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Great job. I like this string steady much better than most of them that I’ve seen. I can’t turn one very long because of the short length of my lathe, but what you’ve shown is fully doable. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the ideas and the inspiration Allan. Would you share the type of chuck/jaws you are using?

Nice wand ,love the feather in end, too many different steps. Can you make a video of a wand with a lot less steps.

Thank you for sharing Alan👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎

Excellent work and Like the dowel idea. Do you have an stl file of the 3D printed string steady you can share?

Wow what a amazing Idea and peace of work. You have such a gentle touch. Thanks Tim

Pretty cool method Alan. I was at the AAW as well but missed this demo. Gary

Thanks, Alan! As always, your imaginative solutions are a joy to watch.

Nice, Alan. That string steady was a great idea. I don't think starting with a dowel is cheating. I'm pretty sure you know how to turn a square piece round when you need to lol. Bill

My friend Jan Pennel turned one 2.4m or 8ft long. She was an amazing woman. ❤

very stylish scoops, thanks for sharing the process.

Enjoyed that thanks. I was expecting the off centre scoop that I saw on Instagram yesterday, but see that I missed that a few days ago. That's next on my viewing list. I noticed that you were using the skew ""toe down", which is something I still have to learn. All of the teaching videos (that I have found at least) show "toe up" turning, so what's the best way to go about learning to turn "toe down" with a skew? A more frugal way to make the string steady is to fit it directly onto your partly extended tailstock quill. This also has the advantage of being able to pass a few inches of the spindle inside the quill and gain a few inches in maximum length.

Alan, this is an outstanding piece of work. I love the steady rest. Quite innovative. The results are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and continue to stay safe. Thanks to your reminders I know I will.🙂🙂 Looking forward to meeting you at SWAT.

Do you have a video of the offcut chuck shown at the end of the video

Thats a beautiful platter. Its nice to see you have mistakes also and not edit them out

Alan, very good tip on drilling the rubber stopper. I was having trouble doing that. Not any more. Thank you. Roger D.

The tough part for me was getting the top and body edges to fit flat together. Fun project.

This wood looks like Redbud to me. Here in North Carolina it blooms with small purple blooms in March, almost before everything else. Its seed pods look like small flat pea pods, and it is extremely prone to checking. The leaves are green, but there is a cultivar that has reddish purple leaves. The light colored sapwood checks easily, but the heartwood is pretty stable. Here's a link to the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis

I agree with the previous comments! I'll definitely be giving this a go to add another dimension to my one-piece scoops.

Allan - your videos are exceptional! You get to the point, no fluff, and all the information is very useful, not to mention mostly inspirational! Will you be selling your bushings?

Love to "dabble" in offset turning and seeing your cute little Eccentric Scoop makes my day for another fine Alan Stranton project to tackle.......Thanks once again.

The scoop is very nice. 👍👍 I understand the method of turning the sphere end and the offset turning on the handle. However I think the fixtures you 3D printed are the most interesting. My biggest interest is how you set up the printer to make those fixtures. As in how to tell the printer what to make. Someday a video on the procedure please. I wish I could have been to Portland. I will be at SWAT in August. Will you be there? Take care and continue to stay safe, I will.🙂🙂

I have done quite a bit of off set turning but I have never made a scope. This was a very enjoyable video Alan. Thank you for sharing. I will look for you next week

Nicely done - as usual. You've about convinced me that I need a 3-D printer. Thanks. I know that your weekly production takes planning and effort.

is the pvc handle generating alot of heat? hows it holding up?

Thanks for the inspiration....

alan , is there a reason molly recommended 20 gauge wire versus 16 or 18?

This wood looks very similar to the Russian Olive tree I cut down.

Osage Orange better known as hedge apple

bonjour Alan je pense que c'est du sumac de virginie en France on dit vinaigrier merci pour la video

Any dead leaves still out in the yard? That would go a long way to helping you identify it. The wood has the beautiful look of Acacia (honey locust), mesquite ( black locust), or perhaps a nut tree like almond or pecan. What ever it is, it is well worth the time invested to turn it.

Alan, at last weeks Saw Dust Session I did my first sphere. It turned out quite well for the first time. I did have help from another club member, you know the club well, the Willamette Valley Woodturners. Your video on holding the sphere gave me new ideas on a better way to do that. Thanks for the video and your show. Roger D.

Very nice piece Alan. The wood is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I will look for you next week

Wood could be laburnum?

Another pleasant Friday morning watching "As Wood Turns". There is always something good coming from the Stratton shop and this is no exception. That is a beautiful piece of wood Alan. You did it proud. Nicely turned and beautifully finished. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and continue to stay safe.🙂🙂

Nice bowl, Alan. Also a nice subtle shout out to the three little bears. Bill

Beautiful piece of wood. May well be crab. Hope someone can give a definitive answer.

Nice project! What did the leaves look like? The heart wood kinda' looks like Sumac.

Great bowl.

Nice job Beautiful Piece Alan and great save!

I know this is a little after the fact, but I happened to watch Eli in Portland and was wondering if you had a template of these arcs either in your blog or in somewhere in the files you could forward along 🤞🏻🙏🏻

Nice, Alan. I'm glad you persevered to the end. Bill

I had nearly the same accident on a much larger saw. I probably should have gone in for stitches, but I just wrapped it real tight and luckily everything held together. I just now bought a small saw nearly identical to yours and the first thing I noticed was the way that channel worked, and started to think about how to fix it.

With whom, exactly, are you sharing the blame?

Alan, that's a great-looking bowl from beautiful wood. My only critique would be that probably 80% of that beautiful wood ended up as wood shavings. 😞 That 12 x 12 x 2 inch slab would have yielded 48 excellent pen blanks, each one 6 x 1 x 1.

The platter looks good, nice color. It was good to see you at the AAW symposium, also.

Gorgeous piece Alan👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎

It sure is nice to have friends who travel and can bring back beautiful wood. You certainly did this wood proud. Beautiful wood and beautiful work.. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Very pretty Alan. Thank you for sharing. I hope I see you next week

Something like this will be a game changer, I had one that a guy made that I bought the lathe from, however the way it was made I have to move the tailstock out of the way and the steady rest to move the tool rest on opposite sides of the bed. Very annoying. This design will allow me to remove it while not having to remove the tailstock.