Production wood turner web site

[Brian Deakin]

I thought members may find this website interesting

and there is some excellent close up filming for some of the videos

eg see

skew chisel video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOuznRWUGos




woodturner21








https://www.youtube.com/user/woodturner21

or search Steve Jones wood turner

[Gary Baler]

Thanks Brian. Good Find.

[Reed Gray]

It seems like all the skew videos they use pine or poplar like in this video. You can't turn sugar/hard maple like that....

robo hippy

[Perry Hilbert Jr]

I was turning freebie oak and lucked into a truck load of poplar 4 x 4 stock. Poplar cuts like butter. I have some soft red maple, same story. Not near as ornery as hard maple or oak.

[Brian Deakin]

Please see this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bk-K_Ativs

In this link he uses oak ?

[John K Jordan]

It seems like all the skew videos they use pine or poplar like in this video. You can't turn sugar/hard maple like that....
robo hippy

I agree, I've turned a bunch of different woods with a skew and it is a lot different with woods like poplar, red maple, box elder, cherry, ERC, white pine. Some of the harder woods like rock maple, osage orange, locust, and exotics like lignum vitae, cocobolo, bloodwood and many others are a different story. In my experience oak is actually pretty easy to turn compared to a lot of species.

Compare the janka hardness tables. Southern red oak, for example, is about twice the hardness of tulip poplar but only half as hard as osage orange. Hard maple is harder than even white oak. (It might be interesting to see where the oaks fall in this table: http://www.bellforestproducts.com/info/janka-hardness/)

Woodturner21 obvious has excellent skills with the skew. I notice when turning with either poplar or oak his movements were slow and deliberate, unlike some others I and probably you have seen who blaze through the examples with soft wood but perhaps without the same quality result. Put a piece of hard wood in front of them and the difference might be more obvious. A piece of that mountain mahogany be interesting! :)

JKJ

[Brian Deakin]

Thank you for your posts .I think Robo Hippys comment is correct but is a little harsh The purpose of the video was to demonstrate how to use the skew and I believe as John states

"his skills are excellent " this goal is met

The skew is also used in his other videos which I personally have enjoyed eg the teddy bear

Further practicing using the skew with Tulip wood ( the wood used in the video ) or similar is I believe an excellent way for a novice turner like myself to learn because

I am more likely with practice to achieve better results , this will grow my confidence , help me develop muscle memory and encourage me to continue along a learning curve