Woodturning | Ultralight Butternut Bowl - Alternate method to turn bottoms on large pieces

In this video I make a 10-1/2" x 4" bowl from butternut. The grain is awesome. I show an inexpensive and effective way to turn and finish the bottoms of larger pieces. I weight the finished bowl at the end of the video to show how light this wood is. I hope you enjoy and thank you for watching.

[@kobiekaasjager4822]

Ohhhhh wow wow!!!!! The grain in this wood is just awesome and stunningly beautiful. Oh is a fantastic bowl.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Kobie, love butternut! Thanks for watching!

[@JamesSmith-ji6yx]

Beautiful bowl. The grain is amazing. Like your style of explaining what you are doing and why you are doing it.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you James I really appreciate that.

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Lovely piece! Pretty grain! I have a piece of very soft wood to turn, so your comments, on how to deal with it, are very timely. Thanks!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Excellent! Have fun with it! Thanks for watching!

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Lovely grain! Really interesting to see how you turn this very soft wood, and the precautions you take, while so doing. Thank you!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Stephanie! Love me some butternut! I just got an entire tree that you will see in an upcoming video! Thanks for watching!

[@trurex007lee7]

Very helpful tips and beautiful expression of the wood grain.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you! I love the grain in butternut, the wood does all of the work.

[@richardschaffling9882]

Beautiful bowl butternut is a sweet wood to turn

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

One of my favourites Richard. Thank you for watching

[@drgruber57]

You keep your tools nice and sharp and you're riding the bevel, so it's very gratifying to watch those chips fly. It DOES cut like butter! Ha ha.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you, I appreciate it

[@BlueyPastle]

Bowl is wonderful, although that grain is the showstopper. Thank you for sharing. Keep on turning. Cheers, Bluey 👍

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Bluey

[@stephendawg1]

Beautiful! I’ve had a big butternut down for 2 years now and am planning on cutting it up this year. I’m a new woodworker and approaching retirement so the butternut will see a lot of time in my shop. Your work is inspiring! Thanks!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Steve, Butternut is awesome to work with. Love to see what you make! Thanks for watching!

[@GordonRock1]

I’ve never worked with it but that butternut sure is beautiful wood, Lewis! Very nice job with great explanations. Another great video! 👍👍😃😃😃

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Gord, I appreciate it!

[@terrybray5169]

Nice work Lewis, stunning timber

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Terry, I appreciate it.

[@RickTurnsWoodturning]

Beautiful bowl, Klondike. Interesting way of turning the bottom - don’t believe I would ever have thought of that. Cool!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

You know what they say about necessity Rick! Thank you for watching.

[@HodgePodgeWoodWorks]

Nice method to secure the bowl. Always hated sanding the bottom off the lathe.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

This is much easier for sure and if you are doing something really large just up the glue. Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanmangold5024]

That's a fine-looking piece of wood and you did a great job revealing its beauty.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Jonathan, I appreciate you watching.

[@BAILEYWOODWORKS]

That is a very nice looking bowl!!!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Bailey, I appreciate you watching

[@robcpwoodturner]

Beautiful work 👍👍👍

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Rob!

[@BrickhouseCraftWorks]

Hey Klondike! Absolutely beautiful bowl!! I have always wanted to turn butternut but have never had the chance. That is a pretty ingenious way of cleaning up the bottoms. I may have to give that a try sometime! Great video! Seth

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thanks Seth!

[@williamfawkes8379]

My favorite of all carving woods. I have some, but its hard to find without bugs living in it. It sure does look nice as a bowl.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thanks William, it is really nice to turn as well. Thanks for watching.

[@MarkBeckettRPT]

Never seen butternut before, but that's stunning. Beautiful turn and great instruction. Loafs of tips. Absolutely do other projects. You obviously have a wealth of knowledge to share and I'm sure we'd all learn from a craftsman like yourself. 10/10 sir.

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

I appreciate that Mark, thank you!

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Great looking bowl 👍

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thanks I appreciate you watching

[@jamesdjadams]

Great video! I like seeing your techniques. I need one of those heavy scrapers!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thanks Jamie, I will PM where I got the scraper. Appreciate you watching.

[@woodturningwithDave]

Beautiful work

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Dave

[@tfturning]

Great video and a very nice bowl! I use hot glue quite often to stick blanks to a waste block, especially when the mortice or tenon would take too much of the piece away. hadn't crossed my mind too use it for finishing the bottoms though, cool tip 👍 (Edit - Also just learnt about milk glue, thanks again!)

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you sir

[@gregwaters944]

Love the grain, it turned out beautiful!!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Greg

[@Henry-n7n8]

MAGNIFICENT!!!

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Jack!

[@jamesharless5357]

Nice!👍🏻

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you James!

[@margiesteininger3344]

gorgeous

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Margie, I appreciate it!

[@stevenjobbins2600]

Great Video Lkondike interesting tip using the board to turn the tenon off will remember that ( hopefully ) During the video you say you used more Yorkie grit than usual do you think this is because you dont use any sanding sealer before the abrasive paste ? good skills though

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

I meant in comparison with other woods I have use it on without sanding sealer. Thanks watching I appreciate it.

[@stever746]

I only have 1 question is why you do not core that wood is so beautiful

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

I have cored some in the past and probably should do more often. I find though that it really doesn’t give you much of a blank from a piece this size. Thanks for watching Steven, I really appreciate it.

[@stever746]

@@TheKlondikeCraftsman ok thank you

[@harveypflugerh5901]

Beautiful bowl but I question the use of a wax finish for a bowl. How does this stand up to washing or is this only intended as an ornamental piece?

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Harvey! This is meant for fruit, bread, chips etc. dry items. If it were for salad or the like I would have used oil. Thanks for watching!

[@HarryHound1]

Hi , great bowl What speed do you run when adding Yorkshire grit? Michael 🇬🇧

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Hi, Yorkshire grit should go on at 350-400 RPM until the grit has broken down then you can speed it up to 600-700 to buff it into the wood. Thank you for watching!

[@geneanderson2256]

Hey I live in what used to be the city of Klondike in Minnesota. I have 50 bowl blanks of butternut that are in perfect shape! 18-20 diameter 41/2-5”thick I will sell a couple if someone wants one!! Get back to me! Gene

[@TheKlondikeCraftsman]

Thank you Gene. I’m sure you will have no problem selling them!