How To Cheaply Stabilize A Large Punky Hollow form Without a Vacuum Chamber

[@perrys5954]

Your video is so very well received!!!!! I have been struggling with some beautifully spalted birch I got a hold of but it has been so punky I've been disheartened as it feel such a waste. This gives me new hope thank you so much!!! Beautiful job! I just love spalting!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glade you like the video .. have fund and stay safe

[@1885win]

Thank you for showing this. I have a lot of spalted hickory and oak I want to work with.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are very welcome. thanks for watching .. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@terrytenley9327]

I like that you refer to the grind as an Irish grind.. 45 years ago I was reading Peter Child who was English and got me thinking about bowl gouge grinding.. Your presentation is very good too ..Your English is wonderful too. I have always used a cactus juice like product.. I guess it’s time to try this.. Years ago I found a vacuum pump at a yard sale and was cheap. I change the oil in in the vacuum pump from time to time and still can go to -27.5 bars.. on these old punky bowls I like urathane as a finish and holds up better over time.. Your hollow form bowl is very pretty too .. Thank you.. ☺️👍

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you :-) have a great day and satay safe

[@SilverBack.]

Very Very nice, well done. Great tip for stabilising 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glade you found it helpful 😀 Thank you for watching .. Have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@windwizard100]

My wife and I agree this is one of the finer pieces we've seen of the many turners I've subscribed to. But the icing on the cake is the stabilizing trick you shared. Thanks!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Rob, thank you very much for the kind comment I really apprciate it, and I am glade the stabilizing trick was helpful.. Remember when using the asetone to have sugsion and plenty og fresh air or do it out side.. Good dag to you an your wife and stay safe 😁😁😁

[@ear677met]

Thanks for your excellent, informative tutorial, very helpful. Stay safe, regards from Scotland.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are very welcome.. have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@laceyhansen1815]

I have been working on a spalted bowl - wish I had seen your video before I started it. Thanks for sharing

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for watching, I am glade you can use the tips and tricks .. have a nice day and stay safe :-)

[@gaowoodlab]

Very beautiful, 👍👍👍I like spalted wood,🙂🙂

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Gao, thank you very much for the comment 😁 have a great day and stay safe 😁

[@paulmelanson1527]

I just found your videos today. Great videos, lots of information. Just like in this one with resin and acetone. So the mixture is half of both.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi, Thanks for watching .. and yes the mixture is half half.. have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@OldManTony]

Excellent advice on the resin stabilisation. That is why I love KZbin, there is so much good advice available.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful! and yes KZbin is Great .. thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀😀😀

[@earthsciteach]

Just the sort of thing I was looking for! Thank you for the advice!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching .. Have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@klausalan]

Great, big spalted hollow form! I’m going try your acetone/epoxy trick this weekend on some punky red cedar. Thanks.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

I have used many times .. Thank you for watching have a great day and stay safe :-)

[@raymonds959]

j'aime beaucoup votre travail, bravo.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much 😁 an thank you for watching... Have a great day and stay safe 😁😁

[@TheTinyWorkshop]

Of course compliments for this beautiful bowl, but especially thanks for the tip with the resin. I had heard of it before, but could not find it again. Will save the recipe now. Thanks!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

My pleasure! glade you liked it 😀 Thank you very much for watching ,, stay safe and have a great day 😀😀

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

So Frank, when are you going to try this ? I have much spalted maple that has been a problem as you know so I'm trying this soon😃 -Mike

[@TheTinyWorkshop]

@@mpart_woodlathe-stuff It could be a great project for this weekend. I'm going to see what wood I have lying around.

[@TheTinyWorkshop]

​@@mpart_woodlathe-stuff I started a new project for this weekend where I want to try it. It is not spalted wood, but segments that I have to keep together. I think I can use this technique well for that😊. I will make a video of it, but it won't be online until next week.🙄🤞

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

@@TheTinyWorkshop Good Luck! Be sure to include plenty of details about the resin.

[@longdriver2]

Nice job. the laser engraving is a great touch!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi, Thank you very much.. and thanks you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@reg82co4]

Wow! That's stunning! Thank you for the resin/acetone tip!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are so welcome, It work really well just be sure to have good ventilation or do it outside 😀Thank you very much for watching my videos i really appreciate it 😀 Have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@georgebrill3072]

Fantastic looking bowl; really nice job.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi George, Thank you very much .. and thank you for watching my video I really appreciate it .. Have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@terrytenley9327]

Thank you.. I have used a cactus juice like stabizer. I think I will try this..

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Cactus juice is expensive her in Denmark and you need a vacuum chamber for it to work right but it will ofc. go all the way in the wood and really stabilize it, this metode will not go as fare in, but normally enough .. good luck with it .. Thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@terrytenley9327]

WOODTURNING BY BRAND. There are also injector type vacuum..where you use a air compressor to create a vacumn.. The injector hooks up to air hose and creates about -22 BARS ..thus works good..the device will fit in you hand small plus air hoses.. good luck..

[@terrytenley9327]

Cost for good vacumn chambers are 2-3000$ US.. but the injector is about 100$ so much easier to use too and store..

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Beautiful piece. Love the wood, the design, and the craftsmanship. Well done.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much Doug, I really apprciate the comment and that you spend time to watch the video.. Have a great day and stay safe 😁😁

[@chillyspoon]

Great bowl, great tip and a new subscriber - thanks!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for the sub I relly apprciate it 😁 and thank you for watching I Hope you have a great day and stay safe 😁

[@patrad]

Thank you I will be trying this shortly with some ambrosia maple I got really bad tear out on

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hope it work out for you, I have used i a lot, with good result.. Thank you for watching i really apprciate it.. Merry Christmas and stay safe 😀🎄

[@LeonaFayWoodturning]

Beautiful hollow form and brilliant tip about the stabilization thank you for sharing.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are welcome 😁 I am glade you found it helpful.. Have a great day and stay safe 😁

[@dennisseemann571]

great tip on thinning resin, thanks for the video.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

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

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

That is a really nice piece - the walls are so fine! And now I see that the penetrating resin works up to 10 mm I am confident it is truly a useful technique. Thanks you so much🙏 Stay safe. -Mike😷

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Mike, Yes it is a really great and cheap technique 😀hope it will work out for you if you try it .. thank you for watching my video.. stay safe 😀😀

[@tonyisham9396]

Great video and very informative. Thanks again for sharing that tip. Beautiful piece

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful .. thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀😀

[@danalhona7143]

Great job on a beautiful piece my friend!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks Dan, an thank you very much for watching i really apprciate it, have a great day and stay safe 😁

[@wakelywanderer12]

Great info for working spalted wood and a fine finished product. I will be giving it a try. Subscribed.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for the sub! and glade you found it helpful.. thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@bysonderby]

Hej Kim, Virkelig flot drejet, og super god ide med epoxien, det burde man jo selv have tænkt på :) Tak fordi du delte med os! Mvh Lars

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Mange tak.. har nu også selv fanget den fra en anden .. 😀 tak fordi du ser med .. håber du får en god dag og pas på dig selv .. 😀

[@Pauken11]

Very nice video, and thanks for the tip about resin thinned with acetone. I will definitely try it. Beautiful hollow vessel as well. If I may offer a design suggestion, on the next one you might consider rounding over the inside and outside edges of the opening to soften the look and blend in better with the nice curves on the rest of the form. Have a great day.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad it was helpful! and thank toy for the tip, I did think about but desides to leave it to show the thickness of the peace better.. but I think you are right .. I will re mount it at some point and round off the indside edege .. thanks again 😀 and thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@boooshes]

Nice work

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you! Cheers! And thank you for watching .. stay safe 😀

[@leslieballard2273]

Thank you. Informative!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You are welcome 😀 Thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@kimseyjustkimsey5256]

Thanks for sharing this was lots of help for me on stabilizing🤝 and also that’s a Beautiful piece 👍

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You Are very welcome, I am glade it was helpful 😁 looking forward to see more of you videos 😁😁 have a great day and stay safe 😁😁

[@kimseyjustkimsey5256]

WOODTURNING BY BRANDSTRUP Thanks you Have a great day to 🤝

[@crackerjack3359]

Mimwa wood hardner works well also. Nice piece again.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks for the tip! and thank you for watching .. Stay safe 😀😀😀😀

[@richkeelan1312]

Awesome enjoyed watching this video Great Job

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thanks Rich, glad you Like it 😁😁 have a great day and stay safe 😁😁

[@jeanshort9973]

Thank you for the lesson

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

😁 You Are welcome glade you found it helpful.. 😁Have a great day and stay safe 😁

[@outlandishprofessor]

I never knew that you could thin resin with acetone. Thanks for that information! I have some punky pieces that I rough turned, and I've been concerned about how they'll hold up when I try to finish them.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Glad I could help! hope it work out with your pieces 😀😀 Thank you for watching .. have a great day and stay safe 😀😀

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

So far as I know, the only thing acetone WON'T thin is... more acetone. That ALWAYS increases the volume.

[@missteeturns]

A lovely hollow form. What a good idea to stabilise with thinned resin. I was also wondering what hollowing system you use.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for watching .. and glade you liked it .. I use the HOPE hollowing system with camera .. it is a great system .. .. have a great day .. and stay safe 😀😀😀

[@wayneatacornwoodturning2206]

Can you please tell me which laser system you use to sing work

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Wayne, I sure can I have this one www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5500mw-Desktop-DIY-Laser-Graviermaschine-Gravurmaschine-A3-CNC-Engraving-Drucker/153509501290?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=453494638700&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 it work great .. and the price is not bad i did buy another program for 40$ (Lightburn) thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@wayneatacornwoodturning2206]

WOODTURNING BY BRANDSTRUP Hi, thank you for quick reply, maybe your next video could be on setting up the lazer and using it? Just for old people like myself!

[@LisaRamlow]

Gorgeous! I have a bunch of heavily spalted and punky beech that I’ll try the resin/acetone coating on. It’s still wet, do you think it’ll need to be (mostly) dry before coating? Generally speaking resin does not like moisture but I’m not sure if this would hold true in this case.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Lisa, I do the resin /asetone on simi wet too and it works fine, as I remember the most water % I done it with was around 22 or 25 % .. and beech take the mixture in very good .. good luck hope it work out for you and ending up in some beautiful pieces .. have a great day and stay safe 😀

[@LisaRamlow]

WOODTURNING BY BRANDSTRUP thanks for the reply - I think the beech is within that moisture content so I’ll give it a whirl!

[@deanweeks7956]

Beautiful project. The boring system is very cool. What process do you use to dry your wood? Really like your videos lots of great information.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate the comment and that you spend time to watch my videos .. Most of my bowls ia twice turned, roughed first and then turned when finished. after rough turning I end seal with sealer or the cheapest carpenter glue I can find and then water thinned 30 -50 % water .. and then the bowls go to the Kiln I made. I have a video showing how to make one and use it :-) but it take 3 to 4 weeks to dry a big bowl .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XJZIh-eNKVgck .. Have a great day and stay safe 😀😀😀

[@SAr-Woodturning]

Very nice indeed. Do you leave the wet wood lying outside for it to get this fine spalting? If so, for how long?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Sigurdur, Thank you for watching my videos :-) yes I do leave the birch outside .. i leave it direct on the ground without end sealing it and I normal leave it around a year, sometime les time is needed but a year is a good guide .. i then cut off the ends to the burn pile and make blanks and end seal them, and most of the time you get some really nice spaltning.. it do happens that the hole log end in the burn pile if the rotting was to much .. Have a great day and stay safe 😀😀😀

[@SAr-Woodturning]

@@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP Thanks for your swift response and a clear answer. Can I be so bold as to mention my new woodturning KZbin channel. kzbin.info/door/lXOVFRyZPywUMJ3kQU4yCA

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Ofc. you can 😀😀just subed to it .. looking forward to see you movies :-) 😀

[@zetuskid]

Loved the bowl; size, color, finish, etc. also appreciate the tip! I especially liked the ho-down music. Am I correct that you said a mixture of Resin and acetone? Thanks for sharing.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you for the kind comment I really apprciate it 😁😁 and yes it is acetone and finished mixed resin.. Happy turning 😁

[@boooshes]

Epoxy resin.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

@@boooshes Yes

[@jimg2247]

Great idea for stabilization! I will be trying that out. What hollowing system are you using? Thank you for sharing!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Jim, Hope it work out for you 😀 I use the HOPE hollowing system with camera setup .. it work great and is very steady.. Thank you for watching stay safe 😀

[@ericmoorehead1100]

Thank you. How does this use of resin affect the final finish choice?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Eric, Well you cant go for a oil finish or anything that need to seep down it to the wood, all the pores off the tree is closed and filed op with the resin..so you need to use wax or a lacquer or something that can harden on the outside and dont need to go indside the wood.. the Hampshire Sheen Gloss wax work great on top and leave a good finish in my opinion, and coloring with spirit and water based colour is out too.. hope that answered you question.. else feel free to write again 😀 thank you very much for watching .. stay safe and have a great day 😀😀😀

[@ronkiskowoodart9680]

I noticed you use a laser engraver. Do you mind sharing the brand name,cost and your experience good or bad ?

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Hi Ron, It is a no-name from ebay, it work great, easy to follow instructions with assembly, I did buy another program (Lightburn) for 40$ the price on the laser is 149 euro .. It also come in a 5500 mn version .. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5500mw-Desktop-DIY-Laser-Graviermaschine-Gravurmaschine-A3-CNC-Engraving-Drucker/153509501290?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=453494638700&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 thank you for watching .. stay safe and have a great day .. 😀

[@ronkiskowoodart9680]

WOODTURNING BY BRANDSTRUP thank you very much I will be ordering one for myself soon

[@spindlesworkshop9744]

nice!!

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

Thank you! Cheers! Stay safe 😀

[@nidasdottirmac2828]

This looks like a world with continents.

[@WOODTURNINGBYBRANDSTRUP]

You Are right, I can see what you meen. 😁👍 Thank you very much for watching and for the comment. Have a great day and stay safe 😁