Woodturning a yarn bowl

Woodturning a yarn bowl from Cupressus Macrocarpa for giant knitting wool.

[@otagomike]

Great video. I'm just a couple of months into my wood turning journey and have already had requests for yarn bowls. I'm in New Zealand and have just finished turning my first two bowls using macrocarpa. Yarn bowl is next on the list and your video helped.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for your comment Michael I really appreciate it and I'm glad the video helped👍 It's great you've taken up woodturning you'll have some lovely timber to play with in New Zealand 😁 thanks Tom

[@SteveC38]

You are always in such a great mood and so up-beat My Friend that I can't help but smile through your entire video! Another video and project really well done👍

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for your lovely comment Steve, It made me smile 😁 I absolutely love woodturning/teaching I get this real buzz from it so I'm happy that comes across in the videos, thanks for watching 😁

[@Lifesgood427]

Cracking work...again, thanks!

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@barrycook4690]

Another great project and a lovely bit of wood 😉👍👍

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Barry 😁

[@tatkinsful]

Love this channel ! you do a great job. My people were Welsh/Irish. I learn a lot as I am just a beginner from you. Thank again for all your hard work & dedication. You seem to LOVE what you are doing & I REALLY like that !

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Tony really appreciate your comment and glad you're leaving lots, thanks for watching 😁

[@yticivam]

I subscribed. I don't do any kind of woodworking but your demeanor is just great. :)

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thank you I really appreciate it 😁

[@melboycott6008]

hi tom,another good video.really enjoyed it,thanks.thats one hell of a lathe you have there

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Mel 😁

[@user-cj3rr1gd2j]

Now nice work😁😁✋👍❤

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thank you 😁

[@DiemenDesign]

Macrocarpra is one the timbers I turn most often, it's readily available down here in Tasmania. I thought it was endemic to California originally, but it wouldn't surprise me that it's all over the world, esp. island area's. It was introduced to Tasmania in the early days, as it's fast growing, and farmers like to use them as wind breaks. At the moment I have some large logs of Macrocarpa to process on my Saw Mill to make turning blanks. Very well turned Yarn Bowl, I should have a go and make a couple, thanks for sharing Tom.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for your comment 👍 it's my dream to own a saw mill one day, to mill my own boards, hopefully I'll get there one day 😁 Thanks for watching 👍

[@DiemenDesign]

Very handy machine, I got the Woodlands Mills Bandsaw Mill, great piece of kit.

[@shaunfelton2046]

I’ve been wanting to make one of these, your video answered my questions! Thank you!

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Shaun, glad the video helped 😁

[@kingsdaughter777smith3]

Awesome work... Love the bowl...

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for your comment 😁

[@danshep69]

That was very cool, I like all the information you give. Love to, try it but no classes here!

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Dan, if you ever get an opportunity to try out woodturning I would highly recommend it, it's really good fun 😁

[@WoodenItBeNice]

1st Hi Tom, perfect timing for this video. I been asked to make one for someone and have just started looking at some designs. No need to look anymore. Hwyl, Huw

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Huw 😁 as always really appreciate your comment, just finished watching your laburnum bowl video great job 😁

[@Hencley]

Very nice. Super easy, I'm going to make one for my Auntie who is a knitting fanatic.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Lynn, would love to hear how you get on, I'm sure she'll love it 😁

[@Hencley]

Finished the knitting bowl last night, I used walnut, didn't realize how hard the wood was. However got my tools good and sharp. It turned out nice. I think my auntie will like it.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

@@Hencley Hi Lynn, glad to hear you've made one 😀 Walnut can be really hard to work with but looks stunning when finished. A tip I picked up from my comments is that walnut shavings can be quite toxic so wouldn't advise composting or use for animals. I'm sure your Auntie will love it especially as it's hand made by you 😁

[@WithTheGrain527]

good fun one that Tom! That was a lot of endgrain to dig through! Nice piece :)

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Matt I remember having lots of fun making that one 😁

[@richardlaney2047]

Thanks for this video. I have a few people wanting a yarn bowl I just wasn't sure how the best way to make the place for the yarn to come out. Your videos are very helpful.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Richard 😁

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Very nice looking bowl 👍

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thank you 😁

[@clintmyrick4128]

Got a kick out of reference to the "Celtic grind". Can't call it Irish grind of course! (my roots are Wales too)

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Clint 😁

[@stevenjobbins2600]

Nice turn Tom a good looking bowl..... are the face plate bolts on that VB left hand thread and also a Tail stock!!! you could turn a catholic into a Jew on that thing as it sits.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Hi Steven, from memory I think the bolts are normal high tensile bolts without a left hand thread, the bayonet fit and metal to metal contact makes it a really strong connection. I bought the lathe with out a tailstock attachment, they are pretty pricey so slowly saving up to buy one 😁 thanks for watching

[@stevenjobbins2600]

@@thewelshwoodman649 Ahhh lol just because in the video you undo the bolts whilst attaching it to the lathe

[@thewelshwoodman649]

@@stevenjobbins2600 just popped down the workshop and had a check and the bolts definitely turn clockwise to tighten, they are standard 8.8 high tensol bolts 😁 I can see why you thought that in the video as I had to slacken the bolts off to allow it to twist fully into the bayonet fitting, it's a bit of a strange way of attaching things for a woodturning lathe it reminds me more of an engineering metal turning lathe in attaching a chuck😁

[@runen1484]

Great work, again - thanks for sharing. Would you mind telling me once again what kind of wood it was. I didn’t get it by listening to the video, sorry for the inconvenience.

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks for your comment, the wood was cupressus macrocarpa it's a lovely wood to work with. Thanks for watching 😁

[@STMwoodturning]

Celtic, Irish, Ellsworth... are these grinds all the same?

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Pretty much, I believe that an Irish pro turner called Liam O'Neill now based in Galway was the first to popularize the style of grind hence the Irish or Celtic term, I believe he brought it over to the USA where Elsworth adopted it and put his name to it. Liam's work is well worth a look especially his large sculptural pieces, he uses a chainsaw in an unusual way to shape/hollow out on his huge lathe that he's built outdoors 😁

[@gerfer6261]

What is the cost if I need to buy one from you please?

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Really sorry for the late reply Ger your message was held in my review section for some reason. Unfortunately this bowl has already sold. I'm currently building a website so hopefully people can buy products from there when it is up and running. All the best Tom

[@gerfer6261]

@@thewelshwoodman649 thanks If you can make one let me know regardless to the website. This will make my wife Happy 😃

[@tomcoker9882]

OK Tom, you’ve confused me (sometimes something that’s easy to do). You’re the Welsh Woodman so I’d assumed you were located in Whales, however, you stated that this wood is from NZ and the tree this came from went down in a park so you were able to obtain it. So are you in Whales or NZ? Whichever I like the video and have been planning on making one of these, therefore, I now have instructions on how. Thanks. Cheers, Tom

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Sorry for the confusion, I didn't make it all that clear, the wood is cupressus macrocarpa its ment to be really common in NZ and can be used as a building material according to the tree surgeon. It was cut down in one of my local parks in the UK, the tree surgeon reckons the tree was probably planted by Sir Joseph Paxton around 1848 when he was designing the park. It smells amazing when you turn it. I hope that makes a little more sense 😁

[@tomcoker9882]

The Welsh Woodman Thanks Tom. I think you said in one of you videos that you we near Cardiff. It’s been awhile since I’ve had the pleasure of going there (1989 ). Someday I might get to make it back across the pond. Cheers, Tom

[@ncboyd]

Curious what you would sell this for? My girlfriend wants me to make them, but she found smaller ones for $20-40. I don't see how I could make them that cheap and be worth the time. Thanks 😊

[@thewelshwoodman649]

Thanks Nate if I can remember rightly this one sold for around the £60 mark, a lot of hobby turner's tend to almost give their work away to move pieces on. As I'm running a business I like to work out the value of the material I am using, add on my labour time cost, finishing cost and some money towards covering my overhead costs which I have found has worked well for me 😁 I hope you have fun making one, I'm sure your girlfriend will love it especially as it has been made by you 😁 thanks for watching

[@ncboyd]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@paulphillips675]

Don’t mean to be picky but isn’t a tenant someone who rents a flat and a piece of wood that sticks out to go in a hole ( mortise ) is a tenon?

[@thewelshwoodman649]

You are right it is called a tenon same as a mortise and tenon joint or some people call it a spigot, you'll have to excuse my Welsh accent 😄

[@tomcoker9882]

The Welsh Woodman Doesn’t the “tenon” become a “tenant” when it takes up its residence in its respective home (its “mortise”)? 😉

[@paulphillips675]

Thomas Coker touché