Bowls From Boards -- Simple technique, spectacular turnings
A simple technique opens up a world of possibilities for creating figured and patterned bowls. Nick demonstrates a simple jig that slices a board into rings, then glues those rings together to make turning stock for a bowl. This not only saves time and wood, it allows you to create remarkable, eye-catching lathe turnings from scraps.
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"Goes all Harbour Freight on us" 😆
The best woodworking drummer I’ve ever watched.
Incredible! I can't imagine how much time you put in while perfecting this technique. Thanks for sharing your method. This is so generous of you as we can benefit from all of your efforts.
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"The cambium goes all Harbour Freight." Hahaha!!!!!! Your videos are as entertaining as they are informative. Love it.
Shout out to Travis who works so hard behind the scenes to help make these videos work. He's one giant lad!
In more ways than one. He's 6'4", to be exact. Or 193 cm, to be exact in metric.
Excellent teaching
Thanks for saying.
Great presentation! One of the best woodturning videos that I have seen in a long time.
Way way to complicated. Who is going to made the gig to made the bowl...wood pie?😮
Another gig😂
Thanks Nick. That's given me great inspiration for some Christmas presents!
Very well done! Thanks for your time, effort and guidance.
Best I've seen for board to bowls! Getting the plans and calculator now. Thanks!
Most welcome. Enjoy.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Fantastic video! Informative and entertaining. And thank you for not inserting dozens of short movie clips as so many other KZheadrs do.
very refreshing to listen to an expert with excellent presentation skills teach you how to do something
Genius!. A real craftsman
What a wonderful video. Not only is the subject and detail great but your presentation is awesome. My friend and I will be trying this shortly. Thank you
If it will hold water, it's a bowl. If it doesn't...it's art. This is a splendid lesson! Also pleased to see a Shopsmith in action.
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Awesome I have good success using bowl gouges ! Thanks Nick!
I'm glad you mentioned that. Just yesterday, I was at an event staged by the Ohio Designer Craftsmen and their were several professional turners here who were making ring bowls. Most agreed that rings pose a serious challenge and the inexperienced turner. However, they also said ring bowls could be turned with a properly sharpened bowl gouge and a good deal of practice. I was told to use a thumbnail grind (cut the ears back) and remove a good deal of metal from under the nose so the bevel at the tip was no more than 1/8" (3 mm) wide. Haven't tried it yet -- anything to add?
Excellent video on the subject Nick. Thank you for this.
Most welcome.
merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo très instructive, sujet maitrisé, clair, concis, j'adore, merci encore
thank you for your honesty and authenticity. Its pleasure to see that u dont have any foxtail under ur armpit
Awesome videos!!!! Gonna go try some of these 😀
Wonderfull project ! ! Thanks for all the crystal clear explanations.
Most welcome.
Not even haft way done and loving it. I can see that you love what you do. Packed with information, but not stiff. Filled with a lot of fun, like a weekend class with the guys. Well done.
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I wish you were my teacher when I was taking industrial arts in school! You touched all the bases! Thanks!
Most welcome.
wow really enjoyed this video Thank you so much for sharing it
I absolutely love your approach to teaching thank you I can't wait to try this out
Most welcome -- and good luck.
Awesome instruction Nick. If I had a lathe, or when I get one, I will definitely give this a try!!
If you're very careful, you can actually do this without a lathe! The math is good enough that you can get the rings to fit together so the bowl wall is smooth enough that all it needs is some hand work. Glue up the rings without the bowl bottom. Smooth the wall with a rasp, a file, and sandpaper. You can also use a float, if you have one. Then glue the bottom on and give it a light sanding.
@@WorkshopCompanion In that case I will give this a try and see how it goes. The bowls you made with this method rival those made with a lathe. Thanks for the tips.
very nice Nick! Love the Shopsmith!
It's a great lathe -- but if you're going to do a lot of turning, put it up on 6" (15 cm) blocks to stave off a back ache.
Wow! Amazing instruction and so very well articulated. Thank you so much for your instruction!
Most welcome.
Fantastic video. And an excellent explanation on how to turn a bowl into a board.
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Fantastic tips for bowl turning Nick! Happy Holidays to you & the crew! 👍🎄🎄👍
The same goo wishes to you a yours.
This was an epic episode. Not for beginners. There's so much to learn in this one video, I don't know where to begin, but this is something I now want to do.
Thanks for saying...and good luck.
Very clever. Never seen this technique before. Thank you.
Most welcome, but I can't claim credit. I first wrote about it nearly twenty years ago, and it was around long before then,
Straight up sorcery, this is amazing!
Thanks.
What a great tutorial, everything explained in a clear concise manner, and yes I have subscribed!!!
Thanks you...and welcome!
This is awesome! What a great tutorial. Thank you🤙🏽🤙🏽
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I inherited a lathe from a friend, this video makes me want to use it for the first time. Just amazing.
Thanks for the kind words.
beautiful work and now I have band saw envy!
Thanks, but you should know that there is a tool called a "Ringmaster" that will do this without a band saw. Or you can grind a parting tool to make it about 1/16" (1.5 mm) wide and cut angled rings with that. Takes some skill, but it's not all that difficult.
Geniusly Amazing...
What a great teacher .. a gift to woodturners.
Thanks for the kind words.
Many thanks for the detailed techniques and extremely well produced video you shared. I hope to engage my 15yo in some bowl production. Most excellent.
Always good to hear when a young person is being introduced to the art of making sawdust. Wish him well from me.
Fantastic. Best video on this subject on the net. No more excuses, time to get in the garage and turn something..
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Brilliant, ill never be able to replicate it, but still, its fun to watch! You're a true Pro!
Don't sell yourself short. It really is as easy as I make it look. But thanks just the same.
A very informative video, its clear you have a passion for what you do, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
This video is a gift. It's plain to see that you put an extraordinary amount of work into this. You keep topping yourselves. I use the plural because I assume Travis had some part in this achievement. Sure, sure the woodworking here is top notch and infinitely inspirational, but Nick set that bar very high in that domain a long time ago. The accomplishment that stands out to me is the continued improvements in meticulous organization and presentation the of the instructional material. And the massive degree of production work in the form of scripting, shot setups, re-takes, edits and so forth just blows me away. Your best video prior to this one was was the Router video, which you may recall I commented that it reminded me of the films of Charles and Ray Eames because of it's use of whimsy to convey the educational material. I have no clue what to compare this one to, but it is master level work for sure.
Loved your cambium layer note - I laughed and snorted out loud!
God Bless you Brother.
Superb knowledge and a well done video !!!!!!!! THANKS !!
Most welcome.
You are like the Einstein of woodworking.
Is it the hair?
Very professional, and instructive. It is a refreshing change to all those videos which make us watch the entire process. You assumed your viewers were intelligent and able to fill in the boring details! Well Done!
Woodworking tends to be a thinking man's craft; I have no doubt the vast majority of my audience has the three-dimensional imagination needed to fill in what is implied. Thanks for the kind words.
Wow. This is incredible.
Thanks.
This is so WOW! Nothing more to say. Great video. Ingenious idea. Love this channel. Thx 4 sharing. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Greeting from the heart of America, and much thanks.
You’re like the Albert Einstein of the carpentry world! I love it! You have the BEST videos! I’m so thankful you exist!
Me too.
Amazing job, thank you!!
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Perfect timing for me to find this post. 🌞
Excellent video!!! Thank you!
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You are a good professor sir.
Phenomenal! I have a board prepared for making into my first bowl from a board. Even after reviewing quite a few other KZhead videos, I still had many questions regarding angles and distances. This video answered them all. I greatly appreciate you sharing the formulas, as I am very familiar with Excel and may create my own tool. Then again, your calculator price is very reasonable. I'll probably just buy it and save the time. - I don't have a bandsaw, so I'll be cutting on the lathe. But some day I'll have a bandsaw and your jig will be perfect. - Thanks again.
There's a tool called the Ringmaster which was made just to do this. I have one; it works great; but I went the band saw route with the video because more viewers have a band saw than a Ringmaster. But if you're going to do a lot of these, it may be worth the investment. Gets rid of the saw kerf.
Genius!!! Thank you so much
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Thank you. You gave me alot of ideas. Thank you for sharing
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What an amazing video, thank you!
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Excellent projects!!! Happy New Year!!! P.S.: You can use salt instead of abrasive.
Magnifique. Je découvre votre chaîne. J'ai appris en 15 min beaucoup d'informations. Je vais vous suivre avec beaucoup d'intérêt. Merci et vous êtes un grand pédagogue
Je vous remercie pour vos aimables paroles.
Thanks. Purchased. Saved me tons of time and saw dust.
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excellent! Love the presentation!!
Much thanks.
Fantastic! I love it! Tanks from Brazil.
You're welcome from Ohio
Thank you 💞
Thanks for a great lesson!!
My pleasure!
Love this!! Thank you!!
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EXCELLENT EXPLANATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU ARE A VERY GOOD TEACHER
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Muchas gracias por transmitir sus valiosos conocimientos Espectacular el gran trabajo que realizó para explicar este video. Un abrazo y cuidese
Eres muy bienvenido.
Great video. Thanks
You are my hero 👍 thanks for the great inspirations 🤗
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Thank you so much!
Very comprehensive, thanks
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Thank You! Thank YOU! THANK YOU!!
You're welcome, welcome, WELCOME!
Excelente, gracias Nick.
Da nada.
Brilliant.
I just subscribed to all your videos! Your presentation is perfect! I'm getting started in this very soon! I'll be back watching more! Thanks again!
Most welcome...and welcome!
Very very interesting , thank you
Magnífico! Parabéns!
Obrigada.
Thank you, this is so great.
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My friend and i have completed your jig with great success, very pleased to have found you on u tube and will now follow with great interest, thank you for your channel vince chinnock
With the utmost respect to Gary Ascher over at The papa 1947, that was a brilliant explanation. I have, just about, managed to turn a couple of bowls from boards using just my lathe but failed when cutting them on my bandsaw. Maybe I’ll have another go? I know I’m a few years behind but thank you for sharing 🌞🌞
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Very well done!!
Thanks.
I bought a lathe not long ago, and I've been watching a ton of videos on different woodturning projects. I really love this one, as I've been thinking about turning some bowls, but one thing I don't like about "typical" wood bowl turning is how much beautiful (and expensive) wood gets turning into shavings and sawdust. This method makes much more efficient use of the wood and allows for amazing patterns. The cost, of course, is the trouble of making the calculations, making jigs, and cutting the rings. For some people, it might not be worth it, but I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for this awesome video.
Most welcome.
Ilike this ideal you are a smart man thank you
mind blowing.
Wow! Very nice. As you say, there alot of work.
Absolutely. But it's actually a very simple way to do highly patterned bowls.
Excelente trabajo amigo. Gracias
Eres muy bienvenido.
NICK YOUR AMAZING
Thanks.
Wow, thanks for the detailed tutorial on this. I've seen others make this type of bowl from a board using a cut-off tool and cutting each ring on the lathe. Have you tried that method? If so, I'd live to see your tutorial on that method also. Anyway, fantastic video, I am hitting subscribe.
I have a "Ringmaster" and have used it extensively. I did this video for people who do not have one, but would still like to use the ring method to build a bowl. With the exception of the manner in which I cut the the rings, everything in this video would apply to using a Ringmaster. The math, the glue up methods, and the methods of turning would be exactly the same.
Sir. YOU are AMAZING!!!!!
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I wish you were my neighbor!! I would love to learn from you!!
Omgosh I'm a newbie but ur so talented wished I lived closer so u could teach me I'm so interested but have no one to teach me although ur channel has taught me a lot!! Those bowls n all u make are so beautiful tysm for teaching me !!! Love all u do !!
Oh btw that rolling pin is beautiful wow
Thanks for your kind words.
Great idea!
Thanks.
Parabéns é realmente um belíssimo trabalho👏👏👏
Obrigada.
This looks like something that could be done without a lathe, to some degree. I can't wait to try.
If you do it without a lathe, glue up the bowl walls first -- omit the bottom. Sand the walls smooth, then glue on the bottom.
@@WorkshopCompanion I am considering making this without using a lathe and will apply this advice, but why is this a better gluing order when not using the lathe?
It is easier to sand without the bottom glued on. - Travis@@elimain1261
well done. thanks for sharing
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Great teaching!
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What a wonderful video!
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