Wait Until You SEE What Comes From THIS! - Wood Turning
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
- My first time turning Koa and I have to tell you, it's a beautiful wood! I feel very honored to have had this opportunity. Finished in shellac.
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Thank you to viewer and friend Rick Chapman for sending this along for all to enjoy!
Things I Like To Turn:
Live Edge Bowls, Natural Edge Bowls, Bark On Bowls, Firewood Pile Bowls, Natural Vases, Wood With Bug Holes, Cracked, Natural Voids, Knots, Ironwood. The Unusual become my Newest Woodturning Video Each Week!
What I use:
Bowl Gouges, Spindle Gouge, Skew Chisel, Parting Tool, Dovetail Tool, Face Plate Ring, Wood Worm Screw, SuperNova2 Chuck, Power Sanding Disks, Sand O Flex, Howard Feed & Wax, Sanding Sealer, Shellac, Scotch Brite Pads for Smoothing Finishes
Hi Phil, I'm a teacher by occupation, not a woodworker. Your videos are my therapy after a week with students. I look forward to watching them. The students can drive me a little crazy and I am grateful that you invite us into your workshop to watch you work. I love the work that you do and maybe I'll be fortunate enough to be able to do something enjoyable when I retire. Keep the videos coming.
Who would have known that that dusty, fuzzy chunk of wood was hiding all that beauty. Of course it needed your helping hands to bring it forth. I just love your work. ❤😮
''Isn't that beautiful?' he asks. It sure is, Phil, another lovely piece of work!
The wood of Royalty turned into a piece any Royal should be proud to own. Great piece Phil.
An absolute masterpiece from most of us. But from Phil, just another day in the wood shop. The style is world class and the end result is absolutely stunning. Kudos to Phil as always. His vision and imagination are both UNBOWLIEVABLE !!
Oh yeah that is one beautiful Koa bowl with wings Phil. The wood is fantastic but I also think you put one of the best finishes ever on it.
What a privilege to get a piece of Koa. As a protected species in Hawaii, it almost never is available. It is such a beautiful wood and you have certainly done it justice. I have a Koa guitar that I just love! Thanks for showing us a turning of it!! Cheers, Rick
A rare piece indeed. It should be your most cherished piece. I know it would be mine.
Wow, Phil. That wood is beautiful. (Most things on Hawaii are beautiful, so it makes sense that the wood is too.). Are you tempted to use every scrap of that wood, including the off-cuts? They could be pens or buttons, or with a bit of jiggery-pokery, you could make candlesticks. I would love to see the creativity that you would bring to the project. Would anyone else in the comments like to see some small but wonderful things being made?
Beautiful Bowl. wonderful grain. Acacia Koa or Ohi'a ledua , commonly called the "Koa is a flowering tree from the family of Febaceae is the second most common tree in Hawaii represents 80% of the native forest. Is a endemic symbol of Hawaii.
WOW Phil! What an honor! You are one of few people that get to turn Koa wood. It is one of the rarest woods in the world, most beautiful, and also most expensive. This tree grows only in Hawaii. Most of the trees were cut down in the 1800’s and few were left. It is actually illegal to cut these trees on public land. The prices I saw were from $40 to $200 per board feet. So, you had about $250 in shavings on the floor. I believe you did that piece of wood justice! Respectfully, Kevin. PS, I wrote most of this during the video. Take care Phil!
The KOA wood is the most beautiful wood I’ve seen in my life and replaces my other favorite … walnut! You certainly did this proud! Barbara
I've had the pleasure of turning koa. It was about 40 years ago. Sister sent a box of boards. That was before bowl turning. Made a bunch of pens and a few cribbage boards. Beautiful to work with. As is the piece you made. Thanks for sharing.
I have a pen I bought about four years ago made out of koa. I bought it in Kauai. It has a nice patina. I bought some scrap Koa from the same place for my son to use for knife handles on the knives he makes. I knew this would be a lovely piece when you said it is koa wood. I was not disappointed. It is a beautiful bowl. I like the shape it’s different. Bead is a nice touch and is exactly what the rim of the bowl with the wings needed.
Great looking bowl! And, to paraphrase a popular commercial: Phil Anderson gives bowls WIIIINGS!
We love Koa. What a treasure you were sent! In 2004, we went to Hawaii (3 islands). We shopped for Koa, so hubby could turn at home. It was pricey back then, but we managed to get some pieces and sent them home. He has one precious piece left and can't decide what he wants to do with it. Koa is so pretty and seems to be going the same way Kauri from New Zealand (30,000 yr old wood preserved in bogs and also beautiful. Hugh trees sort of like Giant Sequoias, very tall) is going, rarity, of which he had sent for some, but now hard to get and expensive. So that was some gift you were given. Hubby says Koa is very hard wood, but worth the effort and we both loved how your bowl turned out.
👀🤔 hmmmmm.... I think that you made a very gorgeous artwork, that's what I think! I have made a couple utensil handles with koa. It turns sooo nicely!
THANK YOU PHIL, THANK YOU RICK CHAPMAN....Nice to have good friends from Hawaii.... This is my first close up incounter with Koa. Watch, listening, seeing the chips fly one gets a very good idea of the overall character of the wood. Watching you turn the inside I thought "now if Phil could make a bead on the top that would look neat-o" than you pulled out your beading tool, 😉.... Phi that Koa is a good looking bowl and you certainly gave it the respect it deserves..... TM
What an unbelievable piece of wood. It is one of your BETTER turnings, I think.
Boy oh, boy oh, boy Phil. I think Koa is on my top 5 favorite woods you have turned! It is so stunning. Thank Rick for me for sending it to you so it could be turned into this beautiful 😍 bowl. Great project & video 😊