Black walnut hollow form

Annual conference for Youtube? How did you get on there and what are the others going to be talking about? Great piece too, the walnut rings are really clean!

Gabriel Hoff said:

How did you get on there and what are the others going to be talking about?

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I work there, which helps 😬. There was a call for topics a few months ago. I submitted my proposal for a talk and was one of five selected for the event. The agenda is a mix of YouTubers and external folks. Wide range of topics, but all focus on design in some capacity.

The form and finish of this piece are both simply gorgeous!

First off, that's a very nice hollow form, making excellent use of the wood's features.
Second, taking off on a tangent, if you work for youtube, can you please do something about the idiots posting woodturning videos that show horrible technique and unsafe practices? At the very least, they should have a crawler on the bottom saying that youtube (and me, if necessary) doesn't condone the content shown and anyone learning to turn wood should have instruction from a safe and competent turner. I would imagine that youtube has some liability if someone gorks themself copying something they saw on the site.

Dean Center said:

can you please do something about the idiots posting woodturning videos that show horrible technique and unsafe

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Unfortunately, I’m not able to make unilateral decisions about what is / isn’t valid content.

shellac only or oil first? Beautiful.

Beautiful!

Alan Weinberg said:

shellac only or oil first? Beautiful.

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Shellac only. Several coats 😃