Guess What Ends Up In This Red Alder Wood Turning
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I have never turned Red Alder and found it to be a very pretty wood with nice grain and color. I turn a useful bowl today. Most of my turnings are not meant for food but this one might be.
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A very nice bowl thanks for sharing your video Gary😊🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you Graham I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Very pretty turning Gary. Love the wood!!! And popcorn is great!!
Thank you very much Laura. Wood bowl goes good with Popcorn LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
BEAUTIFUL gary beautiful colour and finish is great.
Thanks Manjit
Looks like Dr. Seuss' Grinch to me. Nice job, Gary.😎
Thank you very much. Pretty cool how it looks like so many things.
All depends on that first look I think. Like the clouds.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Popcorn sounds great to me!
Thanks Billy. Sometimes we get on a popcorn kick. This would hold enough to take care of that.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful bowl, Gary! Thank you!
Thank you Peter I appreciate you watching,
Gary
It is a beautiful bowl, Gary. I see Daffy Duck looking straight ahead in the bark detail.
Thanks Cyrstal. Yes I see Daffy as well.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Lovely looking bowl Gary with really nice grain.
Enjoyed my tea watching this one.
Take care my friend.
Hwyl, Huw
Thanks Huw we are up and I am having my coffee and the wife is having her tea. Only suppose to get to 95 degrees today.
Thanks for watching.
Hwyl,
Gary
Love the popcorn bowl
@@grambear8 thank you 👍
Gary, that is a beautiful bowl! I hadn’t heard of red alder but it seems to be a very nice wood to turn. Liked the characters you found inside.
Thanks Skip. I had not heard of it before. Those characters were fun to see even if they got turned away.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Good evening, Gary.
An excellent video and nice project. I am not familiar with the wood but what a beautiful finished bowl. The pictures with the popcorn made my mouth water. Yum.
Thank you Ray. First time I turned this type of alder. Pretty nice stuff. It will hold heck of a lot of popcorn for sure.
Take care buddy,
Gary
Beautiful bowl, Gary. 😊😊 great job. 👍👏
Thank you Rob. Not Black Walnut but pretty darn pretty wood.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice piece of wood and lovely finish:):)
Take care
Yiannis
Thanks Yiannis I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Very nice, the finish really brought the color of the wood.
Thank you David. It can be very amazing to see the wood change in color so much. I love it when that happens.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
What a gorgeous bowl...love the color and shape!
Thank you Carol. First I have turned. A very interesting wood.
And fun to turn.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I've heard of Red Alder but have never turned it. I do have a piece of Alder from Rick but it's not red, at least I don't think so. You did a great job with this very deep bowl! Beautiful red color, great design and finish and holds lots of popcorn! What could be better? Very nicely done, my friend, keep'em coming! 😊
Phil
Thanks Phil This was not all that red looking before the finish. I bet the piece you got from Rick is Red Alder.
Someone around here asked why would you need that much Popcorn. I said it is not a matter of NEED LOL
Take care my friend,
Gary
Gary, another great piece. Didn't expect to see the red color but it certainly is stunning. Too bad George and Alfred had to go but the piece is better for it. I hope the wrist brace is temporary and not a sign of an injury.
Thank you very much Tom. Yeah I sure like the look of George on there but he just had to go.
The wrist is issue is from a very old injury while in the Army. Gotten to the point I may where the brace while turning all the time.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Good job Gary. We call red alder a poor man's cherry. If stained properly it can be hard to tell the difference. I love how stable it is compared to cherry.
Thak you Rick. It really is a nice wood and I like the color a lot.
I do like Cherry but like you said it can have a mind of its on.
Thanks again for the piece. And I think there is one more.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 lot more where that came from.
Very nice bowl shape. Great job
Thank you Chris I appreciate you watching.
Gary
Very nice Gary, beautiful wood.
Thank you very much Ronald I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Garry what a cracking job there mate it turned out really smart, there is some lovely rich colours in that wood as well. Well done.
Thank you very much Alan. I apprecaite you comments my friend,
Gary
Awesome bowl really looks nice with the fruit. As soon as you spun it around I saw George Washington. Now I see Tweety Grandma / woman with a shaw on from the cartoons. Keep up the awesome work Gary. 👽
Thanks so much.Oh for sure it does look like Tweety Grandma.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful bowl. Great video.
Thanks James I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Nice deep bowl, Gary
Thanks Josh. I do not do very many real deep ones and this was the perfect piece for it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice -- that alder really finished well. I like the shape you gave it on the outside. I see no issues with you speeding through some elements of the turning. Leaving those bark features in adds quite a bit of interest because of the shapes one can see in them.
Thank you Mark. I think we all speed things up but this one took so long I felt I really pushed it along. Fine line between seeing it all and getting bored LOL. At least it is for me.
I was temped to stop cutting when George Washington showed up. But did not like the shape.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I really like the different shape, lovely wood.
Thank you very much Susan I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Great looking bowl Gary you and Phil are the only turner's I watch and I have been turning about 1.5 years now and you 2 make it look so easy it's just amazing what you do so thanks for sharing the videos
Thank you very much Bobby for your comments. How often to you turn? It will get easier the longer you do turn.
Wishing you all the best in this journey called wood turning. Always something new.
Gary
@ThePapa1947 thanks for the vote of confidence I turn every day my skills have gotten better but not even close to you and Phil but I'm trying not giving up lol
@@BobbyGriffett this is something that you can enjoy for many years. I did my first turning about 64 years ago.
@ThePapa1947 no wonder why you are the man I'm 55 so I don't think I will get that much experience but for now I just love turning and watching you & Phil when I'm not turning lol
Pretty piece. Good day.
Thanks Johanthan. I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Looks like the Morton Salt girl. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lisa. It is so cool how others see things we miss. I am sure that the Mortal Salt girl is there. Now I need to check it out..
Gary
very beautiful bowl - nice work -- the big bowls are what I enjoy doing the most & watching for different designs I find interesting
Thank you very much Lynda. I do love doing large turnings but they are harder to find a place to put them.
I watch the wood constanly to see what may be going on in the grain. Sure hate to turn something nice away.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 i've seen those bulk cutting tools that cut the Center out of big pieces to make another bowl with later instead of turning it all away. I have thought about getting one of those eventually. But I'm still learning so far. My biggest bowl is 11 1/half diameter by 5 1/2. Malay this small so it's about as big as diameter I can get for now. My lathe is only a 12--18. I figured one more year of practicing and learning from you and Mr. Phil I might be ready for a bigger lathe. I suppose time will tell.
That's a great bowl Gary, Many use's your popcorn, but reckon fruit for us. Lovely grain on that Alder wood. All the best from Lincolnshire UK
Thank you Gary. I think we will use it for fruit more than popcorn. My wife has been picking berrys from our place all week. The pears are coming on and the peaches are showing up. Dang birds get all the cherries.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I see Popay's girlfriend Oliva! Nice turning!
Thank you very much. Wow that brings back old days. Uae to watch all of the Popeye cartoons.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice Gary. As I watched the bowl develop I thought it would be perfect to hold fruit. It would also work well to hold candy to hand out on Halloween.
Thank you Dave. Fruit would be great. Halloween candy not so much.We live on a one lane un lit dead end street. We get maybe 6 kids from the new develpement down our street. We wish we would get more.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gary another beauty nicely done as always and put to good use,
Cheers From will 👍
Thanks Will. It was sure fun doing one like this. Big and easy.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Great design!
Thanks so much Douglas.
Take care,
Gary
That came out really nice, Gary! Popcorn was the perfect use!
Thank you Billy. Yup when it comes to popcorn dont tell me. Bet ya cant eat more LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice bowl, Gary. I vote for the popcorn. Fruit is way too healthy and even I would OD on that much M&M's. Where you saw ET, I saw the Roman god Janus.
Bill
Thank you Bill. We have been eating lots of fresh berries from our yard.
Might be time for some popcorn.
Pretty cool how we can all see something different. Really can change with the angle you see it at.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Good form, Gary. I always appreciate seeing some interesting elements in the design and I always appreciate the faces and images you find in the wood. I've never turned that before but I had a piece of Walnut yesterday which I thought was going to be a bit underwhelming. Then I got to go to finish on it and was more than pleasantly surprised how much color was hiding under their. I always enjoy that surprise when it happens.
Take care.
Thank you Jay. For sure that first coat of finish will let you know how nice it really is.
I just uploaded another piece of Walnut. I could tell before starting it had nice grain. Once I got it turned and sanded it did not show the beauty I had seen. But I knew it was there and that first coat of finish sure showed it.
Sounds like yours did the same.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice bowl turning, Gary. Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you Bobby. Happy you liked it.
Take care.
Gary
I like popcorn too! and a good looking bowl just makes the popcorn taste better.
Thanks Paul. Even before turning it had popcorn written all over it LOL.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice Piece!!
Thank you Bennet I appreciate you watching.
Gary
Very well done! I could see GW but didn't really see Hitchcock. That is an interesting shape but make a very useful, deep bowl.
Thanks Qapla I apprecate you watching,
Gary
A nice shape and a pretty piece of wood. See you next week
Thank you Albert...see you then.
Gary
Nice result.
Thank you Walt!
Great looking bowl, Gary! I like the shape, and it looks like a useful size. Great for a popcorn bowl! Pretty color, too!
Thank you Marcia. It would need to be a bowl to share popcorn with while watching a movie. Other wise I would likely eat all of it LOL.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Oh my, how pretty. Just lovely
Thanks so much Jane. Happy you liked it.
Gary
Popcorn is good, fruit bowl too. You did good with this one, which isn't unusual. Nicely shaped. I agree, Red Alder is beautiful. Great color, subtle figure. 🙂🙂
Thank you Glen! Sure interesting compared to the local Alder I have turned.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I love working with Alder, it's not too hard and finishes up very nice.
Thank you Don. For sure it turns and finishes nicely.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Thanks Gary, I do look forward each week to meeting your turning. I’ve never seen red alder before so that was a special delight. Thank you to Rick Chapman.
All the faces were great to see, pity about the lost bark, coffee grounds and ca would have fixed that though and given you a slightly larger bowl. You could have had a bigger bowl of popcorn. It’s funny that the shape of your popcorn bowl is similar to ours. Yours a little taller though.
Thank you Greg. First Red Alder I have seen.
I could have kept the bark on that had those faces but did hot like the shape I had. There was no voids where coffee grounds and CA would do any good but it is a good way to fix voids.
Chances are I will never fill it with popcorn. That would be way too much LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very impressive.
Thank you Mark I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Great video!!
Thank you Todd I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Great looking bowl! I was thinking that was a good size for popcorn too.
I see little Debbie in your bowl. 😊 Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Bren. This bowl holds a little more than I can(should) eat..LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Looks great!
Thank you Tom I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
very pretty. I'd go with potato chips myself...to each his own.
Oh I love potato chips. Might be a little too many🥲
Very Nice Bowl. Perfect for popcorn.
Thank you John. For sure it is a good size for popcorn.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Stunning piece love the shape
Thank you Colin I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Yes, that is a amazing looking bowl, and I did see George in the bark. Thanks, I also enjoy a bowl of popcorn. Tim
Thank you Tim. I think Popcorn is the Breakfast of Champions LOL.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Another beautiful turning Gary and as always thankyou for sharing
Thanks Ronnie! I appreciate you watching.
Gary
I was thinking it was gonna be popcorn. Looks great! Thanks again
Thank you Steve. But of course. Love my popcorn!
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Papa,
Alfred Hitchcock turned into a Rorschach print!
Yummy bowl full of popcorn. Thank you.
Keep the aspidistra flying!
God bless,
Paul
Thank you Paul. Maybe I should have left him there. That way the bowl would have been bigger for more popcorn LOL. But would not have liked the shape.
Take care,
Gary
Very nice Gary. I do enjoy your videos. Wood is beautiful.
Thank you very much Dave and I do appreciate you watching.
Gary
Thank You Gary, Thank You Rick Chapman...This turning today turned out very nice. You did not have to deal with any cracks and were able to create a wonderful turning. I like that you left a small bit (a remembrance?) of the bark on the side. Until next time Gary..TM
Thank you TM/ It was sure fun to do but the next few will have lots of cracks and defects. But still I think they look pretty cool.
Gary
I just like watching you work and listening to your voice overs, whatever you are producing. Great job and, as always, thank you for sharing 🌞
Thank you very much Ray. I sure appreciate your comments my friend.
Gary
Thanks Gary,
Thank you very much Bryce I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Beautiful
Thank you Garth I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Muy bonito le quedo ahora hay que llenarlo de palomitas 😊
Muchas gracias. Las palomitas de maíz son buenas. Tal vez tengamos algunos obsequios especiales para una próxima fiesta.
Gracias por ver,
gary
C3PO and GW. Love it! Thanks for sharing Gary!
Thank you Steve. Oh yeat C3PO was what I was trying to think of.
Thank for watching,
Gary
Really nice Gary! I found some alder last year (I don’t know if it’s red) and it does have a beautiful reddish colour as well. As it ages alder gets more and more beautiful with an even warmer colour. A popcorn bowl is just right ! Cheers, Rick
Thanks Rick. I have cut more alder than I can remember for fire wood.
We would get a permit to cut in some areas in the forest aout 40 miles from us. The size was not that great for turning though.
I think the Red Alder must get much bigger. This was a nice piece.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Definitely red colour in there Gary. A nice very usable bowl. For me it would need to be a sweet popcorn, not the horrible salted stuff 😊. Hope you're keeping well & taking care of yourself buddy. 👍🏴
Thank you Jim. Well I cut back on salting my food so I have to get my salf from somewhere LOL.
Dang I remember many years ago in the Army I had to take a salt tablet everyday because of the tropical heat.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gary , I have never seen nor heard of Red Alder ! What a gorgeous bowl ! It sure looked like you had a great time turning this piece . I loved the shape as well . Thank you for sharing and hope you have a great weekend . Don't burn it , turn it !
Thanks Jon. It was a fun one to turn and the first Red Alder I have turned.
Looks like things are cooling down here. Only supposed to be 93 instead of the 103 we had.
Take care,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 It's still hot down here . Supposed to be 104 today . I get run out of the shop early these days .
Another great bowl Gary! Ron USCG RET
Thanks so much Ron.
Take care.
Gary
Lovely bowl Gary, the color is so rich and your finish really enhances it! Filled with fruit or popcorn is a proper use for the bowl maybe just as a decoration for everyone to admire when they visit! Well done and thanks!
Cheers Al
Thank you Al. For sure we will have it out for a big event coming up next month.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Popcorn is always a classic, but maybe also some tortilla chips for a nacho bar at the next tailgate! Have you ever tried making/using an ellsworth or irish gring gouge? I love being able to use it as a shear scraper, especially with something punky like spalted maple.
Thanks Johnny and I think tortilla chips is a great idea. We will be having a birthday party for my wife in next month so I will fill it with chips.
I have a gouge I did grind with really long wings.Hardly ever use it. Not really up on all the different signiture grinds so not sure what it would be.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@ThePapa1947 yeah the ellsworth/Irish grind is basically a long wing ground Bowl gouge. Kent from Turn A Wood Bowl loves them and has good videos on how they can be used for different cuts. I tried it with my Sorby 1/2" gouge and i love it too!
Another beauty. I did see George Washington and Alfred Hitchcock. In spite of their early departure, the bowl still turned out great. Have a good weekend.
Thank you Dale. I was hard to turn them off but the bowl shape was more important. But cool to see things like this while you are turning.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Thank you Rick. Western Red Alder is pretty heavy wood, ideal for a bowl that you do not want to have tip over. So of course, popcorn came to mind. The inner bark spots do add some interest and contrast to the straight grain. Nicely done. Anytime you want more alder,just ask and I will cut one for you. We grow them for firewood, not turning.🤣🤣🤣
Thank you Valerie, I have another piece that size and Rick says he has more. Our son has acres of Alder but not like this stuff. He cuts it down for firewood as well.
Hum.....I have never turned alder wood. It looks like it turns very nicely. I do know there is a lot of DIY unfinished furniture made from this type of wood. So, it must be a decent wood for turning and wood working.
Tell the boss lady to make more room on the shelf for a good popcorn bowl . It's definitely a very nice one!!!!
This is a lot different than the Pacific Coast Alder we have in Oregon.
And we have tons of it. Matter of fact it was common to smoke salmo using alder. Because we have so much access to salmon and alder it became popular years before we were born.
I have turned both and it is pretty decent to turn.
Gary
Really nice, I never could understand finishes because there are so many.
Thank you William. Yes there are many to choose from.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
The head looks like a teen in graduation outfit with a creek below and a pond in the other side. The inclusions make a beautiful bowl more fun 😂
Thanks Judith and your right and you are right about the graduation image I saw but did not put it together. But for sure that is it
Thanks for watching,
Gary
very nice
Thank you Delbert!
Take care,
Gary
The tangerines or clementines looked a little suspect, other than that very nicely executed
They were not in good shape but needed something to fill the bowl. I prefer oranges.
Thanks for watching,,
Gary
Hi Gary. I’m bummed I didn’t bump into you at the AAW in Portland.
Sorry about that. There were a few others there I did not know were there. Guess I should have mentioned I was going.
Looks like Beetle Bailey
Yes it sure does Mike. Thanks for watching,
Gary
Martha Washington
Maybe Martha but I missed it. Thanks for watching.
Is that the real wood colour or is it the light effect? Beautiful.
Thanks Khan. I think it is pretty close. But the LED lights could affect it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Still watching but I’m sure it will be great! Ever considered getting a curved tool rest? Thoughts about them? Also, is your wrist ok?
Cheers, Stuart
Thank you Stuart. I have thought about getting one but have never had one. Even turning a 6 foot diameter almost bowl shapped pattern I used a straight rest.
A very old injury is acting up. The wrist support helps a lot.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Yes, very nice. Actually, I think the one reminds me of some medieval armor helmets I've seen.
I don't remember you wearing a wrist brace before. Is your wrist okay?
Thank you John. Yes it does look a lot like those old helmets.
The wrist is from an old army injury. Over the years it keeps getting worse. Hopefully it gets better. The wrist brace helps a lot.
Thanks for asking,
Gary
George Washington looks more like Lucy from the Peanuts comics
@@jeffwalters3735 well he changed with every pass by the gouge. I am sure Lucy was there.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice Gary! On the one side before you said it, I saw Sherlock Holmes! I do have a question for you. Do you experience any tear out with your negative rake scraper? I currently don't have a negative rake scraper but have been looking to get one. It seems like you use yours on most every turning so I think I already know your answer! Thanks again for sharing and such a beautiful piece it is!
Thank you Michael. I think it is cool how we can see images in our turnings. And some see it different. I will have to watch again and see if I see Sherlock in there. "Nice observation Watson" LOL
So the negative rake scrapers does a great job. Now and then there might be a wood that is just going to tear out no matter what.
Coming up in a few weeks you will see a very hard wood where that scraper makes the finest shavings you can imagine. I think I commented on that.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Turn out nice! Hey sizes is that scraper you use?
Michael
Thanks Michael. The scraper is 1.5 inchs wide and 3/8 thick.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I'd say a core cyber, then you could make another bowl.
I do not have a coring tool. I suppose if I was selling bowls I would get one so I could do just what you suggest.
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Good morning Mr. Reliable! 🤣
@@ThePapa1947😂😂 Thank you
For sure.
@@williamellis8993 Hi Bill
Hello, why do you only shave bowls?
Why don't you carve something new? Recycled ordinary bowls. Make something new. Like carve a pendant. Or a candlestick. Or a cup. Carve recycled ordinary bowls.
As a retired wood patternmaker I made more non ordinary things that your mind could imagine. If you want to spend some time looking at all the turnings I have done you will find many non ordinary things I have done.
Have a look at them and see what you think. Try looking at some of my multi axis turnings.
Check this one out and let me know what you think.
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