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Just rediscovered your channel. I really like your turnings, you have a sweet personality, and your camerawork is lovely!

Of course it’s worth the effort, rustic bowls with holes are fine for fruit etc, and look very natural

Definitely worth it. Love those natural openings from cracks. I am just not brave enough to try them, but someday.

Couldn't think of "woods" while touching a tree. 😂

That's a mighty impressive bowl. Well done.

So many good woodworking channels like this guy and Burnstock need more subscribers! Everybody’s still watching the same old D-Bags who do nothing but try to sell you stuff without building anything interesting, if at all. You know who I’m talking about.

What was the finished dimensions of that awesome bowl

Love the bowl! Bradford Pear is one of my favorite species to turn. It's hard to find one that big though.

@Edg85 beautiful bowl, keep up the great work, but your logs are tooo heavy for me and my midsized lathe.

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Andrew, Its good to see somebody do some turning that their lathe was made for. I've seen too many videos of people that have big lathes (Like a Robust American Beauty) that spend their time turning 6" bowls. Of course there are times where the wood you have dictates a small bowl, but I rarely see any of those turners with the BIG lathes turning BIG wood. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Awesome, and great job! I would love to turn a bowl that big. Unfortunately my VS1221 only allows 12". Some day!

.....love the bowl. Problem solving is one of the best parts of woodworking. Enjoyable video & thanks.

Definitely worth it! It’s beautiful! Thanks Andrew!

Nice job, Andrew. Those odd-shaped logs always make the prettiest bowls. It has character.

That looks like a scary piece to turn, especially that large, but it turned out beautiful. Thanks for sharing the process.

The phrase is...'I'm not out of the....woods yet.' Beautiful big bowl ❤

I hate Bradford pear trees. They are all over my neighborhood and every year their fire blight spreads to my orchard.

I have a love hate relationship with Bradford pear. A lot of people think it is a soft wood because it always breaks during storms but it's actually pretty hard. It's deep orange color is absolutely beautiful. The good thing about living in Oklahoma is there is no shortage of it during storm season!

Awesome bowl …. Great job 👍🙂

Yesterday, I launched a 40 - to 50-pound chunk of Red Maple across my shop. No harm done, but I needed clean britches. It turned out to be a nice live edge fruit bowl, but it was exciting for a moment. I also got two cores out of it with my Oneway corer. I'm glad yours held together. I like the way you are presenting your work. I'm not a huge fan of the music, but I will survive.

You can skip the faceplate and grinder, just turn it between centers and put a recess into the top of the bowl.

Of all the videos I have seen on CZcams, this is the only one I have seen where the bug runs are left remaining in the turning. I've always tried to leave those things when I turn wood since they only add character and beauty to the turning. I like this turning!!! Nice!!!!!!!

Love all ur work & presentation Andrew ❤ l thought that big crack wasn't going to hold, but she turned out beautifully 😊

I like the no plan, plan! Not out of the ‘woods’ yet. Definitely worth the time turning, thanks for sharing!

Beautiful bowl. Thanks for taking on the challenge.

Great job. It was a good turn. I’ve wanted to turn Bradford pear but don’t have it around here.

The Grizzly Adams of wood turning! Ya look like a real nice fellow who tells a nice story about your wood turning. Will have to visit your channel much more often.

Wow Andrew that was a great save of a narghly chunk of wood. Glad you were able to find the Beauty within the wood.

Nicely done. Are those narex richter chisels? If so nothing wrong with them.

Wow, the bowls get bigger and bigger. Glad you went ahead with it, well worth the worry. 😊

Rockin'

Great turning adventure and natural/live edge choice. If I didn't learn something or get reminded of a better technique from each bowl, then I'm not becoming a better turner. What chuck and jaw size did you mount the tenon in, and are you happy with it?

I absolutely love what you did with the leather stitching on this one!!

Gorgeous bowl. I was as worried about it coming apart as you were. Really happy it stayed together though.

Andrew, Thanks for sharing your work on the Bradford Pear bowl. Awesome final outcome!

I love the time you take to tell your story, share your process and bring us along for the experience! I learn as much about story telling and editing as I do woodworking following you Andrew! Keep it up!

Enjoyed the video, and, yes it was worth turning this piece. I recently turned a Sitka Cypress bowl that had cracks, inclusions and, frankly, I thought would be unsalvageable. Turned out beautiful with lots of character. Regarding your friend’s gift of chisels - a very kind gift! And it looks like you keep them sharp - that’s the whole ball game, sharp tools. Love your work!

You were not nervous because we were for you! Andrew! That was awesomeness! Personally, I would have been straight to the resin and not risked the blow up, but you had a better presumption of the depth of the cracks and to just give up on a nice piece of Pear that size would have been pretty sad. You certainly made art out of a very difficult piece of wood! Beautiful! I cherish gifts frome friends and family, and as long as they are functional thats all that matters! Thank you for another great video Sir!! I look forward to the next one!!

Gosh! Nice! Now I know what to look forward to as I cut down a huge Bradford pear that split in a storm last year in my back yard. I don't imagine mine will be near as fancy as yours but I'm still looking forward to the results. Mine is only light colored on about the last 5 years growth rings. Everything inside of that is a lovely reddish-peach color.

That turned out incredible brother!

Andrew, you have to do what you are passionate about. There are tons of turning only channels on CZcams. I love turning, but I also love making boxes and furniture and carving. If I had to do the same thing all the time, I'd eventually lose my fire. You do you. Thanks for sharing.

Yes that, the Korpro, is the bit I was talking about. I thought I had watched this video but I had only watched part of it.

A “10” as usual! You do really nice work Andrew. How do you like the Bosch hollowing support?

Nice bowl! Sorry you couldn't core it and gotten another bowl from that beautiful elm chunk. I have the Laguna 1524 lathe and am thinking about getting the outboard turning kit for it. Does the 1.5hp 110V motor have enough power for 20" bowls?

What advice do you have for making cake stands? More specifically, what dimensions or proportions do you suggest for base to plate and pedestal length?

Great work and video. I would love to see some furniture projects with some components made on the lathe.

I look forward to your videos and the larger pieces you turn since I am on a similar journey. And thank you for showing the display so I can see your RPM's...! That gives me an idea for the speed I should consider for something that big and massive. I have a 21" cherry platter I'm working on now: keep it up. Hey, one more thing: I would be interested in seeing more of how you move from a log to a blank: a 21" cherry slab is pretty expensive, so I need to figure out how to make my own. Thanks again!