One of the Prettiest Bowls I Have Turned and It Was Made by Ants…
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2024
- A few weeks ago, I had turned a walnut bowl that was riddled and decaying from ants. I decided not to film it since I was not sure if the wood would be any good when I started working with it. Well long story short, It ended up being one of my favorite bowls I have turned so far this year. Luckily I still had more of this walnut so I decided to turn another bowl from it but this time you would get to see the entire process.
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Really nice! The pun that is 😂 of course the bowl is stunning!
I thought of that pun the night before I filmed that and was so proud of it! lol
Great video and bowl! As a father of 2 I always love a good dad joke.
Thank you! I'm not a dad yet but I am making sure to get my practice in lol
Great piece. Love walnut anyway, but the ant damage give it SO much character. I am very surprised at how much the wood moved after turning. It looked to be very dry when turning. No matter really. You did a great job with it. Be careful with that grocery store walnut oil. People with walnut allergies can react to it. Mahoney’s and Dr’s walnut oil have both been heated and filtered to remove the proteins that cause reaction.
Again, great work. Love the size, the wood, the ant damage, everything! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Doug! Yeah walnut is hard to beat just as it normally is but I think the bug holes definitely enhanced it. Thank you for the info as well! One thing I always make sure to do is when I sell something like this, I always give a warning that walnut oil was used just so whoever is purchasing it knows ahead of time. Id rather be safe than sorry but luckily from what I have read it seems very rare for someone to have a reaction to the walnut oil when used. Even still, this is part of the reason I don't use it that often and just stick to my other oils lol
Great job with the bowl and humor. Thanks for embracing nature, it takes character to reveal character.
I can so relate about the ants. Great video! Great results. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah they can give you some unique wood to work with but they also can be a big pain as well! lol Thank you for the comment & for watching!
Andrew a great looking save. Them ants are a pain! Love your natural wood projects going with the flow.. thanks for a great video.
What a fantastic idea and it does look stunning without dizzy ants. 😅
Thank you Ann! I bet that was quite the ride for them too! lol
You've cracked it: the perfect blend of utility and decorative. Beautiful art right here.
I appreciate that John! Thats the goal for me, create usable art! lol
Such a gem of a channel
I really appreciate that a ton!
Really enjoyed the making of the piece... Turned out awesome , the touch to finish with the Walnut oil was really cool. I will give it a try....
Loved how it turned out 😊 ant holes gave it character, but ur the best bowl turner 🤠
"I find your lack of dust collection disturbing." -Darth Turner
If I ever have the opportunity to get into a better shop, I have already decided a nice dust collection system is the first thing I am buying lol
That “Turned” out great! The bowl and Puns included.
I appreciate that Clyde, the "Turned out" pun is always one of my go-to's as well! lol
I love it! Those bug holes really make the bowl. I’m afraid I would have had to use insecticide on it before I handled it! I get the creepy crawlies too!
Thank you Brenda! Trust me, I had that feeling the whole time turning it. Every shaving to me was an ant! lol
That turned out incredible brother!
Awesome work on that one. Love the ant holes.
Thank you; They definitely help give the bowl a unique look!
I love when a piece like this isn't cast in epoxy. I've done some in epoxy but the majority I've turned are like this one, but not as beautiful. The ant holes give the effect of wooden lace. It looks amazing! Great work and thank you for sharing with us.
I appreciate the very kind compliment! I agree with you, I don't do much with epoxy but when it comes to wood like this, Id much rather see if it can be turned the way it naturally looks.
Great looking bowl. I turn wood with insect galleries frequently. I use dental picks to clean the insect sawdust out of the galleries. Takes a long time but the end result is worth it.
I couldn't resist the temptation to fill the voids with black epoxy. Then turn. Beautiful piece nonetheless. I love the comment " What am I doing with my life"
they are called bowl buggers
They were definitely bugging me, that's for sure lol
Very nice work. I have a hard time turning walnut because the dust really bothers me. I hope you didn't have any issues with the dust.
Wood knot have expected the bowl to turn out as stunning as it did.
Plus the mummy reference….nightmare fuel
The pun…..yikes….that was my level bad. good video as always my dood
Natures art and your strong eye. Great job on this as I wouldn't have thought to leave it natural like that. LOVE the bowl.
I really love this one Andrew! I have always wanted to try some buggy wood but was worried it "wood" just blow up. Pun intended. I was wondering if you tried this with grub wood? As in infested with grubs? I have had some guys say you have to fumigate the wood. Or take it to 130° for a couple hours? I haven't tried it yet but I have some yellow poplar that is buggy. I think it might be too soft to try to turn like this. Any suggestions? Tips?
I was also wondering what do we have to do to get you to make more videos?!! Lol!! I look forward to the notification that you have a new posting. I dont do any other social media. So if you are doing stuff on another platform I wouldn't know. Either way. I love this piece!! Beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to share your art with us!
First off I really do appreciate this comment! Thank you very much! For the grub wood, I have in the past and from I know, if you are not 100% certain the bugs are out then you do need to typically heat it up - thats the solution I know. I dont know about the fumigating BUT that could make for an interesting experiment. I know the last time I did turn some, even after turning the walls pretty thin and letting it sit for months, there were still some bugs alive in it. At the time I wasn't sure how to get rid of them so it was just thrown in the fire pit. I know ash and persimmon can be bad about this. Thats the two i have had the worst experiences with. For the poplar, usually my rule of thumb is if I can press in the wood, like its spongey, then I wont mess with it UNLESS I can tell its only a spot and it can be turned away. My suggestion is to go for it and if you have issues with it in the beginning then decide from there. Some bowls I thought I could turn away the bugginess, I would turn the outside and if I felt it wasn't salvageable then Id just take my loss on the wood. I hope that helps! Also one of my goals this year is to eventually get to posting every week with a consistent schedule! I do the other social media stuff but those post are just the shortened videos of these videos with a few exceptions. But thank you again for the comment and if you have any other questions, please let me know!!
@@andrewmccarn your a godd man Andrew and I appreciate you! Thanks for the advice. I know poplar is not that hard of a wood anyway. But I'll go for it. I also have some lightning strike pine that a client wants a park type bench made out of. Its loaded with bugs and they want resin filling holes. I have the wood in the kiln but I dont think I can achieve 130° to kill the bugs. I am thinking about big bags and a fumigation bomb. I am very concerned about food and such on this type of build. I'll see how it looks when I dry it out. Thank you again Andrew. It's nice to have some networking guys to bounce questions off of. Have a fantastic day!
Great bowl Andrew, but I fear that you have made some lifelong 'ant enemies'! 😂
Very nice a beautiful bowl.
Thank you!!
You do beautiful work young man!
Thank you very much!
Good evening.
Start to finish, I love your video and project.
Thank you for watching!
Lee valley also sells walnut oil I’ve used it with good results. Lovely job it turned out well
Hi 👋 I am new to your channel, A Great Looking 👀 Peace ☮️ Of Art , That wood 🪵 Bug 🐜 Me with a ll those Holes 🕳️ in It ,😂, Joke,
I have pieces of walnut, and I think some ash, with similar holes in it, I’m hoping to turn it either later this year or next year,
I did have to fell a tree about three or four years ago as it was starting to lean towards my neighbours property , I put a large electric winch round it which was fine, I was hoping to use some of it to make other some bits of furniture or do some woodburning with it, but I was very surprised when it came over and hit the ground it disintegrated, more firewood and rot than I participated,
Keep up the great work , look forward to seeing some more of your Woodturning, from France,
Thank you! I have turned some buggy ash as well and it also makes for some beautiful bowls! The thing with buggy wood like this or ash or really any is there is a certain time frame for when you do have to work with it or else it will just disintegrate like you said! I have definitely had that happen to me as well
So good Andrew! Love your style and your attention to details.
What chainsaw are you using? I have to make the plunge to a bigger bar ( using an electric now and it won't get through the bigger stuff without butchering it )
I appreciate that! I am using the stihl 462c with the Granberg 30" bar and ripping chain. Its been a FANTASTIC setup and does everything I need. One thing I love about this saw is its really light if you use the standard bar but also powerful enough to do some light milling as well. In my chainsaw milling videos, this is the same saw and setup that I use for that as well. If all youre wanting is bowl prep then I would go as far to say you probably wouldnt need anything more than this. I also used a 271 for years and it did a great job as well.
@@andrewmccarn thank you Andrew!
This piece really is unique! ❤
as my number one fan, youre supposed to say that!! lol
@@andrewmccarn it’s true though! I have the privilege of seeing all these pieces in person!
Bad Dad jokes are how eye roll! Excellent work Andrew!
I see what you did there!! lol Thank ya sir!
Fantastic!
Thank you!!
Awesome!!!
Thank you!
Ant mazing work!
I appreci-ant that! lol
Andrew I love the bowl. I personally would probably tossed the wood. The ant damage the rotten parts, I got to tell you I will never toss another piece of wood. Thank you for the beautiful bowl, Scott
Awesome 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Andrew I have a couple big chunks of black cherry that are ant-damaged like that. Being the rookie that I still am I'm a little concerned about how delicate the finished product might be. So I have two questions for you. If I were to finish a bowl like that with a layer of thin CA would that do anything to shore up the damaged parts; and would that ruin the look of the wood? -- And man, that's a beautiful bowl you turned there. -- And I want to tell you I saw another bowl of yours where you put a three-point foot on it. Man, that is smart. No matter how it warps it will always sit well. No rocking. Thanks a lot for the lesson.
So when I work with wood like this, one thing I always do is exactly what you said! I always coat it in thin CA glue to give it a little strength but I also use it as a sealer for all the little cracks and holes. One tip though is I dont recommend using CA accelerator if you do because in the past I have done that and I get the whitening effect that can sometimes happen with CA glue and accelerator and it is a pain trying to sand all that away lol And the tripod feet are one of my favorite little details to add to a bowl! A ton of fun to carve and like you said, no matter the movement, it was always sit flat!
Andrew I hope you got rid of those ants before taking the log in! Those are carpenter ants and they are 10 times worse than termites! But a great job with that bowl!!
Oh I did! I do all I can to keep them away from my shop, those and wasp lol I appreciate that!
Buenisimo, arte
Thank you!
I would love to know how you film the 3D panning shots. 🤔🧐
For those I just use a motorized slider!
O man awsome