I'VE OFTEN SAID IT TAKES A BIG PERSON TO APOLOGISE/ADMIT MISTAKES, BUT WITH YOU TO POST THEM ON RUclips, YOU'VE PROVEN YOURSELF TO STAND TALLER THAN MOST!!!! YOU AND OTHER EXCELLENT TURNERS ON RUclips ARE GUILTY OF MAKING ME ADDICTED!!! ADDICTED TO TURNING THAT IS, AND I THANK YA'LL MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL CREATIONS AND TALENT!!! I THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR NOT ONLY THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED, BUT ALSO IN POSTING BOO-BOOS SHOWS THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY HUMAN, BUT TO NOT GIVE UP AND WORK THROUGH THEM!!! FROM A FELLOW FEMALE TURNER.....STAY SAFE AND STRONG MIKE!!!
An expert making mistakes actually teaches some of us novices a ton, too. Especially when they are humble enough to keep it in the video as part of the process and experienced enough to explain what they think might have gone wrong and maybe how to work around it. Thanks for these!
It takes a GOOD MAN to share his mistakes !! Thanks so much for the smiles ... and LAUGHS !! YOU ARE A GREAT MAN !! The road to perfection is sometimes VERY bumpy !! LOL !!! Keep 'em coming my good man !!!
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for your willingness to put these turning issues out there for us to see. It proves you point that your interested in helping all of us learn and get better. Keep up the good work and great videosl
I love how you show us it normal to have some oops. Thanks for being so honest and not trying to be so high and mighty and untouchable striving to acheive something that just not obtainable of the perfect turner that as perfect as the cuts and edits make expert turners like yourself look
Thanks Mike, your a brave man to create catches. Amusing and replicating everything I've done. Your relaxed professional common sense approach makes your videos special for this novice . A tip I learn't from watching a Japanese: turner: lift the tool rest almost level with the top face and slice horizonally along the grain - has given me confidence and minimized catches
Oh, those funny faces in the end are just remarkeable, thanks for sharing those mistakes, makes one feel a little happier whith ones self. Great video. Júlíus
Great video. Thanks a lot for sharing. Good to see, that even though you are constantly improving, with turning, mistakes are inevitable, sometimes because of you, sometimes because of the wood you are turning. It's always good to be aware of this, so I realize that every situation is not going to go perfect. Kind of like fishing for me. I love to go fishing. I prepare, I go. When I actually get to the fishing spot, sometimes I realize what I should have brought, sometimes I realize that what I have, will do the job, and sometimes I catch a bunch, sometimes I don't catch any. It doesn't matter to me, I still love to get out and enjoy fishing.Thanks again for your time,Tommy
How timely! I needed to see this. Thank you for this great reminder that, regardless of experience, missteps and mishaps (or, my personal favorite, "CRS") will occur.
Hey Mike, I have the same Sorby thin parting tool, which cuts cleanly, but is terribly catchy, due to the flute on the top. I tried using it upside-down, but that messes up the flute and the tool rest. I realized that I would never sharpen the thing enough to need the flute the whole length along the top edge, so I solved the problem by rounding over the top except for about 3/4" behind the cutting edge. I like it a LOT better this way!
For parting off things like the pencil pot in the video put a dowel in a chuck in the tail stock. Position it so that it is well inside the vessel , when it comes free the dowel catches it, it could be a padded dowel to protect the finish.
In one of y our videos you mentioned the problem of a stuck jaw chuck on the drive spindle. What I do is put a plastic washer that I made from some heavy plastic on the spindle before I mount the chuck. Do not have the problem anymore. Happy to send you one if I knew where. Have to do a little research.
Thanks for the laugh Mike! I've always operated under the premise that a mistake is part of whatever you're doing and if you don't learn from it, you've wasted a perfectly good mistake! Take care, Dave
I snapped a tool rest recently with a ridiculously uneven piece of wood. Nobody hurt, but the broken bit of metal is now somewhere in the back of the woodpile. One to learn from.
I've made pretty much exactly the same mistakes with my bowl gouge (except for breaking my tool rest). I have watched hours of u tube videos by professionals and still none the wiser as to exactly what I am doing wrong. I thought I was holding the tool wrong. (could still be the case) but some guys open the flute, some guys hold it at 45 degrees and other guys at virtually 90 degrees! or because I was turning end grain, but there are lots of guys turning end grain, Going to try and apply what I learnt this weekend. wish me luck!!
W T H W I T....... What the hell was I thinking? Another one I used to use when I was on a computer support help desk was PEBKAC. "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair". Be safe!
Some years ago I would have thrown things,kicked things and cussed over such things. Now I tend to just roll my eyes,shake my head and drop an F Bomb or 12... Have you always been so level headed,calm and cool with mistakes ?... Or does that ability come for everyone with passing years?
I have generally not been real excitable and take things in stride. Maybe I have mellowed even more as I lose more hair. Being an analytical, my first reaction tends to be what did I do wrong and how can I prevent it from happening again.
Good to see the fails, too, but especially meaningful that you actually re-record some of your videos. So many that I've seen over the past few months just keep the dross, the fumbling/stuttering, the "um" and "er" moments. I watched a 60 minute video and literally every 5 seconds, the first syllable was "uh". Thumbs down for lousy prep for him. Good job, Mike.
Wood Turning Fails, Catches and Bloopers Episode #4 here goo.gl/Qf42z7
It's fabulous to see the mastery of the craft spread so widely around the world...
I'VE OFTEN SAID IT TAKES A BIG PERSON TO APOLOGISE/ADMIT MISTAKES, BUT WITH YOU TO POST THEM ON RUclips, YOU'VE PROVEN YOURSELF TO STAND TALLER THAN MOST!!!! YOU AND OTHER EXCELLENT TURNERS ON RUclips ARE GUILTY OF MAKING ME ADDICTED!!! ADDICTED TO TURNING THAT IS, AND I THANK YA'LL MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL CREATIONS AND TALENT!!! I THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR NOT ONLY THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED, BUT ALSO IN POSTING BOO-BOOS SHOWS THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY HUMAN, BUT TO NOT GIVE UP AND WORK THROUGH THEM!!! FROM A FELLOW FEMALE TURNER.....STAY SAFE AND STRONG MIKE!!!
An expert making mistakes actually teaches some of us novices a ton, too. Especially when they are humble enough to keep it in the video as part of the process and experienced enough to explain what they think might have gone wrong and maybe how to work around it. Thanks for these!
It takes a GOOD MAN to share his mistakes !! Thanks so much for the smiles ... and LAUGHS !! YOU ARE A GREAT MAN !! The road to perfection is sometimes VERY bumpy !! LOL !!! Keep 'em coming my good man !!!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!
Absolutely !!
Thanks Mike, This was Excellent, Good feeling that I am not alone in my mistakes. Thank you so much!!!
You are so welcome!
A normal day for a beginner like me! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! The more we turn the luckier we get!
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for your willingness to put these turning issues out there for us to see. It proves you point that your interested in helping all of us learn and get better. Keep up the good work and great videosl
I appreciate that, Jack. I miss the monthly workshops two of my clubs have. I enjoy teaching.
It's good to see these blunders don't only happen in my shop 😊
I think I learn as much watching these gaffs as I do from any other demonstrations. Thanks for sharing!
A fool learns from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from others, LOL.
I love how you show us it normal to have some oops. Thanks for being so honest and not trying to be so high and mighty and untouchable striving to acheive something that just not obtainable of the perfect turner that as perfect as the cuts and edits make expert turners like yourself look
Nice one Mike. Certainly brightened a dull wet Sunday over here. Been there, seen that, done that and got the same teeshirt :-) Thanks
Glad to see I'm not the only one who CRS and makes BLOOPERS.
Thanks Mike, your a brave man to create catches. Amusing and replicating everything I've done. Your relaxed professional common sense approach makes your videos special for this novice . A tip I learn't from watching a Japanese: turner: lift the tool rest almost level with the top face and slice horizonally along the grain - has given me confidence and minimized catches
+Ray Smith thanks for your encouraging words.
Mike, your the person encouraging us watch-ers
Oh, those funny faces in the end are just remarkeable, thanks for sharing those mistakes, makes one feel a little happier whith ones self. Great video. Júlíus
I have to make a video of faces against a green screen so I will have mug shots to choose from for future videos. 🙃
thanks for posting this vid. Makes me feel better knowing that even the seasoned pros still get catches every now and then.
This video is what I was looking for...dangerous mistakes people can make if there not careful wood turning....great video thanks for posting :)
Thank you for helping me to feel normal!. LOL. I appreciate you! You are keeping it real!
An absolute master documentary. No fake news here. Academy Award material. 😁😁😁
Tom W,. I SECOND THAT!!! SO VERY TRUE!!!
Thanks for posting these. I think I learn more from watching mistakes than instruction that goes perfectly.
great video Mike,made my day lol.cheers Colin.
Loved it. Thanks Mike.
Great video. Thanks a lot for sharing. Good to see, that even though you are constantly improving, with turning, mistakes are inevitable, sometimes because of you, sometimes because of the wood you are turning. It's always good to be aware of this, so I realize that every situation is not going to go perfect. Kind of like fishing for me. I love to go fishing. I prepare, I go. When I actually get to the fishing spot, sometimes I realize what I should have brought, sometimes I realize that what I have, will do the job, and sometimes I catch a bunch, sometimes I don't catch any. It doesn't matter to me, I still love to get out and enjoy fishing.Thanks again for your time,Tommy
Nice analogy!
How timely! I needed to see this. Thank you for this great reminder that, regardless of experience, missteps and mishaps (or, my personal favorite, "CRS") will occur.
Sometimes you just have to cut yourself some slack, Stephanie. Glad you made it back home safely.
Great videos I'm new to your Channel really awesome
This was great thanks for posting it.
Mike, I love that you show the mistakes like this. Thanks for the laugh!
This was great!!! It is good to know I'm not the only one. Love the funny faces. Thanks for sharing.
CRS, now that right there is funny. And you are not the only one. I CRS either. Cheer's.
Thanks Mike, helpful stuff, and that ending was great. 😀
I view every mistake as a chance for a design change.😁
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your experience
@ 6mins that's me whenever I touch a skew for shaping... I have a love hate relationship with my skew.
Great video.
Peter
thanks for these, don't feel quiet so bad when I goof up now
That was fun. I know sometimes things just don't go well, it's how you recover from them that makes you who you are. Don't Go Changing Mike Peace!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Just a normal day at the lathe for me. LOL
That was hilarious! Well done sir.
lol ya got to be able to laugh at yourself with things to enjoy them . good on you brother .
Great video Mike i like the skate back one. I do that all the time.
Hey Mike,
I have the same Sorby thin parting tool, which cuts cleanly, but is terribly catchy, due to the flute on the top. I tried using it upside-down, but that messes up the flute and the tool rest. I realized that I would never sharpen the thing enough to need the flute the whole length along the top edge, so I solved the problem by rounding over the top except for about 3/4" behind the cutting edge. I like it a LOT better this way!
Glad to know that I'm not the only one who screws uo! Thanks for sharing
Mike enjoyed the movie. My dad always told me if you don't make any mistakes your not do anything.
Thanks once again, Mike. Love your comment at the end.
Thought I was the only one that made those mistakes, thanks for sharing
It was funny 😄
Great fun, Mike! And this is why I don't do videos. :-)
Billy
Brave and intuitive video Mike well done and thanks for making me feel better. Just popping out to get some bricks :-)
thanks, now I don't feel so bad at my bloopers. I have learned so much from watching your videos.
For parting off things like the pencil pot in the video put a dowel in a chuck in the tail stock. Position it so that it is well inside the vessel , when it comes free the dowel catches it, it could be a padded dowel to protect the finish.
Great tip. Thanks.
In one of y
our videos you mentioned the problem of a stuck jaw chuck on the drive spindle. What I do is put a plastic washer that I made from some heavy plastic on the spindle before I mount the chuck. Do not have the problem anymore. Happy to send you one if I knew where. Have to do a little research.
I covered this in my recent video on Freeing a Seized Chuck. Plastic washers tend to cause vibration so I do not recommend their use.
I love the script reading error. I have done that many times.
And I will do it many more, I am sure. Thanks for commenting.
Hahaha, now I feel much better about my lathe time! Yep, I you're not messin' up, you're not turning.
Thanks for the laugh Mike! I've always operated under the premise that a mistake is part of whatever you're doing and if you don't learn from it, you've wasted a perfectly good mistake!
Take care, Dave
I love that!
Mike Peace Woodturning one of those mistakes i have done
I snapped a tool rest recently with a ridiculously uneven piece of wood. Nobody hurt, but the broken bit of metal is now somewhere in the back of the woodpile. One to learn from.
Stuff happens. I bet you don't break another.
I've made pretty much exactly the same mistakes with my bowl gouge (except for breaking my tool rest). I have watched hours of u tube videos by professionals and still none the wiser as to exactly what I am doing wrong. I thought I was holding the tool wrong. (could still be the case) but some guys open the flute, some guys hold it at 45 degrees and other guys at virtually 90 degrees! or because I was turning end grain, but there are lots of guys turning end grain, Going to try and apply what I learnt this weekend. wish me luck!!
You should consider lessons. Big leap forward!
Been there, done that. I heard somewhere where a true artist never makes a mistake, the make design changes.
Christian Jensen
Well Mike,as I get older the brain farts seem to happen more and more Regularly! The recovery is the way we learn.Stay safe and carry on!😆😆😆
I found it as useful as you are Mike lol
I hope that means useful and not useless!
done them all a few times
Can't be critical, we've all been there done that. We learn by our mistakes.
Most of us do. I have seen a few that never seem to get it.
The funniest horror show I've ever watched!
What kind of tool do you have hanging up behind you on your wall? What is it called and what is it used for? Is it for sanding purposes.
The small one is a HF angle drill for sanding. The large pump is for my vacuum chuck.
LOL, Yup you can learn from these.
" If you don't do things right the first time don't try parachuting ". Wood turning is fine!
So true!
Mike Peace, I am crushed, I wanted to grow up and be just like you but now I feel adrift.
Harold Wright
Get your bearings before you start piloting the ship in Jan, LOL.
Repeat after me.... Design modification! 😊
Makes me feel a bit better about my "oops" moments.
He'll I thought I was the only one that did things like that when they were just about finished ha ha ha ha
Stuff happens to everyone who turns.
I never record my work so none of these incidents ever happened to me...at least there is no proof. If the politicians can do it, so can I. ;-D
That's funny politicians :)
6:42 - 7:21 Also The Blocked Camera View, Considered Fails Too
Thanks for taking time to comment!
I know Mike Peace how you feel. I know mine is as bad, or even worse. LMBO
W T H W I T....... What the hell was I thinking? Another one I used to use when I was on a computer support help desk was PEBKAC. "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair". Be safe!
I heard of an id10t error!
Some years ago I would have thrown things,kicked things and cussed over such things.
Now I tend to just roll my eyes,shake my head and drop an F Bomb or 12...
Have you always been so level headed,calm and cool with mistakes ?...
Or does that ability come for everyone with passing years?
I have generally not been real excitable and take things in stride. Maybe I have mellowed even more as I lose more hair. Being an analytical, my first reaction tends to be what did I do wrong and how can I prevent it from happening again.
Good to see the fails, too, but especially meaningful that you actually re-record some of your videos. So many that I've seen over the past few months just keep the dross, the fumbling/stuttering, the "um" and "er" moments. I watched a 60 minute video and literally every 5 seconds, the first syllable was "uh". Thumbs down for lousy prep for him. Good job, Mike.
I appreciate the feedback. I do spend a lot of time editing - more time than I do actually turning wood!
please stop wearing your wedding ring sir, so many accidents happen wearing it while working!
I actually put a ring holder nearby. Hard to change old habits but I am trying.