In this video I take a 8" x 6" spalted maple burl and turn it into simple, but elegant deep bowl.
This bowl was fairly punky and produced less shavings and way more dust. It also had a lot of tear out which made it challenging to get a smooth finish. That was until I remembered a trick I saw on Doug's channel (Pohl Barn Productions) which originally came from Kim Tippin. The idea is to take resin and thin it with acetone. The acetone allows the resin to sink down into the soft wood and then evaporate leaving the resin to harden and shore up the punky wood. This worked like a charm and I was able to get a much smoother finish.
To finish the bowl, I sanded it to 600 grit , cleaned off the dust with denatured alcohol, and sealed the wood with Myland sanding sealer. I followed up with Acks abrasive paste, Acks polishing paste, and for a nice glossy finish, Mylands Friction Polish.
I hope you enjoy this video. Please let me know if there is a project you'd like to see me make and I will do my best to do it. Thank you for all the support you have shown me and the channel!
Luke 6:35 (NIV)
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
I got this beautiful Maple burl from Worldwide Burl. You can find them on Instagram and they auction several pieces every 24 hours. You simply put how much you want to bid in the comments. Their shipping is fast and very reasonable. I'm not affiliated with them, but I am a big fan!
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Ed Parker
P.O Box 1893
Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Kim’s trick in genius man!! Wouldn’t change a thing on that bowl!!!
Thank you Jim! There are so many great turners and woodworkers on KZhead to learn from. - Ed
Your video came up as a recommendation and since I have a lot of punky wood I clicked. Great job and great channel 👍
Thank you James! - Ed
I love spalted wood, it always has interesting and beautiful grains.
It certainly challenging to turn, but it is so beautiful and always different! - Ed
Our daughter got this exact bull for us for Christmas! We love it and display it in Kailia, Hawaii 🤙🏼🤙🏼❤ Melekelikimaka ⛄
That is awesome! I hope you enjoy it for years to come! - Ed
I like the foot. It elevates the piece and gives it more dimension. 👍
Thank you! - Ed
The piano in the music bed is amazing....
Thank you! - Ed
Your identification of all the tools and materials used was why I liked and subscribed. Excellent video and craftsmanship. Keep going.
Really liked the foot, usually I remove them but I think it highlights the wood grain. Beautiful bowl.
Thank you! - Ed
I wish I knew more about woodworking, my grandpa has some old burl slabs and nobody did anything with them. He was really happy that I made a simple clock and helped him finish his table. I was trying to learn more about it because some of the maple has this spalted line pattern in it, and about the same amount has a striped pattern, but it is mostly all birdseye. I don't know what is "best", but they are all rough cut by a chainsaw and i love to clean them up and look at them haha.
KZhead is your friend when it comes to learning about a subject, but I guess that's why you're here. ha ha. I've only been woodturning for a few years and have been blessed to have great inspiration from my Uncle and my neighbor. It's great the that you have some of your grandpa's slabs. Take care! - Ed
as a beginer i like the info you give , thanks,BM,aka,woodbutcher
Thank you so much Bryan! We all have to start somewhere. Have fun with the experience and know that we all make mistakes. Take care! - Ed
Beautiful wood, beautiful work.
Thank you! - Ed
Thanks for including all your steps, materials, and tools used. That helps us beginners tremendously.
Thanks for sharing, nice Piece. Full view and like
Thank you so much Allen! - Ed
What a lovely piece. Absolutely keep the foot.
Thank you Stephen! - Ed
I've been collecting burls from California for years, I need to learn this. Absolutely beautiful
Thank you for watching! - Ed
I like the foot. Beautiful wood.
Thank you! - Ed
Foot looks great . Good job brother !
Thank you Mark! - Ed
Love the color and markings
Thank you! - Ed
That really turned out nice.
Thank you very much David! - Ed
Great job, beautiful bowl.
Thank you very much! - Ed
Really beautiful, and worth all the extra work to hold the punky wood together!
Thank you! - Ed
Beautiful piece! The foot is nice.
Thank you Michael! - Ed
awesome with a foot and thanks for sharing.
Thank you! - Ed
Nice work brother.
I started using Total Boat penetrating epoxy,thinned out with acetone a few years ago and found I got better penetration than using thinned out resin.
Great videos. One request: Please show longer close-ups of the finished product at the very end. Perhaps with some revolving of the camera-view so that we can see in greater detail the natural finished wood, and also the resin-to-wood fillings. Lovely piece.
Great idea Joel! I've started doing that with my recent videos. - Ed
Love the finished bowl.
It’s stunning!
Thank you Lynn! - Ed
Turned out great!!
Thank you John! - Ed
Looks absolutely beautiful!
Thank you John! - Ed
BEAUTIFUL bowl!
Thank you very much Crystal! - Ed
Hey Ed. Beautiful bowl. If you like the foot that's all that matters. The maple burl with spalding is always absolutely gorgeous. The reason it was dusty and punky wood was because of the spalding. Very nice bowl!!!!!
Thank you Carl! I completely agree about the burl. It is so interesting to look at and one of the reasons I wanted a simple design for the bowl. Let the grain be the focal point. Have a blessed day! - Ed
Absolutely awesome and stunningly beautiful.
Thank you very much Kobie! - Ed
Beautiful Bowl!! Love the burl!! You always do amazing turnings!!
Thank you very much! Have a blessed day! - Ed
I dig it... well done🤙🏽
Thank you! - Ed
Love the look of this bowl
Great job
That’s a gorgeous bowl!
Thank you Leisongi! - Ed
Great looking bowl 👍
Thank you! - Ed
Nice looking!
Thank you very much Joe! - Ed
Scotch Bright works well on wood, huh? Great! I worked at a factory where I made drinking fountains. We used it to put the finish grain on stainless steel and bronze.
Thank you for watching! I learned that trick from watching others. I had no idea either. Take care! - Ed
That came out amazing man! I love that stuff, dusty, but beautiful. Great piece Ed!👍🏻
Thank you Bruce! The resin and acetone trick is a game changer for me. Take care brother! - Ed
Amazing work. Beautiful wood!
Thank you Steve! - Ed
you really make some gorgeous stuff!!
Thank you Tracy you're very kind for saying that! - Ed
Beautiful bowl. Nice and deep too.
Thank you Pam! - Ed
Super looking bowl. You did a great job.
Thank you very much George! - Ed
It is gorgeous, a wonderful, very beautiful bowl. It is perfect the way it is. Great work, Ed!
Thank you very much Christopher! - Ed
Very nice bowl. Outstanding finish. Yes, keep the foot. thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
Thank you Glen! Have a blessed day! - Ed
This was one heck of a piece of wood sweet project thanks for your video
Thank you Tony! - Ed
The bowl is gorgeous and I love the foot!
Thank you Carol! - Ed
👍, thanks for sharing
Thank you! - Ed
Very nice bowl brother!
Thank you Eric! - Ed
Such beautiful wood design. I really like your style that captures every every bit of lines /characters of your art piece. Great work. I’d love to see your futur oeuvre d’art.
Thank you very much Sylvie! - Ed
That came out really cool, Ed! And congrats on your etsy store -- shop favorite 😍
Thank you very much! - Ed
Nice looking bowl, Ed! Great job! Billy
Thank you Billy! I really appreciate it. - Ed
Beautiful piece. For the stabilizing, you might want to look into CPES: clear penetrating epoxy sealer. It's designed specifically for soaking into the wood to harden it. It's used a lot in the boating world, and I've used it to strengthen the joists of the farmers porch on my 1889 Victorian house when I redecked it. Just be real careful, it's nasty stuff requiring attention to your PPE.
Thank you Drew! I'll have to look into that as I've got a smaller piece that is similar to this one. - Ed
Love your videos good sir. The music is a great subtle touch that just lulls me into a trance watching you create a masterpiece. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much! - Ed
I was thinking legs, it reminds me of a pot with legs... needs a lid. Looks great, thanks for sharing. Thanks for that tip about thinning resin. I will definitely try that.
Thank you Cathy! Funny you mention a pot with legs. I've seen a couple of pictures of just that and I really want to try it. I just got in some additional Dremel bits and I can't wait to try that out. Stay tuned! - Ed
Very nice, I like the way the bowl came out.I will turn a burl one day. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Mark! I'm not sponsored by Worldwideburl, but I high recommend them. - Ed
I like the foot, awesome piece of art mate.
Thank you very much! Cheers - Ed
Great job, beautiful bowl, beautiful wood colours. 😊
Thank you! - Ed
@@WolfRidgeWoodworking Cheers 😊
Hi Ed! Looks beautiful--I like the foot! Cheers!
Thank you very much Peggy! - Ed
Keep the foot. Beautiful bowl. Great idea from Kim, mixing epoxy with acetone. I have some punky maple I may use that trick. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jean! I'm very pleased with how well the epoxy/acetone mix works to stiffen up that punky wood. - Ed
Great project WR, the grain is popping, beautiful turn. Hope she sells, thanks for sharing
Thank you Jim! - Ed
Very beautiful bowl!! Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you and I really appreciate the thumbs up! Take care - Ed
Good evening, Ed. New subscriber. Love your video, music, description and project. Addressing punky wood has been a topic of turners in my circle for some time. I like what I saw and it makes sense. Going to try it on the next piece where it's needed. Thanks and God bless.
Thank you Ray and welcome to the channel! Since I've made this video, I've received a lot of things to try. I've got another piece like this, but smaller. I may go through the list of suggestions and try one. That way I can so a comparison to everyone. Take care! - Ed
Beautiful piece of wood and you did a great job on it. Love the shape also. I leave a foot on a lot of my bowls, I think it gives the illusion of the bowl "hovering" above the table. Take care Ed.
Thank you Tom! I do like that illusion of hovering. Have a blessed day! - Ed
Beautiful bowl, I like the foot, it gives it lift.
Thank you John! It does give it the appearance of floating on the table. - Ed
I like it with the Foot.
Beautiful piece of wood, I love the shape and finish, I think the foot is the right choice ☺ Enjoyable video, thank you for sharing
Thank you very much! - Ed
Love the grain in that piece. It's nice to see that other people ( including myself ) learn stuff from watching these videos. Enjoyed as always- Dave.
Thank you very much Dave! I do enjoy learning and sharing that experience. That includes sharing when things don't go according to plan and that's ok. - Ed
Good job pal
Thank you Karl! - Ed
Bellissimo!
Grazie milli! Ciao Ed
This is quality+ Ed! I would’ve left the foot on, too. I generally leave them on when I turn potpourri bowls because sometimes I like to grind the foot down to 3 points. It’s a feature that works! Great work!
Thank you Shaun! I think I know what you mean 3 points. That is something on my list of experiments to try. - Ed
I like the foot on the wood looks nice brilliant piece be safe
Thank you very much George! Have a blessed day! - Ed
Really beautiful bowl, Ed. I wouldn't change anything. It will probably sell soon. Stay safe. Bill
Thank you so much Bill! Cheers - Ed
Beautiful burl and nicely formed. Thanks for passing on Kim Tipping's tip (no pun intended). I'll give that a whirl. As for the foot, I think it's a nice touch.
Thank you Ron! I've fought so many punky pieces and this really helped me out on this one. I will be using that trick on future punky pieces. - Ed
Hi Ed... what an amazing piece of burr wood... really beautiful... you certainly solved the punky wood problem very well... the finish is amazing... great video...take care...All the best.....Andy
Thank you so much Andy! It definitely worked better than anything else I've tried on such a large piece. Cheers - Ed
Hi Ed, that's a gorgeous piece! I think the foot helps its look. Cheers, Paige C.
Thank you Paige! I do agree and as others have said, it gives the appearance of kind of floating. Take care - Ed
Looks beautiful. I love the shape and yes...definitely love the foot. Even maybe making it a little higher. I didn’t catch how you attached the bowl to the lathe when working on the foot. Yeah! Love the shape as it resembles the shape of a Japanese Tea Bowl. God bless and thank you!
Thank you John! I used Cole Jaws for this one. The wood was really beautiful. Have a blessed day! - Ed
We like the foot!
Thank you Nancy....me too! - Ed
very nice
Thank you! - Ed
Turned out well for what you started with Ed, foot👍. 🇺🇸👍
Thank you very much Cortland! - Ed
Absolutely gorgeous, Ed. I would not have put a foot on it but that would have been my mistake. I think it’s perfect just the way you did it. 👍👍👍👍😃🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thank you Gord! Like you, I have a boss.....hmmm I mean lovely wife that said leave the foot on. Glad I listened to her. Don't tell them, but maybe we should listen to them more. Ha ha Take care - Ed
Wow, may be my favorite piece. Simple, letting the grain do the talking. Personally I’m not a fan of the foot but it works. I like that resin acetone trick. Have a couple pieces I’ve been avoiding because I don’t have a vacuum chamber. Keep up the good work! Wayne
Thank you Wayne! I too have put off quite a few projects because of punky wood. I've stabilized smaller pieces with Cactus Juice, but these pieces won't fit into the small toaster over. Take care - Ed
Lacquer sanding sealer, brushed on and left to dry for a day, will serve to firm up a piece of punky wood. However, it only penetrates about 1/16 inch so may take several applications. It's a slow process but does not require a vacuum chamber.
Really liked this video, just enough music to take the edge off of the tool noise, but we could still hear the sounds of your work. I really appreciate the tool type and lathe speed overlays, very helpful and I really like the tight camera angles to see how you hold the tools. And of course it's a beautiful bowl!
Thank you Ken! I do try and make these videos appeal to everyone no matter their experience level. I'm very happy to hear that you liked it. Have a blessed day! - Ed
Definitely leave the foot on as it sets the bowls definition 😍
Thank you David and I completely agree! - Ed
It fought you all the way but you created a beautiful bowl. I like the foot.
Thank you! It did, but I learned a lot in the process. - Ed
Stunning bowl Ed hey you might want to check into some cactus juice, thanks for sharing Ed take care stay safe god bless
Thank you Donald! I have cactus juice, but my problem is I have a tiny oven in the shop. It works great. I may have to look into getting a bigger toaster oven for the shop. - Ed
Try Cactus Juice and put it in a vacuum for a couple of hours. It's easy, reuseable and does a great job on punky wood.
Thank you! At the time, I didn't have a vacuum chamber big enough to hold it. I have it now and love Cactus Juice for stabilizing things. - Ed
Très jolie bravo 👍👏🇨🇭
Thank you Denis! - Ed
the wood is lovely, but i agree a black resin of an amber colour would have blended better in the holes.
Thank you and I do agree! - Ed
The option for filling cracks and voids that I have used extensively is a mixture of 5-minute epoxy and coffee grounds (or expresso for fine cracks). It can be worked after a couple of hours. Sands nicely and does not make a shinny spot under the final finish.
Leave the foot, it really adds to the piece! I zipped on over to your etsy shop, and if things were not what they are right now, it would be mine!
Thank you very much Carol! - Ed
Apparently it is possible to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Beautiful.
Thank you Ray! You are definitely right. Take care. - Ed
It was not Doug or Kim who came up with the resin and ACETONE trick it was me Eli Gibbs.
It was a great idea!
Personally I nearly always leave the punky wood finish. It leaves a great textured surface to finish. Montana Wood Art.
I have plenty of those kinds of pieces and I wish I could say it was on purpose. ha ha - Ed
Really beautiful piece! What’s the colouring that you added to the resin? I have some pretty dry punky cherry wood to turn so I think I’ll try the resin/acetone trick! I have also seen 1lb mix shellac used to harden wood during turning which seems to work quite well. Thanks for your video!
Thank you Paully! For this project, I didn't add any coloring to the resin. It darkened a little and the colors really come out just from the clear resin. Take care! - Ed
Ed, what a beautiful piece of work! Have you ever tried Minwax wood hardner? I tried it a few years ago and found it to do a pretty good job. I’ll try resin and acetone next time. Love your work!
Where did you get the file you use to sharpen your bowl gouge? Thank you for sharing. I love the bowl and colors you’ve picked.
Thank you Patrick! I got it from Amazon (amzn.to/3jBxNNK). That is an affiliate link, but does not cost you any more. It works great on the turning tools and forstner bits. - Ed
I believe I would have went with a recess instead of a foot but that's just me it still looks awesome great job
Thank you! I would tend to agree with you as that is what I tend to do, but sometimes I listen to the wood and my wife who suggested that I leave it on. Take care - Ed