Cheap alternative way to fill the cracks in Bowls - Woodturning How To

Today’s turning is a large Cherry Bowl, I’m going to use a Cheap alternative way to fill the cracks with glitter power and thin CA
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[@terrytenley9327]

I have made green bowls for 55 years…. When I find a crack I like to grind them a little bit and grind below the surface.. I use like a fordom or dremel with small bit.. This allows the resin I use to patch them to fill in the crack and is less likely to be surface only.. The effort to just patch surface causes many to fall out while turning or sanding.. The bowl is very pretty and using a crotch of the tree is great.. When my bowls are finished while green I use paste was to slow down drying and shrink wrap.. i weigh the bowl and put results on the base.. I fill the grain with paste wax and shrink wrap.. I keep weighing them over time and eventually like you I turn the round and if crack I treat as I said above.. great project..

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Tanks for the input and thank you for watching.. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@richkeelan1312]

Great looking bowl great idea for filling the cracks great job

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks 👍 and thank you for spending time watching my videos.. stay safe 😀😀

[@RDMWoodturning]

Such a simple and effective idea. Thank you for sharing!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad you like it! have a great day and stay safe.. and thank you for watching 😀😀😀

[@LeonaFayWoodturning]

Gorgeous bowl

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate the comment.. Stay safe 😀

[@missteeturns]

Lovely bowl, love the large void. Coffee grounds are also great for filling cracks.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Great idea with the coffee grounds, I have never tried it but heard about it before .. thank you for the comment and for watching the video.. Stay safe 😀😀

[@jonstrawser8587]

Interesting idea, filling the cracks with glitter and CA glue. I'm going to try that this weekend. Thanks for sharing!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful, hope it works out for you .. Stay safe 😀😀

[@jeanshort9973]

Beautiful. Very helpful 👍

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful, and thank you for the nice comment .. stay safe 😀😀

[@tonysmith3143]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for watching! i really appreciate it .. Stay safe 😀😀

[@ricktalerico893]

Thank you for the very useful tip on filling cracks.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful!.. Thank you for watching 😀 and stay safe !! 😀😀

[@crusindc5282]

Glitter is an excellent and creative and artistic answer to the problem of cracks.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Yes I think so too .. 😀 Thank you very much for watching and Happy New Year .. stay safe ??

[@robutzinger2749]

Great alternative

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks .. and thank you for watching ... stay safe and have a great day :-)

[@pattyandersen5516]

Exciting info. Thank you.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

thanks for watching stay safe :-)

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

A very nice job, I'll try that method. Thank you.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Cool glade you like it and wont to try it out.. Happy turning and stay safe 😀

[@justinphilpott]

Cool video!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Justin, Thank you very much and thank you for watching i really appreciate it.. have a merry Christmas and stay safe 😀🎄

[@DiveDiva2007]

Thanks for the glitter idea - I have some used for something quite different - never thought of using it in cracks - I’ll be trying it - thanks

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You’re welcome 😊 glade you find if help full.. have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@RickTurnsWoodturning]

That’s a great idea, Brandstrup. I’m going to try that on my next bowl that needs filling.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Rick. Looking forward to the video of it 😀😀😀 Have a great day and stay safe😀😀

[@uniqko]

Nice bowl

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you 😀 have a nice day and stay safe 😀

[@walonguy111]

Nice job very helpful

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad you think so! Thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@dougbrust3846]

Beautiful

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you! Cheers! Stay safe 😀😀

[@richkeelan1312]

Beautiful bowl it's got character with that hole Great job yes I enjoyed this video

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I am glade you enjoyed it 😀 thank you for the Nice comment and for watching😀 I really apprciate it 👍have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@SiamWoodShop]

Great idea, I'll have to start looking for glitter

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Just be ready to sharpen you tools, Thank you for watching 😀😀 Stay safe !

[@DuaneTheOakHirst]

Good stuff. Nice looking bowl.. !!!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much.. and thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@lxoxrxexnx]

Thanks for the tip about using CA and glitter.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching I really appreciate it .. Stay safe 😀😀

[@deanweeks7956]

Thanks for the great information.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful! and thank you for watching 😀 Stay safe 😀😀

[@LakeviewWorkshop]

Love the look of the glitter and ca glue, I have some pieces that have cracks in them, I'll have to try this method. The bowl turned out beautifully! 👏

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Go for it :-) an d thanks for watching .. stay safe .. and have a great day

[@brentwhigham9289]

Thanks for the tip.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You Are very welcome.. Thank you for watching.. Stay safe 😁😁

[@ronkiskowoodart9680]

I like the glitter idea

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glade you liked it 😀 Stay safe 😀😀

[@webbcrafts5736]

Great work, will have to try this!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Go for it 😀 thank you for the comment and for watching .. stay safe !! 😀😀

[@webbcrafts5736]

@@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP no problem, thanks! You too

[@riaterhaar]

Wat een goed idee , heel erg mooi !!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

thank you and thank you very much for watching have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@davidsobel6841]

I’ve had bags of glitter for years for the same purpose. Thanks for the reminder

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Cool .. yes it is not a new thing but it is cheap and works great.. Thanks for watching .. Stay safe 😀

[@workshoplife3740]

Nice one, thanks for the video.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for watching! and for the comment .. stay safe 😀

[@Woodturning]

Hello 👋 Great job, well-emphasized idea! Take care my friend. Vitaliy

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much 😀😀 Stay safe Vitaliy 😀😀 Kim

[@upgraddeupgradde2364]

Thanks for enriching my life

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You Are welcome, thank you very much for watching.. Stay safe and have a great day 😁😁😁

[@gaowoodlab]

nice work, thank you for your video,👍

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for spending time to watch my video.. and for the comment.. Stay safe 😀😀

[@michaelreed9652]

Wunderbar

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much and thank for watching Merry Christmas and stay safe :-)

[@ArmchairDivaAnnie]

I wanted to see if it was like what I do, and I'm happy its close. I push baking soda and epoxy colorants into the cracks then pour a careful trickling of ca glue to wet the baking soda. The baking soda becomes like a rock and also makes the ca glue insta dry.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Nice trick with the bakingsoda I have to try that .. Thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@beardedwoodpecker]

Excellent idea:):)…for filling cracks Happy turnings Yiannis (Athens Greece)

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I use it alot .. and it always works great .. Thank you for watching have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@danalhona7143]

Another great job! Beautiful bowl. By the way, thanks for keeping the music low so we can enjoy the video!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Dan, Thank you very much for watching .. glade you liked it .. and the lv of the music .. Stay safe 😀😀

[@andydavidson4108]

Very interesting. Looks like I will have to get some glitter.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You should! it works great 😀 Thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day 😀😀

[@jeffbaxter3798]

I love watching this video ! NO STUPID MUSIC! THANK YOU!!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glade you liked it .. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@kenharper616]

Thanks.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for watching, stay safe and have a great day 😀

[@nidasdottirmac8714]

Just the right amount of blue to be attractive and not a bad case of "why did he do THAT?" I like your fix.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for the comment I really appreciate it 😀 Have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@DennisSuitters]

Great idea, and lovely bowl. I've got a blackwood bowl that has developed a crack that I'm thinking of filling with epoxy mixed with powdered charcoal.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

The power charcoal sounds cool .. looking forward to see the video on that .. thanks you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@DennisSuitters]

I didn't record turning the bowl, I don't see why I couldn't record doing something with the crack.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

@@DennisSuitters cool like to see the result ..

[@AllenOxendine]

Thanks for sharing, nice Piece. I’m a beginner turner so I need all the help I can get. Full View and Like

[@Ian_Kaos]

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[@Ian_Kaos]

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[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful! and thank you very much for watching .. I really appreciate it ... Stay safe 😀😀

[@craftsmanwoodturner]

Interesting effect! It looks a bit like crystal inclusions in a rock - a much more subtle look than the solid colour one gets using resin. By the way, your lathe was rocking all over the place at the beginning; have you thought about adding some gravel sacks as ballast?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I like the look too of the glitter compared with the full color.. and yes I think it is time to Refill my legs with more sand :-) and some more ballast .. it is just one of the thinks you won’t but not get around too :-) thanks for watching .. and stay safe😀😀😀

[@JamesCouch777]

I used Bondo to fill in a big hole in a bowl I'm turning and it worked great but it's so hard I have to sharpen very often.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for watching, the CA and the filler i use in the video end up cracy hard too, but as long the result is fine the ekstra sharpning works :-) have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@kshaffer1964]

I do similar, though I use mica powder verses glitter.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Ok, i have tu try that thanks.. and thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@IDontKnowIJustDo]

Interesting idea! I’ll have to ask my daughter if she has any. If not, I guess I know where I’ll be going later!!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

😀 it works pretty well, Thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀😀

[@DancingFox6]

I’m glad you left the hole. I hope the fad of resin in wood turnings passes and is gone soon.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank toy very much for the comment, and for watching, and you are right the bowl looks better with the hole :-) Have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@tonyisham9396]

Next time try filling that huge hole with small branches set horizontally. Makes a beautiful look to the bowl

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for the tip! that is a great idea .. I may try that next time :-) thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀

[@RadioFaceWoodWorks]

Good tip and nice bowl...how do you like your coronet hearld... been thinking about getting the envoy... have you done any outboard turning ...stay safe...press on😎

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I love the lathe, it is my first lathe, so don’t have anything to compare with, but it runs great and I have had no problem at all, I think Record Power make the great. I have done some outboard turnings with no problem at all, it is a smaller lathe than the Envoy so I can’t imagine you are going to have any problems .. .. Thank you very much for watching and stay safe 😀😀😀😀

[@TheWoodenRider]

Very nice trick, did you ever consider using glow in the dark powder?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much, no I did not consider that, but I have to try that some day .. Thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@matthewjohnston1400]

I recently used glitter and wood glue. The result wasn’t perfect but it came out better than I expected. I knew before doing this that CA glue would have been a better choice but I had none available. I applied too much glitter and glue and turning it afterwards was a challenge. I wanted to sand it off to avoid tear-out but that wasn’t effective.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Yes i dont think wood glue will work as well, i have had some really good result with ca glue .. thanks for watching and stay safe :-)

[@crackerjack3359]

If you want to cut cost on your glitter or just make it last longer try mixing baking soda with equal part to glitter. Mix it really well before use.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Great tip! thank for sharing .. i will try that .. thank you for watching ... stay safe 😀

[@stevef1314]

Interesting technique. I use a similar technique using 5-minute epoxy and mica powder, mostly because I don't like using CA glue. It does require some patience for drying time as I usually leave it for several hours after filling. I'm shocked at the amount of vibration you have on your lathe, even after the bowl has been balanced. You can see the lathe move every time you touch the bowl with a tool. Might I suggest building a much sturdier, heavier stand for your lathe and getting rid of those spindly little legs? I don't think filling the legs with sand is going to help much given how they are attached to the lathe. Even some cross bracing on the legs would help if your not inclined to build a sturdier stand.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Steve, thank you for the comment and for watching 😀 I did modify my lathe stand and I have put 190 kilo ekstra on it, the real problem though was the rubber feet that the legs was born with, as soon as I removed them 80% of the vibration was gone even without the 190 kilo .. but now after the added weight it is a totally different lathe to work with, why I did not do it before :-) well it just one of this things 😀😀 again thank you very much for spending time watching and for the comment I really appreciate it, Stay safe and have a great day .. 😀😀

[@Dazwoodturner]

My first reaction was wondering why you didn't fill the hole in the bottom and the chip on the edge? . After seeing the finished product, I wouldn't do it any other way. The small amount of color in the cracks adds so much accent. I have been using white glue and sand for small worm hole and inclusions. I have used 5 minute epoxy as well mixed with dye and glass beads to add color and sparkle. I will have to try glitter. I am curios though, did you do anything to stabilize the larger hole? Excellent piece! Thanks for sharing.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much for watching and for the comment I really appreciate it .. About the large hole I did absolutely nothing and it holding up fine, Other times I had a hole like that I have been giving the edge some CA or filled it with epoxy or Miliput, but normally I try to just leve it alone .. Again thank you for watching .. Stay safe and have a great day 😀😀😀

[@TheTinyWorkshop]

A beautiful effect and easy to apply👌. The end result resembles a metallic resin. You don't have the problem now that glitters are all over the workshop?😬

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

The glitter in the workshop is not to bad, My shop Vac can take it no problem :-) Thank you for the comment and for watching ....stay safe .. 😀😀

[@ncboyd]

What does the sanding sealer do?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Nate.. The sanding sealer causes the wood to rise slightly and the dust does not settle so easily in the abrasive material. and you get the last detail out of your sanding. Thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀😀

[@ncboyd]

Thank you

[@daisensei69]

You took one hell of a risk turning that before gluing in some manner but it turned out ok. I’d recommend not using accelerator on the CA but rather coat with more glitter then leave overnight. Accelerator makes it dry on top and if it is a deep crack it will remain liquid underneath for quite some time. Start turning straight away and as you break through dry surface you then get to wear the wet CA

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Thank you for the advise !! but I garanti you the CA was rock hard all the way true, if you look I do it in 2 stage and the Gauge tell the story of cutting very hard glitter and ca.. but again thank you for the advise👍😀 .. and thank you for watching .. Stay Safe 😀😀😀

[@philhamrick]

😅😅😅😅❤❤❤

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for watching

[@stever746]

I was wondering why you didn't fill the hole

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Steven, I Kind of like the big one with the bark inclusion, and the glitter and CA cant fill that, only smaller cracks where the glitter can rest in .. thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀😀

[@lurereviews5164]

People still use bowl gouges?

[@larryslemp9698]

With all due respect.......Where's the BLUE??? I saw one little speck of blue.........

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Well Larry 😀 you need to watch the video to the end my friend 😂😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqXSYaaVjK2YedE and it is a small crack filler not resin 😀 Thank you very much for watching ... stay safe 😀

[@poppypalais3108]

You missed a bit.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I know LOL .. thank you for watching and stay safe 😀😀

[@poppypalais3108]

@@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP It's an excellent idea and one that I'm stealing! Thanks.

[@dondeere]

it was a good video until the music started

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Sorry you ditent like the music, i kind of like it .. and most my videos have some kind of underlay music in some part og the videos :-) .. thanks for watching .. have a great day and stay safe :-)