Another beautiful bowl Gary! I always look forward to your live edge work. You and Phil Anderson never fail to disappoint. Thanks so much for what you do and the ideas you inspire! 👍🏾
I sure would like to get my hands a piece or two of Plum . Very pretty bowl Gary . And an excellent finish . Thanks for sharing and we hope you have a great weekend and week ahead .
Beautiful piece, Gary! It’s so colorful, and that bark is outstanding! I really like the shellac finish on this piece, but it will be fun to compare it to the other one that you finish in wax. Always fun to see your work!
Thank you Marcia! It is hard to beat a nice shellac finish. I was going to do another piece of the Plum and use a wax finish on it. But the other piece just was not going to work. So I turned a Cherry piece and you will see the wax finish soon. Thanks for watching, Gary
Love the colors! My go-to finish beeswax and BLO or Howard’s cutting board conditioner. I have also used Walrus brand cutting board wax and their oil along with Murthy’s walnut oil and Howard’s feed-n-wax.
Thank you Stuart. I like the Howard cutting board oil and the Howard cutting board conditioner as well. I use those for snack bowls. The Feed and Wax is a good finish but I do not think it is food safe. Thanks for watching and your input on wax finishes. Gary
Thank you Mike and thanks for the info on what you use. Are you using the Walnut Oil along with the bees wax or just one or the other. Is this Walnut oil made for wood or is the stuff made for food? I have heard of some using walnut oil from the grocery store. I like the Howard feed&wax as well. I also like their butcher block restorer. I have finished snack bowls with it. Thanks again, Gary
I had an old plum tree out here that died on me. It lived its life span and put out some really good big purple plums. Anyhow, I cut it up and been sitting out there about 3 yrs now. Turned a few things, plum is a really pretty wood to turn. Not to mention, it smells good. Have some Camphor wood, which I really love to turn. Great on the sinuses.
Thanks so much James. Yes Plum is really nice. As far as smell goes I am not able to smell it very strongly but sure sounds good. Thanks for watching, Gary
Look at what ya gone, did and done! Another outstanding bowl, Gary. Here in my neck of the woods, we'd say that is a Bo Diddly! It's plum purdy!!!!!!!!
Thanks John. Looking up Bo Diddly he was born in Mississippi. It is claimed he got the name from a friend and it was an insult. Meant to mean diddly squat! Strange what you can learn from Google LOL
I love all your videos, I learn so much. Thank you. I've started using Polycrylic that I saw you use over a year ago and it's by far my favorite. Before, I used Danish Oil with great success but the Poilycrylic shines much better and lasts much much longer
Thank you very much. I do love Polycrylic and use it on a lot of things. It is so easy to get a great finish and it is very durable. I made our youngest son a table about 9 or 10 years ago and used Polycrylic and it is still going strong and gets lots of use. I prefer the Minwax Wipe On Poly which is oil based. I just love a lot of different finishes for different reasons. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you Chris. It is very pretty wood but can be prone to cracking. So best to make sure it is a dry as it can be. And it still can crack. But well worth turning. Thanks for watching, Gary
It’s a beautiful bowl that plum grain is fantastic and I really like the shellac finish. I do think it’s better than wax. The shellac has a better shine and a harder finish.
@ThePapa1947 Recognize? No. But could that be from the flowering plum I was parting up back when you visited in Portland? Back in '18, wasn't it? A couple years before we moved out here. Other than that, nope. Still have some of that, actually, now I think about it.
Great project Gary. Thank you. The "inclusion extension" appears to follow a growth ring. ... could be that year, in the trees history, experienced a difficult time and did some (non fatal) damage to the cambium? The wood does talk to us, if we listen.
Plum? I hope it was really dry when you started? Plum looks great and also turns nicely but you may be in for a surprise when you take this piece into the house. Don't be disappointed, it was nice to turn it. Thnx for sharing your work Gary! 😎
Yes Plum and was as dry as can get in Oregon. The piece I turned a few years ago from this batch is doing fine. But I have had some that were not fully dry crack like crazy. This is why I let this one sit for so long. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank You Gary....OOOOH...heavy Plum, I like this, ha....Perhaps save the left over bandsaw piece for laminate work?... So what kind of finish do I personally like? Bees Wax (cause I'm a Bee keeper)...Beautiful turning this wakeup morning. Until next time....TM
Thank you TM. It is a very dense wood for sure. The left over piece has too many voids in it for laminations but I will figure something out. Bees Wax sounds good. A friend of ours wanted us to put up a bee hive and we thought about it. But grandkids get freaked out around bees. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you Albert. Some of it sure does crack a lot for sure. I see something that might be purple but I will have to ask my wife. I am a tad bit color blind and would probably call it blue LOL Thanks for watching, Gary
Gary, you asked about wax finishes and I have two that I use a lot and one is Howard’s Feed and Wax, and the other is Ack’s paste and polish. Nothing else seems to be needed.
That is some beautiful wood. Turned into a beautiful bowl. You could try Howards Feed and Wax, or just a bar of actual Bees wax or Carnauba wax. I wonder if the viewer Tracy knows Shellac is can actually be a natural product ? . Personelly I like Shellac , Poly or something like Myland's Friction Polish for a finish.
Long time fan / viewer of your youtube turnings , very nice work. thanks for sharing. I noticed at the beginning it looks like your tool rest has a extended long tool rod perhaps attached on top ? (welded)
Thanks James. You are right I do not see it much either. I always referred to it as friction polish or French polish which has been around for a long time. I made a batch of friction polish and it ended up going bad in the container because I only used it a few times. I think putting shellac on gives you a better finish than friction polish myself. Gary
I don't know if this counts as a wax finish... But I like Ack's paste and polish. Interestingly, I like to use sanding sealer before that also, although I've used it without sealer too.
Thank you Ben. I love the Acks products and tend to use it to do a finale polish on other finishes like lacquer, shellac or poly. But coming soon you just might see ONLY the Acks products being used. Thanks for watching, Gary
Another winner, Gary. Love that Plum wood. As for wax finishes, I just got a small bottle of Howard Feed-N-Wax Polish & Conditioner that I'm very impressed with. Quite easy to use and yields good results. (The lemon scent is an added bonus!) I know that putting out contact information in this format is tricky, but I would love to send you a photo of a piece I just completed, from a chuck of old spalted Hackberry from North Central Texas, that far exceeded my expectations. Is there any way to safely make that happen?
Thank you very much. I have the Feed&Wax but it is not food safe from I see on their site. I have the Howard butcher block conditioner and the restorer. Both are great products and food safe but not really a finish. They make some really good products. Thanks for watching, Gary
Do you recall what speed you were at while using the forstner bit? And do you have any kind of guide or formula you use when determining how fast to go with various sizes of forstner bits when used for hollowing on the lathe? Beautiful bowl, btw!
Thank you Johnny. It has a lot to do with how hard the wood is. But on a 2 inch forstner bit I would say 350 rpm is tops. I normally do not go much faster than that on any size though. Unless the wood is soft I might start with a 1 inch bit then go to `1.5 inch first. Thanks for watching, Gary
Looks great! Where can I find the extension on your drill? That looks very helpful! I bought a 90 degree drill just because I saw you using one! I had a non powered one that I used for a few bowls.
Beautiful piece Gary. Gorgeous wood and finish,,,though I too will be interested in the natural wax vid when you are ready. I'm using beeswax and food grade supermarket walnut oil. PS What Laguna do you have. It certainly seems to do aĺ you ask of it, and I'm considering one as an option... Thanks Gary.
Thank you Richard and thanks for your input on the wax. So are you using the walnut oil separately or mixing the two to make a paste? My Laguna is the 1836. It seems like all the ones they have are decent lathes. Just a matter of size. Get as big of one as you can and have room for. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you very much for your formula. Sounds pretty yummy. I have never tired Renaissance wax. Or very many others. I appreciate you watching and commenting, Gary
First I’m not a turner - maybe someday. I watched you use the round bit in the bottom of the bowl after you drilled it. That bit looks like it’s very efficient at removing wood. Why wouldn’t you use it more on the inside?
Thank you William. It does a good job for what I was doing. You can get a lot better cut with a bowl gouge though in most cases. Thanks for watching, Gary
It's a beautiful piece why didn't you use some ca glue in the inclusion that kind of worries me if it was to fall off a shelf or a table it's way more likely to break than if it had a little glue in it
Another beautiful bowl Gary! I always look forward to your live edge work. You and Phil Anderson never fail to disappoint. Thanks so much for what you do and the ideas you inspire! 👍🏾
Thanks so much for the kind words Greg, I really appreciate it!
Take care my friend and hope you having a Great New Year,
Gary
That plum is really beautiful, Gary, You did it proud! Thanks!
Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Gorgeous live edge turning Gary. The colors and grain in it are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Gary.
Thanks for watching and commenting Carl!
Take care,
Gary
Hi Gary great job love the grain in the plum.
Thanks David & Maria Wise
I sure would like to get my hands a piece or two of Plum . Very pretty bowl Gary . And an excellent finish . Thanks for sharing and we hope you have a great weekend and week ahead .
Well done Gary, those deep hollowings are never easy and sanding them is even worse lol. Wonderful piece at the end, all the best, Mike
Thanks Mike. They can be a lot of work but worth it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Really nice way to divide the timber. Very good looking piece!
Beautiful piece, Gary! It’s so colorful, and that bark is outstanding! I really like the shellac finish on this piece, but it will be fun to compare it to the other one that you finish in wax. Always fun to see your work!
Thank you Marcia! It is hard to beat a nice shellac finish.
I was going to do another piece of the Plum and use a wax finish on it.
But the other piece just was not going to work. So I turned a Cherry piece and you will see the wax finish soon.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That turned out very nice, Gary!
Thanks Billy....hope the new year is treating you well.
Gary
Beautiful bowl Gary. I really like that plum wood!
Another nice turning Gary. Thanks for sharing. It makes me miss the shop more, still in TCU, but you’ve given me some great ideas.
Thank you Dave! Hope you are able to get back to turning soon.
Be well,
Gary
Love the colors! My go-to finish beeswax and BLO or Howard’s cutting board conditioner. I have also used Walrus brand cutting board wax and their oil along with Murthy’s walnut oil and Howard’s feed-n-wax.
Thank you Stuart. I like the Howard cutting board oil and the Howard cutting board conditioner as well. I use those for snack bowls. The Feed and Wax is a good finish but I do not think it is food safe.
Thanks for watching and your input on wax finishes.
Gary
Very cool bowl Gary! Lovely nature!
Thank you Laura glad you liked it. I appreciate you taking time to comment.
Gary
Beautiful piece made from a lovely piece of wood!Well done yet again!
Thank you Roger I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Perfect form for that very interesting wood, Gary! And well earned, with some of those challenging depths.
My favourite is cherry and that's a grand job Papa lovely finish. All the best from Lincolnshire UK
Thank you Gary. Seems all the fruit wood has some beauty on the inside. Glad you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful bowl especially with the grain and the bark.
Thank you Dick. It is some of the nicest grain for sure.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
great piece Gary I look forward to your videos. I use walnut oil and bees wax on my possibly food turning and Howard feed and wax on non food turnings
Thank you Mike and thanks for the info on what you use.
Are you using the Walnut Oil along with the bees wax or just one or the other. Is this Walnut oil made for wood or is the stuff made for food? I have heard of some using walnut oil from the grocery store.
I like the Howard feed&wax as well. I also like their butcher block restorer. I have finished snack bowls with it.
Thanks again,
Gary
Gary that was a cracking piece you produced there buddy it turned out really smart live edge , well done.
Thanks Alan I appreciate your support my friend,
Gary
Beautiful work!
Thanks so much James, I appreciate you watching.
Gary
I had an old plum tree out here that died on me. It lived its life span and put out some really good big purple plums. Anyhow, I cut it up and been sitting out there about 3 yrs now. Turned a few things, plum is a really pretty wood to turn. Not to mention, it smells good. Have some Camphor wood, which I really love to turn. Great on the sinuses.
Thanks so much James. Yes Plum is really nice. As far as smell goes I am not able to smell it very strongly but sure sounds good.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Look at what ya gone, did and done! Another outstanding bowl, Gary. Here in my neck of the woods, we'd say that is a Bo Diddly! It's plum purdy!!!!!!!!
Thanks John. Looking up Bo Diddly he was born in Mississippi. It is claimed he got the name from a friend and it was an insult.
Meant to mean diddly squat!
Strange what you can learn from Google LOL
Beautiful Gary, amazing what a little care and skill can render from God's nature. Thank you Gary...Dan
Thank you Dan, God has blessed us with some amazing wood to work with.
Gary
I love all your videos, I learn so much. Thank you. I've started using Polycrylic that I saw you use over a year ago and it's by far my favorite. Before, I used Danish Oil with great success but the Poilycrylic shines much better and lasts much much longer
Thank you very much. I do love Polycrylic and use it on a lot of things. It is so easy to get a great finish and it is very durable. I made our youngest son a table about 9 or 10 years ago and used Polycrylic and it is still going strong and gets lots of use. I prefer the Minwax Wipe On Poly which is oil based. I just love a lot of different finishes for different reasons.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
So pretty
Thanks grambear8. Hope you had a great New Year,
Gary
Another beauty in the books. Plum is very nice. I will need to look for some.
Thank you Chris. It is very pretty wood but can be prone to cracking. So best to make sure it is a dry as it can be. And it still can crack.
But well worth turning.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
It’s a beautiful bowl that plum grain is fantastic and I really like the shellac finish. I do think it’s better than wax. The shellac has a better shine and a harder finish.
That is a gorgeous bowl!
Thank you Dave. You don't recognize that piece do you?
@ThePapa1947 Recognize? No. But could that be from the flowering plum I was parting up back when you visited in Portland? Back in '18, wasn't it? A couple years before we moved out here. Other than that, nope. Still have some of that, actually, now I think about it.
another great looking bowl
Thanks, I appreciate you watching!
Gary
That is cool, great job🎉🎉
Great project Gary. Thank you. The "inclusion extension" appears to follow a growth ring. ... could be that year, in the trees history, experienced a difficult time and did some (non fatal) damage to the cambium? The wood does talk to us, if we listen.
I would say you are right about that. And it is nice that the tree still tells a story.
Thanks for watching Louis,
Gary
Beautiful grain and color. Nice piece
Thanks Tom, I appreciate you watching.
Gary
Absolutely beautiful Plum turning Gary! Thank you so much for demonstrating your marvelous skills and experience!!
Thanks so much Bob I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful piece Pops.
Thanks so much, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Great shape!
A beautiful piece Gary.🙂🙂
Thank you very much, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Very nice
Thanks so much I appreciate you watching.
Garu
Hi. I make my own wax finish/polish using Walnut Oil as a base and then equal parts Bee's wax and Carnuba wax. I do enjoy your turnings.
Thank you Scott. Sounds like a good mix.
What type of Walnut oil are you using? Is it the stuff you cook with?
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful live edge plum bowl, Gary. 😊 I am glad you had fun too. 😊
Thank you so much, I appreciate you watching and commenting Rob.
And oh yeah this was fun,
Gary
LOVE it.
Thank you Dawn I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Plum? I hope it was really dry when you started? Plum looks great and also turns nicely but you may be in for a surprise when you take this piece into the house. Don't be disappointed, it was nice to turn it. Thnx for sharing your work Gary! 😎
Yes Plum and was as dry as can get in Oregon. The piece I turned a few years ago from this batch is doing fine.
But I have had some that were not fully dry crack like crazy. This is why I let this one sit for so long.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Hi gary what a great shape yes you cannot improve on nature. I am thinking of making my own finish .something based on bees wax.
Thank you John. I made a bees wax and mineral oil and it works ok. I would like something not as thick as that though.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice piece. Love the color and grain. Thanks for sharing Gary❤
Thanks Jim! It was a real treat to turn.
Beautiful piece!!
Thank you very much Don!
Gary
Thank You Gary....OOOOH...heavy Plum, I like this, ha....Perhaps save the left over bandsaw piece for laminate work?... So what kind of finish do I personally like? Bees Wax (cause I'm a Bee keeper)...Beautiful turning this wakeup morning. Until next time....TM
Thank you TM. It is a very dense wood for sure.
The left over piece has too many voids in it for laminations but I will figure something out.
Bees Wax sounds good. A friend of ours wanted us to put up a bee hive and we thought about it. But grandkids get freaked out around bees.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I, like a lot of others look forward to your videos every Friday and I thank you for sharing your experience and your knowledge.
Thank you so much Richard I appreciate your comment.
Gary
Thanks for another great post. There is always an elegance to your turnings.
😊Thank you very much, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Plum is a very pretty wood. But it cracks alot. Do you see any purple in there? Thank you for sharing. I will see you next week. Be good
Thank you Albert. Some of it sure does crack a lot for sure. I see something that might be purple but I will have to ask my wife. I am a tad bit color blind and would probably call it blue LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gary, you asked about wax finishes and I have two that I use a lot and one is Howard’s Feed and Wax, and the other is Ack’s paste and polish. Nothing else seems to be needed.
Thank you Ronald. I have used both of those and use the Acks to polish shellac, lacquer and poly finishes.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Wow, it turned out so beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much Johnny! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
That is some beautiful wood. Turned into a beautiful bowl. You could try Howards Feed and Wax, or just a bar of actual Bees wax or Carnauba wax. I wonder if the viewer Tracy knows Shellac is can actually be a natural product ? . Personelly I like Shellac , Poly or something like Myland's Friction Polish for a finish.
I sometimes use Town Talk orange oil & Carnuba wax. It's a nice mellow look, but I favor Tried & True original.
Beautiful
Thank you for watching and commenting,
Gary
Long time fan / viewer of your youtube turnings , very nice work. thanks for sharing.
I noticed at the beginning it looks like your tool rest has a extended long tool rod perhaps attached on top ? (welded)
Nicely done, Gary, as per usual. Whatever happened to OB Shine Juice? Don't see many folks using it any more.
Thanks James. You are right I do not see it much either. I always referred to it as friction polish or French polish which has been around for a long time.
I made a batch of friction polish and it ended up going bad in the container because I only used it a few times.
I think putting shellac on gives you a better finish than friction polish myself.
Gary
I don't know if this counts as a wax finish... But I like Ack's paste and polish. Interestingly, I like to use sanding sealer before that also, although I've used it without sealer too.
Thank you Ben. I love the Acks products and tend to use it to do a finale polish on other finishes like lacquer, shellac or poly.
But coming soon you just might see ONLY the Acks products being used.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
1st🎉🎉
Dang I have been up since 1am tiring to catch you in action LOL
Hey Gary jeff Here i use acks a lot
Thanks Jeff....yes I have seen you talk about Acks products. It is a great product.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Another winner, Gary. Love that Plum wood. As for wax finishes, I just got a small bottle of Howard Feed-N-Wax Polish & Conditioner that I'm very impressed with. Quite easy to use and yields good results. (The lemon scent is an added bonus!)
I know that putting out contact information in this format is tricky, but I would love to send you a photo of a piece I just completed, from a chuck of old spalted Hackberry from North Central Texas, that far exceeded my expectations. Is there any way to safely make that happen?
Thank you very much. I have the Feed&Wax but it is not food safe from I see on their site. I have the Howard butcher block conditioner and the restorer. Both are great products and food safe but not really a finish. They make some really good products.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Do you recall what speed you were at while using the forstner bit? And do you have any kind of guide or formula you use when determining how fast to go with various sizes of forstner bits when used for hollowing on the lathe? Beautiful bowl, btw!
Thank you Johnny. It has a lot to do with how hard the wood is. But on a 2 inch forstner bit I would say 350 rpm is tops. I normally do not go much faster than that on any size though.
Unless the wood is soft I might start with a 1 inch bit then go to `1.5 inch first.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Looks great!
Where can I find the extension on your drill? That looks very helpful! I bought a 90 degree drill just because I saw you using one! I had a non powered one that I used for a few bowls.
I made the extension but I would think you could find one easy enough.
Search Amazon for "Drill Extension"
Beautiful piece Gary. Gorgeous wood and finish,,,though I too will be interested in the natural wax vid when you are ready. I'm using beeswax and food grade supermarket walnut oil. PS What Laguna do you have. It certainly seems to do aĺ you ask of it, and I'm considering one as an option... Thanks Gary.
Thank you Richard and thanks for your input on the wax.
So are you using the walnut oil separately or mixing the two to make a paste?
My Laguna is the 1836. It seems like all the ones they have are decent lathes. Just a matter of size. Get as big of one as you can and have room for.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I use my neighbor's beeswax, limonene and BLO for lots of my turnings, but I really do love Renaissance wax... I just hate the smell.
Thank you very much for your formula. Sounds pretty yummy.
I have never tired Renaissance wax. Or very many others.
I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
First I’m not a turner - maybe someday. I watched you use the round bit in the bottom of the bowl after you drilled it. That bit looks like it’s very efficient at removing wood. Why wouldn’t you use it more on the inside?
Thank you William. It does a good job for what I was doing. You can get a lot better cut with a bowl gouge though in most cases.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
It's a beautiful piece why didn't you use some ca glue in the inclusion that kind of worries me if it was to fall off a shelf or a table it's way more likely to break than if it had a little glue in it
Thanks you and I am certain it will not break if it falls off a shelf. It is very strong.
Thanks for watching,
Gary