Are you moving slow or is it cutting that slow? Don’t back up while mid cut, it’ll throw the blade. Adjust the guide arm closer to the material when cutting smaller items like this, because it helps the blade from drifting and making wavy cuts.

So, you want a world class product but don’t want to pay for it? Comparing Bosh / Dewalt / Mikita to Festool is like comparing a Kia to a BMW, show a lack of understanding about the tools and basic quality / performance bands. I own the 90 and all the other brands. The 90 is vastly superior on any measure including price performance.

Thank you for the detailed build process for nice looking hope chest. I'm still working on getting my dove tails better looking. I know it's been a couple years, but do you remember what the clear coat you put on it was?

Hi Doug, Not sure what the Pentacryl is but do you only coat the inside of the bowl ?

Demos at shows? Back in the '90's I took a Sakura scroll saw to a show during the holidays. I cut 4 2-3" ornaments from varied woods, using patterns I cadged from a book by Patrick Speilman. This setup was in the center of the main aisle at the local mall, so open all 4 sides. By the 3d hour, my backstock had sold out...150 units @ $2ea. There was a line forming, waiting for ornaments. I began to stack saw 3 at a time to reduce the congestion around the booth. By mid-afternoon I was out of blades, out of wood and anxious about day 2. The mall mgr came up, looked around and smiled. "Well done, son. You wanna move to an empty storefront and set up thru the holidays?" He had also invited several crafters to take up 'residence' in that empty store and for four weeks we all just kicked butt. Went back three more years until the mall changed ownership.

I agree with all the steps you’re taking except the Pentacryl. I was taught in the early days that it gives the wood a green cast. Is that your experience? If not, maybe I should give it a try. Boiling green wood has always given me the results I hoped for, but the Pentacryl may be an added step I need to include.

Incredible video brother. Thanks for sharing. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible weekend. Much love and RESPECT

Thank you. Great video and channel. What is the purpose of the boiling?

Hi Mike, there is a company called “serious grit” that sells 3 1/2” paper. I just ordered some last night for 2 other festool sanders. I just checked the 3.5” availability. It’s on Amazon . Disclaimer- I HAVE NOT TRIED IT YET , but it’s far less expensive and I figured worth a shot. That is a sweet lathe amigo, I’ll be checking out your other videos (What brand and model?) Thanks!

How far do you usually go out without a steady rest? I always worry about long pieces coming off the lathe.

Your replies seem to be absent! Beautiful work. Greetings from Ireland 🍀

Thanks for saving the wood and making something beautiful. I’m sure the house where it came from was beautiful too in its day!❤

Looks great What’s the guitar tune called ??

I love that tune !!

Hey, you share my name, I'm Lee Brailsford from the UK.

Incredible looking bowl. Thanks for sharing. Keep the videos coming. Hope you have an incredible weekend. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Much love and RESPECT

Very nice looking

Great work. I don’t know how you can possibly make pine look any better. An absolutely beautiful bowl. This is a top shelf, top dollar piece for sure.

Going to do the same to my 14BX. Wish they weren’t so pricey. Thanks

Do you flatten your rings?

The technical skills to make this are impressive, however I think that some more time spent on design would have produced a more aesthetically pleasing effect.

What type of paste wax and the brand

Hated tool boxes until I began to use Festool. Systainers are excellent - tools plus all accessories always available and instantly visible across the room, with the inserts keeping everything organised and stopping them rattling about. £10 for an insert and it's instantly usable - compare that to A. N. Other (inclusing Milwaukee) plus the price of a foam insert plus the cutting in process...Systainer all day long for me.

The Festool products last for decades. They stand behind them and the precision is amazing. They are stupid expensive and cost way too much. But you will find those who make a serious living in wood buy them once. I have spent twice as much in thirty years than I ever have on Festool. It’s because I have bought it three times in other brands. So again I agree expensive but worth it.

Nice work. I like the pine. For fun you should try glueing up some old pine skid boards. Makes funky bowls.

I'm sure you'll learn how to make it if you'll read WoodPrix instructions from cover to cover :)

Nice build, much simpler than most. I agree on placement of templates - small end toward blade. Where did you get the set of segment templates? I have a few and would like to get more.

No love for the minibike :(

Awesome video brother. Thanks for sharing. Keep the content coming. Nice sled. Hope you have a Merry Christmas if i don't get a chance to tell you. Much love and RESPECT

Great project making the sled. One suggestion for you. I’ve never seen anyone use a wedgie sled with the big end facing the blade before, always the small end. Set up your sled this way and your board width problem should go away. Well done.

Amen to the crimes that DeWalt/Stanley/Black&Decker did to the Porter Cable line of tools. I am the proud owner of nothing yellow-- no thanks on anything labeled DeWilt. And, great build on the wedgie sled. PLEASE ... Take a few minutes to build a dedicated throat plate with a glued-on ramp to divert your cut-off segments away from the blade. Hitting the spinning blade with that pusher stick can create a really BAD day..... The ramp will divert pieces away from the blade as soon as they're cut off.

Hey, I'm curious to know how heavy the powerhead assembly is? Is there assemble involved with that as well or what?

Great video, Mike. This will be my next venture in to wood turning. Thanks for sharing.

Plise what pantest oil or wood basics sorry i dont good speek english tanks verry verry pretty

You make it look easy.

Did You make it with WoodPrix instructions?

So good I watched it twice 🌞

Have one .

WoodPrix is full of awesome tips. Very helpful to me.

One thing you might want to do is. Never install the cutters before you install the cutter head. It would to easy to damage the edges of the cutters as you install the head if you bang them by accident. Better to install head first then install the cutters.

Thank you so much, Mike!

Hi Mike, this video is perfectly timed as I have a pair of punky laburnum bowls drying at the moment and I was wondering how to save them 👍

Makes me want to swap out the cutter head in my bench top jointer sometime, would love a full size one, but space limits in my shop, and wife watching spending, wont let me upgrade the jointer, but a cutter head, maybe :)

Well worth the extra time and effort! Well done Michael! ❤

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What should i sell my bowl blanks for

A decent little lathe, picked one up for a small job while my big lathe was packed away. It worked just fine, my only concern is that the motor gets very hot requiring cooldown periods throughout the project.

Great job saving this punky wood. All 3 are beautiful.

These look great. Love working with heavy figured wood.

Good morning Mike. Thank you for inviting me round and sharing your knowledge 🌞