True economy you tube videos, plus 2 square bowl

[graduate_owner]

Hi everyone,
I've been web browsing - I do more browsing than turning !! - and I found this useful looking site

http://bobhamswwing.com/index_of_articles.htm

with several articles, but the one that caught my attention mainly is on turning a bowl from rings cut from planks, so there's hardly any waste. It's not a new idea but there's plenty of detail if anyone is interested.

Also I found this site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNSmMLNc ... -hot-vrecs

which shows a very neat idea for a bowl. This one is new to me (I'm to expert though, far from it). The end result looks really unusual.

Finally, and nothing whatsoever to do with crafts, you must see this video of the Ross sisters. Ignore the singing and wait for the action - you won't believe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61cY1ILv60k

K

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

those ross sisters are clear evidence that extra terrestrial life is more than myth!

 

[finneyb]

If we're swopping youtube videos try this one - its even about woodturning; but not like you know it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... FFS9PsghCI

 

[JohnMessUK]

Actually this brings to mind a question. A tried to turn a braclet from a piece of a plank I cut off the peice, mounted it to a glue block but had a great deal of trouble turning it down. Would this have been because the direction of the grian was wrong?

I turned a different braclet from the same wood but before doing so I made a plank by cutting and gluing strips from the wood and turning them on the side.

Any ideas why the first method did not work?

 

[finneyb]

John,

If you were turning end grain it would be hard; alternatively the wood could be oak or similar, that it hard.

Just seen this on a US site that may interest you. Tomorrow Sat 2.00pm UK time; Grand River Woodturners will be televising their monthly meeting live on the web. This month its turning a bangle.

‘ Tomorrow the Grand River Woodturners will again be streaming our meeting live on the internet. You will be able to see the business side, show and tell and yes a demo. I will be making a bangle bracelet. Most of our streams have 250 visitors from France, Germany, Uk, Australia and New Zealand. Hope you can join us. Yes you can communicate with us via instant message too. Meeting starts at 9AM eastern ( 14.00hrs UK) ending around noon. We may broadcast the hands on too. Link below http://thegeekgroup.org/live/ ‘

Brian

 

[JohnMessUK]

John,

If you were turning end grain it would be hard; alternatively the wood could be oak or similar, that it hard.

Just seen this on a US site that may interest you. Tomorrow Sat 2.00pm UK time; Grand River Woodturners will be televising their monthly meeting live on the web. This month its turning a bangle.

‘ Tomorrow the Grand River Woodturners will again be streaming our meeting live on the internet. You will be able to see the business side, show and tell and yes a demo. I will be making a bangle bracelet. Most of our streams have 250 visitors from France, Germany, Uk, Australia and New Zealand. Hope you can join us. Yes you can communicate with us via instant message too. Meeting starts at 9AM eastern ( 14.00hrs UK) ending around noon. We may broadcast the hands on too. Link below http://thegeekgroup.org/live/ ‘

Brian

Thanks Brian.