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Favorite woodturning YouTube channels

Mike Waldt and Tomislav can't remember the last name, but from eastern Europe, Richard Raffen. Woodturner 21, aka Steve Jones, incredible skew work, but he shows a lot but "not intended for instruction", and of course me.... The late great Allan Batty has a couple up, probably the best I have seen with a skew chisel. Mike Mahoney is good, and so is Glenn Lucas. I don't do any thing the same way most of these guys do. Oh, Carl Jacobson, many projects.... I do like Lisa Ramlow too. I think that is her name....

robo hippy
 
When turning I often hear Robo's voice in my head..."DON'T STAND IN THE LINE OF FIRE". That's from one of his youtube videos I watched when I was first getting back into turning and having that stuck in my head is a pretty good thing imo. Thanks Reed!
 
I watch a lot of the above turners. To the ones already mentioned, I'll add Kent Weakly of Turn a Wood Bowl-I learned a LOT watching his excellent instructional videos. I tend to go through phases, though. Lately, I'm enjoying Tomislav's videos as well as Andrew McCarn's channel.
 
When I first started turning it was mostly John Lucas, Capt Eddie, and Bob Hamilton. Now it is Richard Raffan and Tomislav Tomasic. I'm dissappointed in the way Stuart Batty keeps inserting his rolling logo, just doesn't flow for me.
 
I watch just about every channel listed by others. I learned how to turn watching Ken at Turn a Wood Bowl. I only watch what I would refer to as professional turners that have good technique. I mainly watch tool presentation and body position. I watched Glen Lucas turn a bead with a skew on a platter, stopped the video several times, increased the size, and then went out and duplicated the same bead.
I see a lot of videos with questionable technique and just fast forward to the end to see what the piece looks like.
 
I watch a lot of YouTube (more than I should). For basic bowl turning, I think that Kent at Turn A Wood Bowl offers the best instruction. He keeps things simple (only a couple of tools), and uses the same technique on every video. His camera angles are excellent for showing the bevel and the cutting edge of the gouge.
 
Turn a Wood Bowl - Like others, that's where I learned and am a better turner or it.
Richard Raffan
Mike Peace
Tomislav Tomasic
Sam Angelo
Blackwood Studios - Not turning, but he makes $20,000+ tables from slabs. Entertaining.

In a completely different category, Justinthetrees is highly entertaining. He's a turner, but kind of just enough to get by. He has a series where he makes ice cream with tree parts for flavoring. For example, he did one on sassafras. He made two syrups, one from the roots and on from the bark. The root syrup turned out great, but the bark not so much. While the ice cream is freezing, he makes a bowl and spoon out of the same species.

And as long we we're here, some of my favorite non-turning channels:

MeatEater
Mike Rowe The Way I Heard It
Professor of Rock
Rick Beato
 
Somebody mentioned Captain Eddie. I remember watching a lot of his videos early on during my turning journey ('20-'21, during the height of the pandemic), as much for his entertaining style as anything; I love the way he just leaned into being an old fart lol. I remember hearing he had serious health problems. Does anyone know if he died, or became too incapacitated to turn?
 
I started with Kent from Turn a Wood Bowl. Then discovered Tomislav which led me to Richard Raffan, Mike Peace and Sam (I’ve watched almost everyone of their videos). Also watch Ron Kanne (he’s pretty funny on top of it) and Kerry Corney. I’ll have to check out the others mentioned here.

BTW: have a Refiner, Burnisher and Bowl Gouge coming from Tomislav. Was finally able to get my order in with this last batch.
 
Joel Daniels said:
I started with Kent from Turn a Wood Bowl. Then discovered Tomislav which led me to Richard Raffan, Mike Peace and Sam (I’ve watched almost everyone of their videos). Also watch Ron Kanne (he’s pretty funny on top of it) and Kerry Corney. I’ll have to check out the others mentioned here.

BTW: have a Refiner, Burnisher and Bowl Gouge coming from Tomislav. Was finally able to get my order in with this last batch.
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Joel-I'd be interested in hearing how you get on with that asymmetric grind bowl gouge he grinds. It's an interesting concept, and he gets silky smooth cuts and finishes from his tools. When he starts sanding at 400, spends maybe a few seconds on it and shows off a flawless piece, I just shake my head in wonderment. Maybe someday...
 
Aaron Harris said:
Joel-I'd be interested in hearing how you get on with that asymmetric grind bowl gouge he grinds. It's an interesting concept, and he gets silky smooth cuts and finishes from his tools. When he starts sanding at 400, spends maybe a few seconds on it and shows off a flawless piece, I just shake my head in wonderment. Maybe someday...
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I’ll let you know. I’m a little apprehensive - but always willing to give it a try. May take me a while - he and Richard make it look so easy!
 
I had heard that Brian Havens passed away. Anyone know? I love the bit with the straws that he used to show grain orientation!

robo hippy
 
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