Woodturner’s ….What Is Your Favorite Wood To Turn

What Is Your Favorite
Wood To Turn

A good question came up on our facebook group, a member wondered what the best wood to turn was or what is your favorite wood for woodturning.

I think once you start turning wood you really do not pay much attention to the wood that you turn. Also, we need to consider budget. Some woodturners have big budgets, money isn’t an option so they can buy from anyone who sells blanks …that might be local woodworking stores, online suppliers from amazon, ebay, craigslist and so on, along with picking up wood from the side of the road or something that has fallen in your yard. Other woodturners without a budget, in other words, those of us that really do not have 50 bucks to spend on a blank will do our due dilligence and look for local sources of free wood for woodturning…..and for us, that us the best wood to turn!

If you want to pay for a bowl blank or any other type of turning blank then I think ebay, amazon, craigslist and Facebook Marketplace are some of the best places to get good deals. Woodturning blanks that cost money can be found at your local woodworking store.

If you check out Facebook Groups you’ll find a whole bunch of groups that sell different types of wood for woodturners, burls, blanks of many different species and sizes.

From this point on, I’m thinking that the best wood I like to turn is free wood. So, let me share some free woodturning wood sources.

Free Wood For Woodturning

You’ll want to check out Tree Services, most local governments…cities, townships etc have a local dump site for free wood and chips, contractors often have land cleared for new construction, I’ve seen so much cut up and left on the side of the road this year.

Check with your local start parks or conservation areas. They are always dealing with tree maintenance and clearing. They will burn the wood simply because they do not know that woodturners like yourself will gladly take it off their hands. You just need to make an introduction and tell them what you do with the wood, it doesn’t hurt to show them a bowl or 2.

Free Bowl with Your Business Cards

Got a chainsaw dealer in your area, make a small bowl …fill it with your business cards and ask them to hand out to those buying chainsaws ….never know who might pick one up. Ask them to display the cards next to the cash register ….if all goes well, you could be buying yourself a nice new chainsaw, gas or battery!

Contact Local Sawmilling
Businesses For Free Bowl Blanks

There are more and more guys with milling businesses, portable bandsaws that mill logs. Look them up, drop and email …better yet ..give them a call. They could be your best source of free wood. You might even get them to make you a 16′ slab that is 6″ or more thick in which you can cut blanks from!

Free Wood Through The Laws of The Universe

There are a lot of firewood providers in the upper midwest. If you can make contact with some of them, let them know what you are looking for they will set aside a few logs if you ask nicely ….again, use the bribery method….give them a turned project every now and then ….you should get everything for free. Don’t be surprised if they give you a call one day and ask if you want a truck full of willow, poplar, hickory or oak ….whatever grows in your area. My fellow woodturner’s, its just common sense ….back in the day people used to treat each other as they wanted to be treated. Treat people nicely and they will repay, give of yourself freely and you will get in return ….it’s the law of the universe!

Tree Farms and Nursery’s
A Source of Good Woodturning Wood

Nursery’s and tree farms are always trimming or removing dead trees. These are really good people to leave a bowl or other turning project with. If you are looking for specific species, they will know what is available or what will soon be coming….treat them nicely. Keep in mind, people contact nurseries all the time to heal their ailing trees, these people know who will have dead trees so they are an excellent resource if you extend the effort to develop a good relationship with them.

Use Your Website Equity To
Trade for Free Woodturning Wood!

I haven’t mentioned it before before but you should have some type of website. If you don’t have a website, please contact me sparat@gmail.com and I can help you get a quick site set up. If you have a website you can put a website link that points to the tree farm or nursery that you are getting the wood from. All websites like relevant links, people will pay anywhere from $100 to $1000 a year for a good backlink that is relevant. This backlink method will work for anyone who has a business and works for wood, and has wood that you might be able to get for free to turn.

Storms Provide Free
Wood for Woodturning

Every bad storm leaves trees or limbs down. Just listen for the chainsaws or take a ride through your area after the storm. You will find more than enough free wood for woodturning if you ask and maybe even carry your chainsaw with you!

Facebook, Craigslist, Ebay for Free or Cheap Wood for Woodturning

As mentioned before, check Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, type in “free wood” or “firewood” “dead tree” “free tree”

Construction Sites Provide Free Wood for Laminated Woodturning Projects

Construction Sites Provide Free Wood for Laminated Woodturning Projects. Stop by a construction site or housing development. There is almost always a pile of framing lumber cut offs of various size on the ground, in the house that’s being framed or in a dumpster. Of course you need to ask permission to salvage the pieces but you can take these and glue them up for some really interesting turning. When I was framing houses we would throw away the cut off ends of 2×4’s, 2×6, 2×8’s, 2×10’s or 2×12’s laminated beams….these make beautiful bowls ….if you are lucky you might find one.

Give A Bowl Away to Get Free Wood for Woodturning Approach

There are not a whole lot of manufactured house factories around, there are more truss and beam factories in all states. If you might be close enough to one of these facilities, take a bowl with you to give away and ask if they have any scraps you can take ….I guarantee you will find a years worth of wood to turn.

In almost all cases if you make a small bowl, 6″ or so, put some business cards in it and give it to the person or business that deals with wood in one form or another …you never know what will happen.

Buy Your Favorite Woodturning Blank

Of course you can always buy blanks. Almost all woodworking stores have blanks. Facebook has some groups specifically dealing with blanks for woodturners and there is ebay, do a search for woodturning, woodturning blanks, etc. …..but you will pay for these. The longer our Facebook Group is up and running the more I find woodturners that buy wood to turn. So for some, this is the most viable option.

Free Wood for Woodturners

As a woodturner there are many woods I would like to turn, unfortunately, I am a poor woodturner so I am always looking for free wood. I have a chainsaw and trailer so I can grab wood on the side of the road, in someones yard, at a municipal wood dump or anywhere free wood might be offered.

I think I must be a little ADD because I find a wood I like to turn and I’ll do that until I get tired of it, then I look for something else! Lets not forget that if you like to turn on species of wood, lets say Oak ….it will differ from species to species, tree to tree. I found some boxelder, it was awesome. Then I found another boxelder tree, totally different but just as beautiful. You might find you like to turn cherry, then you figure out there are more than 10 differnet types of cherry in your area …on top of that, maybe green cherry is what you like until you try dry cherry.

Is There Really Such a Thing as Favorite
Wood For Woodturners

If you have been turning for 30 or 50 years then you probably have a favorite wood to turn. If you have been turning wood less than that then you probably have a favorite wood of the month type of thing. I know that happens to me. I might turn some poplar and think it’s the best thing since sliced bread, but I turn poplar from another tree and it doesn’t impress me as much. So, the best wood for woodturning or favorite wood for woodturning is purely speculative and depends on the log, the day on how you feel that day!

Favorite Wood For Woodturners Conclusion

The question was, “What is your favorite wood to turn and where do you get it?” I hope you find some of my sources helpful and I truly do hope you find your favorite wood….which means you have turned a whole lot of wood!

Do You Make Memorial Woodturnings?

Memorial Woodturnings

After the passing of my only brother, John Parat, I wondered if any of you guys have made some sort of memorial gift turning from a piece of tree, lumber or other wood that was from their home or work?

Turning A Woodturning
As A Memorial Gift

Have you ever turned a piece of wood to give away as a memorial gift?

I know I have seen questions in different woodturning groups, forums and blogs about how to turn a wood urn, but I have never come across any discussions on turning a bowl or other object to give away as a gift to those close to the one who has passed away.

I never really thought about a memorial woodturnning until my brother passed away. His name was John and he passed away very quickly from cancer on September 14, 2018. Although we did not see much of each other over the years because of the distance between us and my own health problems …..time or distance will never negate how you feel or think of a brother or siste, you have a forever bond with your siblings and his passing still does not seem real to me.

John Heated His Home with Wood

John had a farm in Wisconsin, he raised birds and had a small hunt club. He heated his house with wood. So like anyone who has some acerage I knew I could find a few pieces of wood laying around so I could turn some memorial woodturnings.

Grabbed Some Logs After The Funeral To Make Memorial Turnings

After the funeral we stopped by the farm, I found 2 big piles of chopped wood and a couple of piles of logs that were kind of dry and I looked for some pieces that I might be able to make something out of. We came home with 3 or 4 logs, not sure what any of it is but they were big enough to make some bowls with.

I found the log that I wanted and made a turning blank when I got home.

So, I stared thinking that a nice bowl would be a perfect “memorial woodturning” for some of my family members. I was thinking mainly of my mother and my sister. A small bowl to bring back happy memories of my brother, a memorial bowl that could be placed in a corner or shelf, filled or empty but an object that, when looked at, would bring back memories of the brother and son that we had lost.

The seed was planted so I mounted up the blank and started turning a live edge bowl from a piece of walnut found on John’s farm.

Has Anyone Made
Memorial WoodTurnings?

I wondered if anyone has done this before? If so, how were they received?

I turned a small bowl….about 8 inches, it is a natural edge bowl ….surprise, surprise ….the bark stayed on! I think it is some type of walnut based on the bark and wood color and grain …but not sure. I don’t think the type of wood matters to anyone I would give it to.

memorial woodturning — Memorial Wood Bowl turned from wood found on my brother’s farm.

Need A Method To Sign My Bowls

I just really need a way to sign, label or brand my bowls. I was looking at some branding irons, I think this would be the easiest since I’ve been using almost all recesses to mount my bowls lately. I don’t think I could freehand any type of wood burning signature or logo. I found a cheap place for custom branding irons but my computer crashed and I lost my open webpages ….can’t find it again.

Life is short my friends. Make the most of it while you can. Maybe, just maybe you can use your woodturning skills to make a bowl, cup, vase, or candle holder ….some type of woodturning from a tree, log or piece of wood from someone who has passed on ….and share the gift with the departed loved one’s . It will mean a lot to the one who receives your memorial wood turned gift!

Make Your Own Dovetail Tool and Wood Scraper for Woodturning

If you are a tool freak like I am then you probably can’t wait to get your next tool. However, that can get quite expensive and if you have the budget that allows you to buy whatever wooodturning tools you want ….I’m jealous! I would love to try some expensive woodturning tools but I just don’t have the money so I sometimes will try to make my own woodturning tools.

Purchased Some Hurricane Bowl Gouges

Every now and then I can pick up some new tools, for instance I purchased a 3 pack of Hurricane bowl gouges a couple of weeks ago and I was going to do a review on them. I purchased these woodturning bowl gouges because they were cheap …yet the reviews were good for the most part. I wanted to practice sharpening bowl gouges and compare the cutting and shaping ability to a Sorby wood bowl gouge.

Use Cheap Woodturning Tools to
Practice Your Sharpening Skills

As mentioned, I actually purchased these woodturning bowl gouges because I wanted to practice on sharpening bowl gouges. In particular, I wanted to practice sharpening and using the 5/8″ bowl gouge. I reserve the time to do a complete review but for a news flash, I have found that the Hurricane 1/2 inch bowl gouge is my favorite. And yes, they have allowed me to learn how to sharpen my gouges using the oneway wolverine sharpening jig with Vari-grind attachment. Each time I get the feel of it and do a better job. However, you must get the Vari-grind Jig with the wolverine grinding system ….this ensures proper angles and shapes for your gouges. I’m using 1 inch white oxide sharpening wheels on an 8″ grinder, I got the 8 inch grinder at Harbor Freight …less than $40 and the white oxide wheels on Amazon. My next step would be to get the CBN wheels ….but they are between $100 and $200 each ….so, I don’t see those on my grinder soon 🙂

New Woodturning Tools I Made From 8mmx8mmx200mm HSS Lathe Steel

I really started this article because I wanted to show you guys a couple of new tools that I made from 8mm x 8mm x 200mm blanks of HSS steel I got on Amazon, you can also find them on ebay. They cost less than 5 dollars each.

A while back, I made one tool, a square edge scraper, by putting the edge on one side and gluing the other end in the handle with some 5 minute epoxy. I used the same 8x8x200 HSS Steel Blank but I glued it into the handle

The tool I want to show you today was made with an cutting profile on each end, I made the handle so the tool can be inserted in the handle and locked in with a couple of allen screws but can have a dual purpose by flipping the steel bar around and using the other end.

Make Your ow Woodturning tool, double ended cutter — DIY woodturning tools, this has a cutting profile shaped on each end so it can be flipped in the handle

So, as I learn how to turn wood I have also learned that many woodturners make their own woodturning tools. I’ve watched woodturners make tools from lawn mower blades, old files, screw drivers, drill bits, old allen wrenches, cold bar steel with carbide inserts and HSS cutting bits …..and just about any piece of metal you can think of. Some work great, some not so great …but I have enjoyed making some very effective turning tools. These are tools I turn to …(no pun intended) almost every time I turn a piece of wood. Al Furtado will take an old and ineffective harbor freight woodturning tool and make it into a full time and favorite gouge, he does this with a variety of tools he has and even though he has some expensive woodturning tools I see him going back to his Hurricane or PSI gouges and turning tools along with those that he has made himself.

I think I learned this from Mike Peace. He used some HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits to make a couple of customized woodturning tools. I found these bits on Amazon….. CNC Lathe HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar, 4 Piece, 8mm x 8mm x 200mm https://amzn.to/2M5DIZV

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All you have to do is, turn a handle, drill a hole down the center of the handle, glue a copper or brass ferrule to the end of the handle that receives the cutting tool. You can buy bowl gouges without a handle that have a 2″ or more section of steel that fits into the handle, so you can make your custom handle. But in this article we are thinking of making your own woodturning tool, steel and handle.

I have used the 8mm x 8mm x 200mm https://amzn.to/2M5DIZV bars to make a variety of different tools designed for specific tasks or just general scraping. These will cost you between $4 and 5$ each, this package comes with 4 bars allowing you to make 8 tools if you plan on putting a woodturning edge on each end.

This steel is easy to sharpen and holds an edge for a long time. I started out making a scraper with a square edge just to see how it does. You could compare this scraper to a carbide insert scraper on a square bar. Only with this scraper all you need to do is hit it with a diamond card to sharpen or take it to the grinding and lightly touch the wheel. Its really amazing how this steel cuts and how long it lasts.

I use the 8mm scrape as a parting tool when needed, it removes a lot of material fast and leaves a nice smooth finish, hold it on an angle and drag it across your piece for a shear cut and the finish will be like glass.

Today I made a handle that would accept the 8mm x 8mm x 200mm https://amzn.to/2M5DIZV bar …first I drilled a hole to handle the 8mm square bar, then the tool handle was shaped, the ferrule was glued at the end. I put sanded the handle, added a couple of burnt rings with a piece of wire and applied Capn Eddies finish XXXXXXXX .

Next I took the 8mm x 8mm x 200mm https://amzn.to/2M5DIZV bar and ground a shape that would help me to form dovetail recesses on my bowls. I used the grinder to get the shape close to what I wanted and then I took a dremel tool with a carbide disk and refined the dovetail shape into sharp precise angles. I tried the tool before putting the handle on it so that I knew I had the cutting angles correct.

I flipped the bar over and started working on grinding a round nose scraper with wings. First I ground down the top of the bar slightly and then I roughed in the front of the bar …about 30° or so. I then mounted the bar in my Vari-Grind jig for my Wolverine Oneway Grinding System https://amzn.to/2oMFKVh It was really easy to get a bowl gouge or spindle gouge shape to the 8 x 8mm bar.

At this point I had the handle made and the HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar shaped on both ends. I wanted to be able to use both ends of the tool, truth is I really wanted a dedicated dovetail tool for recesses for my bowls or other wood that I would mount on the lathe. It seemed a waste to glue or epoxy the tool into the handle when I could have another useful tool on the other end. The big question will be, if I make it so I can switch the ends will it be too much of a pain in the butt to keep changing and should I just make dedicated tools.

I guess I will find out.

I drilled 2 holes in the copper ferrule and down through the ash wood into the space where the tool blank will site. I then tapped the holes for a 1/4″ x 20 3/8″ allen hex head screw. The copper ferrule will allow you to get a couple of threads in it, but you also want the wood to be threaded. So after you do the tapping you will want to take some CA glue and apply it to the wood in each hole. You can then screw the allen screw down into the hole (after the glue is dried) or you can retap it. You’ll want to apply some CA one more time and after it is dried you can retap or screw the allen screw down into the hole.

I use Starbond CA glue. It comes in various viscosities …thin through thick. Depending how you buy it, it will come with some very small applicators you can put on the end for precise placement of the glue …these worked awesome for me and then I used the accelerator which causes the glue to set up immediately. I highly recommend Starbond, it’s the choice of many woodturners for repairing, filling voids and for finishes on smaller woodturnings like pens …you can find it here XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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Now it’s just a matter of putting in the allen screws and inserting the cutting bar with the profile edges.

I probably made my handle a little too long for the dovetail application, but it works great for the spindle gouge profile. I’m just amazed at how sharp and how cleanly this tool cuts. I forms a perfect dovetail recess for my Nova Chuck and after playing around a little with the “spindle gouge” profile I found it to do hollowing very well, in fact it is very aggressive. If you are turning a bowl this profile on this bar does pull cuts very well ….I’m not sure how the bottom of the bar should be formed …it was draggin a little, I suppose I could round it a big more than I have but I guess I will have to play with it a while.

So, basically I made a tool with 2 cutting edges for around 5 bucks. I took a dead ash branch and turned it into a handle, drilled a hole, cut a piece of old 3/4″ copper water pipe for a ferrule and shaped an 8mm x 8mm x 200mm HSS Steel bar with a cutting edge of different profile on each end. I attached the bar with 2 allen screws which were drilled and tapped into the copper ferrule and wood ….a little CA glue to harden the wood and I’m good to go with a new DIY woodturning tool.

New Project Poplar or Cottonwood Bowls

Using Poplar to Turn Wood Bowls

I grabbed a poplar or cottonwood log a while back and started turning some bowls.

I was very pleased with how this wood turns, below is a picture of the log and how I laid it out. I will follow up with some videos and pictures of the finished bowls. I think I got 4 or 5 bowls out of this log.

Poplar Log Laid Out
For Turning Wood Bowls

There is an iridesence that comes off of the finished bowls. I finished all in bowls with lacquer on the outside and “salad bowl finish” on the inside.

poplar log laid out for bowl turning

The log was about 10″ or so deep (thick) so I ended up cutting some of those blanks in half…..so I ended up with 4 bowls about 3 inches deep each and one large bowl about 8″ deep.

I really liked working with this wood, not sure if it was poplar or cottonwood and I’m not sure if there is much of a difference between the two. Dense grain, turns nicely and finished nicely.

Hollowing Problems When Turning Wood

Woodturning Hollowing Problems

I wanted to share a post I made about hollowing problems in our facebook group called Woodturning Basics. This is what our member Pedro had to say:

I must be doing something wrong while I’m hollowing out a cup.
I got a forstner bit to get it started, but even then it’s taking hours to hollow out a small maple cup. The only thing that does a good job of hollowing it, is my parting tool. Everything else catches badly including my $100.00 bowl gouge (that was recommended I use and it’s basically useless. Damn thing catches on everything.)
So, anyone have any suggestions?

Hey there Pedro ….I feel your pain my friend!

Pedro’s Problem with
Hollowing A Wood Cup

When I first started, I turned a little candle holder. Then I did a cup. I had no idea what I was doing and trying to hollow out the cup just about killed me! I tried all my famous harbor freight turning tools ….that’s all I had …spindle gouge, roughing gouge, scraper, parting tools, a really small gouge of some kind ….I ended up hacking the inside out with a small round scraper …..the thing was extended 4 inches into the up ….diaster waiting to happen 🙂

I got it done though.

Learning by myself, it took a while to figure out what tool is supposed to do what ….and then trying to make the tool do what its supposed to do is another story. But hollowing was always a nightmare!

Some Thoughts on Your Hollowing Problems

I had a couple of thoughts on your hollowing of the cup problem. You drilled it and then tried to use a bowl gouge to finish the hollowing …correct?

You say you have an expensive bowl gouge and all you get is catches? Are you pushing into the cup, entering from the top of the cup toward the bottom and then across the bottom?

I wonder what size your bowl gouge is? Minium for me is 1/2″ or 5/8″. If you are using a fingernail grind, you can cut down the side but as you move across the bottom you will catch. You need a standard grind if you are trying to use a bowl gouge ….even then, a bowl gouge is tough to do end grain hollowing.

Use A Pull Cut When Hollowing

I WOULD NOT use a push cut into the cup, you could try to pull the gouge across the bottom using tip, and then use the bottom tip/wing to pull up the side of the cup ….kind of a scraping cut for hollowing a cup. You just need to get the feel of it ….but it can be done.

Scrapers for Hollowing
Woodturning Projects

Better yet is to use scrapers for hollowing your woodturning projects.

I get as much out as I can (after drilling) with a gouge and then I use scrapers to finish up the hollowing.

One of the easiest methods to hollow is to use carbide tools. Use a 1/2″ or 5/8″ bar with a 1/2″ or 5/8″ carbide cutter mounted to it. You can make it yourself or you can buy one already made, carbide hollowing tool!

How to Prevent Catches When Hollowing

Carbide cutters take some time to learn how to use, but once you get it figured out you will be amazed at how easy it is to hollow out a cup, vase or bowl using one of these cutters. Just don’t try to hog out too much at once, learn to take light cuts and you will avoid catches. Also the postion of the scraper, being 90° off of the tool rest and then lifting the handle a little will prevent catches dramatically!

Using Tradional Scrapers for Hollowing

Along with carbide scrapers you should consider getting at least one big scraper. I have a Hurricane Scraper 1 1/2″ wide …almost 1/2″ thick round nose scraper. At https://amzn.to/2oQBmVB. The reason you want a big scraper is so you can extend it over the tool rest a good amount and still keep control of your cuts. I imagine part of your problem is that you are trying to hollow out a cut and have your tool extended 3 inches or more over the tool rest (disaster waiting to happen) I’m just about ready to purchase a right and left side round edge scraper …you can see what I’m taking about here https://amzn.to/2Nt0T51 these are used inside a bowl or cup and outside of the same turning project.

So, for hollowing out projects get some good scrapers. Yes, spindle gouges work better on end grain but when it comes to hollowing ….you need some specialized tools. You can make these or buy them. One of the members in our group runs Yufutol, you can pick up an extra discount ….make sure you get a full size tool unless you are doing really small projects. https://amzn.to/2NndAhN

Make Your Own Hollow Tool With Carbide Cutters

Or just buy the carbide cutters ….this is what I did. Mount the cutter on a big cold steel bar. I keep one bar with a 5/8″ cabide cutter, I use this all the time. Over time I have learned how to use it …initially you will get some catches but you will learn the angle of approach and how to gouge out and how to finish cut with this one cutter. It actually becomes fun once you get a handle on it …..you just need to press on, practice, practice, …screw up, catch here and there until you master the process. At one time I thought I would start going by the name of “Catch” ….so I know how you feel 🙂

You can make your own carbide woodturning tools CLICK IMAGE to see cutters

Big Bar For Hollowing

The reason why you want a big bar is so you have some control and stability as you extend the bar over the tool rest. The bigger the bar, the further you can safely extend the tool over the tool rest. I’m thinking of making one of these carbide cutter tools with a 3/4″ bar ….just so I can have more control.

Consider A Hollowing System

Once you get into hollowing large vases, hollow forms etc …you need to think about getting a hollowing system. Just google “hollowing system” and check the same thing on youtube and you will see what that’s all about.

As I think about your problem I wanted to mention something about the tool rest. You should be at the middle of the turning with your tool, not the tool rest….but you want to tool to hit the center of your turning. You want the tool rest as close as you can to the surface you are cutting. This means, if possible, stick the tool rest into the project your are trying to hollow out. Otherwise you are left with a tool that hangs over the edge by a lot ….thus the need for a hefty scraper, whether round nose scraper or a carbide cutter on a big bar.

I’ve been just thinking out loud …hope some of that makes sense.

Again, just keep at it.

You’ll get it figured out. When you get into trouble, keep posting your problem and maybe we can help further.

As I answer questions, I learn myself ….you will too. As soon as you get it figured out you’ll be sharing your wisdom 🙂

Guil Turns A Yellow Box ….Very Quickly

Guil Turns A Round Wooden
Box With A Lid

One of the guys in our facebook woodturning group is Guil from Austrailia, calls himself Guil the Bearded Woodturner! He is quite the character and his videos are fun to watch and very informative. Worse case the get your imagination started for your next project.

woodturning how to turn a round box — Learn how to use your wood lathe to turn a yellow round wood box done by Guil the Bearded Woodturner

Turning A Round Wooden Box

Today Guil turns a round box. Made of some type of yellow wood, he isn’t talking much because he just had his tonsils removed ….poor guy, he uses his voice to make a living and now he’s out of commission for the next year. I really hope and pray he recovers and gets his voice back!

woodturning how to turn a round box taught by Guil — Making the round blank true and then cutting off a section that will be the top.

I usually watch all youtube videos on 1.25x you might want to try that because most of the time you can get the gist of what is being said or taught. I really hate to was my time watching videos when I could be woodturning 🙂

Guil The Bearded Woodturner

Keep an eye on Guil, you will learn a lot and if you think you already know everything about woodturning then you will definitely be entertained.

What Is Your Favorite Wood To Turn