Wood is a wonderful and forgiving medium, that's why anyone can do great things with it.

There are a lot of good lathes out there, you have to pick one the will accomplish what you are trying to do. Get one in your price range and then if you want something better ,save for it. In the mean time practice on the one you could afford, that's what I did.

Thanks for the comment, I haven't been able to put any new videos but hope to do one soon, Tom

Thank you for the comment, hope you can use some of the information on your projects, Tom

Thank you, I also made the mistake of not putting the inner circle. you're correct in that I should have shown the flipping of one of the rings to make the reverse spiral, I keep trying to improve my videos and will try to include more information so people understand the processes involved in any of the operations. Thanks, Tom

In my next video I’m using the stomper and gluing up my segmented bowl. I’ll have that finished in about a week. Thanks for the comment. Tom

@@It.All.Fits.Wood.Products15 i appreciate the answer, looking forwards to see it.. i really like what you have made…✌️✌️✌️

The SEGMENT FLIPPER PLANS can be seen on this website, kcwoodturners.org/Library/SegmentFlipperPlans.pdf Just cut and past into KZfaq and the whole project is described in detail. Thanks for the comment and hope you get to see all 8 of my Videos, another will be out in a few weeks about my segmented bowl. Tom

I came up with the tongs out of necessity because I had to put the finish on without touching anything. I searched the internet looking for a specific item and found these. Thanks for the comment and also for watching the Videos. I’m glad you liked them. Tom

Thanks for your comment, the front edge is rounded using a quarter round bit on the router table. I do show it in the video. I have 7 other videos if you’re interested. Tom

Thank you for the comment. I get a lot of my instruction from your videos, you are my main source of help on my projects. I try to do it my way, or make any adjustments to suit my particular situation. I only have a 10” lathe and can’t make larger items so I have to adjust my scale to fit. You are an inspiration to me since I may be a couple years older… but not wiser. Love your videos.

Thanks for the compliment. In Jr. Hight I made an 18” chip bowl and my mother used that for years, even had a dip cup with it.

Appreciate the comment

I'm not Sure what you mean in the last part of your comment. "I’m curious how you used your backer board in operation." let me know more of what you mean please so I can comment on it. Thank you for your praise of my bowls, I've been working on them most of the year. I love making the jigs I need to accomplish all my tasks. I'm working on a new system for segmented bowls.

@@It.All.Fits.Wood.Products15 I haven’t watched the video for a few days but I think you had a vertical jig set up behind your board that you were going to cut to maybe keep the ring in place to keep it from dropping down around the spindle? I was curious about that and how you use it. I also have a thought for you that might help you. I had a long serrated stainless steel bread knife that my wife no longer wanted sitting around my shop for years (can’t throw anything away) and finally decided to make a very thin parting tool from it. Its blade was maybe 1/32” thick and quite long and fairly flexible. I had to grind off the serrated edge as this would sit on the tool rest. It works amazingly well, especially for parting rings on bowls from boards! I was worried about the flex in the blade but it actually helps to follow the kerf into the wood as you cut on the diagonal. I don’t need to widen the cut much to make it through my 3/4” boards I usually use and it just flows down through the cut. I can cut thinner rings and get more height from my bowls because of that. Very little waste and less stair stepping on the glue ups. I just hone the front tip before cutting a bowl out of habit but it actually keeps a decent edge fairly long. I also do pendants on end grain leftovers from spindle turnings and may only have 3/8-1/2” protruding from the chuck. I can face and decorate the pendant and use this to part it off with a very narrow cut. Allows me to make something from what I used to throw away. Also works great parting of larger diameter pieces. I have never had a catch because I think the flexibility follows the edge of the cut without grabbing. The handle fits my hand perfectly and for $0. It is my go to parting tool now for most situations. My parts are less than 1/16” wide which I love cause I hate wasting any wood. Maybe you’ll benefit from this. Thanks for your very valuable video on bowls from boards

@@scottstubberud1137 If you watch the other Videos you can see that the back stop is used behind the board that is being sliced to make the bowl parts. If you keep it close to the board it lets you cut your slice and holds it from spinning off to the back where the chuck is. Thank you for your comments and hope that my Videos will help people understand how it's done to creat a bowl from a board.

More to come!, thanks for the comment about my video. I just like sharing my talent. I'm more a woodworker ( since Jr. High) now I'm in my golden years... I love lathe work.