Bellísima pieza. Muy bien explicado como siempre. Gracias por compartirlo! Un abrazo Germán, Lomas de Solymar, Uruguay

You have to become one with the bowl blank and offer it soothing chamomile tea with some cracker jack’s ( you can keep the surprise in the box )….🪵

What I want to know is, what size faceplate should I use in relation to how large the piece of wood is that I'm turning.

Very well explained , easy to follow , 👍 Brian Erwin NZ

Difficult to get blanks that depth in the UK

Hello Kent! I’m new too turning too, I see like many others here, and I really enjoy your well prepared and presented videos. I have just barely started setting up and using a shop smith clone Total Shop and just got Ron Brown’s sharpening system with the 40/40 grind option. I was given a set of 12 old craftsman spindle tools, and have picked up some nice Crown Tools tools including 1/2” bowl gouge, 3/8” detail gouge, a large roughing gouge and scraper. I’ve been woodworking for 50 years and am super surprised at how much there is to learn with turning! It is very very specialized and I am beginning to see why so many people turn to turning. Yet having said that, compared to woodworking generally, wood turning is rather limited? I mean, the options are basically spindles and bowls? Yes they can get very decorative, and can be totally beautiful works of art. But it is not so easy to justify spending say $5k for a decent lathe and initial tools … assuming I upgrade from the Total Shop which I must say it not such a great lathe. I am probably getting ahead of myself to think about getting a decent lathe, but as I have not quite retired yet now is the time to spend this sort of money. Which brings me to why I’m writing here … any thoughts on the various lathes? I see you have a Robust, I’ve been considering Powermatic 3520C and Oneway 1640, but am leaning towards the Laguna 18/36, as I think it is all I would need, an I like the fact that a dull tool is quickly alerted by the motor bogging down a bit. I’m not afraid to spend the money, but don’t want to waste it either. Like I said it’s early days yet, and I need to make lots of shavings first.

That looks amazing.

Beautiful Bowl, and a great tutorial.

Very good commentary Brian erwin NZ

Thanks, that helped me!

I like tried and true finish as well. Do you only put I coat of finish on? I like to put 3 on but it ties up the lathe for a few days. I got your sharpening course a while ago and was wondering when you make changes do you make notes of what was changed or added so I don't have to go through the whole course to find the new material.

Well, wouldn't apply to me as I get my wood for free as there is plenty of it on my property and I have a big, big family I can give them away to :) At my age I don't think I will have ever made too many to have around. I'm 56 and turned my first bowl last week.

Very interesting Kent

Laurel Oaks are Red Oaks, so this could be a Southern Live Oak

Maybe I missed it, but did he tell us what kind of wood this was? Kind of looks like Walnut to me, but I'm not 100% on that

A beautiful bowl. It's usually a very oddly shaped piece of wood that I wait for it to speak to me.

Thanks Kent. Great content. I’m always wondering what goes on in the mind of folks that really take the time to think about and design a piece before the gouge touches the wood. Thank you for your insight. Cheers.

Thank you Loads for this. Safety first.

Great video as usual. I think it’s bark inclusion, not enclosure.

Im thankful you told us how to make the bowl instead of using a bowl whisperer "hippy" video for entertainment. Many of us watch to learn how rather than entertainment only

I have some bowl blanks speak to me. "Better move outta the way". I ll be glad to get to where your talking about. But thats probably will years of experience.

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Kent - Another wonderful example of your turning skillsets. I love the spalting in that piece. I was going to ask, What Grind do you have on your spindle detail gouge? Let The Chips Fly Lowell

Do you know anything about the Harvey T-60 lathe? I'd love to get a Sweet 16, but 10K is not going to happen. 🫤

I love your videos and have learned a lot here. This is a Great video on how to turn the perfect blank. Unfortunately, I rarely get such nice, even blanks; and I have to let the wood dictate how it will be turned ; so I can get the best looking piece of art, I can get the largest bowl possible, so I don't turn away all the best looking features and end up with a bowl so small I give it to my granddaughter for her doll house, etc, etc. I can count on one hand all the bowls I've turned that I "Planned out" ahead of time. That doesn't happen in my shop. I try to figure out how "Best" to mount the wood, and sometimes, I get that right. One nice thing about a lathe is that plans can change in the middle of a project. Usually not by my choice. I have to "Listen" to the wood. You make it sound like most of us actually think the wood is really talking to us. Really, we don't. (at least, most of us don't, I think).?? We use that as a "Figure-of-speech". What we Do know is that sometimes the wood WILL dictate how it can and can't be worked. I could be wrong, so I'm going to start listening a little closer to see if I can hear the wood talking. ;-) Keep up the good work. I love your channel. Charlie

Excellent tutorial

Beautiful bowl. Brilliant demonstration of how to let the blank speak to you😂.

Thank you so much for great video

The body movement is great but I'm learning from a wheelchair it can be done moving your hands and arms you just have to figure out how to do it

...and yet again you're preaching the "incredible dangers" of woodturning. Why do you do that?

That was WONDERFULLY informative video Kent! I’m very new to wood turning I’ve only been at it for maybe a month and I love you content. I especially like how you keep stressing that if you are less advanced, don’t worry and stop when you feel comfortable. You can always just sand it. But then you show the more advanced techniques. I am and have been a professional photographer for over 30 years. Most of my career was spent working for newspapers. Now I am a marketing photographer. I said all that to say I really appreciate the art of wood turning and the symmetry. Thanks again! I’m learning a great deal!

I use a 3/8 fortsner bit to drill along a crack and glue standard dowels in the holes. I do this when the bowl is roughed in….works well and makes nice designs.

Lots of good advice in this video. I highly recommend it to new turners. Thank you, Kent!

👏 super encouraging! Thanks so much.

This is one of the most important, most underappreciated woodturning videos that all beginners should watch.

Yet to use a bowl. This was enormous help. Thank you.

Good job my friend 👍🇵🇹

It's great fun to see those bowls after they have equalized!

I do like the thin-wall look. Thank you for demonstrating your approach, clear and instructive as always.

I use one pound cut shellac same as you. It's such an easy finish!

Do you use a microwave to finish the drying process, or once it's finished you don't re turn it.

Has anybody ever told you that you look a bit like Terrance Quinn?

That was a really good instruction, your a very gifted instructor!

Great project!! Could you tell me what your overall dimensions for the mortar and pestle along with how thick tou left the walls. Thanks.

Is there eny way you would have an old sharponing jig i am a disabled vet and cant aford a new one if you do please let me know how much i live in 0rigon

Eine wunderschöne Schale haben sie da gemacht👌gefällt mir sehr gut, schönes Farbenspiel 👍

This is such a great tutorial. I relatively new to turning and have gotten pretty used to using carbide tip tools. I recently purchased some really nice tools and feel the need to learn how to use them. Trying really hard not to continually fall back to my comfort zone. Thanks for all of the tips.

Great tip on not using spindle tools to turn toilet paper. In other words, Don't Squeeze the Charmin!