I totally agree with you about not getting carried away. God is a much better at creating beautiful designs than we ever can!

You gave it your all. The piece of wood was so interesting. I could see several animals and faces in it.

I love hearing what your thinking about your process and how you see each piece. Thank you for your videos! Beautiful work!! God bless!

Dr Phil, this piece needs a lot of CPR! CREATIVE PERSISTENCE & RECOVERY! A lifeless burn victim into a living memorial of hope. 🙏♥️🇺🇲

Beautiful colors It's easy to be a hindsight. But the piece was beautiful as it was, for example just hanging on the wall. 🧡🧡 Carsten

We learn that sometimes things in life don't work out the way we plan. That is when we have to let go and let God. Thanks for sharing. This is not a failure but a lesson in life.

Great that you showed what can happened, we need to see that also so we stay respectful and cautious!!

Amazing tenacity, I understand why you never want to give up.

I felt so bad! I'm so sorry but you can do it with another one I know. I love watching you work it reminds me of my Dad. Your a human with a beautiful soul. Thanks for the peace you share.

It really is beautiful. I could look at that for hours.

Dr Phil, it looks like a lava flow from Hawaii. Do what you do best, bring it to life! How exciting. 👍🏻♥️🇺🇲

It’s beautiful and gnarly good work Mr. Anderson

Dang, I was looking forward to seeing that piece done. Everything happens for a reason I guess. The piece sent to your son is amazing!!

That was a beautiful piece of wood. To bad it did not stay together so you could have finished it. I was really looking forward to seeing it finished. O well. On to next project. Thanks Phil.

Phil I did 18 ten foot latia poles by hand with a draw knife from the Chediski fire in north east Arizona. I used them to support my deck. What I learned from that was that the pitch in the pine turns into resin from the heat of the fire and the wood developed glorious color from the resin. When I first was watching you turning this piece I wanted you to turn it over so the rough pattern was on the bottom and the charred area that you had to remove anyway became the inside of the bowl. I hope you find another charred piece of pine to try this. I think you will like the result keeping the integrity of the wood and getting rid of the char. Best regards Sharon

It's beautiful even before turning.

Super beautiful that’s an awesome piece of wood

I think the bottom looks like volcanic flow! Beautiful!!!!

thanks, i thought i was the only one that had problems , live and learn

good day, sir! thanks for sharing

Video showed why you stand where you do. Very helpful.

Photos of the previous turning look really great.

It is a beautiful bowl bottom all smooth and shiny. It is stunning and as you say looks like the beach by the sea. Wow it is awesome.

Oh that was painful to watch, but you can't win em all Phil. Good job you have lots of other wood to turn, keep smiling.

I love the fact you don't take the easy way out and epoxy the pice together. The all natural finished pieces you make are absolutely beautiful thanks for sharing.

I looking forward to see the end thought it was going to be a really cool turn

Thanks. Great video. It's nice to see a "failure" instead of a magnificent final product. If other turners are like me, the blowups result in either a discarded piece or, on occasion, a completely different result from the original intent. It's amazing how the wood speaks to you and leads you off in a different directions or, simply tells you it just "ain't gonna work dude!" Thanks again. I'm going to watch the video where it turned out right.

I'm glad you're not drowning the pieces in recin. Your bowls etc. are so very naturally beautiful or "vackra" Carsten Sweden

Brilliant effort Phil. Thanks for sharing, not all was disappointing

Lots of heart in this work. Thank you for sharing, Phil.

It was a wonderful piece of wood. I thought it looked like a volcano field. Thanks for trying.

I know how you feel sometimes things just don't go the way you want but I know you will defeat the dreaded pine lol

what a shame! I love the fact you still shared this with us

I love the comment you made in this video. It is not what you do sometimes its what you don't do. Absolutely

Stunning piece; love the history that goes with it. Best regards from West Scotland

I am a “watcher”, not a “worker”, and share your fascination with the natural look of wood. I admire your ability to listen to the wood and follow its direction instead of forcing your will on it. This is a particularly fascinating piece, but it wanted to rest in peace in its natural state, not as a bowl. It had already been through a fire. Kudos for giving it the respect it deserved.

Oh man... that could have been so cool looking!!!!

Bummer. Like you, Phil, I like what you refer to as the natural look. I call it rustic. Many turners won't touch pieces like this, but I like the challenge. I use colored epoxy to fill the voids and keep the wood together. I hope you are able to finish the piece and can't wait to see it. Billy

Phil, I didn't see a "finished" product ....... L saw MUCH, MUCH more. Thank you!!!! When ever I get frustrated I just think of you and try. try again. Honestly, my finished pieces often leave a little bit to be desired but I'm getting better thanks to the inspiration that comes from Shady Acres.

If you stabilized this wood first it would have stayed together yet that is another three four days of work. This wood looked like a weather pattern or an old lava flow to me. Loved this piece Just a shame it was so far gone. Great videos keep them coming and thank you.

Don’t give up on it. It’s beautiful. If it can’t be a bowl then maybe an art piece.

The first one is AWESOME! To bad that things didn't go well I hate giving up on a piece but once in a while one has to ☹ Fire is destructive but can give some Beauty back !!!

It’s true what they say that some you win and some you lose and to my way of thinking you haven’t lost anything because it wasn’t your fault and I’m sure if you thought about it some more after sometime you could come up with a different idea for that piece And yes, I’m sure it might look very different in the end, but that’s got to be okay. Every day is a school day. Really looking forward to whatever you produce next you are my go to guy for wood turning videos more than any of the other Turner I’ve seen on here🙂🙂

We all learn good lessons from what might have been. Like my daughter who kept falling off the bike...it made the final sucess that much more sweeter. 🚴

Looking forward to you making something of what’s left , even if does not emboldened more turning you mentioned chaired. Let it return from the ashes.

They all came out really cool love the natural edge stuff. ......

Love the look

You gave it a true effort! Good try Phil!

I love your never give up attitude!!

I think you are just great, I love your persistents !

Wow! The detail is phenomenal! Loved your talking through it with us! You tried your best. Good lesson!

Amazing, almost volcanic. Well done again 👏👍🏻

Well Mr. Anderson. You tried and tried and just that makes you a winner on this particular piece. Like they say. You can’t win them all. But it sure wasn’t from a lack of trying . I learned a ton from this video . And listening to you trying to resolve the problem was very beneficial to me. I admire your character and I will continue to watch your videos REGARDLESS of the outcome. Thanks for a very educational and entertaining 38 minutes. Take care .

I have been gradually working my way through your videos and enjoying them immensely. I am glad you have decided to share mishaps along with less challenging pieces due to the complexity of the original piece of wood. By sharing your thought process as you tackle complex natural blanks, you providing a chance for even a casual viewer, like me, to learn something new. I truly hope you aren't ever injured when pieces break off and take flight. Stay safe and well, and thank you for all you share. 👍👍👍

Thank you Phil for you videos. I was having a hard time figuring out how to put my burl on the lathe until I saw you cut one in half. I had already cut mine in half but because of the inclusions and the odd shape I couldn’t figure out how to do it. Then I decided to cut it in half again, so I cut it into quarters. This made everything come together. I’ll put a picture of it on my Instagram page when I’m done. Thank you so much for your KZfaq channel. I really enjoy it. You do a great job.

Phil you did a great job. So much more wood, I enjoy your teaching, and the way you look at wood. My son was a photographer his business name was His Eyes. I think you see wood the way he saw a photo shot. I lost him 2 years ago so it was nice to see him in you. So thanks for that wonderful memory of my son.

Valiant effort! I respect your perseverance!!

Your determination is an inspiration to other wood turners. I'm glad you put this video out for others to learn from. Speaks highly of you. It was really a pretty piece of wood even though fire is so destructive.

Dear Phil, I'm a woodturning beginner and find it absolutely interesting to watch you thinking and trying to get the wonder out of the log. Failures are very helpful. Thanks for letting me participate. Greetings from snowy Germany!

It’s easy to see that your vision for what a piece can be is coupled with hope, but we don’t always get what we hope for. It’s good too see how the artisan rises above the disappointment. ‘More pieces to turn’, ‘maybe something can work out later…’. The piece had stunning character.

It may have come apart but it's still a beautiful piece of wood with a lot of great markings

You'll turn anything strange. I love it. Hope you do finish it. Can't wait to see the finished product.

...and this is why you never stand in the line of fire! Thanks for sharing this one.

You might not have ended up with a finished piece Phil but take heart in the fact that you have given us some important insights into the risks as well as the rewards of doing pieces like this. Thankyou for sharing. Denis.

That was wild. Just goes to show what can happen. Thanks for letting us share in that educational moment. Take care!

I just saw this. Yours was a valiant effort. It would have been gorgeous. Love the previous one you gave to your son. I love how you do your "natural" pieces (as you call them) I think they are the very best. As a beginner I have done a couple less challenging natural pieces myself ....inspired by you. Thank you!

coolest turner with sprite attitude FUN To WATCH!!!!

wow!! it was such a pretty piece of wood... sorry it fell apart!!!

The previous bowl is beautiful. I’d keep trying to make it work also. Thanks for sharing and I just subscribed. Now I’m going to bing your other videos.

Very educational.

Tough calls through out the turning. Yes, it was a beautiful piece of wood, lots of character. Perhaps a similar piece will make itself known.

Can’t win ‘‘em all. Love your work dont stop doing what you do

Hi Phil, on the pine piece you were trying to turn, you mentioned that your son brought it to you from Montana, and that there had been a forest fire. The high heat created by the intense flames acted just like metal forge,thus tempering the wood fibers to a very hard material to try and turn.Your result was reaching for the carbide tools and still not being able to achieve beautiful results. No worries, try and try again. I enjoyed the attempt anyway,Thanks. Bob in Ohio. 37:17

Thanks Phil for this very instructive video, I'm used to say that a good lesson is never free. Hi from France.

Good evening, Phil. You know, as I was watching this video, I think I felt just like you at each stage of this project. The beauty was there, revealing it was elusive. I read in the comments what the rest of the story was. You are correct, there is other wood to turn and life is too short. I spend my winters in a warmer area of our country where they have a wood shop with, among other things, 12 wood lathes. We have many turners, one being 89 years of age. He rough turns 2-5 bowls a day and finishes several as well. He is the first one in the shop each morning. The picture of the bowl you gave your son is amazing. Thanks Phil for being you. Christmas as nearing, I hope yours will be warm and full of memories.

what a piece, thanks, BM, aka, Woodbutcher

Phil what a pleasure you are to watch....(got 2 make more coffee)...I guess this is going to be my Marathon Phil Day with your older stuff...YEA!!!....But I do need to get out into my garage shop & try to explore my own world...Thank You Phil....LOVE YOUR ADVENTURES.....tm

You never gave up even though it beat you in the end and I know exactly how you feel because I'm still searching my shed for a piece of a project that was bounced off the ceiling and vanished. We are still unbowed my friend.

Well done Phil, one of my favourite but hard to find Burls

You try stuff that most of us would never attempt ...so BRAVO Phil & a tip of the hat to you, good man!👏👏👏👍👍

Well I am not sure how I missed this one but it just popped up. I can see why you tried so hard to get the turning you could see in there. Once you showed the piece you sent your son I could see why you wanted to turn this one. That one is over the top cool! Hope you saved the broken pieces on this one and someday are able to finish it. Some may think it is crazy to turn a piece like this but I think you were well aware of that it could fall apart and stood in a safe place. I got a comment on my Root of all Evil turning that said I reminded him of the people who go to car races just waiting for a crash. Any way bravo for a very thought full effort! Keep on a turnin . Gary

So far this piece is beautiful

That peace of wood looks amazing!

This piece is ideal for a colored epoxy/wood bowl

I admire your courage to keep on going in spite of all troubles it gives

When you finished your first turn, it looked like a perfect clock ) I know this is years ago, but your work is Awesome & a rustic clock might be something you might think about one time. This was a fun vid, Ty Phil

I felt like watching a suspense movie. I loved that piece of wood, but as someone wrote, it had suffered so much and may wanted to rest. Any way Sr. it is always a pleasure to watch your work and I will watching you each time I get a chance. GM, GA, GE!

Hello sir, This is one reason I don’t sand or put a finish on until I complete roughing the complete bowl, so many people rough one side and then waste time sanding and put a finish on before they finish roughing the otherside🤫 So many things can happen roughing a odd piece of wood like this one, it did have nice character to it. I’m sorry and it as happen to me before But I don’t sand anymore till it’s totally roughed and turned, if it makes it thru that then I can sand and finish. Be safe and keep a turning.

The most difficult pieces can give the most eye catching works of art; only a thought that others have mentioned cries out for re-glue and a resin soak and finish for a sublime piece

Great work Phil.

I had only watched the intro and clicked "like"! To me it is a beautiful piece without doing anything which goes with what you said... wood turning is often more about what you don't do. I'm watching now to see the outcome. I've watched some of your other vids and enjoy your craftsmanship, respect and appreciation for the beauty in each piece of wood.

To bad it came apart I was really liking the texture of that piece but the first one looks Great Nice Job Phil

Great try. Sorry it didn’t work out. Thanks for sharing.

I was thinking storm clouds, but beach sand, too!

I enjoyed it!

That's not bad wood, it's a wonderful opportunity to create.

Howdy Phil, We just finished watching the burned pine episode. You touched on something Garland and I were discussing last night. You look at your wood and it speaks to you. You cherish what nature brings to the wood. We watch other turners and they seem to want to turn away the character that you appreciate. My analogy to Garland was like breaking a horse. You can allow the horse to learn your expectations while allowing his spirit to soar or train him to the point you break his spirit. You won't believe this but you are an artist. The wood whisperer. You respect the wood and that sets you apart from other turners we've watched. Thank you Phil. Susan and Garland Your fans in Fort Worth, TX

Hey you win some you loose some. Thanks for sharing. I will not feel quite as bad next one of mine goes wonky. The only thing that is worse than a failis not to try at all.

That wood looked like it was made of lava the way it swirled around. I suppose you would have glued the part that came off if it was possible. I still think it would make a stunning piece, Phil.

Sorry you had a bad turn. We did learn a lot about chard wood and how it reacts to force and steel. Always a good time watching you Phil.