Wood Turning Trick So Simple It Will Make You Glow
This is a simple little Black Locust Bowl. It gave me a warm glow to turn. Black Locust illuminates under a black light. Giving a very interesting look.
Finished with Zinsser Seal Coat and Acks Abrasive Paste
If you found this video entertaining
Please Like and Subscribe and Share if you are inclined
The video is for entertainment purposes only
Look up other turnings I have done:
Dizzy Twister Turnings Segmented Turnings
Feature Rings Staves
Star bowl Block bowl
Tumbling bowls Emerging Bowls Black Locust Vase
20 minute gift or craft show sales
Droop Bowl Offset Bowl Barrel of Blocks Star Bowl Bowl in a Bowl
Droop Bowl Lathe modifications Lacquer Shellac Friction Polish
Abrasive Paste Polishing Paste Wipe on Poly Black Locust Hollow Form
Multi Axis Square Bowl Siberian Elm Hollow Form
Dodecahedron Soccer Ball Sphere Olive Wood Turnings Illusions Segmented Vase
Very nice.. I love Black Locust . Thanks
Thank you very much. I think Black Locust has some of the nicer grain. Thanks for watching, Gary
Glad you mentioned Phil Anderson’s name.
But of course! Phil is a good friend of mine. Thanks for watching, Gary
She’s a beauty Gary! Thanks
Thank you Russ! I am happy with how it turned out. Take care, Gary
Wow! Very interesting fact. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you and thanks for watching. Gary
Time to put Black Locust & Honey Locust on the Map for its uniqueness & beauty…….I recently saw a beautiful Black Locust Burl video on KZhead ❤
Black Locust is a pretty nice wood. The longer it ages the harder it gets. Gary
Another great video. Thank ya Sir.!😊
Thank you very much Charles and thanks for watching, Gary
Great little b9wl Gary
Thank you Ron and thanks for watching. Gary
Love that bulls eye
Thank you Billy, happy you enjoyed it. Take care, Gary
I've learned a lot Gary! Thank you!
Thank you very much Norm and thanks for watching, Gary
Omg that’s beautiful! And I love your jacket too!
Thank you Alice. It has become my favorite jacket as well. Thanks for watching. Gary
Another lovely turning Gary thankyou so much for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Ronnie and thanks for watching. Gary
Great job Mr PaPa.
Thank you Josephine and thanks for watching. Gary
Love the lines in this. I’m glad the wife has her own bowl now. Happy wife, happy life! This what my husband says 😂
Thank you very much Melissa. Yes she was very happy with it. I think you husband is a wise man! Thanks for watching, Gary
Very beautiful Phil.
Thank you Jack, happy you liked it. Take care, Gary
Very nice again.
Thank you Robert I appreciate you watching. Take care, Gary
A very nice bowl!
Thank you very much!
Very nice Gary
Thank you Mark and thanks for watching, Gary
Very satisfiying to watch and a nice result.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. Gary
Wonderful bowl, haven't turned black locust before, looks just like osage orange!
Thank you and I have not turned Osage Orange but have always wanted to. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful bowl.
Thank you Nathan and thanks for watching. Gary
Always appreciated.
Thank you Scott and I always appreciate you watching. Take care, Gary
That last shot makes this bowl look like the Incredible Hulk's snack bowl. Were those Gamma ray coming from that light? LOL!!
Thank you Gil, I wont tell my wife that it looks like the Hulks bowl LOL. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank You Gary....That Black Locust was free of cracks! Very nice...It's also sooo nice when we are able to organize our shops for efficiency & not have to move equipment/stuff around just to complete a project. TM
Thank you TM, yes this one was pretty crack free. Most of what I got has been. Yes I like what I have now and am getting ready to start a new video and you will see some of what I did at the begining. Thanks for watching, Gary
I like your bowl, my wife ask me to make her a bowl like the one I made for myself, got to keep them happy.
Thank you Tom and we sure have to try. Take care, Gary
Gorgeous bowl, Gary...I have a Black Locust tree in my yard that is at least 100 years old. I'm waiting for it to fall apart, so I can turn it into bowls!
Thank you Carol, I was lucking with this one. A few years ago I saw that less than 1/4 mile from us someone cut the tree down. I had to go ask what they were going to do. They mentioned giving it away for firewood so I was able to get a few loads for turning. Thanks for watching, Gary
🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️ 🎀 ❤️
Thank you Grammy Bear!!!
Very nice! Thank you 🙏
Thank you Craig and thanks for watching, Gary
Nice work and turning tips
Thank you very much Maurice and thanks for watching, Gary
That was a gorgeous bowl for your wife. That’s for sharing!
Thank you Mark, she really likes it a lot. Thanks for watching, Gary
Remember little is usually mighty and in this it sure did come true beautiful bowl
Thank you so much Dennis! The other thing is little does not take up as much space. I have some rather large turnings that are hard to find a place to put them. Thanks for watching, Gary
I rally like it. Great job.
Thank you Rex I appreciate you watching and commenting. Gary
Beautiful love it
Thank you Adrian, happy you like it. Gary
Very pretty work as usual keep it up
Thank you Lynda I appreciate you watching. Gary
Thank you, sharing your details (speed, gouge choice, finishes used, ...) helps a lot. Your process is relaxed and practiced.
Thank you very much Lee I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching, Gary
Thanks for the videos, I've lear ex a lot from you.😊
Thanks so much Charles and thanks for watching, Gary
Great job.
Thank you Cal and thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful bowl, keep up the good work my brother.
Rev. thank you very much for watching and commenting. Take care, Gary
Awesome bowl
Thank you Michael and thanks for watching. Gary
Excellent job!!!! Hope some day to be as good as you!
Thank you very much Dave, just keep turning and loving it and you will be surprised what you can end up doing. Take care, Gary
HI gary very beautiful wood and nicely turned.
Thank you Manjit, Take care, Gary
I have some black locust firewood. I need to go out and see if I have one large enough to cut a piece off. The Black Light is fantastic. Thank you Ron USCG MKC RET
Thanks Ron, yes the Black Locust looks pretty cool under a black light. Thanks for watching and thanks for your service. Gary
It's beautiful!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. Gary
Love the little bowl. The grain is awesome plus it is neat how it shows green when putting it under a black light. At least the wife has a nice snack bowl.
Thank you Annette, yes she loves it. Take care, Gary
Well now, a black light is on my Santa list. She was wondering what to get.😃
Kind of fun as other woods do similar under a black light. I bought a black light bulb at Home depot but I think it could have been a been stronger.
Yep, when the boss wants their own snack bowl, you have it almost finished. Stay safe!
That is a fact Harry! Keeps me out in the work shop having fun. Take care, Gary
If you are anything like myself,I usually put things in a safe place, and forget where that safe place is LOL
Thank you Tom, oh yes I have lots of safe places I put things. Sure going to be fun when I find everything LOL. Take care, Gary
That was beautiful
Thanks so much, happy you enjoyed it. Gary
Nice job. Great video. I'm interested to see the method in full to clean up the base. Is there somewhere I can find it. Ty
Excellent
Thank you very much!
Superb as always.
Thanks so much Grace and thanks for watching. Gary
That is a very pretty little bowl! I do love the grain on that wood! I hope your beautiful wife enjoys her snack bowl!
Thank you Julee and yes she really likes it. Thanks for watching, Gary
Great job, Gary. Your wife has a beautiful snack bowl.
Thank you Crystal, she really likes it. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful.
Thank you Khan!
So glad you found the remote for the dust collector! Again, you are amazing! Simple yet elegant!
Thank you Mary. Remotes have a way of just hiding on me LOL.
Great work
Thank you Jeffery and thanks for watching. Gary
Very beautiful piece sir
Thanks so much and thanks for watching, Gary
So cool still haven't turned a piece of Black locust yet. That trick with the blacklight just might make me look even harder. I have locust here on my property but I don't cut live trees. Happy turning my friend 😊
Thank you Edward,, happy you liked the trick. I heard about it when I first got some Black Locust and was not sure if it was Black or Honey Locust. Thanks for watching, Gary
@@ThePapa1947 where I live here in central Pa Locust was used for fence posts. I still have a couple of them that border my property and as the wise man that you are you know why. Locust is pretty rot resistant.
Phil from Shady Acres dropped your name... I can see why he likes you.
Thank you very much. Happy you stopped by and happy you enjoyed the video. Phil is a great guy and if you go back to a video on New Sanders he did in Oct. 2020 you will see us together. On a trip my wife and I took we stopped by for a visit. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful snack bowl, I think my cats hide my stuff in the shop. Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Thanks for sharing Gary.
Thanks Tony, well you might be on to something. One of the cats was meowing in the back ground on last weeks video. So that makes sense now LOL Take care, Gary
Fantastic snack bowl! I had no idea about black locust and a black light very cool.
Thank you Lindsey, when I first heard about the trick I knew we had a black light around somewhere and sure enough we did. It did not put out much so I bought a light bulb that had the black light elements in it and that worked pretty good. Thanks for watching, Gary
Pretty little bowl with beautiful grain. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Thank you Mary. Happy you liked it and thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful grain. Nice little snack bowl.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. Gary
I just followed a link from the Wood Database that shows how to identify woods by using a black light. Pretty cool.
It is very interesting for sure. thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful little bowl, Gary. your wife will loves it Thanks for sharing Dave
Thank you Dave, yes she does love it. Thanks for watching. Gary
Furthermore, your videos are very helpful to me! I am looking at it with great interest. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you Rob, happy you enjoy them. Take care, Gary
Another beautiful bowl. Black Locust has such amazing grain. Glade you found your remote.
Thank you Kent! Yes I hate loosing (setting things down and forgetting where they are) things like this. Always fun to find them. Gary
Nice job
Thank you Vern!
Recently had a big ol black locust fall and now I have more than I know what to do with. So far it's been great aside from it wanting to crack a lot more than most of the other stuff I get.... Which is weird because it is a bear to split, usually ease of cracking and splitting go hand in hand but not with this stuff haha
I know the stuff I got would crack if I let it sit too long. Also gets a lot harder. Thanks for watching, Gary
always educational
Thank you Robert and thanks for watching, Gary
This looks like a good place for me to learn some things. I really appreciate your commentary explaining what and why you're doing something. My favorite question as a kid was Why and not much has changed in 60+ years! 🤪
Thank you very much Tom. Happy you enjoy my channel. My favorite thing to do as a kid was once I got a present I played with it for a few days then took it apart to see how it worked. At least that is what my siblings have told me LOL. Thanks for watching, Gary
@@ThePapa1947 You are very welcome. I'd like to share a couple of pictures of a pedestal and bowl that turned when I was 17 if that's ok?
Thank you Gary!
Thank you Norm and thanks for watching. Gary
I bet your wife was very happy with her pretty little snack bowl!
Thank you Stephine, yes she really likes it a lot. Thanks for watching, Gary
Another great video my friend. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you David and thanks for watching. Gary
Grain is so beautiful nice locust bowl take care my friend.
Thank you Sagar and thanks for watching, Gary
Nothing wrong making a simple yet classic shape Gary - gotta get back to your roots once in a while. And I love simple !! Thanks for sharing🙏 Take care. -Mike
Thanks Mike, it seems a lot of us like things simple now and then. Gary
@@ThePapa1947 👍😎
What a special glow with the black light😎. Never seen before. I like this simple snack bowl. This type of bowl is always very handy to have around. Well done Gary. 👌Frank.
Thank you Frank, it was sure a lot of fun to make and the fact my wife really loves it is great as well. Take care, Gary
Great bowl. Glad you found the remote.
You and me both. And luke always it was the last place I looked...plus I wasn't even looking for it LOL Thanks! Gary
Very nice bowl and quite entertaining to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Sylvie, happy you enjoyed it. Gary
Great video and bowl. Lovely item. Geographically You must be close to Phil Anderson, going by your voice. I’m a follower of his ( Yours too now ) and being English your accents are a treat. Tones of the Great Burl Ives.
Well thank you Stephen, yes Phil lives in the state above the one I live in. Not all that far and on a trip in our motor home last year we stopped by for a visit. I had to laugh as we never thought that we had accents LOL. But all across the USA we seem to have different accents. I experienced that when I was in the army in the mid 1960's. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful work.
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching. Gary
Locust has amazing grain,👍👍👍👍
It sure does Gao! Thanks for watching
Nice bowl, put a rare earth magnet on your dust collector remote and stick it to the lathe
Thank you very much. There is a hook on the yellow boat key float and I hang it at the lathe. Problem is I take it to the bandsaw and the sander and set it down. But if I put a place to hang it in site at those machines where I could see it the problem might be solved. Thanks for watching and the idea, Gary
I agree! Amazing grain with a downright silky finish. Hope you didn't get caught!
Thank you Kathleen, no I pulled it off and she never knew it was gone. Thanks for watching, Gary
You’re right, wood grain is fantastic 👍👍
Thank you Jim, hard to go wrong with grain like this. Thanks for watching. Gary
Nice job Gary 👍 💯 thumbs-up
Thank you Sony!
Great Video Gary, I love the bowl Thanks for Sharing!!!
Thank you very much Dean. Happy you enjoyed it and thanks for watching, Gary
Very nice bowl, love the grain. Really cool black light trick. Phil Anderson tribute was nice too.
Thank you Michael! Yes I was a bit sad when I saw it did not get recorded just because I had mentioned Phil after the nub came off so nicely. So I had to at least add it in at the end. Thanks for watching. Gary
Gary, I really enjoy the information you provided. I come from a long line of wood turners dating back into the late 40’s and 50’s . I worked in my uncles woodturning shop for years learning the trade. Most of his production was spindle type work and furniture manufacturing components. I have been intrigued with you information on star and you 3D effects glue up for segments. Will try and catch more of your videos. Look forward to seeing them. Thank you
Thank you very much Robert. Must have been a fun job working in your uncles shop. I worked as a wood patternmaker and really enjoyed my job. There was plenty of turning but some of the other things were very challenging and I really loved that. Thanks for watching, Gary
Great little bowl. Love how black locust finishes and that it will glow under black light. Makes it pretty special.
Thank you Doug! I do like Black Locust a lot. It looks really nice in an end grain turning but boy is it hard. I did a droop bowl out of it and it looks amazing done in end grain. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful bowl Gary. Appreciate you taking time from your very busy schedule to share with us. Well done my friend 👏. Joseph
Thank you Joseph and not sure why I make it busy. Sheesh you would think after almost 10 years of being retired I would have some spare time LOL. Take care, Gary
Wow who needs glow in the dark pigments! That is fantastic Gary. What a sweet little bowl.
Thank you Jane, the black light I used did not seem to have much power but it did make it glow. Thanks for watching, Gary
Beautiful work, beautiful wood. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Herbie and thanks for watching, Gary
Fantastic Gary stunningly beautiful.
Thank you Kobie, happy you like it. I was fun to do. Take care, Gary
Nice that it has a solid pith and no cracks. The glow would make it a perfect bowl to use at Halloween! Hope your wife gets lots of good use out of it.
Thank you Valerie! Not sure why but it seems the Black Locust I have does not seem to care if I leave the pith in it. And I think it looks best when it is left. She loves the little bowl. Great for a hand full of nuts and the likes. Maybe I should turn a bigger one that I can set a black light in. Maybe make it look like a pumpkin. Hmm maybe for next year. We could put candy in it for the trick or treaters. But we are luck to get 2 a year. We live on a one lane dead end street with out street lights. Thanks for watching, Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Guess you will have to have your own Halloween party if you make a bigger bowl or pumpkin (or both!). I like the pumpkin idea! Alan Stratton, As Wood Turns did a pumpkin recently.
Beautiful little bowl. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you and thanks for watching. Gary
Super nice piece of wood and well turned. Thanks for sharing, perfect with my morning coffee!
Thank you Gord. I agree it will go good with morning coffee. I have had my morning limit so I will switch to water LOL Thanks for watching, Gary
Absolutely beautiful Gary love it take care and God bless
Thank you Mike and God bless as well. Gary
Gary, I've been wanting to add a lathe to my "retirement" woodshop. Your videos have helped in that decision. Your commentary and instruction are very concise and informative. You do beautiful turnings and I've learned much from your videos. Thanks for sharing your skills with all of us!
Thank you very much for your comments. A lathe is a great addition to a workshop. There are endless things you can make on it and I like doing them all. Looking forward to hearing more about it. Take care, Gary
Well, shoot, that just looks like fun! No cracks, no voids, perfectly round! I get why you needed a quick easy turning but that doesn't mean it wasn't fun to do! It was fun to watch, I can tell you that! Great finish on the bowl, too, Gary. Now I want a snack bowl! Phil
Well Phil it did feel kind of weird without bark flying off and stopping to check for a bad crack. But dang it sure was fun. And actually making something to use felt strange as well. I guess it might be time to get the Camellia root ball out. Just to look at not turn LOL. Thanks for watching buddy, Gary
Mr. Gary you are awesome and the bowl is beautiful.
Thanks so much Donald. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Take care, Gary
Turned out nice :). Hope you and yours have a happy Thanksgiving
Thanks so much Aaron, we are getting together out at our daughters for Thanksgiving. A bit west of you. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well. Gary