Making A Cigar Holder & 5 Tips For Turning End Grain

In this project video, I go through the process of making a cigar holder in order to demonstrate my 5 tips for turning end-grain on a lathe.
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[@robertjay1179]

I have been turning for 20 years and find this to be an excellent video. Your end grain tutorial was the best I have ever seen.

[@sgtcrtrdnl]

You're a really solid teacher and I enjoy your vids a lot. Only note i want to add is, if youre wood is turning in bowl orientation, end grain-side grain-end grain-side grain, then you never ever ever want to use a roughing gouge. Bowl gouge all the way. Roughing gouges (Spindle Roughing Gouges) arent designed to take the vibrations that bowl oriented grain causes. You likely didnt have any issues this time because the pieces are so small and youre roughing gouge is so big, but in the future, it can cause the roughing gouge to break off in your hand which can be extremely violent. Happy turning!

[@patmcdermott8547]

Excellent video, one of those "Oh, yeah, I see that!" kind of instructionals.

[@mcbull5000]

Very informative on the end grain issues. I have not worked on a lathe since Junior High, 35 years ago, and now I want one! Keep up the great work.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Matthew!

[@billbennett8447]

Very good tutorial. I agree with Felix this is making me want to get a lathe as well. Glad to see someone in Wyoming contributing to the woodworking community.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Bill!

[@martinbrace7195]

Thanks for the project not seen a cigar holder made before let alone with end grain. Thank You

[@samhuffman3688]

Very informative presentation. I learned a wealth of information.

[@gregorysalvage8695]

At first I was so lost, but you are a great teacher. The drawing and the arrows really explained it well. Thanks!

[@GunflintDesigns]

I'm glad I was able to clear things up for you!

[@mindyhill9824]

Very helpful info for a new turner!!! Thanks

[@Lutzboater]

Thanks,,lots of great tips. The case turned out beautifully.

[@AbamAdy]

you're so talented and gifted....keep up the great job brother

[@jbrkmm8376]

Great video. I really like videos where an actual project is combined with teaching knowledge 👍

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Jonas!

[@potajonapotaje4956]

That's a pretty beutity cigar holder, this lesson made it more special wish I could buy it,. Thanks

[@NomadMakes]

Great video :D And some really nice tips. Thanks for sharing.

[@bheagle65]

This is awesome, After seeing the wife make the Pen, She should make one of these next... Nice Job.

[@GunflintDesigns]

She actually just made her second pen tonight. With the night classes she's taking to get her masters, she doesn't make it into the shop much. But I'll keep encouraging here. She keeps coming up with great ideas for projects!

[@roBLINDhood]

Very cool project and great instruction. :)

[@corujariousa]

Wow. Great idea for product and neat execution.

[@GunflintDesigns]

It seems so simple, but the result is fantastic isn't it?

[@opasworkshop8373]

Great job my friend that turned out nice! Thanks for showing all the tips and sharing them with us!

[@GunflintDesigns]

You are welcome! Do you think those 5 tips covered everything, or did I miss something?

[@opasworkshop8373]

Gunflint Designs well I can't say for sure because I'm new into wood turning but I thought you covered it very well and it was very useful as I get into it happy holidays to you and yours!

[@waseembadran4686]

Awesome job I like it

[@annaredd2422]

Thank you for this video. I was able to learn from it

[@dmanhaze86]

Very cool and very informative! I love the explanations as you're working, too. A lathe is the last tool on my wish list, just because none of the projects on my list require turning anything, but if I ever do get a lathe I'll be revisiting a lot of your videos as tutorials. Great job! Also, I chuckled out loud at your deluxe paint booth/sponsors comment. Keep it up!

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Darrick. A lathe was the last thing I thought I needed too. I inherited a cheapy one and figured it couldn't hurt to play with it. Boy was I wrong. Because of that cheapy lathe, I had to spend a bunch of money on a good lathe and good tools. And with good equipment, its even more addictive. I love building ANYTHING, but if I just have an hour to kill and need to rest my brain, I will go to that lathe 10 times out of 10. There's just something relaxing about it. Not to mention, little turned projects, more than anything else, seem to be what people want to buy from me.

[@GlytchOut]

haha that look your boy had was like "where the hell did I leave my roughing gouge?" xD

[@GunflintDesigns]

Haha, yep, that's the look!

[@alanmullock381]

Good looking cigar holders👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@LynnLaceyLLWW]

Thanks mark for the excellent explanations.

[@GunflintDesigns]

You'e very welcome Lynn, I hope they helped!

[@abe5471]

I am a barber not a woodworker, but I love watching such art work, but I’m a cigar aficionado who enjoys anything about cigars. Would u happen to have one of these for sale to Canada ? If so I’m interested. Great video I enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks a bunch.

[@BruceAUlrich]

I learned a few things. Thanks! I just got a lathe, so I'm trying to soak up everything I can about it. The project turned out great!

[@GunflintDesigns]

I'm glad you found it useful Bruce!

[@FishersShop]

Great video, Mark! Very informative! You're explanations were perfect so that even a bonehead like myself could understand it. And I loved the finished piece, that looks awesome! By the way... will you be selling plans on how to make your deluxe finishing booth?

[@GunflintDesigns]

The plans will be included in the 6-part Deluxe Finishing Booth course that I am developing. Tuition will be pretty steep... but I am working with some financial aid institutions to help make that load easier to bear. Soon everyone with deep pockets will be able to shoot spray lacquer over their local classifieds, just like me!

[@jorisahouansou]

👍🏿

[@boballard2484]

Sorry this is so late, but this was a great tutorial. I have always used the disc sander to almost make it round so I didn't have parts of the project in every corner of the shop. That takes a lot of time and throws up a TON of dust, no matter where I put the DC nozzle. Thanks for this demo, fantastic. Bob

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Bob! Good time about the sander!

[@MrOwen703]

Great idea to use matches for the epoxy! I have a ton of those match boxes doing nothing right now!

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Luke. If you just lay them down and let the epoxy harden, you can usually peal them back off and still use them as matches.

[@uknowulikethat4042]

you could build a raft from those, nice work, they look great

[@Thom4123]

Awesome job excellent tutorial, I’ll be soon turning with what I think is yours 12/21vs. For someone like myself this was a awesome lesson and Thank You

[@GunflintDesigns]

I'm glad you found it useful! Make sure you let me know how your first projects turn out.

[@Thom4123]

Gunflint Designs Will do I’m hoping by March but definitely by April. Thanks again.

[@RyanNiemer]

Thank you for these tips! I've only had one experience with turning a pen with alternating face/end grain, and well....it wasn't pretty lol. Going to actually try making my own segmented blanks, which will be two challenges in one I suppose: Properly gluing parts up, and turning end grain. With your tips though, I think I can do it. Great video, keep it up.

[@travwilson281]

Thanks for this video. I tried turning old broken, replies rosewood plane handles (damaged beyond any other use) into pens. End grain all the time. I didn’t do that well. This video has challenged me to take that up again.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Let me know if my advice makes a difference!

[@felixfromnebraska8648]

An excellent​ tutorial video, Mark. Very interesting and you are giving me the bug to get a lathe. Mark, what is your background? You seem to be well versed in a variety of different skill sets. Very Impressive, and you also have a great teaching skill as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thanks Felix. Here's the short version of my background: I went to school for photojournalism, then found out I couldn't make a living with that. So I lied through my teeth to get a graphic design job and taught myself that skill as I went along. I've worked as a photographer and graphic designer for 3 different companies for the last 10 years now. I decided I wanted to add video filming and editing to my skill set, so I started recording some of my woodworking projects as a way to learn. Turns out I love doing this, so I've been putting more time and effort into it. I really appreciate the feedback I get from people like you. When I know you guys are interested, it motivates me to keep on putting content out there.

[@felixfromnebraska8648]

My son is a Professional Photographer in Omaha, Ne. and shoots weddings in a photojournalistic format. He now does more corporate work.... I keep telling him to shoot some videos for youtube.

[@vimeel4420]

The little guy is the big guy in fact!

[@vimeel4420]

7:04

[@bryonworthen8247]

I could have sworn you hired Steve-O to do the VO! LOL

[@denniskarnes8680]

"Deluxe spray booth" you had me loling.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Haha, I'm glad! I was pretty happy with myself for that one!

[@adriannyasia]

....Master.....

[@andysq]

Thanks for the advise. I was having trouble last week with some 45 degree pens. I think I had the lathe too slow and was going to aggressive.

[@GunflintDesigns]

That would be my guess. It took me a while to figure this out on my own, so I figured guys like you might benefit from my mistakes.

[@levidee9105]

The reason your end grain maple block was tearing out on the corners so much is because there is no support in the bevel and that’s why you have lots of tear out and also use a rubber or wooden mallet to really drive that spur drive in the wood so it gets a better grip and also use a bowl gouge on end grain

[@jazzman40os]

That’s a beautiful cigar holder. Do you make them to sell because I would to purchase some.

[@eddiestipe2009]

What a great video,you covered several areas where I was having problems. The other problem I’m having is the drilling process of that large of a hole. A hole of this size, can this be done on the lathe or would you recommend going to the drillpress?

[@GunflintDesigns]

Honestly it can be done just as easily at either. The trick with that big of a bit is slowing down the rpms and not forcing it to cut too fast.

[@McAVITYourWay.]

That turned out really nice, you are a brave man, lol, I dont smoke but I was thinking it would work for a marriage certificate holder or similar :)

[@GunflintDesigns]

That's a cool idea!

[@McAVITYourWay.]

I dont know if it the same in the USA, but here in the UK, the Marriage Certificate is the property of the wife, so my wife would love one like the one you made :)

[@TheBossskinhead]

Awesome cigar holder. Hey is that the new festool deluxe spray station? I've always wanted one of those.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Darn right it is - spared no expense!

[@YAKOVOS]

Beautiful work do you sell them? Because if you don't you should I'd definitely buy one for me and a few Buddies

[@MidFiMan]

Well, what do you like to smoke? I'm a fan of LFD and Drew Estate, amongst others, but those are my favorites.

[@GunflintDesigns]

I don't actually smoke at all. This was a Christmas gift for a friend of mine.

[@RCW-Designs]

That looked awesome. I'm not a smoker, but it would be cool to make some. Do you have a link to the kit you used?

[@GunflintDesigns]

I thought the same thing! I have no need for one myself, but I would love to have one. Thanks for asking about the link, you can get it here: goo.gl/3zXUjp and I also added it to the description. It take an odd (expensive) forester bit, so make sure you look into that too.

[@RCW-Designs]

Thank you sir

[@CigarMike1]

You can find those "' 537.240.31 Forstner Bit, 24mm 61/64-Inch " at a much better price then C.S.,.. on eBay or better yet,.. amazon - $8-10 Mark you do have some really good, well scripted & edited vids stocked full of pertinent info\details\insight without going too far into details. Thanks for sharing.

[@PENFOLD1962]

Woooooooooooaaaah 👍 😲 👍 My fellow Brit Winston Churchill would have loved that! A brilliant video from start to finish BIG THUMBS UP 👍 😆 👍 Oh I'm SUBSCRIBING for sure 👍😲👌

[@GunflintDesigns]

Thank you very much Andrew, welcome aboard!

[@scottydntno]

So, you dont have to use thin CA glue? So many different videos to learn from. I'm just starting out turning, made one pen. This second one has endgrain, and not sure if my carbide tips are dull. I just used them once. Maybe I need a roughing gouge? I dont know, the woodcraft store guy wasn't too helpful.

[@theveteranworkshop8328]

I know this question is for another video, but how long do you keep the torch on the woodburning stamp you have? I bought one and cant seem to get it just right. Thanks!

[@GunflintDesigns]

Hey William, it definitely takes a little practice to get right. Usually I just let mine get too hot then test it on a scrap piece. It's probably billow smoke in an instant - that's too hot. Give it 20-30 second then test it again. Eventually you will hit the sweet spot then you can use it on your real work piece. If you have lots of things to brand, you just have to hit it with the heat a little bit every now and then to keep it up to temp.

[@colinmcpeak8874]

Who made your brand? Great Work!

[@GunflintDesigns]

www.brandingirons.com

[@michaelshoup2703]

Where did you get the cigar tube kit?

[@GunflintDesigns]

That came from Craft Supplies USA.

[@billyminefee3667]

Wouldn't sand paper work better to take down the corners?

[@GunflintDesigns]

It would work, but not as fast as the bandsaw.

[@billyminefee3667]

Gunflint Designs i meant after the band saw. Instead of using the chisel

[@GunflintDesigns]

Once the abrupt 90 degree corners are taken out with the bandsaw, then a sharp chisel does a great job. I think trying to sant it while it still has straight sides might take a few days to actually get it round.

[@alexmatthews6779]

Dat Beard Do!

[@1999colebug]

Side note: if you make bowls, then you already turn on the end grain.

[@GunflintDesigns]

That's a good point, depending on the orientation of your bowl anyway. I suppose you can't always trust a bowl to turn it really fast, but otherwise, do you think these tips still hold true?

[@babylonfive]

What project uses THESE cutoffs?

[@GunflintDesigns]

Don't worry, they have a good home. I'll being doing a project with them soon enough.

[@locke3141]

You almost seem to have a bit of an iron range accent. Did you by any chance grow up in Northern MN? The name "Gunflint" also implies that as well.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Good guess Chris, but I am from Southern MN, Albert Lea to be exact. The Gunflint name does come from the road in the north though. I spent a lot of time with my grandfather up there as a kid and it seemed like a fitting name to adopt.

[@ga5743]

Excellent tutorial, learned a lot, your project came out looking great, but I hope it's not for you, those little lungs of your photo bomber are too precious to get the effects of cigar smoke.

[@GunflintDesigns]

Definitely not for me, although they turned out so cool I wish I had a need for one. Maybe I could fill one with jelly beans and carry it with me.

[@SeriousDIMA]

Бороду растишь?

[@GunflintDesigns]

Я был в конкурсе, чтобы не бриться. Это уже закончилось.

[@rafiqkatana]

Why do all tutorials by americans sound like they're speaking to people with an IQ of 80? Nice piece.

[@wafo]

good idea but I know you definitely are not aficionado, a lot of process of ideas and materials are wrong to keep up a cigar. But good work.

[@GunflintDesigns]

I'm always looking to improve... so you're saying the materials and finish I used are no good? What would be better?

[@Jacob.Hajarat]

If u wanna beg for sponsors u have to do eternity projects to justify ur begging