more. I have been taking for granted I can turn wood at midnight. 😂
@@hfh8243 Haha! That’s great!
That's quite fast, but not as fast as I can make a coffee mug on a potter's wheel ... lol......... 🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos but what speed do you turn at? It really frustrates me when top content makers tease with titles. And never address the actual topic. I watch to learn how and I gleaned a great deal from this video, but it only shows how quickly you can make a mini top and not what speed you are tuning at?
The video was about how quickly you work as was the discussion in description which expounded on that idea. THAT WAS THE TOPIC. Don't throw that clickbait accusation at me. It was exactly what the title and description was about. Speed by diameter charts are readily available as reference for a starting point. Other than that it's what your comfortable with. What I've said repeatedly in videos.
As I said I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from you over the years and yes I want to know what speed you turn at that’s why I clicked on this video
Respectfully, and I do mean that because I've learned a lot from you, I'm a subscriber and I've liked many of your videos, I would argue that at 15 tops per hour your making a good bit more than minimum wage on tops. Even if I bought 100 tops off of your website, and you only cranked out 15 per hour, that's still $52.50 per hour. And yes, I know that there is the time to break down the wood but even still I would say it's at least $30 per hour which is $13.90 more per hour than the highest minimum wage in the country and $22.50 more per hour than Texas. I also acknowledge that you don't sell them that fast either but still. If I made inventory worth, at it's best selling price of $5 each for a total of $75, I'd be pretty happy with that.
Your forgetting every overhead cost there is in running a business.
There's a ton of business costs you're not considering. I'm surprised he can even turn a profit on an item like this, let alone pay himself an hourly wage. High volume production is the only thing making these numbers work in his favor. It's pretty impressive.