Woodturning - The Shrinking Wood

In this week’s woodturning video, I was planning to turn a nice shallow bowl. Harry started off by selecting a piece of maple that had a few issues with it. First off there was about a 1 inch deep section of rotted wood that had to turn away. Then on the other side there were a few ring shakes that had to be removed. In the end I was left with a thin plate with some nice spalinting.
Lastly, I’ll finish of the piece with Odie’s Oil.
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[@jeanlong4285]

After you said it was getting thin, I was afraid it would become a funnel. It turned out really nice for all you had to go through.

[@lenshandcraftedwoodsigns6033]

Nice looking plate. It is never over till it's over.

[@TheMessyStudio]

Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do! Still came out nice, Robert!

[@Tinkery]

My lathe is down so I’m having to live vicariously through Harry until the warranty replacement pets arrive from Laguna. Great vid as always & cheers from Texas

[@_zhawkeye_9808]

...waiting for "replacement pets"?!?!?...what did you order???...a new wood chuck???...😅 Matt

[@Tinkery]

@@_zhawkeye_9808 lol. Damn autocorrect. 😂😂😂

[@_zhawkeye_9808]

@@Tinkery 🤣🤣🤣 Matt

[@missdaisy7576]

Stunning as always. Wow!

[@BrickhouseCraftWorks]

Nice save, Hodge! Turned out to the a beautiful plate!

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Yeeeees, shrinking wood happens...So does wood that's not all it's cracked up to be, but is cracked much more! However, it does make for challenging and interesting turning! Nice dish! The spalting is really attractive. I have a spalted cherry bowl, I'm working on. It has beautiful colours: Apricot, yellow, cream...It should be quite gorgeous, if the punky areas can be controlled!

[@MASI_forging]

Great work as always 👍👍

[@_zhawkeye_9808]

...love the spalting...happy you could still pull out a win with this piece!...👍 Matt

[@bryaneltornerodemadera7397]

Very nice Robert, imaginative shaping on both sides.

[@BBTurning]

Nicely saved Hodge mate. It just goes to proove that not giving up can give you a really nice piece. Shay

[@alangibb3100]

Robert, hey it eventually turned out really cool well done buddy

[@ellengraham4677]

😘😘well made Robert.

[@martharoberts8533]

Beautiful wood , gorgeous plate. ❤❤❤

[@garthkeck2003]

Good save

[@garyjohnson9297]

I like how you use your fingers fo deflect shavings

[@HodgePodgeWoodWorks]

Thanks! As they were hitting me they were getting a bit annoying so I did that overhand grip. Funny thing was I was watching a Richard Raffan video the other day and saw him doing it quite a bit too.

[@williamellis8993]

Nice plate/platter, Robert. When I first saw the title, I thought you were referring to a personal problem Harry was having. Bill

[@erniesmith1097]

If you don't mind please check out Richard west woodturing he has unique style not ya traditional turning thank you. Ernie smith from brisbane Australia

[@1954JDR]

Great looking plate. If you wanted a bowl, you should have used cactus juice.

[@sergioamaralbelotrabalho8831]

Boa Noite amigo, bela peça

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Looks great.

[@jackthompson5092]

Great looking plate Robert.

[@suepetty5453]

Spalting is beautiful but it can come at a price sometime.

[@garyjohnson9297]

Could you have vacuum stabilized the block before turning ?

[@HodgePodgeWoodWorks]

I suppose I could have. I've got all the necessary equipment to do that kind of thing except for the stabilizing resin. That sort of thing just takes to much of my limited time at this current stage of life.

[@chriswalters5936]

hey robert can you feature my question in a video please? how can you tell the difference between spalted wood like maple, sycamore, ash things like that? thanks for the video. just remember God loves u, God bless. chris

[@erniesmith1097]

Woohoo great plate Robert gorgeous grain pattern, for unusual woodturing please check out Richard west woodturing unique style of turning. Thank you. Ernie smith from brisbane Australia