JT Dunphy--Revealing Treasures in Trees- Part 5--Conclusions

[MrLeonard55]

Can you give us your recipe for the oil finish?

[MrLeonard55]

I really like your dust collection system.

[TheJohny26]

excellent work, I liked a lot ... I learned a lot ... thanks

[dianetoski]

Great video, but I don't understand how you held the inside of the bowl, while finishing the outside. . . Was that a chuck or a faceplate? And, didn't you leave chuck marks when you reversed it again to finish the inside??

[gonedeepseafishing]

Great set of videos! Thank You.

[Suppergrassy]

what chuck do you use to hold the bowl?

[TheDevilsRubberDucky]

this guys a noob, he sed he would use a wire brush to clean up the edge of the bowl lol and thats after he sanded it with 600, and lacquer is waaaaaaay better

[Mueiwark]

@TheDevilsRubberDucky Excuse me your highness, that is a matter of personal taste. Oil looks way more natural than a shiny plastic layer such as lacquer gives. Oil gives the wood chatoyance, reflecting light from below the surface making it look different every time you look at it. The only plus about lacquer is it's dent/scratch resistance.

[TheDevilsRubberDucky]

@Mueiwark 8=====D~~~##d:

[andygodfrey76]

i just watched the 5 videos, really enjoyed them , thanks.

[canderso]

U R welcome,

Chris

[jstme07]

JT, awesome work! I'm interested in getting into wood-turning.

You're a class act brother and quite an artist! Thanks for doing this video and thanks to canderso for making it!

Jack

[jizames]

shouldn't the turpentine dissolve the linseed oil? i mean turpentine is used as an oil paint thinner in oin painting, and linseed oil is what holds the pigment. what's left after the turpentine thins the linseed oil is my question i suppose...

[panhead1219]

Not a food grade finish? What is this bowl used for?

[dianetoski]

Even if it was food safe, the spalted maple is not. These are ornamental and greatly appreciated by collectors.

[2007Kingquad700]

Awsome work!!!, how long did it take you to make start to finish??

[ecKoVargas]

he made a master peace of somthing

[dustee20]

with all due respect what did he make i like it though

[Felix1085]

True Craftsman!

[walkinthefloor]

i love the smell of napalm in the morning haha j/k. great set of videos. helped me learn some better finishing touches for sure. i been useing a lathe for almost two years but as im in a wheeelchair its hard to get good tool control and deff alot more messy. id like see some of jts creations hes made through the years.

[inkeycat]

What a lesson in finishing! Great camera work, too. Inspirational and something to aim for. Thanks.

Aidan - beginner, England.

[dj662000]

Im just a beginner but i thought really good turners frowned on using sand paper especially to this degree.Dec

[mikefilmmaker]

"i love the smell of terpentine" ahah legend very good video, picked up alot of tips. keep em cumin!

[pogslops]

Brilliant video, very instructive JT Dunphy is a master

[CARLB39]

evey good job on turning a bowl, guestion how do you keep all your turning toold so sharp?

[AntIzAce1980]

what exactly is the N-grain??

[blondifan]

That'd have to be end grain pardna

[dianetoski]

That would be "end grain".  Simply, the end of the log, not the length. . .

[CasemanDB]

Thank you for this video. I've learned a lot from watching JT as I've never turned a natural edge bowl. Some of his methods are sure to go into pactice. Gotta love that spalted maple too. Hope to see more vidoes like this!

[dickcamnitz]

Thanks for the peek into your shop. Always a pleasure to watch a craftsman/artist at work.

[MadGello]

Pretty Fucking Amazing, Actually...

::)))

[woodcarving]

that was great i just watched start to finish everything was right on great teacher and shit is not a bad word when turning wood thanks for the great video

[Hardenfast]

Hi there. Great series - very informative. One question: what is the liquid that JT applies during the sanding processes? I can't quite make out the name he's saying. Is this readily available or someting JT mixes up himself?

[johnknoefler]

Naptha. I think other solvents would be okay. I really don't know why he uses naptha instead of like paint thinner.

[JTDUNPHY]

Paint thinner takes longer to evaporate and is smellier than naptha. Kinda oily too.

[blondifan]

Never heard of Naptha. Wonder if we can get it in Ausralia? I'll have to search it. Good work!!

[Corsair25]

The Spalte in the wood make for an Outstanding Finish, if you'll look at 17:47, in the video, you can see a wild mustang to the right of JT's hand. You never know what finish you'll wind up with when you turn spalted wood.

As far as his sanding technique, using the naptha does bring up any lose nap that needs removing before finishing... that is if you want a really smooth bowl or any turned piece. Well done JT for taking the time to do the job right.

[tutor4011]

hey jt i am on my dads accout and he sat me downt to wach u work with wood and i was very intrested in ur work.If u look at it what can you see in it well i tell u what we saw a bunny a cats face also a rhino if u block the rabbit and the cat off!!! at 19 min 16 seconds.Enjoyed ur work thank you jt.

[JTDUNPHY]

Hey all. This is JT. I've been meaning to get on here to answer your questions but I'm a terrible procastinater. Anyway, I'm signed up and promise to check in regularly. JTD

[cassowaryind]

Just great

The commentary is excelent and you are easy to listen to

[canderso]

I'll pass it along to JT.

[NightHawk871]

I lvoe these videos! Very interesting as well! I have just got interested in woodturning, and I am getting my first lathe this weekend. (Im 17, so its not the best quality lathe, but I've got to start somewhere) and these videos have really given me some good advice and ideas. Keep up the good work!

[canderso]

You're welcome, and as you say, you gotta start somewhere. Hoping to get some new clips up soon (camera's in the shop getting cleaned up (woodchips have a way of screwing up digital cameras.) Check out the other tapes in the series. They're not all on woodturning, but do give insights into what makes these folks obsess on their craft. Good luck with the new lathe. Chris

[gutley]

Sheesh, does it really take that many cycles of turning/sanding/oiling/turning­/sanding/oiling/turning/sandin­g/oiling? The books give no idea, and i don't see the necessity. Mike Darlow and others say that sharp tools used with cutting action rather than scraping should leave the finish near-perfect already. In any case I don't understand why he couldn't get right with one sanding, or why you'd bother oiling if you were going to turn/sand most of it off anyway.

[canderso]

My understanding is that, even with hardwoods, the woodgrain "fuzzes" even with the sharpest tools. By starting with a heavy grit (60 or 80) and working down to 600 you gradually "erase" the effects of the previous grit (ie 600 eliminates the effects of the 400 grit)and water or naptha helps expand the "fuzzy" grain you're trying to get rid of. If nothing else, I can point out that using his technique, JT gets stunning results. Not sure that's an answer, but I can pass this on to JT, Chris

[JTDUNPHY]

Mike Darlow is mainly a spindle turner. Whole different technique. Plus he's useing down under semi tropical woods. Also in his chapter on bowl turning he talks about sanding bowls in a way that's similar to mine.

[Marihani]

Is JT dipping the finer sandpaper in nafta at around 18.10?

Pays/paste wax???

There was an idea floating aroud about making something a little more interactive with JT. That would be FABULOUS! JT's videos are sparking my husband's interest for turning again. A little "show" where JT answers the questions that have been posted to his videos and gives some tips for those that haven't turned much before would be ABSOTIVELY FABULOUS!

How about it, JT?

[canderso]

We're talking! BTW I believe it's naptha that JT used to raise the grain so the sandpaper is more effective. I think it's also easier to see "rough" areas with the naptha (they appear darker).

[moxie99027]

Great Job JT. Could you please advise to the ratio of linseed oil, polyurathane varnish, and turpentine you use to come up with your finishing oil.

Thanks,

Moxie

[JTDUNPHY]

It's about equal parts of each.

[yarraklik]

very sweet, the art is unlimited..go on

[cointroll]

All 5 of the videos are worth it. I am not even a turner but want to be. That bowl looks great, hope to see more videos from him. Dennis

[canderso]

So, was it worth the wait? Sorry it took so long but the edited tape had become damaged and I had to find the master tape.