Offset Turning, Tool Control, & Ducks

Sometimes you just want to make shavings, challenge yourself a little bit, and be done within an hour. That's todays project as we explore basic offset turning and eskew sandpaper in favor of tool control as we make a country toy... I.E. a duck.

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[arnoldkotlyarevsky]

I love how honestly you portray the process. You roll with your mistakes, admit when you make them, and learn from them. Seriously good work.

[NMranchhand]

Your detailed, organized instruction is greatly enhanced by your showing the not-so-great passes, analyzing the problem and fixing it. Although your skill is so much higher than ours, it makes what your demonstrating seem within the realm of reality with patience and tenacity.

[JmFromTx]

I don't know if you check new comments for old videos but if you do I wanted to let you know that the skew cut you demonstrated completely changed my attitude about the spindle gouge for long smoothing cuts. One of those light bulb moments in my woodturning journey. Thanks

[SkengManNZ]

got my first lathe 3 moths ago and watched your videos, great lessons. did my first stall with bowls and pens the other week. thanks for the help you are a great teacher

[TheStanford]

This is more a detailed "how to" tutorial than a demonstration - excellent work. Please keep up the good work!!

[craigraper]

I am loving your videos very informative and helpful. Wish I had found you a long time a ago. I have been bed bound for the most part of 5 years from 2 major back surgeries. No telling that all I would be in shop trying to make right now had I been watching you more than just last night and today. But watch out world I am getting brain loaded and ready to go. Again thank yo so much for the great training videos

[mattsitton]

When I first started watching your videos a few months ago I was a little turned off by the length of them. But I see now you really pack them up with tips and tricks. And it doesn't hurt that you are able to entertain the audience as you go along. I really like Dave Stanton and Izzy Swan. I think you are right in there with those two guys. Thanks for what you do.

[unclepewter]

I collect rubber duckies (I know weird hobby for a grown man but my kids started getting me them when they were really young and it stuck) so when I saw your video pop up I had to watch and now my collection is going to expand to wooden ones as well lol. I am subscribed to your channel because I learn a lot from you. Up until I found your channel all I have done was trial and error because I had no one to explain the different techniques so I really appreciate your videos

[balfineartgallery]

Loved the demo. Great demo on tool technique and a fun project. I learned a lot. It was well wortheffort to watch.

[DragonGateDesign]

never though i would get such a thrill from watching Cap turn a duck

[johnporter]

Great tutorial! Glad to see someone teaching this stuff well.

[superdrs]

I enjoyed watching, my first attempt at offset turning did not end well. I have to give it another try. Thanks for sharing, I'm glad your back on You Tube, I missed your videos and your passion for wood working.

[savath]

I really appreciate your videos and have learned a ton. Thank you.

[suzetteedwards]

Thank you for the in depth explanations of tooling. I'm brand new to turning. This was IMMENSELY helpful. I now want to try a duck just for peactice.

[pietervanengelen]

It is always wortheffort to see your videos again, pun intended. I always find something new. Well done

[rogerdirkx.]

Hi, What kind of faceplate are you using with the threaded holes for offset turning? Is there a special name for it? Where is it available or did you make it yourself? Thanks.
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[rickbill]

Absolutely awesome! Thanks for the extra effort in showing the detailed instruction!!

[elrs]

You need more power, because basically the radius is bigger, and as someone mentioned the off center weight puts pressure to the bearings. Air resistance is completely different (hence the wind), and maybe the biggest influence is the inertia that pulls the object out of the lathe, so the force is pointed outwards. That is the force you need to add with more power from the motor, all the time (not just for acceleration). In the normal setup, the inertia just makes it wanna continue spinning, and the motor just adds a little bit to the force when it slows down.
Oh, and the vibration calms down when you increase the frequency - mainly because you take it out of resonance. Every object has it's own resonating frequency, and if you hit it right (with enough weight + motor power) you could blow up the lathe. It's not that you must speed it up, just move it out of the problematic RPM (frequency)

[TheSafecrkr]

at first I saw the length of this video & thought to myself, do I want to watch for that long or get out to the shop and do it (?) . I'm really glad I watched. thanks for this and all the other videos.
Jim

[johngriffiths]

I like your videos, you are an excellent teacher. Thanks for doing them.