Woodturning - Burl-esque Cherry Round Bottom Bowl

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Looks like a really heavy block. Lovely grain!

[@coswood3454]

Beautiful bowl 🤗

[@klausalan]

Great job Chad! I learned a lot from this one. I wish you had shown off the piece at the end so we could take a look at the shape and grain better. ‘Beauty shots’ as they say. Anyhow, thanks for the great turning video.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks, Nick! Check out my Instagram or Facebook for the final pics of that one. I recently posted a hollow form vessel made of that same cherry.

[@sweetlandsheatingcooling9039]

Another superb bowl, or rewritten as super bowl. Love the burl esque play on words. I like the speaking vids just fine, i would like to see some of the turning in regular speed. Thanks

[@holzweg666]

Yes! Regular speed is making me not so nervous. Can you tell me about ( i am from germany, and my englisch is a little bit bad) what he means with burl- esque? Burlesque was in the 1930 years a kind of striptease dance in Amerika. Perhaps the pull out the burl out of the ground? A divine pun!

[@sweetlandsheatingcooling9039]

@@holzweg666 the pun as u correctly referred to related to both the 1930’s era burlesque variety shows that often has striptease routines and wood having Burl features, which include wild grain, intertwined wood fibers, circular grain patterns. Usually, but not always, wood burls come from odd growths on trees and growths formed from the trees efforts to repair an injury, limb cut off area or other damage. The tree tries to enclose the damaged area to prevent further damage, insect entry and the like. “Wild grain, wild striptease acts”.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Hahaha... an excellent explanation! Better than the one I would have given. It's hard for me to pass up an opportunity for a pun. Thank you both for watching! I'll try to mix in some regular speed portions in my future videos.

[@PopsShop]

Great job!

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you, Danny!

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Beautiful bowl Chad.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you kindly, Doug!

[@chicocash9668]

nice work really like the wood

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks

[@theodoranorton4779]

Wonderful! From burl to bubble...it almost looks as if it could float away.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you!

[@uniqko]

Beautiful bowl

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you very much!

[@PBUCKY1969]

Beautiful piece 👍

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you very much!

[@woodturningalvaro4507]

Great job chad. Beautiful piece. Awesome.😊😊

[@TomBinnz]

Where did you get that plastic jam chuck?

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

I made it from the foot of an old couch I threw out. It had the bolt on it, I just added some non-skid padding.

[@alfredmollitor671]

I like your depth gauge. I'll have to make one of those.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

It is very handy. The brass tube has a thin wood dowel inside that's long enough to stick out a bit so it doesn't mar the bowls, but also it can be extended out for extra deep vases, etc.

[@SilverBack.]

Stunner

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks!

[@BrickhouseCraftWorks]

Well done Chad! Another gorgeous piece! - Seth

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks, Seth!

[@markoutler5139]

Beautiful piece!

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thank you very much, Mark!

[@janicek2860]

I like the talking.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

I'll probably start working some talking back into some of my future videos since a number of people have mentioned they like it. I need to practice being more succinct. Thanks for watching and for the feedback, Janice!

[@BadAppleWoodwerx]

Cool piece Chad. 😎 Thanks for the info on your custom jam chuck, I saw that and immediately thought "that's awesome!" Also, I enjoy your videos whether you talk or not. Just do what you are comfortable with. 😎

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Cool, thanks! I appreciate the feedback. I'm always looking for things I can salvage and make good use of... especially anything that's round. The jam chuck that goes into a Jacobs chuck has been pretty handy.

[@steveblight2120]

Hi Chad, beautiful piece. I like the videos where you talk through what you are doing. Perhaps you could reduce the talking a bit, but I find your narration and explanations very helpful for my own turning. Keep up the great work!

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks, Steve! I'm still trying to find the right balance of talking. I imagine I'll keep putting out some with and some without talking. Some days, I hit it in one take, and other days I'm mindlessly rambling, so that might be the determining factor. Hahaha. Thanks for watching! If you have questions, feel free to ask them here.

[@tommartin3200]

Your dog has a great coat.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks... yes, he has an extremely soft coat for a boxer even at 4 yo

[@richkeelan1312]

Beautiful bowl I really like the natural edge the grain is wicked never seen that before. I was just wondering what you sprayed on it at the end ? Well done

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Hi Rich! I just sprayed it with water at the end to clean off the dust and show off the grain. Since it was green wood, I'm not worried about wetting it so much. Thanks for watching!

[@steveblight2120]

Hi Chad, me again, 6 months later! Just watched your video again for inspiration -- it worked! What would you think about using the Termite ring tool to hollow out the bowl? Do you think the Termite would be an effective tool for this task?

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Hey Steve! I think it's been over four months since I even posted a video, so you didn't miss much! I hope to be back to making videos on a (roughly) weekly basis in the near future. I'm really glad my video helped you with some inspiration... I've been looking for some good inspiration myself lately - it's been a rough several months, idea-wise. Regarding the Termite Tool, I haven't used it on face grain so I can't say how well it works for hollowing that. I have, however, concluded that the TT isn't worth the steep learning curve to truly use it effectively. As soon as I got the hang of mine, I made one little slip and snapped the ring in half. For hollowing face grain, there is nothing faster than a sharp bowl gouge (at least nothing I've ever seen). Thanks for coming back and revisiting my videos!

[@steveblight2120]

@@ChadEamesWoodWorks Hi Chad, glad to hear you're planning more videos. Sorry to hear about the termite failure! I'm still learning how to do a good job hollowing out deep side grain pieces with bowl gouges but will keep at it.

[@seemorevid1]

Really nice! Did you ever consider leaving the sort of pedestal foot on there? I think that might have been my preference for that shape.

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

I planned for this one to have a round bottom; I've been doing a lot of round bottom pieces lately. I like the movement it adds, especially with this one since there's so much interesting grain around the whole thing.

[@joelspring2487]

I like the comments you make. I think it adds to the learning quality of your videos. Maybe not talk so much -- just the key points/issues that you encounter with each piece???? Just my .02 cents worth. I do like the bowl! Very nice!!

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Thanks, Joel! I definitely try to limit my talking because I'm pretty impatient with videos that move slowly (and I have a tendency to ramble). I think you have the right idea - it's just going to take a bit more practice for me to find the right balance. I really appreciate your feedback!

[@creationsbyron803]

Sorry bud I don’t care for video in fastspeed

[@ChadEamesWoodWorks]

Then play it back in slow-mo. Just kidding... Regular speed would be a couple hours long and, for most people, I think that just moves too slow.