Hey Guys! It's Adam and as you know I've been traveling all over the country visiting makerspaces learning skills and techniques and seeing the amazing practices of makers all over this wonderful nation of ours. Most recently I visited Lower-48 Wood Shop where the incredible Joe Lee taught me the rudiments of making wooden bowls on a wood lathe.

In her shop, I made what I guess could be classified as a half bowl; it looks kind of like a bowl but it's only halfway finished. I told Julie that I could come back and finish that in my shop and that's what we're gonna do today. But I'm gonna guess that you're thinking the same thing that my testing crew thought which was "Adam, you've got a wood lathe and the answer is yes, I do own a wood lathe. It's been in the corner this entire time and no one's noticed it. I'm gonna pull it out and fire it up, yeah there we go. Hello baby! I have actually not made something on this lathe. No, this is a tool I bought when I first set up this shop seven years ago and I have only fired it up to test it but not to actually make something on it. So, this is a brand new enterprise.

Yeah, these are not the standard handles that this thing came with, but I have a collection of handles and dials and I upgrade all my tools so that they have better grips on them. It feels good to have solid knobs to tighten things with. Yes, look at that! It's like it was meant for this. It was actually meant for this. So, this is a feature of my custom tool stands that I've learned to add in which is a holder for the electrical cords. So, it's not dragging behind everything which drives me absolutely insane.

Let's start with this guy. Hey, it's totally working! Oh, that's awesome! That's really cool! Man, this is totally working! It's like I'm wow! It looked like I have a hairy chest for the first time in my whole life. Alec Baldwin eat your heart out! Cool! I'm liking it all right. I'm gonna try and go for the inside now.

Ah, it's time for sanding. I'm gonna turn on the overhead fan now. What I'm doing is I'm doing what I would call climbing the sandpaper ladder. What I mean by climbing the sandpaper ladder is that I start with a really rough grit like a hundred and eighty and I use that to shape and smooth out the wood, then I go to a hundred grit, one level finer than before, and I use that until I've gotten rid of all the marks from its predecessor. Then I go to 120 and do the same and go to 150, 180 now I'm at 180 and once you're at 180, you're kind of in the homestretch because you can go to 220 and honestly at that point you're at a very high polish or wood. You know what I just realized? This is like it's like really really slow pottery! Feel like Patrick Swayze's heads are gonna come around mine and we're gonna have a little moment!

I think that's most of my sandpaper. I'm gonna go to 220 grit now, uh-huh look at all that beautiful texture coming out of the wood! It's so cool! Let's see what else I can do here. Got a little bit of Scotch-brite here just want to see what this does! Alright, one more thing. Yeah, what is this? One of my favorite materials! If this can take us to that final shine, oh look at this! This is almost like I know what I'm doing. Ladies and gentlemen, uh-oh, oh, that's lovely there we go! That is a walnut wooden bowl made on a wood lathe with help from the incredible Julie at Lower-48 Wood Shop.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's Adam and as you know I've been traveling all over the country visiting makerspaces learning skills and techniques and seeing the amazing practices of makers all over this wonderful nation of ours and most recently I visited lower-48 wood shop where the incredible Joe Lee taught me the rudiments of making wooden bowls on a wood lathe and in her shop I made what I guess could be classified that's half a bowl it looks kind of like a bowl but it's only halfway finished and I told Julie that I could come back and finish that in my shop and that's what we're gonna do today but I'm gonna guess that you're thinking the same thing that my testing crew thought which was Adam you've got a wood lathe and the answer is yes I do own a wood lathe it's been in the corner this entire time and no one's noticed it I'm gonna pull it out and fire it up yeah there we go hello baby I have actually not made something on this lathe no this is a tool I bought when I first set up this shop seven years ago and I have only fired it up to test it but not to actually make something on it so this is a brand new enterprise yeah these are not the standard handles that this thing came with but I have a collection of handles and dials and I upgrade all my tools so that they have better grips on them cuz feels good to have solid knobs to tighten things with yes look at that it's like it was meant for this it was actually meant for this so this is a feature of my custom tool stands that I've learned to add in which is a holder for the electrical cords so it's not dragging behind everything which drives me absolutely insane let's start with this guy hey it's totally working oh that's awesome that that's really cool man this is totally working it's like I'm wow it looked like I have a hairy chest for the first time in my whole life Alec Baldwin eat your heart out cool I'm liking it all right I'm gonna try and go for the inside now ah it's time for the sanding I'm gonna turn on the overhead fan now what I'm doing is I'm doing what I would call climbing the sandpaper ladder and what I mean by climbing the sandpaper ladder is that I start with a really rough grit like a hundred or eighty and I use that to shape and smooth and then I go to a hundred grit I go one level finer and I use that until I've gotten rid of all the marks from its predecessor and then I go to 120 and I do the same and go to 150 180 now I'm at 180 and once you're at 180 you're kind of in the homestretch because you can go to 220 and honestly at that point you're at a very high polish or wood you know what I just realized that this is like it's like really really slow pottery I feel like Patrick Swayze's heads are gonna come around mine and we're gonna have a little moment I think that's most of my sandpaper I'm gonna go to 220 grit now uh-huh look at all that beautiful texture coming out of the wood it's so cool let's see I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve got a little bit of scotch brite here just want to see what this does all right one more one more thing yes what is this one of my favorite materials triple zero steel wool if this can take us to that final shine oh look at this this is almost like I know what I'm doing ladies and gentlemen uh-oh oh that's lovely there we go that is a walnut wooden bowl made on a wood lathe with help from the incredible Julie at lower 48 wood shop Julie I thank you for the new skillhey guys it's Adam and as you know I've been traveling all over the country visiting makerspaces learning skills and techniques and seeing the amazing practices of makers all over this wonderful nation of ours and most recently I visited lower-48 wood shop where the incredible Joe Lee taught me the rudiments of making wooden bowls on a wood lathe and in her shop I made what I guess could be classified that's half a bowl it looks kind of like a bowl but it's only halfway finished and I told Julie that I could come back and finish that in my shop and that's what we're gonna do today but I'm gonna guess that you're thinking the same thing that my testing crew thought which was Adam you've got a wood lathe and the answer is yes I do own a wood lathe it's been in the corner this entire time and no one's noticed it I'm gonna pull it out and fire it up yeah there we go hello baby I have actually not made something on this lathe no this is a tool I bought when I first set up this shop seven years ago and I have only fired it up to test it but not to actually make something on it so this is a brand new enterprise yeah these are not the standard handles that this thing came with but I have a collection of handles and dials and I upgrade all my tools so that they have better grips on them cuz feels good to have solid knobs to tighten things with yes look at that it's like it was meant for this it was actually meant for this so this is a feature of my custom tool stands that I've learned to add in which is a holder for the electrical cords so it's not dragging behind everything which drives me absolutely insane let's start with this guy hey it's totally working oh that's awesome that that's really cool man this is totally working it's like I'm wow it looked like I have a hairy chest for the first time in my whole life Alec Baldwin eat your heart out cool I'm liking it all right I'm gonna try and go for the inside now ah it's time for the sanding I'm gonna turn on the overhead fan now what I'm doing is I'm doing what I would call climbing the sandpaper ladder and what I mean by climbing the sandpaper ladder is that I start with a really rough grit like a hundred or eighty and I use that to shape and smooth and then I go to a hundred grit I go one level finer and I use that until I've gotten rid of all the marks from its predecessor and then I go to 120 and I do the same and go to 150 180 now I'm at 180 and once you're at 180 you're kind of in the homestretch because you can go to 220 and honestly at that point you're at a very high polish or wood you know what I just realized that this is like it's like really really slow pottery I feel like Patrick Swayze's heads are gonna come around mine and we're gonna have a little moment I think that's most of my sandpaper I'm gonna go to 220 grit now uh-huh look at all that beautiful texture coming out of the wood it's so cool let's see I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve got a little bit of scotch brite here just want to see what this does all right one more one more thing yes what is this one of my favorite materials triple zero steel wool if this can take us to that final shine oh look at this this is almost like I know what I'm doing ladies and gentlemen uh-oh oh that's lovely there we go that is a walnut wooden bowl made on a wood lathe with help from the incredible Julie at lower 48 wood shop Julie I thank you for the new skill\n"