Another Skew practice video

[john lucas]

This is a warm up exercise I do when I haven't been turning in a while. It refreshes my skills. It's very good practice. Just use scrap wood, don't worry about the quality and throw it away afterwords. Your more relaxed that way and after you turn a few of these you'll start to feel comfortable with the skew.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPvRMuIj4_4

 

[Joe Greiner]

Camera Orientation

See my message #3 here: http://www.aawforum.org/vbforum/showthread.php?t=5690

The link no longer allows visitor access to images. I've attached them here for your consideration. If your video camera doesn't have provision for image rotation, a Dove prism can do so; and another Dove prism to rectify left vs. right. Needs additional camera height, but zoom can fix that.

 

[john lucas]

flipped version

My camera doesn't but I was able to figure out how to do it in Imovie. I simply forgot about that last night. To get the camera closer to my normal eye position I have to mount the camera from the backside of the lathe. This inverts the video of course. Here is the corrected version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA91yJ9KhKU

 

[Robin Thompson]

For what it's worth John, I watched both videos and actually found the first one more beneficial. I just found the view showed the angle of presentation better.

 

[TJ Hamilton]

Great New Year's present for all of us, Thanks John. Highly informative, great production values and enjoyable. Except for the cold, I felt like I was right over your shoulder.

All the best, Tom, just over the hill in Douglasville, GA