Woodturning: Maple Burl? Turning inspired by

[@JamesCouch777]

Phil tackles jobs that nobody else would even think about and you are getting right there in the same neighborhood. Kudos 👍👌

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks James! 😁

[@lornahayne9181]

Love watching Wood turning it helps a lot to,catch glimpses of your beautiful Beagle❤️🇨🇦

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Lorna! Bailey sez he appreciates that you appreciate his adorableness 😎

[@lilliekelly3406]

Really nice piece. Thank you for sharing. Thanks for including pictures of the babies.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Lillie, the boys are glad they are appreciated 😁

[@richardparis9463]

very nicely done Lisa and there no question about it, Phil will love it

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Richard!

[@lesstiglet1241]

I watch Phil Anderson every Thursday. I love his love of the nature of the piece. He always tries to preserve the natural aspects as much as possible. I don't know if he has seen this episode or if he even follows your channel. If not, he should. 😉 But he would certainly be proud. I've never seen him create a volcano or a witches cauldron. But he should definitely appreciate the nature of this piece, as do I, myself. I love the direction you went, allowing the piece to guide your hand. It's natural and it's beautiful.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thank you so much, I appreciate the kind words 😊

[@texanasimmons1761]

I think Phil would be proud that you let the wood tell you what it wanted to be! Its really cute! I love the natual look. Thanks!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thank you! 😁

[@davidmorgan7522]

"Devils Tower" with a bowl on top! How cool a Close Encounter is that!! Take care, Dave

[@LisaRamlow]

Yes Dave! I was thinking Devil’s Tower all the way but went with the Star Wars volcano reference instead. However I have had an idea for a short that might be cool …

[@carolriley8472]

Very clever...it does look like a volcano andd Phil would love it!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Carol!

[@roncooney8526]

Great job Lisa. Glad to see you back again.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Ron!

[@chrisjohnston2449]

I see an alligator in the centre of the bowl. Nice tribute to Phill. I never miss his or your videos. Keep up the great work

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Chris, I appreciate that 😃

[@1954JDR]

This was a fun turning. Thanks for sharing.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks James!

[@lenshandcraftedwoodsigns6033]

Very interesting piece. I like what the wood told you to do.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thank you very much!

[@rayworstine4399]

Good evening, Lisa. I like your project. The "Phil Factor" worked very well on this turning. A great video.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Roy! I like that - the “Phil Factor” I’ll definitely incorporate that into my design vocabulary 👍

[@daveb.misc.2589]

Yep. Phil would be proud of that piece. Kimsey would be too. Its nice to see different types of turning. Thanks for sharing! 😊❤👍

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Dave! Yes you’re right, Kimsey too. 👍

[@louisjcharlett5804]

I was skeptical at first. But lo & behold it's wicked cool.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Louis! I was also skeptical 😂

[@elainewillingham4859]

That is just downright awesome!! I love it!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks 😊

[@jayscott306]

I really like it, Lisa! It's like cracking open a wooden geode to see what's inside. I think you treated the piece just right and feel you have a very cool chunk of art, there.

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Jay! Yeah, you never know what you’re going to find. Sometimes it’s really awesome, sometimes it’s meh. But it’s all fun regardless!

[@markthompson6860]

wow what a great job ,,,,mark

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Mark!

[@donkizlyk2117]

Patiently waiting for your next video.I enjoy watching the way you figure things out. Your efforts are beautiful,and deserve to be appreciated on that merit alone. I am waiting for you to use burl remnants in an epoxy project.Your commentary never fail to make me smile.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Don, I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel! I have some epoxy projects lined up but haven’t had time to get to them. Stay tuned!

[@garthkeck2003]

Phil should be proud of the way you decided to go.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Garth!

[@texanasimmons1761]

I love this very unusual piece!! Its pretty and Im glad you left the outside untouched! It gives it so much character! You referenced Phil Anderson. If you watch him long enough, you know he lets the wood tell him what it wants to be. When you do that, you have to accept the outcome! It looks more like Devils Tower, Wyoming to me. Im having a vision of the one Richard Dreyfuss built in the living room, lolol😂

[@LisaRamlow]

Yep, I try to listen to what it wants to be. Sometimes it’s more persistent than others 🤣

[@ahsquared1]

Good job Lisa, I really like the finished piece. Yes the weather in mid-Michigan has sucked the past few days, motorcycle ride and golf for Saturday and Sunday!

[@LisaRamlow]

Oh yeah! Except I’m going to be doing roof repairs, but hey - I’ll take that weather regardless. At least the roof work will be comfortable 😃

[@jasonholman6153]

Nicely done.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jason!

[@johnreedy7037]

What a unique piece, great job with it! Love the volcano effect!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks John!

[@jackthompson5092]

Very interesting Lisa.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jack! Sometimes that’s all we get 😂

[@clivefelgate9802]

Maybe its just me but that would make a great natural stand for a bonsai. A real nice, unusual piece thanks. Keep safe and hug the beagle.C.

[@denverlewis5087]

I was thinking natural planter, with some hens & chicks, but a bonsai would be really good too.

[@LisaRamlow]

I like the way you guys are thinking! The center could be hollowed out more to accommodate a small potted something or other 😁

[@dondeere]

my friend phil well be proud of you!!!!

[@LisaRamlow]

Well this is a little funky, but it is natural 😃

[@alinmayerthorpe7801]

Lovely Lisa, that looks really cool with the candles in it, it must be nice to make something different than the usual bowl with smooth sides and bottom, well done and thanks! Cheers Al

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Al! It was a fun turn for sure 👍

[@davo-h1t]

more importantly then that lump of wood, hope you did have a nice relaxing wknd LR

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Chris! Well, I’m about halfway through installing a new stove pipe chimney for the wood burning stove in my laser engraving/resin pouring room, which entails cutting a hole in a cathedral ceiling and framing an area to attach the ceiling support box, then cutting a hole in the roof, installing the support box and heat shield, muscling a 3’ piece of double-wall SS pipe onto the roof and…..you get the idea 😂. My shoulders are killing me from being on the ladder and working over my head but I figure it’s good for me 🤣. In all honesty I like these kinds of projects and we have a really nice couple of days for me to get it done so it’s all good! 😁

[@mikksweeney8804]

Great job Lisa, Phil is definitely the man when it comes to turning oddities, you just needed to pull out the "Sand-o-flex" and the "Zinssers seal coat" 😆👍

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Mikk! I’m definitely gonna have to get me a sand-o-flex one of these days! My Zinssers is homemade but same-same 😁

[@jeanlong5965]

Cool piece.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jean!

[@noahcount7132]

The internal color-changing light saved the day and the project, Lisa. Very innovative on your part.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Noah! Sometimes what’s inside is not what you thought or had hoped, but it was a fun turn and the wood that *is* there is pretty! 😂

[@daveurban1018]

Very interesting piece. I've wondered how a knob of wood would look turned.

[@LisaRamlow]

This was an interesting turn for sure 😁

[@janeoverby2151]

AweLisa, Phil would be proud. I love watching him too. Snuggle up to the Beagle it's been beautiful here in GA but it has been cool. Which I love but the hubby is complaining he hates cold, me I love it, being an Indiana Girl in a Georgia world lol. Have a great weekend.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jane! There has been much beagle snuggling, with a cat or two added here and there for good measure. 😂

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Looks great Lisa. Well done.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Doug 😁

[@glennprovenzano1837]

love it

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Glenn!

[@jeanettecusic9430]

Awesome creation. Love the Phil Anderson influence.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jeannette!

[@stephendonathan6782]

Nice work 👏! In my opinion it would be cool to have filled this with resin and hollowed it out deeper. Take care and GOD BLESS 🙏!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Stephen!

[@annlaurie1484]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the mountain?? 😁

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Ann! Yep, I was thinking Devil’s Tower as well! 😁

[@karlgeary9072]

A word of caution. Please hold onto the drill chuck especially when backing out of the cut. The shavings can bunch up and pull it out of the morse taper which can send it flying.

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Karl! You know, I normally do and for whatever reason I didn’t this time. Thanks for the reminder 👍

[@bookartswithloritaylor8362]

It looks like a mossy lichen hat in the before stage and Close Encounters Devils Tower in the after, but I like cauldron. A natural art piece! ❤

[@LisaRamlow]

Yeah I was thinking Close Encounters too, with the Devil’s Tower 👍

[@lancerawlings5401]

I almost think this had more “nature” in it than Phil’s turnings, if that’s possible? Really cool with the light in it. BOO migraines, I bet them too. Looking for next week.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Lance! Double boo migraines - today it’s finally about gone 👍

[@bigboy9706]

Even though it's not what you wanted but it did turn out awesome. I'm glad you kept the bark and all on the outside makes it look like a volcano for sure

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Michael!

[@hansolavpedersen5521]

That piece of wood is what i call a nailcutter og more drastic, a fingertrimmer / cutter. LOL I would not dare to put it in my lathe. Just because i think it is to heavt for mt mid size lathe. If i put it in i think the lathe would walk away from me. LOL IT is a cool piece when you finish it and put that light inside. Very cool Lisa. Greetings Hans Olav

[@LisaRamlow]

Hello Hans Olav! For whatever reason I wasn’t nervous about this piece, even though it was so unbalanced. It didn’t shake the lathe, but I didn’t turn the speed up past 500 and took easy cuts. It wasn’t what I expected but it was fun and I like it with the light in it 😁

[@ThePapa1947]

I love the volcano you turned Lisa. Those voids at the top really add to the effect. Must be something in the air because I found some Halloween things in my video for tomorrow. A bit creepy for me. Baily and the cat looked very relaxed. Take care, Gary

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Gary! I’ll be looking to see what you find 😬 The boys are very good snugglers and Bailey was very good and didn’t bounce off the walls too much. We had almost a week of temps in the high 30s with crazy wind and rain - a great big low pressure system was sitting just over us and the weather was really pretty awful, as well as the migraine it brought on. I did put on my big girl pants (and rain gear) at least once a day and took him for a short walk, but he needs miles to even think about wearing him out! Now we’re going to have 4 days of Sun and temps in the high 60s/low 70s 🤷‍♀️Ah, Michigan! 😂

[@ThePapa1947]

Been nice around here LIsa but today is the start of the rain. If you can believe the weather man. I am famous for saying I just step out side and I can give a perfect forecast. We have two cats who are brothers from the same litter. They pretend to not like each other when we can see them but if we sneak down to our bedroom around noon they are both on our bed very close to each other. Now both of them will drop on the floor and roll over to get a good brush down. Works for them but I am getting a sore back bending over LOL

[@ronhaworth5471]

Nice turning.The sand-o-flex would have taken off the lichen.Phil has new toys.A techno turner now.

[@LisaRamlow]

We all have new toys 😂

[@ronhaworth5471]

Maple.Should be nice!!

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Ron!

[@cydrych]

When you said “it’s an x fighter” I was thinking it looked like the USMC Eagle Globe and Anchor emblem, minus the eagle.

[@LisaRamlow]

I bet you could see all kindsa things if you look long enough 😁

[@2011griz]

i see ... a little dinosaur egg. ;) nice.

[@LisaRamlow]

It was fun! 😃

[@rosemarywarner6759]

The TIE fighter has turned into a fat dragon :D

[@LisaRamlow]

So many things to see in things like this - one of my favorite parts 👍

[@erictownsend4236]

Lisa, beautiful piece! Watching Phil's work I think he would have turned the base as well early, then reversed the piece. I can not really tell by the video, the condition of the inside . Looks like you could have? turned the walls thinner? Made the interior larger? What will the liken look like untreated in the future? Sorry if this might come across as somewhat negative, not my goal to criticize, without being there, it is hard to visualize the piece or it's potential. Still Beautiful! Your skill is above mine! To date I have mainly turned spindle items! Please keep turning! Looking forward to more of your video's Eric

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Eric! I am going to spray the outside with some shellac. I imagine all the lichen and moss will look just like it does on any other piece of wood but time will tell. I didn’t go any thinner because I wasn’t sure it would hold together, same for the larger interior. I could carve out the inside with a carbide burr but for now I’m happy enough. Sometimes it’s more about exploring and seeing what’s inside than the actual final product. Cuz you never know what you’re gonna find

[@BAILEYWOODWORKS]

Would you have attacked that wood different if you had another chance? Looks great i like that!

[@LisaRamlow]

I don’t think so - I *might* have gotten away with a tenon on the ball end of the thing and been able to hollow it all out, but I’m really not sure how much solid material there is between the flat trunk part and the branch/knot thing. I don’t think very much, so I’d have risked cutting the thing in half, which I would think is no fun while it’s spinning 😂. It would have been nice to get a deeper bowl but sometimes what’s actually inside just isn’t all that exciting. But it was a fun turn and I did come away with *something* 😁

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Hi Lisa, At 8:47 love your "bwahahaha" ! Me ? It's usually a 'Gulp'. Whatever it is It *Is Funky* - the good kind !! I love what you did with it and no matter where it ends up, it will be a conversation piece for sure ! Tie fighter ? crab ? frog ? Was Rorschach your grandfather perhaps ? Re. the vibrating camera - my bet it's the camera itself attempting to compensate - look for an 'Stabilize Image' type of setting. Less likely but still a digital thing is your vid editing SW. Lastly - maybe it is an acoustic vibe and not a mech vibe ? Yunz take care too. -Mike (y'all in my neck of the woods)

[@LisaRamlow]

Hey Mike! For whatever reason this one didn’t scare me. Kept it pretty slow and took small cuts. I was pretty sure it was solid at the connection between the branchy thing and the tree slab and I’m glad I was right 😁 Seeing things is one of my superpowers, but fortunately I don’t see dead people. Just weird things in wood and clouds and trees 😂 I’m using iPhones as cameras so I doubt think there’s an IS mode - I feel like the mount on this one just isn’t quite right but I’ll probably end up redoing it anyway.

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

@@LisaRamlow 👍😎

[@dennissosnovske5879]

If this is truly a couple of branches that are cut off and grown over, then you are probably cutting end grain, which is why it is so hard. It looks like you are attacking it as a side grain bowl, which could be why you are getting so much tear-out. If you thought of it more like a spindle, and hollowed from the center out instead of from the edge in you may have had an easier time. When I switched from spindle work to bowl turning I had a difficult time until I realized that everything is backwards, and what used to be considered “downhill” is wrong, and needs to be reversed. Now I see people that are used to bowl work try their hand at spindles, and they have a difficult time switching directions to the different “downhill.” Muscle memory makes it feel awkward to switch directions. None the less, it is a lovely piece and has given me inspiration to attempt it on a piece of olive wood that looks very similar to what you have. I do appreciate the shout out to Shady Acres Woodshop. It would have been hilarious if you started your video with a “howdy!” 🤪

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Dennis! Yes. I figured I was cutting into the end grain going straight in so I was trying to come at it cutting into side grain, but it didn’t always work. Drilling the flat spot for the chuck jaws (and threading the piece into the worm screw) were definitely the hardest bits. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you found some inspiration here! And I didn’t think about howdy but that would’ve been hysterical!

[@j.l.emerson592]

I thought it would made a nice volcano... You could make a blue epoxy lagoon to set it on...

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks! The greenery on the piece makes it not so much the fiery landscape of Mustafar or Mt Doom but I like to tie the things I see into some sort of theme 😂

[@wesleyhanna1124]

Great job Lisa! Wes @ Piedra Designs

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Wes! Hey your cauldron came out really nice, btw 👍

[@wesleyhanna1124]

@@LisaRamlow thanks!

[@jannformica8581]

I haven’t been able to locate a link to your Amazon wishlist

[@LisaRamlow]

Here it is again - thanks for asking www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/5216MQB4YV37?ref_=wl_share

[@johnames8942]

Northern maple seems to be a different type than southern sugar maple. Does logo have any relation to the cabin in the western UP?

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi John! This piece a came from the Traverse City area and I don’t know what kind of maple this is - there are so many varieties here in Michigan. Logo - my logo? My biz with Marie & Lori is Bear Track Studios, and we each have a version of the bear paw in our respective logos. Not sure what cabin in the UP?

[@franwilson2097]

oh for some of them sandoflex like Phil

[@LisaRamlow]

Right!? 👍

[@confiinfo3274]

May I ask a question?

[@Loan--Wolf]

now we know what side Lisa was on flying round in tie fighters

[@LisaRamlow]

Not so fast! To be honest I haven’t seen any of the movies after the first 3. Oh wait, I saw the first of the others but none since. I had to go look up the names of the ships and to see if there was a volcano in Star Wars 😂. There are so many SW geeks out there I figured if I were going to make references to the series I’d better at least get the names of the things right 🤣

[@Loan--Wolf]

@@LisaRamlow :) just giveing you a hard time the pice turned out nice even if it was not what you had planed

[@robcarroll255]

What does it mean when you say a one pound or 3 pound cut

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Rob! It refers to how much shellac is dissolved in alcohol. One pound of shellac flakes dissolved in one gallon of denatured alcohol is a 1# cut. Two pounds in a gallon is 2# and three pounds of shellac flakes in a gallon of DNA is a 3# cut. I usually mix about a cup at a time, so 1oz shellac in 8oz alcohol. The Zinssner shellac you buy in the can off the shelf is a 3# cut I think

[@robcarroll255]

@@LisaRamlow Thanks Lisa, that helps alot

[@dianneeparish3989]

I’m in Battle Creek.

[@LisaRamlow]

Battle Creek, MI? Now?

[@thomaskahan3922]

Funny, in the shape, I saw a (pregnant) alligator... Imagination is a weird friend...

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Thomas! I think there’s probably an infinite number of thing to see if you look long enough 😁

[@Sokolovwood]

It's not a burl, it's a knot.

[@LisaRamlow]

That’s why it’s a “branchy-burly-thing” - never know until you get into it

[@timothybaker1882]

There's a dinosaur that's not a crab that's what my grandson says anyway

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Timothy! I’ll not argue the dinosaur , I think you could probably see lots of different things if you looked png enough 😃

[@canadan350]

Cool piece. I've got some burls with the same configuration and I don't know that I'd have thought of turning them that way. 👍 Question: I have the same lathe and am curious as to what you used to engage your spindle lock to allow you to have two hands free for positioning the wood?

[@LisaRamlow]

Hey there! This turned out not to be an actual burl but the grain is still pretty (where there’s wood!😂) Gary made a video of his solution for the spindle lock and it works brilliantly. Here’s the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6uoqZxneZ2ml80

[@canadan350]

Great! Thanks Lisa.

[@coleyounger6758]

love it

[@LisaRamlow]

Thank you 😁