Thanks Caroline, wish I had the camera rolling for the first bowl. I was very surprised. Not a large piece of wood but held some beautiful wood inside.

True, true also it is a pleasure to turn. I like the deep colors.

Thanks have shared a few of these with fellow wood turners. Just having fun!

Will do for sure. Thanks for the comment.

Hopeing to release that video on Friday,nActually please with how it turned out. My wife has claimed it. So can’t be too bad. I do find the rubber pads hold the pieces very secure. Some very large pieces.

The cheapest one we could find, my son thought it was a great idea. Surprised it worked.

I’ve tried many different finished. 90% of my bowls I do with 2 coats of Tung oil finish. Let completely dry then buff on the lathe. Love the finish takes longer but last long. Tung oil finish is tung oil diluted 25% with minerals spirits. I also tried pure tung oil takes way too long to dry. My go to is tung oil finish. Have also used walnut oil, just paste wax, Yorkshire grit $$, Boiled linseed-denatured alcohol-clear shellac friction polish. Didn’t like the finish. I now buy 100% tung oil then mix it with 25% mineral spirits. Cheaper that way.

You can go up to 40% mineral spirits dries quicker.

So true I’d say no the next time. Today I cut up 25 black walnut chunks into 50 halves will make over 70 bowls out of it. Makes a whole lot of sense to work with good wood. But Scott will end up with this bowl.

Reminds me of Kenny Roger’s famous song lyric, “know when to hold em, know when to fold em.” Glad you got a bowl you are happy with.

I have an easy wood hollowing tool that is flat doesn’t need vise grips. But that being said I like the one I made better cuts cleaner and the vise grips gives you a lot of control. Have fun!

Thanks for the comment. My Grandson grabbed it for a wedding present. He has good taste.

Thank you so much, welcome to the neighborhood. Looking forward to watching your gardens.

I have since making these bought a set of high end hollowing tools at a garage sale I like the ones I made better. Smoother cut. This isn’t my idea got it from Captin’ Eddie who mgot it from someone else. Really nothing new under the sun. Just different names. Enjoy turning, always try to take it to another level. My wife is my art director.

Black Walnut never disappoints. Love the grain love the color. Thanks for the comment

Black line on the black bowl really popped. Thanks for the comment

Agree the dark wood and the grain make a great bowl. Just right for popcorn.

Thanks Gary

Know of a few shop teachers that have had to go to court over injuries. Still think the circular saw is the most dangerous. Thanks for the comment.

The chips coming off the blade start to hurt my fingers. I know it's an excuse, but. Thanks for the comment.

@@bowlreveal Getting your hand eaten by the machine will hurt more...but you do you, I'm more concerned that it's sending a dangerous message to new comers to the hobby.

Going to try a boo boo bandage over the area that is constantly receiving the shavings. Will do a video on your reply and solution. Thanks

​@@bowlreveal Copy that, Ill sub so I can see it when it comes out. Also I didn't mean to sound preachy jus that my dad got yanked into a lathe and could have lost his dominant hand from mid-forearm down. cause he had long sleeves. also personally seen/dealt with more than my share of people getting pulled into machines of various types at my day job because of wardrobe choices. Stay safe

Yeah I agree about the bowl but at the time it's all I could focus on. Only takes a blink.

Came at the bowl straight on, that's a never do. Had my anchor but skipped there bevel part. Lucky it wasn't worst. Thanks for the comment

@@bowlreveal Thanks.

Gotta love black walnut, guy in Buffalo NY, had a bunch in his parking lot for anyone who wanted it. Nobody came so I helped myself. Beautiful stuff. Fortunate that was all that happened. Need to slow down a little.

Thanks I was more upset about losing the large black walnut bowl. Not till later did I realize how lucky I was.

Tough loss on the bowl, glad you were unscathed.

Do have a bunch of black walnut, just hate to loose that size of a bowl. @@trurex007lee7

Thanks my wife’s idea she’s my design coordinator, fancy for tells me that looks good.

Thanks for the comment

It just works. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks unbelievable to see first hand. I have 47 more of these first turned bowls to turn yet. FUN! Not all of it is without sap wood but that can add a detail too.

47 more beautiful bowls.Each one with its individual pattern.I bet they’ll all look as fabulous as first one you made .

Thanks for the comment. Enjoy doing it.

Thanks Paul appreciate the comment.

Will get it put together, will need to edit it will do today

tried to send via text not working also tried your email also didn't send file maybe too big. The blanks I made are now low enough to turn will be doing a beaut of a bowl and will add the time lapse will be about a week to finish.

Will let Bonnie know. Thanks

Thanks, the black paint was my wife's idea. I didn't care for it until I put a finish on it. It has a look of leather.

Good question. I almost always 1st turn my wood extra thick and let it dry below 10% then finish turn. Keeps the wood from cracking. At least most of the time. I have also finished turned wood that was very wet and let it warp and then sand it when it dries out different result. Just lots of fun! I do about 175 bowls a year and don’t sell them I give them away, some end up at the Hamburger Fair for Make A Wish Foundation.

That is an awesome and amazing collection of bowl blanks and soon to be blanks.

Was a lot of fun. A friend of mine dropped it off, it’s from Lancaster, PA Can’t wait for the wood to darken especially with the crotch area.

Thanks for the comment. You are correct it is so so neat to put a piece on the lathe and a few hours later have a beautiful piece. Check out my other videos some cool stuff from God’s woods.

Thanks for the comment. Was fun doing, hard part was to get over 3 hours of video under 5 min.

Bought them from Harbor Freight less than $10. Really are nice.

Now I understand your question I don’t use them for finish work mainly roughing in.

Thanks for the comment, will be bringing more information on tools that I use in my videos.

Thanks for the comment, I’d be lying if I told you I don’t get nervous. Segmentation a guy at Space Coast Woodturners made multiple angle sets on his 3D Printer crazy stuff.

Yeah can get a little touchy, but sharp tools make the difference.

Thanks for the comment, held really well but was very easy to turn the tenon off afterwards.

Had a guy asked at our last Space Coast Woodturners meeting how to do a thin bowl. Love Black Cherry!

Thanks for the comment. New guy at Space Coast Woodturners asked how to do a thin bowl, have a new video black cherry with 1/16" wall. Beautiful bowl.

Thank you so much, change is made. (Spherical)

Going to check that idea out Thanks

Never heard of it before but I guess that’s what I made, with a flat bottom. Saw the rim calabash too will try that.

Thanks for the comment. Have fun turning.

Thanks for the comment, a lot of fun - until. Looking forward to the next one.

I’ve never had to buy any wood for turning and I’ve never sold any. But the larger the burl the better so once you cut the main burl do not cut again let the turner decide how they want to cut up. That tree was an Osage orange tree with the 51 burls. Good Luck!

@@bowlreveal Hey thanks for the reply. Ya I'm just starting to inquire about this because of the shear number of burls I have. I have seen like 8 inch blanks and other sized cut pieces for sale for crazy prices. Makes ya wonder.

Start with your smaller ones get a feel for the market. Than try just one of the larger ones. Check into shipping costs include that in your cost then just say free shipping. People love free shipping.

Thanks learned a lot looking forward to some more fresh wood. Especially with my new birthday present Robust American Beauty

Learned a lot and was having a great time until.

Good observation, but what I did was removed the rabbit from the front of the drawer and then extended the front piece equal to the width of the drawer. So i was able to keep the same depth. Made the slides easier to reinstall. Thanks for the comment.