Thanks for the video! What was your final finish?

Thanks so much. I’m on day two and this is a game changer

Good technique

I am a widowed woman and would like to get back into woodworking. I love your videos. Would you please give me some hints as to what kind and size of lathe I should restart with? Thanks for your help

Love wood with a story. I have some cherry I cut down at my parents' house in VT in 2010, and some flat mulberry from my god parents' house (also VT) similar time frame.

Beautiful... I love working with live oak!

The link is broken for the chainsaw. What one do you use?

This Matt guy sounds pretty cool!

Great job and as always very informative. I’m going to try this method next week. Right now working on an offset bowl.

That honey locust is also a lovely color. You got me thinking about turning some black locust, which is a completely different species. It's colors often include a sort of greenish-yellowish tone which is sometimes off-putting. But the grain is also wonderful. Black locust is another hard hard wood. Most people know it as a fence post wood because it doesn't rot easily. We have old fenceposts on our property that go back 50 years, just black locust stuck in the ground. And there is lots of it growing on our property. So I'll give it a try as well. I do appreciate the sentimental value of the tree. I'm sure it's delightful to have that bowl in your house, a touchstone (or touchbowl?). Thank you for this video!

i vote for "Make it round, ride the bewel, happy turning" t-shirt

DUDE!!! amazzzing, thank you!!

I completely understand about turning a piece from wood that means something. My dad planted a fig tree about 30 years ago. The think is huge now. After he passed two years ago, I was able to get several pieces of that tree to turn me, my mom and sister small bowls. BTW, after watching one of your videos, I decided to use Tried n True on for the finish on them. They turned out great, so thanks for the tip.

What a stud in his fancy suit and expensive car.

Great work and story , love the way you explain everything so easily, keep up the wonderful work 👍😎

That is a great story, and a beautiful bowl

That is a stunning bowl with a wonderful history.

I am having problem on your website completing purchase for sharpening class.

Janka hardness for homey Locust is 1549. Live Oak is 2680 and black olive 2700. Sharp tools are a must.

Hey Kent, I don’t remember you ever mentioning the tailstock quill extension. I’m thinking about getting one

I love the old pictures!

Thanks a lot Kent!! Your videos are always very inspiring and instructive!! It's very kind of you to share all this knowledge, you are the best ;)

I’ve always thought you sound a lot like Owen Wilson. @25:00 just cemented that in my mind forever haha.

Sharpen the gouge and use it as a scraper? WHy don't you turn it the right way?

Hello Ken! Noticed the light bulb facing the bowls, is that will not dry them too fast? About hanging the lamp facing down?

Nice bowl! A tip (that you probably know and use as well!) is that I sometimes use a faceplate with a flat disk of wood with very course sandpaper stuck on it. The tailstock preasure ensure no slip and the flat part of the bland is square to the bed. (Excuse my grammer - English is not my first language!) Kind regards.

Nice bowl, Kent! I noticed some excellent wood chips flying off that gouge. Sharp tools, good feed rates and technique equal nice finish!

I was pleased by your method of turning the bowl around and truing it up just before you do the inside. So many turners finish the outside of the bowl completely before they turn it around and do the inside. I've always had to redo some minor things on the outside, like sanding more, or removing a tool mark i missed. I always finish my bowls in my finish room after they are finish sanded . Great looking bowl, Kent.

Great bowl and story Kent. Could to speak to the ratio of bowl diameter to height. I am finishing turning a batch of 12 bowl that are 6" in diameter and 5" tall. They are coming out beautiful but don't look like a salad because of the height. It seems like a 1 to 2 ratio would be good for a salad bowl.

Parlons-nous de la sauterelle, Gleditsia triacanthos ? Ce que j'ai entendu me fait penser ainsi. la traduction automatique des noms communs est amusante mais pas très instructive. parle t on du févier, Gleditsia triacanthos ? Ce que j’ai entendu m’y fait penser. la traduction automatique des noms communs est amusante mais peu informatrice.

Very beautiful

Using the celery stalks is the most simple explanation of grain impact, I’ve seen so far - thank you

Your story of this tree reminds me of “The Giving Tree” book by Shel Silverstein.

I bought a book on turning bowls at the first carving workshop I ever attended, 2 years ago. I have never used a lathe or actually any power tools 😊 (My husband showed me how to use a chain saw once. I went back in the house 😂) But, I'm really excited about learning to turn bowls!

Nice history on the turning, looked it.

Love your videos and instruction. So happy I bought your bowl gouge video.

Thank you so much, I’ve tossed so many bowls across the shop trying to figure this out on my own. Do you have any advice on removing the tenon or cleaning it up after you’ve finished the rest of the bowl?

requesting a video on turning a chips and dip bowl, Love the video!!

That is a really great piece

Thank you for sharing

Very nice. Lots of Honey Locust here in Nebraska, both the cultivated thornless variety and the wickedly thorny native varietal. Shine a black light on it in a dark room and portions of the wood will bio luminesce green. I'm glad the tree did not end up in a land fill but on your lathe where the heritage of the tree and the history it saw are preserved in beautiful artwork.

We had a honey locust in our backyard in Illinois. It gave a great filtered shade over almost the entire back yard. The canopy was 75 feet in diameter. Just excellent shade. Also, the leaves are so small that you can’t rake them up. Just mow the lawn and they disappear. I loved that tree.

Why not use a scraper for the bottom?

So awesome! Lucky you parents didn't move home then so you have thia beautiful story and relationship with this tree. And thanks for the content! You answered some of my interrogations when I was trying turning a very dry piece of eucalypatus and also got hot gouge.

Gorgeous piece and great story!

That is a great shape for the grain. Awesome bowl!

Beautiful work grain and a wonderful Connection to the tree the wood came from.

I love what you did with this blank. The shape is excellent; the finish is excellent; the backstory is excellent. Congrats on making a family keepsake. It couldn't have been better. Please make sure you make note of how special it is when you sign it, "honey locust from my homestead".

Wow lots of memories

Really good info.