Beginner Bowl Process Video

[Sean Hughto]

I taped a Flip video to the front of my mask and turned a dry cherry scrap into a bowl (sort of crude one as I was hurrying and concentrating on the process more than the form). It's low tech and goofy (beware my singing along to the ipod), but I thought I'd mention it exists in case any brand new would be bowl turners might like to see a 12 minute video summary of the steps one intermediate bowl turner uses to get his done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1Dw1D4OU8

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5252554450_3dc6e60e79_z.jpg

The kind of chunky small one at the front with the scoop is the one from the demo.

I previously posted this inside another thread, but thought maybe it would be missed by some who (maybe ... kinda ... probably not ;-)) be interested, so I'm posting it as it's own thread. Hope that's okay.

Cheers.

[David E Keller]

Nicely done. The vantage point of the camera is a really good viewing angle. I hope you get another chuck for Christmas, so you don't have to change out those jaws all the time.

[David Christopher]

great video and good looking bowl

[Kurt Barker]

Thanks for recording this Sean, and for sharing it! I learned a half-dozen things in those 12 minutes, and will use each later today.

Was that Bob Dylan right at the end?

Cheers,

K Barker

[Tony Pridmore]

That's a great collection of bowls in the photo. All beautiful in form and finish. The video was very good. It concisely demonstrates bowl turning from beginning to end without cluttering the beginner's mind with the many potential variations of the process.

The singing shows how much fun you were having.

-Tony

[Bill Bolen]

That is a very well done and quick "how to" for anyone wanting to turn their first bowl! And your collection on bowls in your pic has a lot of nice design elements displayed. Good job...Bill...

[Sean Hughto]

Thanks, David. Hard to keep things in frame and the flip has a hard time keeping things in focus at the two foot range, but it worked out ok.

I have a Stronghold, but it has a really large set on it for a 16 inch blank I have. I woulf like to afford some extra Talon and Stronghold bodies though, fer sure.

[Sean Hughto]

Kurt, I'm really glad it was a bit useful to you.

Red River Shore is indeed Dylan (outtake for the Time out of Mind Session IIRC) from the Tell Tale Signs (Bootleg series) CD.

And thanks!

[Sean Hughto]

Thanks, Tony. I'm always having fun when I'm turning!

[Bob Noles]

Very helpful video Sean. I am about to venture into my first bowl soon and this will be such a BIG help to me. Thanks for taking the time to share it.

[Mark Hubl]

Nice vid Sean. The flip really did a nice job. I found myself partial to the opening Robert Palmer, (who said there was no good music in the 80's?) but all the tracks were interesting and certainly enhanced with your backing vocals!

[Don Alexander]

hehe i was thinking that i might need to get A chuck and a smaller diameter faceplate too

[Baxter Smith]

Finally got around to watching the video. Nice job with a good camera angle. Interesting to see your approach with the tool using a different grind angle compared to the one I use. Thanks for posting!

[Scott Lux]

Thanks for doing that. I started my second "real" bowl today. This is very helpful.

[Allen stagg]

Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it. I have been turning hollow vessels for a few years but never bowls. I just never got into bowls but didn't know much on how to do them. I just recently got the itch to try a bowl and hope to soon and this will help. I set up a vacuum system since I got a very good deal on a pump which is what stirred up a desire to turn a bowl or two. I am still partial to hollow vessels, but would like to try my hand at a few bowls. My back has gone bad in the last couple of weeks and am off work due to a posterior annular tear in a disk and I am in constant pain. As soon as I can get some relief, I am ready to get back to turning again on some more hollow vessels and give that vacuum system a try. This helps as I have never really looked at how bowl turning is done much and your short video is helpful in giving me a start. Thanks,

[Tim Thiebaut]

What a great video to help beginners like me, thanks for posting this! As for the singing, next video, will you take requests?? Aerosmith is more my style...!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Always great to see how others turn something! I enjoyed you video! Thanks for sharing!

[Rick Markham]

Thank you for making this Sean, you answered questions, I didn't even have yet. Would you do me a favor and take a picture of your spear point? I'd like to try and make one. Your shop reminds me of mine! Thanks again Sean... and the singing really made the video!

[Sean Hughto]

I will take a picture of my spear point, but just wanted yu to know that any number of scrapers (or a skew even) could do the same stuff. For some reason I tend to reach for the spear for that little scrape, but it's far from the only solution to truing up the tenon.

[Rick Markham]

I used my skew, and had good success with that. The spear point looks like something I can make that would be useful, I am making some scrapers and so it is advantageous to make as many tools as I can while I am doing the heat treating.

[Sean Hughto]

Sony (or some Sony algorithym) decided that my snippets of songs in the background violated their copyrights. I had to delete my video from you tube. If I can find a new place to host it, I'll put up a new link. Sorry.

[Scott Hackler]

Arggg.. That is the one of the reasons why I hate the music industry. Love music, hate the industry big wigs. I mean really, what harm is the background music causing to thier sales. NONE. And its not as if your trying to sell this video.

[Rick Markham]

That stinks! I would have liked to watch it a few more times. I think eventually with the new software update you will be able to post it here.

I guess you will have to make version 2 an a cappella!

[Michael Mills]

Arggg.. That is the one of the reasons why I hate the music industry. Love music, hate the industry big wigs. I mean really, what harm is the background music causing to thier sales. NONE. And its not as if your trying to sell this video.

Enjoyed the video. When I watched it Sony had disabled the sound but the video played fine. Maybe you can repost it with no sound and a different title?
Mike

[Bernie Weishapl]

Very nicely done and the video was great for someone wanting to turn bowls.

[Sean Hughto]

Alright, somewhat smaller, but available again for what it may be worth:

http://hughto.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html

[Michael James]

hmmmmm.... I seem to be a day late.
http://s.ytimg.com/yt/img/pixel-vfl3z5WfW.gif
"This video has been removed by the user"

Re-up?
Thanks, mj

[John Keeton]

MJ, it is still there at the last link that Sean posted.

[Michael James]

MJ, it is still there at the last link that Sean posted.

Bueno! Gracias senor Sean and senor John.

[Dale Bright]

Sean,

You did good job with the video. Too bad about the music publisher problem, that bites.

I like your display of bowls on the deck, you do some very nice work. Do you get your walnut oil locally? I am near or in Chevy Chase pretty often.

Dale

[George Guadiane]

Sean,
You could edit your first post and add this information to it, that way the rest of us won't have to go hunting for it (or give up before we get this far).
My friend Paul Petrie suggested in a demo (OK, more than one demo) that we not listen to music or talk radio when turning, that we listen to the lathe, to the sound of the tool on the wood as that sound provides a lot of information and if we are listening to other things we might miss it.
That also would have prevented complaints by the music people - not a bad voice though.


Alright, somewhat smaller, but available again for what it may be worth:

http://hughto.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html

[Sean Hughto]

I get my Walnut Oil by mail order from Lee Valley. Most every honey producer (on the web and off) offers bars and cakes of strained beeswax for reasonable prices. While I occassionally finish with other things, most of my bowls are made with the thought food contact and daily use in mind. The walnut oil and beeswax are completely safe and easily renewed.

And thanks for the kind words about my rather goofy and amateurish video. I didn't really think about the music at all in making it; part of being in the shop for me, is having my music on in the background.

[Sean Hughto]

Sean,
You could edit your first post and add this information to it, that way the rest of us won't have to go hunting for it (or give up before we get this far).

I can't find any edit buttons in this new layout. Can you direct me to one?



My friend Paul Petrie suggested in a demo (OK, more than one demo) that we not listen to music or talk radio when turning, that we listen to the lathe, to the sound of the tool on the wood as that sound provides a lot of information and if we are listening to other things we might miss it.
That also would have prevented complaints by the music people - not a bad voice though.

Paul may be right, but its kind of like offering me a cheeseburger, but telling me to leave off the ketchup so that I can more thoroughly appreciate the taste of the beef and cheese. More seriously, I can still hear the lathe. Second the music helps to set my mood and actually gives me focus. Each to their own.

[George Guadiane]

I can't find any edit buttons in this new layout. Can you direct me to one?




Paul may be right, but its kind of like offering me a cheeseburger, but telling me to leave off the ketchup so that I can more thoroughly appreciate the taste of the beef and cheese. More seriously, I can still hear the lathe. Second the music helps to set my mood and actually gives me focus. Each to their own.

On the bottom of the post is a gray bar that starts "blog post" and continues across, the next word should be "edit."

[Sean Hughto]

Funny thing, I have an edit icon for my recent posts on that gray bar, but none for older ones, like the original post in this thread. Dunno.

UPDATE: Steve tells me over in the Tech Support forum that there is only a 24 hour window for edits. After that the button disappears, and you need a moderator's assitance to make edits. So, in answer to your original question, that's why I didn't make the change to the link in the first message in this thread.

[Gerald McGrantham]

Sean,

Thanks for posting the video, good job and good video. I enjoyed the music too! You made me smile when you started the sing-along.

I'm not familiar with making videos. Could you please share your setup? I would like to try doing something like that.

Thanks in advance,
Gerald

[Harvey M. Taylor]

What did I do wrong? I clicked on the attachment and got clips from a movie with Jacl Nicholson. The caption said' this video has been removed by the user". Frustrated in Ft. Worth, Max.

[Dan Cannon]

I'm glad you found a way to re-post it, it was well worth it for me. Great job, and thanks for sharing!
Dan

[Sean Hughto]

Thanks!

As for making it, I taped one of these to my mask with painter's tape:

http://images.camcorderinfo.com/images/upload/Image/Pure%20Digital/Flip%20Mino/Final%20Product%20Shots/Flip_Mino_Handling.jpg

I then plugged it into my Mac Notebook and used i-Movie to drag relevant portions into a semi-coherent whole (i.e., edited). Go for it!