Excellent video. I really like the way you shaped the bowl. As busy as the pattern turned out, the simple outline actually enhanced the final product. Love your work.
Do like the looks of a plywood bowl with all the layers showing. And I do like using wood that was going to be thrown out and turning it into something that will have a use for many years. Thank you for sharing. Guy
Thank you Guy I too love saving wood getting tossed and turning it into something of beauty! This was a real dusty turn though and wear your respirator for sure if you try it. Not just a dust mask!
Looks like marine grade lauan to me (which is a mahogany of course). I built houses for the rich and famous for 35 years and just seeing all that veneer and glue dust made me cough and my eyes start burning-no itching though. Some reactions never go away. Guess I should have put on my safety gear to watch this video. ;) One of the side benefits of doing the type of work you do (and I did) is salvage rights to some great woods. Thanks for letting me visit your shop again, --Joe
+Joseph Scarborough Thanks Joseph and you are so right and that is why I had my safety gear on. I have worked in wood and steel and plastic and aluminum and all kinds of medium for the rich and famous as well and my career is always morphing with the needs and desires of the wealthy. I have been trying to give back to myself with my wood turning and it has worked for me as a meditation and helps me be creative for my clients. I have hoarded so much wood from the dumpster that I have a pretty good stock pile of nice wood. I work in the motion picture set building and engineering, high end home arena and prototyping and corporate art installations for the largest businesses in the world and none of it is as rewarding as it should be but it is different every day. Thanks Joseph!
Your skill transforms a potentially mundane concept into a very taseteful and elegant vessel. The bottom of the bowl is fantastic, the rings are perfectly evenly cocentric, no dips or ridges Excellent.
I have seen some of the plywood bowls others have turned and was intrigued. It is amazing to watch as the individual veneer layers as they are uncovered. Thanks for sharing.
+John Conklin Funny that, Because there is some more of it around and I just might save it from the dumpster when I see it headed that way, but I have been hording so much wood that I might have to just take a bit.
Wear your respirator and your face shield. cut rings and glue them up so you don't have to hollow as much as I did and leave the bottom two to three rings solid.
That is one beautiful bowl out of the dumpster. I have been wanting to try a bowl like this only much smaller, thanks for the heads up on the glue dust!
A beautiful bowl Erik, it's great you were able to make use of scrap wood. Plywood of that quality is hard to find in the UK and is very expensive when it can be found. All the best, Jim.
Nice Job Erik. I was surprised by how interesting and reflective the mahogany looked in the finished product. I was wondering how difficult it was to get a smooth finish when you were sanding the layers of plywood. I have tried turning some plywood segments and they were very difficult to sand and it would sometimes catch the sandpaper and tear out the grain. I am really impressed by how good the bowl looks. It's a keeper!! Thanks for posting the turning.
+Jean-Marc Labonte Thank you and this was very high priced mahogany plywood 100 plus per sheet and it was 1" thick and I made sure my tools were very sharp. I sanded with a friction rotary sander and then bu hand and made sure to fold the leading edge of sandpaper to avoid a catch or a tear. Thanks Jean-Marc
+baconsoda Thank you Brendan! It is sometimes called Luan, I have not seen Robbie on how is he doing I miss his videos and comments. He inspired me so many times to try something new. Peace and Be well my friend
+Erik Anderson I'll do that for sure Erik. I might not see him before he appears here again bu I can get messages to him so I'll do that when I see another guy next.
Nice job, I'm not ready for plywood, but it looks great. The pre video ads are a pain, but what are you going to do about it? Sometime I watch them other time I don't. The first chance I have I hit the skip button for the ad.
Very cool looking bowl Erik !! Love the Mahogany plywood !! Would it have been a little easier to cut square rings before glue up ? I know you said you put it together after a full days work which is never fun "especially 50 cd's" LOL..... But an idea that I may try myself is fully cover the first 3 or 4 boards then only put glue around say a 2" rim of all the boards. Then once on the lathe shape the outside as normal, but when it comes to hollowing you could use a parting tool to remove discs of each layer "which can be used again." .... Just a thought out loud Erik :-) Thanks for another awesome project, regards, Steve.
+Templeboy Turnings That is so smart I should have tried that and if I do a bowl like that again I will do just that and give you credit for it. Thanks and Peace, I hope your new cell phone is better, I just broke my screen today cutting an 8700 lb log to fit around a reception desk.
Yes Erik, Sure would have been a waste letting that beautiful wood being dumped. Good thinking, keeping....! Now that looks like that turning was fun....! Question, was it splintery? Did you have any special issues with it while turning except for being quite dusty? Given the opportunity, would you ever consider turning that type of wood again? Just curious. You said it turned out nice, that's quite an understatement. Actually turned out quite gorgeous....! What a spectacular job on your part...!
Hi Erik, That bowl is really cool, does the ply blunt the tool's faster than most woods? I was asked not long ago if I could use an 8x4 sheet! and I refused it because I thought that the tare out would be massive! Thanks for sharing, a big thumbs up from me and I'm going to share it.
Eric, Thanks another great bowl I am not sure I would like to turn ply because of the hazards you explained and I would also be curious to see if it De-laminates after a while. I went to Capt Eddie's channel and got the recipe for shine juice, thanks for the suggestion. did you replace the BLO with walnut oil for the finish in this video?
Hi Erik Miss Tee here. I really enjoyed this video. What beautiful bowl. I have a question to ask. I'm very new at wood turning, but I have done it before many many years ago. I also have a good background in engineering & metal turning. I'm turning my first bowl & I'm using a piece roughly 6" x 3" of dark mahogany that I've had for 18 years left over from an extension to my house. It's very dry & I'm finding it difficult to turn with lots of dust & very little shavings. Any advice you could give would be very much appreciated. Thank you .
Thank you Miss Tee. I turn very dry wood all the time and the key is very sharp tools. Achieving the right bevel angle and attack angle for cutting is important as well. Practice practice practice and watch some more of my videos as well as Mike Waldt, Lyle Jamieson, Carl Jacobsen, Robbie The wood turner, and so many more. Keep going at it and try new things and most importantly be safe.
Erik Anderson thanks for the advice. I've watched a lot of Mike Waldt's videos & quite a few of yours & many others. Reckon I'll have to watch them again. Actually Mike lives only a few miles from me but I've not met him. I'll keep practicing until I get it right. Cheers
Lovely bowl, Erik! Did you have any issues with tear out or voids? I've been playing with something similar and I'm stumped! Would love any suggestions for what worked for you/what to avoid :)
Thank you! I used very expensive Mahogany plywood scraps for one. Very Very sharp tools and I had to keep touching them up. I sanding sealered after lots of sanding with respirator for sure this dust was awful. I used some friction rub finish for final coat and that has wax in it which helped too. Shear scraping with a really sharp irish grind bowl gouge. watch Lyle Jamiesons videos and look for one where he shows shear scraping with a bowl gouge I think it will help you. All of Lyle Jamisons vids are good so if you watch some of his lessons on RUclips It might help! Peace and Good Luck, Safe Turning.
I have to ask, rhetorically at least, how many times you had to sharpen your gouge. Those PF, or even UF, glues have got to be murder on even a 10V steel (A-11) edge.
+Joseph Scarborough Luckily I have a great gouge made by P and N from australia and I sharpened it in the beginning and it made it all the way through and same with my scraper one sharpen ant it was good to go.
Wow, the way it changes as it catches the light as it turns is absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic Job!
+Maxx Johnson Thank you Max
Excellent video. I really like the way you shaped the bowl. As busy as the pattern turned out, the simple outline actually enhanced the final product. Love your work.
+David Allison Thank you so much David!
Great looking bowl for plywood! Thanks for sharing Eric!
Take care, Dave
+David Morgan Thanks David!
Beautiful fire in that plywood, love that bit of contrast each layer gives as well, unique looking piece!
+Katrina Dutton Thank you so much Katrina!
Great results with plywood. A beautiful bowl. Thanks for another very good video.
+Tom Seymour Thank you Tom
Do like the looks of a plywood bowl with all the layers showing. And I do like using wood that was going to be thrown out and turning it into something that will have a use for many years. Thank you for sharing. Guy
Thank you Guy I too love saving wood getting tossed and turning it into something of beauty! This was a real dusty turn though and wear your respirator for sure if you try it. Not just a dust mask!
Erik that is a fine looking bowl, now I want to make a plywood bowl. Added to my must make list. Thanks for the video.
+John Fisher Thanks just use a respirator and face shield and be safe.
Nice bowl. Who knew plywood could look so good.
+Don Arsenault Thank you Don!
Very nice, no voids in the plywood to deal with. Looks great thanks for sharing.
+Frank Taylor Thanks frank there wer 4 small voids that I put a little CA glue and the wet sanded with walnut oil.
Love it! Never knew plywood could be so pretty.
Thanks Chris
Anytime
Looks like marine grade lauan to me (which is a mahogany of course). I built houses for the rich and famous for 35 years and just seeing all that veneer and glue dust made me cough and my eyes start burning-no itching though. Some reactions never go away. Guess I should have put on my safety gear to watch this video. ;)
One of the side benefits of doing the type of work you do (and I did) is salvage rights to some great woods.
Thanks for letting me visit your shop again,
--Joe
+Joseph Scarborough Thanks Joseph and you are so right and that is why I had my safety gear on. I have worked in wood and steel and plastic and aluminum and all kinds of medium for the rich and famous as well and my career is always morphing with the needs and desires of the wealthy. I have been trying to give back to myself with my wood turning and it has worked for me as a meditation and helps me be creative for my clients. I have hoarded so much wood from the dumpster that I have a pretty good stock pile of nice wood. I work in the motion picture set building and engineering, high end home arena and prototyping and corporate art installations for the largest businesses in the world and none of it is as rewarding as it should be but it is different every day. Thanks Joseph!
Great work Erik, beautiful bowl, Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Harry
+The Little Garden Shed Workshop Thanks Harry Got to wear your respirator and have sharp tools for this one.
Very nice Erik, I did'nt know plywood could look that good
Thank you Gordon, nor did I
That turned out to be stunning bowl Erik, great work my friend.
Take care
Mike
+Mike Waldt Man, some kind of green sparkle inlay would have made that bowl pop.
+Mike Waldt Thank you Mike, wee bit dusty!
Your skill transforms a potentially mundane concept into a very taseteful and elegant vessel. The bottom of the bowl is fantastic, the rings are perfectly evenly cocentric, no dips or ridges Excellent.
Thank you,it was dusty but worth it.
I keep coming back and watching this video. The look of this piece is awesome. Definitely going to have a go at this once I source some moggy ply!
Thank you Stephen, please wear a respirator as it is a dusty turn.
The result was an amazing vase, don't even think that the material is plywood. Very nice picture. Like!
+Аleksey Bek Not amazing... It was Trumptacular!
Definitely not Trumptacular
Beautiful video, Erik.
The bowl looks great.
+Günter Schöne Thank you Gunter
Great video Erik, who would have thought ply wood could look that good, that came out great well done.
Best Wishes Alan.
+Alan Edwards Thank you Alan
Beautiful piece, I enjoyed. Congratulations, From Brazil.
+SEVERINO SILVA Thank you Serverino
I have seen some of the plywood bowls others have turned and was intrigued. It is amazing to watch as the individual veneer layers as they are uncovered. Thanks for sharing.
+AnkleBiter Woodworks Thanks, if you try it read Templeboys comment he has a good tip!
this is a outstanding bowl I like the plywood look. It's really eye catching
+Dale T Prescott Thanks Dale!
Great project Erik! I love the way the plywood circles show in the inside! Really beautiful my friend! Cheers! Daniel
+Daniel Vilarino Thank you Daniel!
Great work, Erik! Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Mauro
+Mauro il tornitore Thanks Mauro
Wow, what a neat idea for using some left over LVL!!
+rgoodleaf Thank you Rgoodleaf
Looks fantastic I like how the rings are on the inside
+Richard Schaffling Thanks Richard
Hey Erik that turned out way cool! Nice work!
+Bill Rockwood G Thank you Bill
I think you made a plywood bowl interesting I normally shunned the concept of using plywood it appears that I was wrong, nice bowl Erik!
+Tom Palmer Thanks Tom, it was really good expensive plywood, 100 plus per sheet.
Man, I think that I'd bring home some more of that. Very interesting.
+John Conklin Funny that, Because there is some more of it around and I just might save it from the dumpster when I see it headed that way, but I have been hording so much wood that I might have to just take a bit.
One can never have too much lumber. : )
Amazing great bowl 👍👍👍👍
Dusty Work
That turned out great. im now looking forward to give it a go myself!!
+Matthew Brown Sharpen your tools and wear a respirator not just a dust mask. Thanks so much and look at Templeboy's comment for a great idea.
Beautiful bowl! I did a plywood bowl as well. But in my case that was standard plywood.
That's a nice piece looks great.
+Lee Rogers Thanks Lee
A very nice piece.
Take care - Hubert
+Hu “cillyede” Ko Thank you HU
Very nice effect, thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Nice job Eric, I think I will try one myself.
Wear your respirator and your face shield. cut rings and glue them up so you don't have to hollow as much as I did and leave the bottom two to three rings solid.
Thanks Michael! Happy New Year!
That is seven kinds of wicked dude!
+James Templeton GThanhks James!
Very nice. I will try that, but not until I am able to open the garage door!
+Pierre Nadeau Great idea!
Happy New Year Eric, I m looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Thanks Michael, I have over 270 videos online so I have lots to choose from.
Such a gorgeous bowl...can't wait to try my own!
Thanks Carol, wear your lung and eye protection it is a dusty exercise
Another great video.. Beautiful piece.. Who would figure from plywood..
+Jimmy Mead Thanks Jimmy
That is one beautiful bowl out of the dumpster. I have been wanting to try a bowl like this only much smaller, thanks for the heads up on the glue dust!
Wear dust protection for sure.
A beautiful bowl Erik, it's great you were able to make use of scrap wood. Plywood of that quality is hard to find in the UK and is very expensive when it can be found. All the best, Jim.
+Jimson's Stuff Thank you so much Jim I just saw Mike Waldt mention you!
+Erik Anderson thanks for subscribing Erik, much appreciated, I hope you enjoy my videos as much as I enjoy yours. All the best, Jim
I would like to get some of that Mahogany plywood. I like making segmented weave out of plywood.
It is pricey
Nice Job Erik. I was surprised by how interesting and reflective the mahogany looked in the finished product. I was wondering how difficult it was to get a smooth finish when you were sanding the layers of plywood. I have tried turning some plywood segments and they were very difficult to sand and it would sometimes catch the sandpaper and tear out the grain. I am really impressed by how good the bowl looks. It's a keeper!! Thanks for posting the turning.
+Jean-Marc Labonte Thank you and this was very high priced mahogany plywood 100 plus per sheet and it was 1" thick and I made sure my tools were very sharp. I sanded with a friction rotary sander and then bu hand and made sure to fold the leading edge of sandpaper to avoid a catch or a tear. Thanks Jean-Marc
Thanks for the response Erik. It looked like very nice and expensive plywood. I will have to try folding the edges of the paper next time. Take Care.
That looks really good. I've never seen Mahogany ply before so this was very interesting.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
+baconsoda Thank you Brendan! It is sometimes called Luan, I have not seen Robbie on how is he doing I miss his videos and comments. He inspired me so many times to try something new. Peace and Be well my friend
+Erik Anderson Robbie is grand thanks, he is just taking a break for a while so, hopefully, he will soon be back... I miss him too.
+baconsoda Tell him i miss seeing him when you see him!
+Erik Anderson I'll do that for sure Erik. I might not see him before he appears here again bu I can get messages to him so I'll do that when I see another guy next.
That looks pretty cool...................
+ITS A WOOD THING Thanks!
very nice, looks good for ply wood
+Alex Gelder Thanks Alex
Wow Erik, that came out awesome. I have stacks of 1/4 birch plywood.....I wonder how that would look? Maybe I'll try.
Ken
+Moonpie Creations Try it and let me know and look at Templeboy's response in the comments for a good tip
un très beau bol avec une belle apparence, sois beni, ben blessed shalom
Thank you and Shalom!
Thanks to you, I will turn a small plywood bowl.
+Brown Suspenders If you do you can not glue the middle and that way you can use a parting tool to remove the middle without as much hollowing.
Nice job, I'm not ready for plywood, but it looks great. The pre video ads are a pain, but what are you going to do about it? Sometime I watch them other time I don't. The first chance I have I hit the skip button for the ad.
+Edwin Dueck Thanks Edwin, sorry about the adds but it is the only way i can make a few dollars per month with my videos..
Great stuff
+Stu Brearley Thanks Stu
Great job Erik!! That gives me an idea.....now where is that leftover plywood?!?
Thanks Mark
Very cool looking bowl Erik !! Love the Mahogany plywood !! Would it have been a little easier to cut square rings before glue up ? I know you said you put it together after a full days work which is never fun "especially 50 cd's" LOL..... But an idea that I may try myself is fully cover the first 3 or 4 boards then only put glue around say a 2" rim of all the boards. Then once on the lathe shape the outside as normal, but when it comes to hollowing you could use a parting tool to remove discs of each layer "which can be used again." .... Just a thought out loud Erik :-) Thanks for another awesome project, regards, Steve.
+Templeboy Turnings That is so smart I should have tried that and if I do a bowl like that again I will do just that and give you credit for it. Thanks and Peace, I hope your new cell phone is better, I just broke my screen today cutting an 8700 lb log to fit around a reception desk.
+Erik Anderson you should have used a saw buddy!! Your cell phone was never gunna get through a log that size !! :-P
really nice. I need a lathe.
Thanks Deb
parabens meu amigo sua peça ficou cimplesmente espetacular show de bola abraços .....ramos.....
+ramos silva Thanks!
Yes Erik, Sure would have been a waste letting that beautiful wood being dumped. Good thinking, keeping....! Now that looks like that turning was fun....! Question, was it splintery? Did you have any special issues with it while turning except for being quite dusty? Given the opportunity, would you ever consider turning that type of wood again? Just curious. You said it turned out nice, that's quite an understatement. Actually turned out quite gorgeous....! What a spectacular job on your part...!
I would turn and most likely will as I have a bit more and it was a bear to sand but the ply was very high quality!
cool bowl
Thank you Paul!
Hi Erik, That bowl is really cool, does the ply blunt the tool's faster than most woods? I was asked not long ago if I could use an 8x4 sheet! and I refused it because I thought that the tare out would be massive!
Thanks for sharing, a big thumbs up from me and I'm going to share it.
+Andrew Smith Thanks Andrew, it does but with a good sharp gouge i was able to crank this out pretty fast.
Eric, Thanks another great bowl I am not sure I would like to turn ply because of the hazards you explained and I would also be curious to see if it De-laminates after a while. I went to Capt Eddie's channel and got the recipe for shine juice, thanks for the suggestion. did you replace the BLO with walnut oil for the finish in this video?
+Stephen McFadyen Thanks Stephen, a good respirator is a must and having the ability to turn outside helps too. I did use walnut instead of the blo.
great idea. what was the original project with 1 inch mahogany?
+Tracey Osterlind Hand railing perforated plywood panels
+Tracey OsterlindThank you Tracey
What a suprising effect! Was it hard to turn the plywood? I enjoyed the music aswell.
+Thomas Anton Geurts (woodworking) Sharp tools and a respirator are a must. Thank you Thomas!
Hi Erik Miss Tee here. I really enjoyed this video. What beautiful bowl. I have a question to ask. I'm very new at wood turning, but I have done it before many many years ago. I also have a good background in engineering & metal turning. I'm turning my first bowl & I'm using a piece roughly 6" x 3" of dark mahogany that I've had for 18 years left over from an extension to my house. It's very dry & I'm finding it difficult to turn with lots of dust & very little shavings. Any advice you could give would be very much appreciated.
Thank you .
Thank you Miss Tee. I turn very dry wood all the time and the key is very sharp tools. Achieving the right bevel angle and attack angle for cutting is important as well. Practice practice practice and watch some more of my videos as well as Mike Waldt, Lyle Jamieson, Carl Jacobsen, Robbie The wood turner, and so many more. Keep going at it and try new things and most importantly be safe.
Erik Anderson thanks for the advice. I've watched a lot of Mike Waldt's videos & quite a few of yours & many others. Reckon I'll have to watch them again. Actually Mike lives only a few miles from me but I've not met him. I'll keep practicing until I get it right. Cheers
fantastec..good and thank you
+Ali Albasri Thank you Ali
Lovely bowl, Erik! Did you have any issues with tear out or voids? I've been playing with something similar and I'm stumped! Would love any suggestions for what worked for you/what to avoid :)
Thank you! I used very expensive Mahogany plywood scraps for one. Very Very sharp tools and I had to keep touching them up. I sanding sealered after lots of sanding with respirator for sure this dust was awful. I used some friction rub finish for final coat and that has wax in it which helped too. Shear scraping with a really sharp irish grind bowl gouge. watch Lyle Jamiesons videos and look for one where he shows shear scraping with a bowl gouge I think it will help you. All of Lyle Jamisons vids are good so if you watch some of his lessons on RUclips It might help! Peace and Good Luck, Safe Turning.
I have to ask, rhetorically at least, how many times you had to sharpen your gouge. Those PF, or even UF, glues have got to be murder on even a 10V steel (A-11) edge.
+Joseph Scarborough Luckily I have a great gouge made by P and N from australia and I sharpened it in the beginning and it made it all the way through and same with my scraper one sharpen ant it was good to go.
Интересное решение! А чем покрываеш изделия? Спасибо.
+ Valeriu Cazac
Thank you so much
erik cool.
+Robert Kutz Thanks Robert
nice
Thanks
Cool
Thank you Natasha
If you turned that HORRIBLE music off we could hear you talking,
Thanks Jay I get it!
nice
Thanks Bazz