Bowl Coring with the McNaughton by Reed Gray aka robo hippy

[@davidcohen4024]

Reed, Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. You are an excellent teacher!!!

[@pedrocastaneda7500]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very I formative.

[@crackerjack3359]

Brilliant. Thank you. Just getting started with a borrowed set of tools. Every one in our club promotes the Oneway system but this looks and feels like the way to go. I will try using the camera from my Jamison hollowing rig instead of the laser to try and shorten the learning curve. I have had a hard time justifying the claimed saving from coring, but you explain very clearly that even if the wood is free ,you save nearly half of all the time collecting and processing wood blanks, gas , chains for saws etc.

[@ronm2027]

I can't thank you enough for your willingness to share your expertise and for taking the time to produce this excellent video. Your explanations, camerawork and graphics make it much easier to understand this system. Excellent video!!

[@larryweinberg1191]

Thank you Professor Gray.

[@geofo60]

Has to be the most comprehensive video on coring I have ever watched. An hour well spent. Thanks for giving us your time, knowledge & experiences, your videos are always informative. Geof Harris ........ England

[@djalilesfahani6825]

Great teacher, thank you very much for all you done for wood turners and wood lover.

[@gull1969]

Great video. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. I just ordered the McNaughton Standard, the laser is on back order. I use a laser on my boring system. Would not be without it

[@johnhicks4992]

May have been awhile, but it's still the best thing out there. Thanks robohippy!

[@hrned]

Wonderful, informative video. Thanks! I bought this system and have had quite a few failures - although I add a contrasting wood to my "lampshades" and then have an interesting bowl.....I look forward to trying again tomorrow.

[@simonmetz8587]

Great video with so much detail. You have convinced me that the flexibility of this system is well worth the learning curve. The other systems just cut spherical cores , thanks so much for all the pointers

[@CaveSkiSAR]

A great video - fills in the gaps missing in other Kelton coring videos. I especially like the diagrams at the end showing the various angles. Plus the sharpening section. A great idea about parting cores out of a cylinder - cutting from the side not the end. I am going to have to get a steady rest so I can do this.

[@franwilson2097]

right on Reed,very informative,have a Oneway2439 ordered with their coring system ,have a 12 Rykon that's going away when get new one,and was wondering about coring and you answered all questions,thank you,yes I know will kill a few blanks,but that's to be expected ,thanks again

[@robohippy]

The Oneway coring system is nice, but I can core way faster with the McNaughton. I know the Oneway now has carbide tips for their system. Mike Hunter also makes cutters for the Oneway, and some people seem to like them better. I did have Oneway send me a hardened tip without the point carved on to it, and I ground it down to a taper similar to the McNaughton. It cut far better than the Oneway cutters, and I mean far better. They don't sell it that way because they say it is too aggressive. Also, the tip is supposed to keep the blade on track as you go deeper in the cut. As far as I am concerned, it does not do that at all. The Oneway is rock solid all the way to the end of the cut on the biggest blade. A bit of an inconvenience to have to stop and advance the support finger. Glenn Lucas made a special handle for the nuts so it is a bit faster. Think it is up on You Tube, but not sure.

[@davidross2376]

"A piece of Oregon Myrtlewood ... actually California Bay Laurel, but that's a whole other story ..." I would love to hear that story! As a woodworker who lives in California, surrounded by Bay Laurel tees, and haviing spent considerable time on the Oregon Coast where Myrtlewood is revered and considered unique to the area, I have an inkling what you're talking about. But I would still love to hear the story. ;>). Great demo, BTW. I've just upgraded my lathe and my new (ore-owned) one is coming with the McNaughton system. Now I need to learn how to use it.

[@robohippy]

Well, the 'Oregon' Myrtle is not a myrtle at all, and not even related to the myrtle wood family. Best guess is that it is a marketing thing. Harder to sell 'California Bay Laurel' to the California tourists when they are visiting up here. Kind of like 'Brazilian Cherry', which is not a cherry at all....

[@davidross2376]

@@robohippy I hear you! I first encountered the stuff in the '70s, in the many small tourist shops along the coast. I used to have a place in Lakeside, if you know where that is (a bit north of Coos Bay).

[@wise4207]

Love the video I bought a set of these cutter two weeks ago and have cored two bowl love the. I like the diagrams on the different size of bowls big help

[@THESNAF2]

Loved ya video Robo,very well explained mate... cheers Mick!!!

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

I know you did this a number of years ago, but I still appreciate your effort in making this video. Thank you.

[@Robbiethewoodturner]

it about time some one made a video on how to use these tools nicely explained well done sir

[@RobertNims]

Thanks for sharing

[@gmorris465]

Great video! Well done and really shows how to use the system!

[@bassinbob1965]

I really appreciate you taking your time to make and post this video. You answered all of my questions and saved me a huge amount of time,money and grief. My wife and I hope you and your family are having a nice holiday. Bob

[@terryvoyce2858]

Thank you this has helped!

[@crackerjack3359]

Part 2. I have successfully cored a number of blanks ,so far without the laser. Which I'm about to us. I notice you position the laser over the tool. What's your thoughts on positioning it at the edge of the bowl and use it to guide you by the thickness of the bowl. Thanks.

[@jimquarles963]

Robbie, This has been available as a DVD for sale for years.

[@inspectr1949]

Had the complete McNaughten set with nearly $700 invested sold it to a fellow club member for a 1/4 of that, as with all hobbies one gets burned out especially after concluding that there's not much money to be made in turning to justify the costs but it was fun until the novelty wore off and made a lot of friends doing so.

[@robohippy]

I can relate, I did enough sales to support my hobby in pretty good style, but didn't make a living at it. Now I want to give up selling my tools so I can have more play time...

[@petecy9592]

that was a very nice video ty

[@dalemarsh942]

great video as i am looking to buy one of these or oneway but as i listen to what you said i think im going with the mcnaughton . i want to do bowls 20inch on down so whitch ones do i want to get . i have a 3520 powermatic . also thanks for the lemon juice idea been sanding that out or trying to sand that out and the sanding dont work well lol

[@robohippy]

Dale, I use the medium curved blades on the standard and large sets of coring blades for 90% of the cores I do. Do start small before trying to core a 20 inch blade. You need to figure out the drift of the blade before you go that deep. I always had trouble selling bowls over about 14 inch diameter, mostly because it is a small specialty market.

[@dalemarsh942]

ok maybe 18 i get people here at the vancouver farmers market wanting some bigger bowls . and family wanting those bigger bowls been good on selling the 14 inch one too would like to have a few 18 and 16 inch . im like way down on bowls right now didnt turn enough 3 months ago to be dried bye now so all my big bowls are gone and loosing sales . just nuked a few bowls to dry them out . whats funny ive watch people say 1 minute on a micro wave i use the like platter button it cooks them for 4;30 seconds it does a slow cook then high cook it works well never use the high on the micro . first year selling and only been turning a year. learning stuff the hard way lol school of hard knocks lol

[@robohippy]

Vancouver BC or WA? I am down the road in Eugene...

[@dalemarsh942]

wa your not to far away cool

[@robohippy]

I am demoing up in Portland later this year. If you head down to Eugene, let me know. Shop is open most of the time. Heading off to Atlanta for the Symposium, and will be at Oregon Woodturning Symposium in March. Check out Dale Bonertz's video on the McNaughton. We are kind of similar in how we approach it.

[@A6Legit]

9:52 FFR: Bowl size for each blade set

[@tangobravowhiskey7771]

Hi Reed. Say do you have any information/link about the so-called "camera system" that can be used with the McNaughton center saver system? Thanks.

[@robohippy]

I have seen camera systems for doing hollowing. One is made and sold by Trent Bosch, or Bosh, can't remember... They only have a laser pointer for the McNaughton. I guess that since the McNaughton handles will hold their hollowing tools, you could hook up a camera system to it. Haven't heard of that being done yet.

[@A6Legit]

38:42 Aiming blades

[@nickdispensa9762]

thank your class