Woodturning - You Won't Believe What You Can Do With Firewood!
I wanted to try this finishing technique, so I found a piece of firewood that looked like it would have some interesting grain and got turning. Unfortunately the grain wasn't as nice as I thought it would be and as it was my first time trying this finish the gold didn't standout as much as I wanted it to.
Still, I am really pleased with the results as it reminds me of a worn draught pump handle, especially because of the small exposed ring of wood at the top. Weirdly this is one of those pieces I really love because of its imperfections.... even the natural crack in the Ash that took in some of the gold, and the two larger cracks at the bottom, it all adds to the character of the piece.
I will be trying this finish again soon, hopefully with a bolder result.
Let me know what you think 😁
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Disclaimer:
My videos are for entertainment purposes only. I am still relatively new to woodturning and some of my techniques might not be the "best" or safest. When using any tools or machinery always read and understand safety/manufacturers guidelines.
Yes, I'm aware that wearing gloves while woodturning is considered an unsafe practise. The gloves I wear are tight fitting and don’t have any loose threads. I wear them for the protection of my skin. This is a risk that I am willing to take, however I am still very conscious of the potential danger and I do not touch any spinning parts of the lathe. DO NOT do anything you don’t feel comfortable doing.
Anyone else keep seeing the smiley face about half way through? Lol.
With that face, it kind of reminded me of a long slender fish.
Hi Milinda, yes I agree 😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
@@kfolse107 🐠🐟😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
When you sprayed your project I was concerned for the motor. Nice bottle opener. New scriibe
Thanks Paul, welcome to the channel. No problems with spray or motor. 😃👍
Congratulations Harry❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️... on 20K 😻❌⭕️
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Thank you so much Angela! 😁😊👍
Really thank you Harry, your videos are so useful for me. I started turning about a year ago and learn so much from you. Thanks for sharing and see you soon!
Thank you very much Umberto! Really appreciate the comment 😁😊
Thanks Harry, I’m a beginner and this is just what I need to watch 👍🏻
Hi Mark thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely brilliant. That is the best bottle opener I've ever seen. Well done sir.
Harry, you always do great work and look forward to see them every one of them. Today was not disappointing. Love the finish as well!
Hi Daryan thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
What a cool bottle opener well done it's amazing what you can do with a bit of fire wood
That is one fancy bottle opener!!!
Thank you very much Juanita! 😊😁
Great Job Harry!
Thank you very much Steve! 😊
Very nice Harry.
Thank you RC 😃👍
Interesting idea
Thank you very much Kerajinan! 👍😊
I knew right at the beginning, what it would be coz I made several bottle openers in the last months. It is a really cool gift and make quite some money. I have to try that finish. Thanks for the video!!
Thanks Ralph 😊 I loved the finish 👍😃 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
Nicely done.
Thank you so much Josephine! 😊👍
Crazy good!!!
Thank you so much Harvey! 😊👍
Excellent job.
Nice, Harry!
Thank you so much Rebecca! 😁😊
very cool. i'm always amazed tho, at how large the piece of wood starts out to see how small an item it ends up
Outstanding 🤩😎👍🏿👀
Hi COOPER thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Simple, yet stylish!! As usual, no disappoint here. Love watching u r channel.Thanks!!
Janice thanks for watching 👀 and your comments. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
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I saw the smiley face, it made me smile 😃
Nice work
Thank you Glenn! 😁👍
Very clever buddy.
Thank you very much Matt! 😁👍
Nice... Thanks for sharing...
Thanks Travis 😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
These kind of videos make it difficult to toss scraps or burn anything! Lol
I totally agree Jason. I have a bin filled with off cuts which I can't bear to burn, just incase!!! 👍😃 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
@@HarrySmithShorts Same here. Almost time for me to start making a choice though. Small shop and it's filling up with scraps. 🤣 Happy New Year to you as well!
Haha! Sooo true!
Very nice, tho I have to admit to liking the plain wood with the smiley face better!!!
very nice
Thank you very much Becky! 😁👍
Great video. I struggle with how to and what finishes to use. Maybe next time you can include some audio of your choices and techniques.
Nice looking bottle opener Harry. Congratulations on 20k.
Thanks Lakeshore 😊 I'm now on 42k 🎉🎉🎉
Very nice! At first I wasn’t sure what it was going to be. Unique gift. 💫
Thank you very much! I like to add a bit of mystery in my thumbnails and titles 😁😉
Stunningly done Harry.....💫✨🇬🇧
Thank you very much Angela! 😊😁
Had me wondering there Harry, up to the end. Nice job. Take care, John
Thanks John. I like to keep you all second guessing 😃👍
Thank so neat !!
Thanks Candy😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
That would make a nice tap handle, too.
Thanks John, that's a great idea 😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
Interesting project with an innovative finish. Thank you for posting.
Thank you very much Matthew! 😁👍
Love watching your videos.You make some really beautiful things.Keep it up.Cant wait to see more.
Hi Steve thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video and have lots of exciting projects planned for this year.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Nice bottle opener
Thank you so much! 😁👍
The smiley face :D
Hi Joe, smiley wood 😃👍
Beautiful work as always mate.
Thanks for watching 👀 Shed Man X 😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Love it Harry, good job man
Thank you so much Keith! 😊👍
That came out great, nice work
Thanks as always Jiggsy 😃👍
Sweet bottle opener from a piece of firewood !! What "gold" stuff did you wipe onto the opener after you painted it black ? Plus, what glue did you use on the metal bottle opener insert ? Thanks !!! David Woodworking Made Simpler Ada, MI USA
Very nice Harry…..got plenty olive firewood..but not a nice bottle opener :):) Happy turnings Yiannis (Athens Greece)
Thank you Yiannis! I would love to turn some olivewood, we unfortunately don't get a lot of it in the UK. 😉😁👍
One of the first things I did when ingot my lathe was make Wenge handles for all the Lathe levers.
Very classy Mc. 🪵😃👍
Tada! A cylinder!!!
A Bottle Opener Muzfuz 🎉🎉😃 Thanks for watching 👀. Happy New Year
jsyk, my husband and I have watched a lot of your videos and enjoy doing so. A lot, haha! He is very new at woodworking, taking classes at our local community college, hoping to make our garage into a workshop when he retires soon. He was totally green at woodworking and is doing great! If he includes a lathe in his shop, I'm going to try my hand at woodturning. You've inspired us!
Rosemary, make sure he does include a lathe. It doesn't have to be a big one either. There are several well priced smaller lathes available and turnings do not have to be large. And find a good instructor. There are a bunch of good ones on You Tube.
Thanks Rosemary that is so wonderful to hear and very humbling. I find woodturning so very relaxing and destressing. I lose myself in the project! I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Please let me know how you get on... Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
@@glencrandall7051 I started with a £300 lathe and second hand chisels. It's an excellent pass time! 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
A Guinness bottle opener
Hi John, the best kind! 'Good things come to those who wait'! 😃👍
I was curious about the worm screw adapter you used. Where did you get it?
Axminster and other companies make them (Axy call it a wood screw chuck) to fit various lathe spindle sizes, or you can get ones which mount in a chuck as well.
Great work and beautiful final product. Question: what is the purpose of turning while holding the wood shavings to the stock? Is it like a sanding effect?
Yep. Its just a way of sanding or burnishing
Hi Jason thanks for watching 👀. The shavings spreads and smooths the sanding sealer I use to ensure there are limited blemishes and drip lines. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Amazing .sangat bagus hasil kerjamu kawan slam dari #masjabrikdiy
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Thanks Mas 😃👍
Looks a little like ebony, very effective! 👍
Thank you! Its ebonising spray 😁👍
Great video, but I wish you could have described what you were using, ie: what kind of wax or paint.
I’m relatively new to turning. What kind of sanding setup did you use? Was that just a drill and sanding disc?
Hi Ken thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. Yes I use a drill and sanding disc, normally bringing the grit gradually down to around 2000. I also hand sand where required 😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
You went to all the trouble to finish that beautiful piece, why in the world did you not fill the defects in the wood?
Hi Keith thanks for your comment and for watching 👀. On this particular piece I wanted to embrace the imperfections within the wood and infact, attempt to highlight them with the glint cream; As we don't live in a perfect world. 😃👍 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
Love the concept of turning firewood into something beautiful. Great job especially adding the gold... did you add gold dust to wet paint or actual gold paint?
Hi Henry thanks for your comment. The gold is a special paste which used sparingly highlights certain areas, it does contain gold😉 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
I was wondering the whole time what it was going to be. Why did you rub the wood chips on it? was that for any access oil that was on it?
It also burnishes the wood, makes it more shiny.
@@JonasDieltiens ahh ok. thanks for the info. I appreciate it
Hi Bucs Nation thanks for watching 👀. The shavings spread and smooth the sanding sealer I use to ensure there are limited blemishes and drip lines.😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
@@JonasDieltiens Hi, you are correct however, I am using the shavings to spread and smooth the sanding sealer to ensure there are limited blemishes and drip lines.😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
You need a bigger piece of firewood. Got any four inch diameter or larger pieces?🙃😊Seriously, though, this is great! 👍
Thank you very much Darkvoid! I'm always stealing bits of fire wood 😅 I could see this small piece had potential 👍 If you haven't already, check out my shorts channel for lots of extra content kzhead.info, really appreciate the support 😄👍
"You won't believe what you can do with firewood"?? Every wood turner seeing that title knows exactly what they can do with firewood... sort through it and squirrel away all the pieces with a nice grain. You go out to split it and, after several long gaps of silence comes the immortal phrase "What the hell are you doing out there? I thought you were splitting wood!". A phrase every wood turner is so familiar with. There are so many pieces you just can't burn.
do you have to increase speed when it's narrow pieces like this
what kind of oil was that before the spray paint?
Its a sanding sealer Paul 🪵😃👍
What was the golden stuff you put on it?
Hi Bart thanks for watching 👀. It's called glint cream. 😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Really nice..I love the gold idea on the black..experimenting with different grains will be fun. Can’t wait to see you use it more. What is it exactly? a buffing cream?
Hi Sappho thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I'm glad you liked the finish. I used an ebonising spray and a gold burnishing cream.😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Love that gold detail-- what was that stuff?
Thank you very much Sarah! Its called glint cream 😁👍
Well sign me up for some glint cream, please! It's beautiful!
Bagus
Thanks Mifta 😃👍
ohhhh hehhe i diddent saw that it wa s abootle opener I thought it was a dil..
No Nocboss, its definitely a bottle opener 👍😃🍾🍾 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
I was a little bummed when you spray painted it because you lost they smiley face. But the finished product is gorgeous so I’m not bummed. As a potter I marvel at how you create such beautiful work while it is spinning so fast. Then I remember that I do that but from the inside out. It is so relaxing to watch.
Thank you for your comments Sue. I am equally interested and admire potters. In the UK, I watch a TV program called the Great Pottery throw down, it's a competition and the skills are amazing 🪵😃👍
Well at least it ain't another bowl.
Hi John, thanks for your comment, what would you like to see next?? I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on..... I think there are only 8 bowls....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Bad man Harry,. Is that 1 /
Sorry Gene, I don't understand 👍😃 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
Nuce
Thank you! 😁👍
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Thanks for watching! 😁😊
@@HarrySmithWoodturning You’re very welcome❣️❣️❣️ Thank you for sharing your talent w/ us 😁♥️👍🏼
Happy New Year 2022, I greet and invite you to my place
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I’m not understanding where the gold is coming from
It's an embellishing cream.....🪵😃👍
Nyc
Cool...🪵😃👍
Cool? 😎👍
Thank you Kirk! 😁👍
сразу видно что опыта нехватает у товарищща
Не опыта, а мозгов! 🤭
Lovely turning vids. I almost dare not say this because there will be loads of "I know better" comments .. but ... if the machine just happens to grab the very tip of one finger of those gloves ... your whole hand will go in, and 3/4 hp won't stop or slow down. I know it's a debate, gloves or not? I personally, would not wear gloves. Just want you to be safe.
Thanks you black5f for your comment and your opinion which is noted. I take H&S extremely seriously, I have always worn gloves, it is a subject that is regularly raised in here, I always cover in the description field and disclaimer. It works for me but I do not promote their use to others, it is very much a personal choice. 👍😃
@@HarrySmithShorts Hi Harry. It is a personal choice ... completely agree. I'll tell you what happened to me. The gloves were a bit old and there was a tiny tiny bit of thread that came loose on the end of a finger which I didn't notice. A lot of these gloves have kevlar threads in them for cut resistance, like silk but really strong. I went to the pillar drill with the gloves still on, dextrous gloves and well fitting etc, the drill caught hold of the thread and pulled my finger in. I managed to pull back with all my might ... but the glove wouldn't release off my hand and the very tip of the finger was forced against the drill. By the time I'd switched the drill off and it stopped, the end of the glove was smoking from friction, really quickly and I had a nasty burn ... could have been a lot worse. My comment is in no way critical, but that's the back storey. Love the gold and the "imperfections" and this does actually look like you made a bottle opener from a pump handle! Very creative and inspiration to us all.
A CHURCHKEY ???
Good job. I'd add, don't spin while spray painting, you develop orange peel and then have to sand all that down. Just saying.
Thanks Mark, this worked really well, but I note your point. 🪵😃👍
Woodglut has very good designs and plans.
As a beginner be nice to hear what you are doing instead of just the visual
As an experienced turner be nice to hear what he is doing instead of just the visual
Hi David thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 I have so many comments on the subject of commentaries. Its a 50/50 split for and against. The professionals find it patronising and the new to wood turning ask for it. I therefore try to show techniques and let the wood do the talking. I like to answer questions as much as I can! Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
@@glencrandall7051 I try to show techniques but prefer to let the wood do the talking. And I am always open to questions. A lot of feedback is that viewers like the silence, just the sound of chisel on wood and the lathe. 😃👍
@@HarrySmithShorts Nicely filmed guess I dont speak wood :)
Please to all the woodturners out there, don‘t turn with gloves!!!!! It‘s so dangerous!
Yet you might be surprised to find that many experienced wood turners do wear gloves.
Hi Martin Preller thanks for the H&S reminder. I have always worn gloves, it is a subject that is regularly raised on here within the comments. I always cover in the description field and disclaimer. It works for me but I do not promote their use to others, it is very much a personal choice. 👍😃 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
@@glencrandall7051 Thanks Glen, it is a personal choice and infact on occasions my gloves have prevented potential injury. It's a debate which will continue.....😃👍
All wood is potentially firewood 🤷♂️
All wood is potentially a project. What's left over may be firewood.
@@glencrandall7051 totally agree Glen, you have definitely got it the right way round!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
I would prefer no wood to be firewood as it is all SO pretty in its own way. However I conceed that offcuts can be burnt...☹ 🔥
beginner here: isn't wearing gloves while turning crazy dangerous?
Wearing gloves is dangerous, I go from personal experience with and without gloves. Wearing gloves makes it way easier to absorb the shock but I have had a couple close calls where I have almost had a finger sucked inbetween the rest and piece of wood.
I don't believe it !
@biskyfriscuit - I know....! 🐵
Hahaha Thanks for watching! 😁👍
thumbs down for fast forwarding the entire process.
Pfft
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That is not unbelievable at all. What's unbelievable that somebody would take that much time and effort to make a broke ass bottle opener that no one would ever buy let alone use.
Makes a bottle opener, yet doesn't open a bottle, lol....
Thanks for watching Jim! I presumed everyone would know how a bottle opener works 👍 maybe that's one for the shorts channel 😁
@@HarrySmithWoodturning I know, I was just teasing...
@@thejimg 🤣😂🍾🍾
It looked great until you painted it.
BLASPHEMY!! Thou shalt no paint wood. You got a like and sub from me, but you still are a Blasphemous Heretic Sir. Take care
I don t believe
Rofl, using gloves and a Worm screw for a bottle Opener? For real???
It's all for real on this channel RR 💯
@@HarrySmithShorts aaargh
Never, ever use a lathe whilst wearing gloves
You might be surprised to find out how many experienced woodturners do wear them.
Hi Tommy thanks for the H&S reminder. I have always worn gloves, it is a subject that is regularly raised in here, I always cover in the description field and disclaimer. It works for me but I do not promote their use to others, it is very much a personal choice. 👍😃
@@glencrandall7051 Thanks Glen. It's a personal choice 😃👍
Harrry….please speak!!!!!
Hi Scott, I let the wood do ALL the talking! 👍😃 🎉🎉🎉 Happy New Year
What's with the gloves? No gloves,long sleeves,rings ,long hair etc. One bad catch and your turning days are over! Can't watch it.👎
Harry, you always do great work and look forward to see them every one of them. Today was not disappointing. Love the finish as well!
Classy finish is the term I was looking for. Take care & be well!
Hi Sylvie thanks for watching 👀 and your comment. I have just posted my 60th video so plenty to catch up on.....😃👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
@@monopinion8799 Thank you 😊 you are too kind 👍😃