I was given this Almond tree root ball from a member of my local woodturning club. This is my first attempt at turning a root ball. I was definitely a little nervous about this one, it was the largest and most unbalanced piece I have turned to date. Originally I had planned to not use any resin in this piece, but unfortunately there was no way I was going to be able to hollow it out and have it stay in one piece. I also had a bit of a scare when part of the root caught on the tool rest and broke. I’m sorry I didn’t catch it on camera. It was pretty intense. I set my lathe speed at 450 rpm for the majority of this turning (lowest speed my lathe will go). Only raising it to approximately 600 rpm once the piece was cut and better balanced. I think I lost about an inch of my 5/8” bowl gouge turning this piece due to the constant sharpening. The inside of the root had lots of rocks and dirt that I just couldn’t get to until I turned it down a bit. The simple woodturning carbide tools worked great as always. The Sumi black pigment powder from Eye candy pigments came out amazing and really went well with the grain color of the piece. I finished the piece with Danish oil and polished with carnauba wax. This was by far the most fun I’ve had turning a piece and plan on finding more root balls to turn. The fact every piece is original and one of a kind is what I think makes it so special. Thanks for watching! Hope you have a great day! #woodworking #woodturning #resin Affiliate links Simple woodturning tools www.simplewoodturningtools.com?bg_ref=gkr80FMJN5 Limited time coupon code!!!!!!!!! Square3 Acrylic resin simple start turner and hollower www.simplewoodturningtools.com/knyydq Acrylic resin simple start roughing tool www.simplewoodturningtools.com/yio14f Simple hollowing system with laser kit www.simplewoodturningtools.com/ect9ii Super Clear Epoxy Partner Superclear epoxy resin www.superepoxysystems.com/ref/squareandlevel/ Eye Candy pigments 👁️ bit.ly/48vZNLf Coupon code: Squareandlevel Sumi Black Eye Candy pigment powder- bit.ly/3J5Qasr

@TheNewJankyWorkshop

Ай бұрын

I like this idea of duping the description in the comments... borrowing. :)

@johnlivsey4146

Ай бұрын

Thanx. New turner and new sub. Something about the rootball really speaks to me. Not sure why. Maybe you are giving new life to a 'reject' or something. Not sure. Keep up the good work. Going to call my shrink now....

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

@@johnlivsey4146 haha. I totally agree. It’s basically trash. Would either end up in a landfill or a bonfire. Kinda cool to make something unique and interesting with it. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day.

@JamesCouch777

Ай бұрын

I like turning stuff that shouldn't be turned, in other words, trash 😊. This one turned out great 👍​@@squareandlevel

@wadihkarim4088

Ай бұрын

Is this for sale and how much?

Rey nice, looks like an ancient pot that is in perfect shape and ready for display in a museum.

Very well done. Came out GREAT! !! !!!

A WINNER, a thing of beauty!!!

Beautiful piece! Thanks for posting! 👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Absolutely, a total pleasure to watch. Thank you.

I love the contrast - beautiful !! 👍 from 🇨🇦

WOW! That is beautiful. Thanks for posting!!

That is a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing.

Gorgeous results! Well done!

Absolutely wonderful keep it up.

Oh My Goodness- it’s stunning! Such a delight to watch you create!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Oh boy. I've never seen your shop this dirty 😊. First class work as always sir.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Haha. It’s still a mess. Deep cleaning time this weekend. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day!

Absolutely beautiful!!

You are an artist and I love the smell of wood

Stunning, absolutely stunning.

@squareandlevel

6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Hope you have a great day! Scott

WOW! Beautifully done 👩🏻‍🏫👵🏻👏🏻🥰‼️

Extraordinary skill. I was transfixed for the whole process.

Boy, oh boy! That was one screwed up, pot bound tree! What type of wood was it? I used to dabble in marquetry and loved all the types of veneer available. I just loooove wood! This is like polishing a raw opal. You can’t wait to see what you uncover. It’s magnificent!!!!❤. From junk to jewels!

Beautiful piece!

Now that sure turned looking nice!! I also liked your zip-tie trick for keeping the wood from floating while giving you a handle to lift it out of the pressure pot. I have found that roots do not always turn the same as the parts of the tree that are above the ground. They also seem to dry a little faster.

Masterful! 👍🏻 Beautiful piece!

@squareandlevel

13 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

Espectacular empecé a verlo para ver cómo quedaba muy bonito 😮

Stupendous, I was so surprised when you stopped the lathe at the end. Thank you for sharing this journey with us. 😎

@squareandlevel

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Man look at that lathe shake rattle and roll!!! Beautiful piece, Scott!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks Glen. It's really not good that the lathe is shaking so much, but that's the slowest setting mine runs at. Thanks for watchinf mate! Hope you have a good one!

Magificant! Beautiful. Marvelous work!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks John! Have a good one!

Beautiful Vase Scott, what a challenge!!! You did amazing, great work

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Mike. Really appreciate it. This was a fun one. Hope you have a great day!

Love your work, please keep it up. I'm learning by watching.

@squareandlevel

11 күн бұрын

Thanks, will do! Hope you have a great day!

Good work man

Wah wah whee wah ...!! ❤❤❤❤ Man, thats so beautiful !!!😮😮😮

Wow ,,,Stunning!

Wow! Glad you kept up with that after the piece broke off. That thing is gorgeous

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Hope you have a great day!

Yeah, I happened upon one of your videos. That was over an hour ago. Now I have to subscribe because your work is just outstanding.

@squareandlevel

6 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. Appreciate the compliment. I hope you have a great day!

Awesome video Scott! This one turned out amazingly! Such a huge starting point too! Keep up the great work!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you Cam. Maybe in ten years I’ll be able to make a video as good as yours. Thanks for watching man. Hope you have a good one.

That's absolutely beautiful

Good work❤❤

@squareandlevel

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Hope you have a good day!

Absolutely beautiful

Very stunning. Great job.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Man that's beautiful. Whenever I mess with a root ball I usually break out the pressure washer and blast away all the dirt and rocks. Works great and all the mess is outside.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Did that twice before I started. Still full of rocks and dirt. These roots were wrapped so tight the stuff just wouldn’t come out. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day!

@johnlivsey4146

Ай бұрын

That's true. You can blast the outside all day long and then 7/8th of an inch in after 3 min of turning... there's a rock. 😢

Beautiful piece

I like the black, I use a lot of coffee grounds in my turning.

@davidhunt7519

Ай бұрын

Ha! I didn't know anyone else did that!

@JamesCouch777

Ай бұрын

@@davidhunt7519 lol, I really like the color and tone, smells good too

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Sorry for late response. I’m intrigued by this idea and am most likely going to “barrow” it. Haha. Curious if you have any rough ratios you go by for coffee/resin. You’ve convinced me with the “smells good”comment.

@harryrespass9473

2 күн бұрын

Didn’t know that was possible but I’m trying it.

That is an AMAZING piece of work

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you David. Hope you have a great day!

What do you do with the shavings that have the epoxy in them? I normally put my shavings out as mulch around the trees, but wouldn't do that with epoxy for obvious reasons. I am curious to see your method of reuse or disposal. Thanks for another great video.

just gorgeous! very nice work--- hope to see more from you

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

More to come!

I'm enjoying your videos. You are doing some fun pieces.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope you have a great day!

Very impressive, quite the job there !!!!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

All I can just beautiful keep up the good work

Absolutely amazing so very cool great job

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks Jim. Hope you have a great day!

@jimrosson6702

Ай бұрын

Thanks hope you have a great day also. Loving your wood turning stuff looks awesome . Keep up the great job

I like the direction that this went. And the black.

Stunning!!!

Phil , that vase is beautiful, I can't believe that came out of that piece of wood.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you, but who is Phil? Hope you have a great day!

La finale est magnifique le bois et une matière noble bravo félicitation pour ce que vous faites 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Beautiful x

Hermoso trabajo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful 😊

Absolutely Stunning 👏👏👏✌️

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

Não me canso de ver seus trabalhos ,e as belezas que você produz ❤❤.

Great looking piece Scott. Really enjoying your videos, please keep them coming. I thought that yu may have used the top piece you parted off as a lid (not that it needed it). Thanks for sharing Cheers Bruce

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you Bruce. I considered that exact thing with the lid but eventually decided against it on this specific piece. Will definitely keep it in mind for the future. As always thanks for watching and I hope you have a great day!

Well done .

New subscriber . .That was very impressive, never turned a root before. Think I will wait awhile before I try. I will be closely watching your channel in future. Keep it up.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks John. I’m definitely going to try and find more. That was by far the most interesting bit of turning I’ve done. Thanks for watching. I hope you have a great day!

Excelente trabajo realizado

Получилось великолепно....💜 Красиво и оргинально 💚

So nice to look at.

That's so amazing

The prep work before it even gets mounted is crucial. I’ve hit a stone inside one root system before

Beautiful

I'm not a woodturner, but find it so relaxing watching a craftsman create something beautiful from something so mundane. I'm curious though how you ensure that the thickness is the same down the sides when you are hollowing the inside. Probably a dumb question I know.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Hi Tony. Not a dumb question. There is a laser attached to the hollower set up I use that points down on the outside of the vessel being turned. It helps to reference where the cutter is on the inside, making it fairly easy to obtain a uniform thickness throughout the piece. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day.

Yep, got a like from me. A very interesting video and I thank you for sharing 🌞

Amazing is right, thanks for sharing. Full View and Like 👍

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you too!👍

Very nice indeed and a good length of video too! Some people like to talk more and make the video more about them then their turning 🙂

When you first start carving, it scares the 💩 out of me! But wow! The end results ❤

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks Scott. That was a fun one. Have a good day man

Truly beautiful - made me think of antiquities - like you'd find in a pyramid.

Looks good.

Love it!

Bravissimo!

Well done

Lovely ❤

This is my favorite of your pieces so far! Good job! I am wanting to do this with table legs for some of my pieces but a 16 inch tall pressure pot seems like what I will need to stop from waisting epoxy. I think your simple tool affiliation is a plus and if you could explain what each tool is and does on a video that may be a good video. I turn mostly legs and have no idea the techniques involved but do enjoy. thanks

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you sir! It's one of my favorites as well. I'm on the fence about doing a tool video for multiple reasons. We will see what the future brings. Thanks for watching! Have good one!

Awesome

Nicely Done Brother! I would imagine it took a lot of effort to make this one happen.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks! It did for sure, but well worth it. This was a fun one. Hope you have a good one!

Awesomeness

That turned out great! Good job. Do you prefer an inertia sander over a power sander? Thanks.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

I use both just depending on the piece. I had the inertia sander out from doing the inside of piece and just kept using it. They both work great tho. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great day!

Had dinner with your in-laws Tuesday night and we're all in agreement regarding your skill and creativity as a craftsman and artist!!!!!!!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks Nick. Think I have a ways to go on the whole artist thing. It sure is fun though. Appreciate you taking the time as always. Hope to see you soon. Have a good one !

Beautiful piece, have to agree with the comment below about color choice. With so many colors, why black?

My husband loved turning wood. Pleasure to watch this. So much work and a little danger even! But a gorgeous result.

As a hobbyist, I must say that the two things I feel when watching your vid's are admiration and envy, for your workshop, tools and skill. I do however have a technical question. Is the resin you use elastic or do you rely on the strength of the resin to resist future stress, created by movement in the wood? Or. Has that root ball been seasoning since "Adam were a lad"? I only ask because I don't have the time left to wait that long. 😉👍

@squareandlevel

5 күн бұрын

The epoxy resin is not elastic. This specific piece has moved a little since being made and I will likely fix it in the future once it has stabilized. This was my first attempt at a root turning and I learned a lot. Next time I will turn it to rough oversized shape. Drill the pilot hole in the center and let it air out for a few weeks before adding resin or finishing the turn if no resin will be used. A microwave oven is also a good option I may experiment with in the future, when I get around to picking up a used one. Thanks for watching and the great question. I hope you have a great day! Scott

@farrier2708

5 күн бұрын

@@squareandlevel Thanks for the reply. I too warm up my work in a microwave, immediately prior to applying beeswax polish. It drives out the air and moisture from the wood and as it cools the wax is sucked deep into the pores. A word of warning though. Don't apply any sort of finish before you put your work in the oven.

Love this piece! Couple questions! What 5 gallon pressure pot do you use and what are your thoughts on it? It looks like a TCP Global. I’m wanting to buy one but keep reading how these pots don’t seal correctly out of the box and that has me hesitant to spend that type of money. Any advice/info will be greatly appreciated!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! This is a CAT pot and this was the first time I used it. It was a little cheaper than the tcp global ones. So far I really like it. It was perfectly sealed out of the box. ( I pressurized it and sprayed all sealing points and fittings with soapy water to make sure). These things are wayyy over priced in my opinion but especially the ones for “resin casting “. They are the same as the paint pot ones with parts removed and then they charge more money for them. The first one I bought was a vevor paint pot that I modified. It was $70. It’s just a little on the small side. But I’m happy I now have two to work with. Hope that helps a bit. Have a great day. I’ll leave a link to the Cat 5 gall. One. California Air Tools CAT-365C 5... www.amazon.com/dp/B017BXZ8B4?

@forsythbmf6127

Ай бұрын

@@squareandlevel Thank you for the insight! Keep up the great work!

Absolutely gorgeous! Fantastic work on what I would have thrown out to burn!! You have great talent and a creative vision!!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Dude, that came out amazing! Nice job Scott! Just getting into turning myself. I know you do some work with Simple - as a beginner, that has already dulled his cheap set from Amazon, what to you suggest for a set? Want to get the nice stuff that will last forever now :) Thanks brother!

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! As far as tool recommendations, it really depends on what you want to turn. I personally like the full size tools that are for turning with resin. They have negative rake cutters and still work good if just turning wood. They would not be ideal for small detail work though. I have little interest in making pens and very small pieces so the full size tools work best for me. Simple woodturning tools have multiple different sets available depending on what you’re looking to do. I personally bought the full size AR STH tool first because I wanted to make sure I liked it before spending money on a set. I now wish I would have just bought the set to begin with. They really are high quality tools that work great. Hope that helps. Have a good one !

@TheNewJankyWorkshop

Ай бұрын

@@squareandlevel Thank you my friend, much appreciated! I don't have much interest in the small things... although I do have a small lathe. Looking for full size tools to do both wood and resin (have a couple of resin handle projects I want to do). So I'll take a look at their sets!

Beautiful. But I don't get why almost everyone uses dark resin. In a case like this, where you had to use resin to hold the root ball together, why not use a resin more transparent, maybe even clear so you can look into it and see the root ball. Those twisty roots are the best part.

@robertocoiante1981

Ай бұрын

DENNIS DOLAN. ciao Dennis il tuo è stato un ottimo punto di osservazione, ma senza la resina scura si sarebbe perso quel tono di antichità Etrusca che abbiamo qui a Roma.

@johnrains8409

26 күн бұрын

Opinions are like...well you know what they are like.

@robertocoiante1981

26 күн бұрын

@@johnrains8409 Continua con il tuo modo di fare, non contesto mai l'operato degli altri perché ognuno di noi ha una visuale del lavoro diversa dagli altri, anzi cerco sempre di carpire i lati migliori, quindi buon lavoro di tanto in tanto questo filmato me lo riguardo perché sicuramente è costato tanto di fatica che di attrezzatura. un caro saluto da Roma

Is that a pressure chamber or vacuum chamber? Or both? And by the way I think the black is perfect.

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

This video I used my new pressure chamber. It is currently only set up for pressure. My old one is set up for both pressure or vacuum depending on what I’m doing. Thanks for watching, hope you have a great day!

WOW!!!!!!

Wery nice

Wonder Full, Top jop, Perfekt,

Очень красивое изделие из сучковатого корня.

Nádherný 😍❤💯👍💯❤😍

Yep, Ii knew the resin was coming.

Красота.

👍👏

Why not use a larger forester bit to start with?

@squareandlevel

Ай бұрын

That’s the largest bit in my set. Thanks for watching, hope you have a good one!