End Grain Bowl Turning – Video

hi Kent, I also enjoy your videos. can you suggest what bowl gouge do you use for end grain hard wood (mezquite) for a deep bowl ... 12in in diameter and 5in deep

Videos is just to long

What is on the back of the jam chuck you are using. How does it attach to the headstock? I am going to try to make an end grain bowl tomorrow at my makers space. Your videos are so informative. Thankyou

Love this. Do you have a separate video that shows the end result after sanding and oiling?

Love that bowl what a very different look to a bowl.

Front bowl

I live in a place, Paradise California, where there are all kind of dead trees, Pine and Doug Fir mostly, being removed. Between Pine Bark Beetles and dying from the fire several years ago, most are pretty dry before they are cut. Can I use your methods with dry Pine or does it have to be wet/damp?

How about a link to pictures and description of the finished bowl. Did it check, how did you finish it, etc.

That's pine tree everybody has said we can't turn a pine tree ?????

Thanks for the great video Kent! I was just wondering, how does the drying affect in an end grain bowl? Is the warpening as noticeable as a in a regular bowl? If i want a nice round bowl should i twice turn it aswell?

very nice …. always worried about the sap in pine …. living in Ga. makes you no fan of pine

Awesome videos. I would love to see the finished product after drying, sanding and oiling. I assume all sanding would need to be off-lathe.

Hey Mr. Kent - that's a lovely video and about the rings and your age: I counted 52 or 53 . Best regards from Munich. Peter

I'd probably flatten one side, make a tennon, and then flip it immediately to get rid of the bit, then flatten the other side, make a tennon there as well and shape the outside of the bowl, then proceed as usual by flipping it again and removing the first tenoon while shaping the inside. Just to get rid of that bit asap and have the piece (especially such a large one) mounted more reliably.

I'm working on turning an end grain bowl out of Mimosa. The grain on Mimosa is very spectacular and I hope it turns out half as good as yours.

Wish I knew the brown bag trick a couple weeks ago. I found an 18" x 7" log in the community brush pile that looked like cedar but had only a wet wood smell. Very wet. I turned a bowl from a 4" chunk that looked good. Put in the house and went away for the weekend. It cracked like crazy. One crack was 3/8" out the outer rim. Very disappointing. I took it back out to the shop and loaded it up with CA glue. Now I'm afraid to cut the rest of the log into chunks. When I get around to cutting up the rest of the log, I'm going to wrap each piece in a heavy paper I have and monitor it daily.
Thanks for another great informational video.

I'm a big fan. That's why you should tighten your chain. I'd hate to see you lose face so to speak.

Very nice. I want to try the same!

Couple of question, what is the hp of your lathe? If I'm not mistaken it has to be at least 1.5. And second, how old was the tree, how many rings. I found this episode typically fascinating, perhaps moreso because I had thought of this same sort of project. Mine would have been on a less grand scale as the swing on my lathe is only about ten inches (might be twelve, but I don't think so) and the motor is only 1/3 hp. I can stall it out turning chopsticks. That and the lumbar spine from he!! explain why I'm watching you and not making my own chips. Once more, my sincere thanks.

I am curious how this bowl turned out after drying. Did it hold or did it crack?

Good video, I often struggle with end grain

what kind of mesh screen do you use behind you to limit the wood chips from covering the whole room ??

Kent, I was going back through previously watched videos. When you were hollowing the bowl. All I could see was your logo. Imagine that how cool is this. Keep turning and be safe.

I just turned an end grain bowl and want to turn it into a knitting bowl which has a hole and an open curve in the side. Does it matter which side of the bowl I cut into?

Love this pattern. I've got the same sap-spalting pine log sections I'm turning now. Thanks for your postings

I don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers…. Not only are your videos technically well done - image, sound, editing, pacing (I am a pro video editor), but the content is fantastic and clearly spelled out…

Your knowledge and experienceis evident by the work you do and your rumning commentary while you're doing it. Have you written, or are you planning to write a book? You're abc's of turning would probably serve st the 'goto' tome foe all aspiring turners. Great job, thanks fof sharing!

Very informative!

Instead of a paper bag, why not use a green wood end grain sealer? Or would that cause problems when it comes time to finish the bowl?

I’m so glad I found your videos. Just getting truly started with this turning and your videos are helping tremendously. I turned A 6 inch saucer in shop class 53 yrs ago, and done nothing with a lathe since, but decided to take it up again. Your instructions are very clear and easy to grasp. Many thanx
Tennessee Fly Fisher

I have a lot of loblolly pines on my property. The wood is more pale and the blue coloring is randomly scattered throughout the wood. The pine you have here has more defined rings. I practiced on green pieces of this pine until stopped having tear out before I bought my first bowl blank. I made a couple lamp shades with it as well. The firey red glow through the wood makes a plain lamp give a lot of warmth to a room.

I planted every tree on my property so all my trees are younger than me lol.

You cut from outer edge of bowl toward center yet that’s unsupported, no? Your other video—you started from center and worked toward rim. Why the difference?

Brilliant video

Very helpful information! What was the initial moisture?

Why are you using a MT2 extension in you videos? Videos are great, watch them all
learn a lot. Thanks

Kent, each time I watch you videos I am amazed at your skills and descriptions, great teaching skills besides the art you produce. Have you turned end grain with Norfolk Pine ? What of it's embedded limbs - I would like to see it done. Would you get catches with the crossing limb segments?

Great help, thank you so moch

Will done

I get the impression that an end grain bowl would be harder to do for a beginner? But I love the looks of it

So did the end grain bowl/platter hold up as it dried? Or did it split apart?

Just starting out learning how to mount logs. Confusion setting in......
Is this a side grain mounted log, but he's calling it end grain bowl turning??😢😢

Great video, with valuable tips. I want to add that the wood appears to be Ponderosa Pine which is susceptible to the mountain pine beetle. These beetles burrow under the bark to winter, and bring with them a blue fungus. The burrowing cuts and compromises some of the water conductive fibers which transports the blue fungus, This causes the blue stains in the outer edges of the tree. Because water conduction is compromised, if the tree can't purge the beetle with it's sap the tree begins to die from the top down. You can see examples of this in most big box lumber stores.

What is the support you used when you turned the bowl around to take the tenon off...

Kent, I looked this video up to watch a second time. I’ve got my first large end grain bowl mounted and thought I’d better have a refresher. I’m using a face plate and my bowl will be a little deeper but it’s about the same diameter.
Face shield at the ready, benches covered with painters plastic, tools sharp, fingers (figuratively) crossed and ready to try. Wish me luck.

Hi Kent. Great bowl. If you wrap it in plastic does it mold?

You can clean deep tears with sand paper but you have to work low to high grain then start all over again and keep working low to high til you get under it

Kent,

Could you turn the same bowl with dry wood?

So I watched your end grain bowl turning video - cool. But how do you sand it once it has dried?

How often do you sharpen