self closing hollow form

In this video Ronald Kanne (woodturner in the Netherlands) makes a self closing hollow form out of cherry wood.
About Ronald Kanne
Ronald is a wood turner in the Netherlands. He makes commissioned work and his own free work. And every week turns out to be a little too short to get all the work done... He also runs a webshop for other wood turners. It's called: www.dehoutdraaierij.nl. This webshop is in Dutch, English and German. The website that contains his own work is called www.ronaldkanne.nl. You will also find these links in the video.
Tools used in this video:
handle for bowlgouge: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/se...
16 mm Bowl gouge: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/se...
13 mm bowl gouge: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/se...
Parting tool: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/ch...
Skew: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/ch...
Stronghold chuck: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/ac...
Dovetail jaws: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/ac...
High gloss lacquer: dehoutdraaierij.nl/shop/afwer...
Brewers pitch: dehoutdraaierij.nl/shop/afwer...
Camera en editing: Lies Geluk, www.witmanwigwamfilm.com

[@ianbedwell4871]

Wow, and I even was just given some green cherry! Never seen such a big hollowing tool! Thanks and love your relaxed style and comments

[@thehampshirewoodturner]

Only just found your channel,loved it, I don't think I have ever seen anyone have quite so much fun in a workshop as you do.Just good fun to watch

[@raydriver7300]

I’m laid up with a bad back doing too much DIY and your video gave me a lift this afternoon. One thing I enjoy so much about this community is the willingness to share everything whether it ‘turned’ out perfect or not. Thank you for inviting me round 🌞

[@jimneely4527]

Of all the woodturning videos that I've watched, this is one of the more unique ones. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@archiehebron8944]

A man from my turning club rough turns cherry wet and then boils the bowl before letting it air dry. He has 80-90% success in preventing any cracks.

[@brianhawes3115]

That’s awesome, I’m gonna try that with some wet madrone!😅

[@brianhawes3115]

I’m gonna try that with some wet madrone!😅

[@archiehebron8944]

@brianhawes3115 let me know how it 💪 with the Madrone. It's very effective with cherry.

[@kennethholland4627]

I normally fast forward through the boring parts of turning videos, but you kept me interested the whole way through. No fast forward at all. And you detailed instructions are greatly appreciated. As someone new to this hobby, I watch these videos to learn and you have taught me. Thank you!

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you for your kind words, Kenneth!

[@proknifesharpening]

😳🤔🙏 Always the most beautiful music and turning projects, thank you! 👍👍👍

[@keithhoward9647]

I always look forward to your videos, very interesting and informative! I like your approach and communication and your English is excellent - better than some English people 😂 Keep them coming!

[@rayhari6957]

That is a great project even though it cracked at the end. A lot of new techniques to learn from this video. Thank you Ronald.

[@m-ate-x]

Big compliment on the great music selection!

[@gregburke8163]

Great concept for natural edge turning. I will try this. Thanks.

[@huberthicks9080]

An enjoyable watch, Ronald. I will give this a try for sure.

[@SpunbyGreenJeans]

Interesting turning. Thanks for sharing !

[@DirkVanreppelen]

Ronald, you're the man ...

[@Ukenick]

I'm so happy I found your channel. You are a fine teacher and the video is great. Thank you.

[@leonzorg]

Pac Man is made of wood! Oh my god!😁. nice job, good play list, i take a bucket of pop corn!😉👍👌 Thank you guy, beg your pardon, thank you mister.😁

[@patricksweeneydesign5632]

Very cool project Ronald, I will try this for sure. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and creativity

[@racheldray1057]

This was really interesting, thank you for sharing. I've only just discovered your channel and will be watching more. I love the way you use the characteristics of the wood to create.

[@thomaskila3801]

Great instruction! And that is a beautiful American Beauty lathe!

[@SilverBack.]

Great video with excellent instructions, Thank you for sharing 👍

[@markchoitz443]

neat idea, thanks for the video and the tips.

[@GlennLucasWoodTurner]

Nicely done Ronald. Good clear instructions and a fun project.

[@ronaldkanne]

Tnx Glenn! And thanks for the 'crack B gone' once again! 😀

[@lathingabout]

Thanks for the video. Had a few chuckles along the way - and well done for giving credit for the h2o 😂.

[@timbutler3733]

Wow, good video. I also turn cherry a lot and am sometimes frustrated with the cracking and warpage. There are good lessons in this video. Thanks

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@albertdawson6814]

Very nice. This was talked about today on Doug Miller live. My experience with cherry is it cracks more then warps. Very enjoyable video. Hope to see you on the next one. Thank you for sharing

[@MightyWizardTim]

Very cool. Might try this in the future.

[@recycle343]

Thank you, very enjoyable.

[@elliottsimkins74]

Great video and great work! Your tag team is really good too!

[@parsadaghighi8422]

That was lot's of energy and information in this video . Tnx mate 👌🔥

[@stevenparaons9347]

Great work, as always. I understand everything you said and agreed. I don't see any critters but i do see a boat.

[@ChrisJohnson-tj7cl]

Just found you on KZbin, subscibed within 5 minutes. As a woodturner without a workshop, tools or space and, having watched so many videos on YT where the only tool used is a scraper, just watching you use the right tools was a pleasure. A fantastic idea, something I wouldn't have thought about as an end piece, but stunning. Do you do courses, teach or hold classes?

[@davidmillar202]

Looking at this video after watching your demo in Dublin today and have really enjoyed both demos. Looking forward to using your peppermill borer, thanks again.

[@user-lt3qd9pz6o]

I'm fairly new to wood turning and have never seen anything like. A bit advanced for me to try yet but would love to give it a go someday. Super relaxed style and many apt comments to chuckle 😂 along with. Thank you

[@glennnord2605]

Very nice job , I have never see this before .

[@theopalacin5307]

About the crack... try the water method instead of microwave, xd. Also depend on the wood, where it grown, how it was dried... Cant rly know. But sure thing, dont put it in the microwave

[@davidrust7480]

As always Ronald a beautiful piece, best wishes from Spain!

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you David!

[@bolognanijon9113]

Thank you, Ronald, now I have to go out to my shop and make one. My wife was peaking over my shoulder and saw your great video. I have some Vermont black cherry I just cut a few days ago it should be perfect. I will send a photo if it comes out ok. All ways enjoy your videos.

[@ronaldkanne]

Looking forward to the photo!

[@kevinvieyra7468]

Cool idea, going to try.

[@Roman-hx3qj]

Brilliant!

[@sylvainmorency7061]

Art at it’s purest form for the pleasure of the eye only

[@kenburnette1121]

Love your videos, we need more comments from your videographer.

[@ronaldkanne]

Haha! I will tell her!

[@uwe-pr7ch]

Hallo Kanne, vielen Dank für die vielen Informationen, das Ergebnis ist fantastisch, Dankeschön :-)

[@EnthusiasticLock-hn4qp]

First video I saw from your channel. Subscribed and will make one of these. Thank you

[@charliebyrne1234]

Great video, looking forward to seeing you in Dublin in May.

[@ronaldkanne]

Me too Charly!

[@garthkeck2003]

Great job. Welcome back. I'll try not to make any wise-cracks on your hollow forms. Thanks for the video

[@SeeTheWoodTurn-cf8rv]

Very cool.

[@max.fleming1045]

Interesting project & fascinating to watch the process. I have two big chunks of cherry I should get 4 bowls out of & we'll see what my success rate is ?. I live on an apple and pear orchard farm and so mostly that's what I turn. I find most if not all fruit woods to be very reactionary and unstable so you have to turn them green. Leave it to season and it'll rip itself apart with radial shrinkage. Turn it green and turn it thin, like 5 mil or less & it'll reward you. It'll never stay the same shape you turned it, but if you read & anticipate that it'll be organically gorgeous. It seems that's what this video was about & nicely done. Thank you Ronald!.

[@Zulgeteb]

@7:50 the part where he asks translation for: "As ge uw eigen nie e's kietelt het ge nooit leut." translates to "If your dont tickle yourself you wont have fun."

[@ronaldkanne]

The translation is perfect! 😂

[@edwardukleja4583]

Hi Ronald, another great video, fun to watch but informative as well. More of the same please. I am about to cut down an apple tree, I will have a go at this project. It will be much smaller because I do I not have the hollowing tool that you have.

[@davidkoning1560]

Hi Ronald, mooi werkstuk weer en een leuke en informatieve video. Wederom lekker onderkoeld commentaar en goed filmwerk van Lies. Dank dank dank.

[@proknifesharpening]

@23:25... too many shaving inside is like making soup with too many vegetables! 👍👍👍

[@marcusfairly2688]

Another cracking video!

[@thomasevans3097]

No cracks

[@ronaldkanne]

There is one at the end...🙂

[@josepaulo710]

Nice pice of arte my friend 🎉👍🇵🇹

[@theflyingfool]

I've never seen a woodturner at work before. It's fascinating!! Thanks for a really good video and some great music! If it's not too much trouble I'd reall appreciate knowing who performs the music please.

[@ronaldkanne]

The editing is done by Lies, i will ask her....

[@JohnRanderTournagesurBois]

Really enjoyed the video, and the clever turning project idea. Very clearly presented. 👍Thanks for sharing this with us. Must give it a try with the next green fruit tree sections we get. 😉

[@ronaldkanne]

Go give it a try, and don't forget to post a picture!

[@johnwoods9995]

This looks intriguing but I cant get orientated to fathom out your approach to the workpiece.... its your use of the OProforme that appeals to me as I'm about to invest in a Proforme kit. I'm sure everything will click by the time you finish. Loving this, thank you Ronald. Like you I dote on the work of Phil Irons and Glenn Lucas.

[@earlbishop2314]

Another great video. I’ve never heard of this before but find it to be very, very cool. Once again thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. Take care and stay healthy and safe.

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you Earl!

[@lilwaves9670]

Glad you are back. I like the way you do your show. Hope to see you soon.

[@ronaldkanne]

Thanks Lil!

[@boazjoe1]

So good to see you on the YT again.

[@christopherharrison6724]

Ronald you are a really cool woodworker take the things that every other woodworker fears and use it to your advantage.This I will use as a mantra in life generally.

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you for your kind words Christopher!

[@Bunk599]

Very nice. Even with your excellent narration I could not understand the thought process of the decisions you made....but my eyes do see the pleasing final result.

[@ronaldkanne]

Hi Bunk, I will try again in another video some time. When i make a self closing hollow form in another way... :-)

[@restcure]

Not much for working wood myself, just like watching those who do. Never seen this sort of turning, but I do imagine that it smells woderful.

[@ronaldkanne]

🙂 it does...

[@trishkauffeldt8701]

Love this! I don't have any green cherry. Would you recommend another type of wood for something like this that will move enough to curl??

[@joepeanut6827]

Really awesome.Ronald, love your work. I've used super glue and Coffee grounds to fill cracks, also super glue and powdered egg shells. bolth add a little contrast to the wood. you have my subscription and a thumbs up.

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you Joe!

[@joepeanut6827]

@@ronaldkanne cant wait to try one of your turns. i'm just beginning, so ill wait until i have a little or experience before i give it a try. but i'm really impressed with you work. will be watching a lot more of your videos..

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Love this concept. May just have to give it a shot.

[@ronaldkanne]

Go Ahead!

[@trurex007lee7]

What a great idea! It would be fun to try, just need to see if I have any wet Cherry wood in the pile.

[@frankashworth5961]

Well done, and thank you for the guidance. I would like to know where you attained your hollowing tool. I would prefer that tool option over the price and time of a "hollowing rig" setup.

[@ronaldkanne]

Hi Frank, the gollowing tool is called the Pro-forme and is made by woodcut from New Zealand.

[@perfectpitchtodd]

I really enjoy your videos. Ive been turning for about 14 years but you always bring somthing Ive never thought of. Where did you get that monster hollowing tool?

[@ronaldkanne]

Thank you. That monster is a Woodcut Pro Form. There is an extra handle on it so i can clamp it between my arm and body.

[@SamuraiSwimmer]

That is such a great idea to lengthen the hollow form tool…physics! I am going to try and make one and perhaps there will be less cursing and less flying wood in the shop!

[@garylowewoodturner7149]

Just watched this video Ronald, cracking job (cracking job here also means great job) but also a pun that it cracked lol

[@ronaldkanne]

Your response woud have been much funnier if you didn't explain it...🤣🤣🤣

[@Sagitario23]

Exelente trabajo ¡ . Pregunta : Que tratamiento le da a esa piesa para q no se raje ? . Ya q esta verde . Javier Carna . Argentina

[@ronaldkanne]

The best way is to turn it as thin as possible and let it dry slowly and evenly...

[@steenteudt]

To clear the bark for the drive spur, I use a forstnerbit - this leave a clean level surface for the drive spur😀

[@scottcates]

Wrong

[@steenteudt]

@@scottcates wow, that's a really intelligent answer - why don't you elaborate?

[@scottcates]

@@steenteudt pedantic

[@steenteudt]

@@scottcates 🤣😂

[@ronaldkanne]

I sometimes use my little electric chainsaw or sometimes a chisel... i don't mind how one does it, as long as the drive center is in the wood and not just in the bark...

[@mickjulian7499]

great video, love the shape and as I have some cherry will give it a go. How do you remove the tenon ?

[@ronaldkanne]

Lots of hand sanding to do when it is dry. Also the tenon. Carving and sanding...

[@peterbarlow8912]

Thanks for stopping the turning often to let us see how it develops. I would tend to use the chisel bevel down if I was chipping off bark!

[@alainnoel2198]

Inspiring project. Probably an issue of wood not thin enough. I will try but use the Microwave after turning with no more than 2 minutes at a time .... but wood is wood as you said.

[@ronaldkanne]

I think you are right with the 'probably not thin enough' remark...

[@stevedraper3010]

Ronald, great stuff, I really like your videos. For this turning how green was the cherry? I have a freshly cut piece of plum and hope to make a self-closing hollow form in the next couple of weeks.

[@latherookie]

I like it. And going to try!

[@ronaldkanne]

Good idea! And show us the result please!

[@ernstgeldof1755]

Watched it multiple times and had a great time! Even making one during your classes last month was challenging and fun! Who won the scraper by the way??

[@ronaldkanne]

No winner yet Ernst, still waiting and moping more hollow forms to enter the compatition...

[@inesbahl69]

Nice idea. Sorry about the crack. But, when it’s really dry, you could put an “inlay” in it (round branches, metal shavings, shells, powdered rocks, like soup stone….)

[@ronaldkanne]

Or leave it open...🙂

[@84deeanne]

First time watching your channel and I did subscribe I will watch your video's now I've never seen this type of hollow form but it looks great and interesting I'll have to try it sometime where did you get they hollowing tool or did you make it Ronald? .............Larry from calif. USA

[@ronaldkanne]

Hi Larry, the hollowing tool is the Woodcut Pro-forme. Thanks for subscribing! Grtz Ronald

[@dtork47]

That was a very interesting approach and I am really wanting to try it. I can certainly see where warping variables could come into play. Any thoughts on the thinner the walls the less chance of cracking? Stay safe and I learn a great deal from your videos. Stay safe from MT USA.

[@ronaldkanne]

The thinner the walls the more room the piece has for warping, the less it will crack... yep...

[@DanBowkley]

I would've gotten about a third of the way into hollowing it out and created a beautiful spinning ball of smouldering kindling. And that got me to thinking about an implement in the field of poultry processing of all weird places: it's a ring shaped knife attached to a vacuum hose, used to remove the last little bits of meat from the chicken carcass. Something like that might work really well to hollow out wood like you're doing here, without it building up the flammable bird nest inside or having to worry about making escape holes around the outside.

[@ronaldkanne]

In practise it appears that the shavings are to big to 'vacuum' them away... but maybe if i would be scraping it would work...

[@davidanderson5767]

Chips out from side holes. Looked like a festive holiday item!🎉

[@ronaldkanne]

Yes, that is a fun moment always... :-)

[@scottcates]

Have you seen the episode where he makes a -wooden- _teak_ carburetor?

[@dianadougherty7187]

I haven't seen that before. thankyou

[@tomleed2818]

Great work, interesting design. I thought you may have mentioned your tool used was from a course. Do you teach, if so where?

[@ronaldkanne]

Hi Tom, the tool is the pro-forme from Woodcut. I teach yes, i am located in the Netherlands...

[@kimberlyryan8618]

Before you let this dry to get warped, you should make a small wooden ball just big enough to push inside. Then when is warps the ball will get stuck inside and make a rattle. The shape is like a brass jingle bell on a harness. Fill that crack with a crushed gem stone to add color or, line the crack with gold leaf!

[@ronaldkanne]

I did that once already. The ball inside was holding the ashes of someone...

[@charlesloeffler333]

If you hollowed out the long handle of the tool that carves out the inside and blew compressed air through it and out through the metal part of the bit holder, would it blow out the shavings?

[@ronaldkanne]

I know there are drillbits were you can do this. But the shavings of the pro forme tool are quite big sometimes and i know they will clog in the opening of the piece...

[@davidhouser586]

It probably cracked more from drying too rapidly maybe 🤔. Enjoyed thanks.

[@Budget33]

Great video Can you share the crack be gone formula please

[@ronaldkanne]

It's a small joke.. It's just water... :-)

[@kaleygoode1681]

That hollowing tool looks like you could have one with a hollow centre to blow air through, which would blow out shavings possibly?

[@ronaldkanne]

Tried that...The shavings are to big to be blown out. They will clog...

[@downsouthwoodturning]

Awesome. I’m going to try that

[@ronaldkanne]

Good luck and show us!

[@qoph1988]

Coming from a metal lathe the floppy shirt sleeves make me somewhat nervous.. Not as much a concern on a wood lathe I imagine, I'm sure you know what you're doing. This is a very neat trick by the way

[@donshelton7332]

How do you finish the bottom? Sand off the tenon...

[@gerryodonnell321]

Next time, instead of putting the turning in a vice, use a ratchet strap to go round the middle - to distribute the forces. Just an idea.

[@spiralyahgaming4566]

Good project, good video, good quality audio but it's simply too dynamic (volume either too low or too high). This is just a constructive feedback from a bystander viewer. Have fun and wish you the best with your projects. They look really unique!

[@RPSchonherr]

Well, carve out a nice curve to get rid of the crack.

[@NBCRGraphicDesign]

So who makes the hardware for your ER collet tool handle?

[@ronaldkanne]

I don't know exactly who makes them. But this is the link to the product: dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/search-by-brand/carp-en/collet-head-for-exchange-handle/

[@theangrywoodturner9972]

Could you put elastic bands on it to help warp?

[@ronaldkanne]

yes definitively!

[@stephensayers2694]

Hi Ronald, just found you that was fun, now what I would do is tape the underside of the crack and fill it with brown epoxy. I will be subscribing to your channel. Kind regards Stephen SJS Wood Turning Australia

[@ronaldkanne]

Thnx for subscribing Stephen!

[@greggraber8299]

Would you please, please oh please, provide a link for the hollowing tool? Thank you.

[@ronaldkanne]

Hi Greg, the hollowing tool is a Woodcut Pro Forme.

[@ronaldkanne]

dehoutdraaierij.nl/en/shop/chisels-and-gouges/woodcut-pro-forme-hollower-2/

[@greggraber8299]

You’re my new hero. LOL