Woodturning a BIG platter.

#woodturning #drechseln #woodturningabigplatter #woodturningextreme #houtdraaien #Jens #honderdprocenthout.nl #woodplate #wood #turning #woodenbowls #woodlathe #woodworking

[@oneturnatatime6309]

Excellent work 👍

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Thank you.

[@robertbourke7935]

Great work

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Thank you 👍

[@EfrénLeón-p3u]

Muchas felicidades por su trabajo que siga adelante

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Muchas gracias 😁 , thank you

[@uniqko]

You are so amazing

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Thank you

[@JohnFerraro]

That is big! Beautiful too. 👍

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Yes, thank you 👍

[@D-B-Cooper]

I turn big platters, mostly cedar. I use a power plane to balance it out in the beginning, I couldn’t start one as off balanced as you did. I finish the bottom and then turn it around and try for very thin. Some warp, some don’t.

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

It's nice to hear how you work, there are many ways and I think it is good to do it the way it works best for you. Thanks for your comment.

[@seamusday1964]

Fantastic job, what kind of lathe is that?

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Thank you, this is a Stratos XL lathe. A nice heavy lathe. In the future I will make a bigger platter.

[@davidshaper5146]

Nice! Did it stay flat?

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Yes so far, although it doesn't matter if it warps sometime in the future, it hangs on the wall, just like a painting, really beautiful. But it's poplar, a soft wood and when sawing I took out the core of the wood, the core often makes the piece crack.

[@bradwiebelhaus7065]

Very nice.

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Thank you 👍

[@cattleNhay]

It’s best to start with pieces this size at about 1800rpm…in case some beginners were wondering

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

Eumm, I think that 1800rpm is way to fast! A piece of wood this size is so heavy and unstable, I prefer to start with 210rpm and when it becomes rounded you can get up to 350 - 500 rpm max. Otherwise it gets really dangerous.

[@cattleNhay]

@@JensHovingaWoodturning was being ironic, mate…

[@JensHovingaWoodturning]

@@cattleNhay 😅 You made me wonder! 😂🤣

[@oneturnatatime6309]

Be careful when giving joke advice because you will never know when someone innocent really does it and gets hurt. Just saying😊