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Excellent video by Lyle *LINK*

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Excellent video by Lyle *LINK*

#1

Excellent video by Lyle *LINK*

David Walser

On his latest YouTube video, Lyle turns a calabash bowl from a piece of crotch wood. I learned and re-learned several things from watching it. He again demonstrates why he starts bowls between centers. In this case, it allowed him to balance the high and low points on the natural-edge rim. He also showed a better way of orienting the toolrest when turning the inside bottom of the bowl. It allowed him to get better tool support for cleaning up the inside of the bowl. That's something I hadn't seen before. It's well worth your time.

One complaint: Lyle, you should have shown us pictures of the inside and the bottom of the bowl after it was finished! I wanted to see that beautiful crotch grain! Seriously, thank you for sharing your knowledge. You've made me a better turner.


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#2

I agree- well done


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#3

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Philip Duffy

This video contains essential lessons for all turners, including us ole-guys! Thanks, Lyle. Philip

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#4

I agree, but I wish

david

he would have spent more time on the video discussing and showing the outside form and his approach to achieving it. To me, it is the form which makes the calabash what it is. Lyle's videos are hard to beat when he demos tool techniques and approaches to the cuts. When beginners ask to be mentored, I often recommend they look as his videos.

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#5

Lyle Jamieson

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Lyle Jamieson

Thank you David. Did you get an email from YouTube that I loaded this one?? Some did not get the notice so I loaded it again. Don't know what else to do.

The photo shows the outside shape, you are correct I should have had a photo of the inside too. Sorry

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#6

Lyle Jamieson

Re: I agree, but I wish

Lyle Jamieson

Thanks for your feedback. I had an hour and half shoot. Something had to go. Most people on YouTube do not want to watch clips that long. I try to get it edited to near 15 minutes. I am hoping over a number of videos I will be able to get all the important stuff that gets edited out.

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David Walser

No, Lyle, I didn't get an email notification. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. When I checked my YouTube subscriptions, a 1 was next to your name indicating you'd posted something. That's not always a reliable feature. It might take days for my subscriptions list to show a new video has been posted.

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Lyle Jamieson

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Lyle Jamieson

Hi David, Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have had some really bad inconsistencies in the YouTube system.

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#9

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Ronny

I watched it yesterday evening. Good stuff.

There is always something to learn.

Ronny

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#10

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robo hippy

Lyle,

I don't think I have ever seen some one turn the straight tool rest around backwards like that. If I used a straight one, I would try it...

robo hippy

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John lucas

Thats one of the advantages of the Bestwoodtools round tool rests you can rotate them around. I have one of their offset tool rests you can put the short end into a bowlmor the long end and rotate it to any angle