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Try entering bobham5 also enter woodturning. Lots there
Peter
Try entering bobham5 also enter woodturning. Lots there
Peter
Thanks.....I wasn't aware of bobham5......I watched one video and was impressed.......bookmarked him.
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what main page is that?
john lucas
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I've seen some good videos on Youtube but I've also seen some scary ones with bad tool usage and even dangerous techniques. Wish there was a way to rate them or something so beginners would know the difference.
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John, I have to agree with you on some of those scary videos on youtube! My granddaughter started turning and my son went to youtube, I told him let me watch them before she does. But I've seen demonstrations at local clubs that scared me, too!
Good call......both of you!
John, yes.......there should be a way to make distinction between good and bad safety practices on youtube. I don't think it would go over very well on youtube itself to begin censuring videos there, but there's nothing that would prevent us from identifying them on this forum.
There is plenty of disagreement among us about what is proper or best techniques, but outright safety issues should be identified and discussed.
There should be a way to do this without having a thread drop off the end of the earth.......never to be available again, except through a search. Got any ideas John, Kurt.....?
One could put a comment directly attached to the youtube video.....and, I suppose if the safety concern is outrageous enough, I might be tempted to do that......never have, though......not to mention that I don't read the youtube comments very often.
Then there is also safety issues that would be debatable among us.......and, I'm sure that is the case.......some safety issues will be disputed by others, though some will have universal agreement.
Anyway, John, the issues you and Ruth have noted SHOULD be brought into the spotlight and discussed............and this is the place to do it.
It's easy to "copy and paste" a link to any video. You can identify any exact point in that video by noting the time shown at the bottom where the "infraction" occurred.....example: 01:32 is one minute and thirty two seconds into the video.
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john lucas
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Odie I don't go to youtube very often to look at basic bowl turning. Occasionally I'm looking at what't there and happen upon one. I remember watching one where he got 2 or 3 nasty catches. The video was not clear enough to see why they happened and he didn't stop to explain why or how to avoid them. On his behalf he wasn't trying to teach just filming himself turning. However a beginner watching this wouldn't know.
Hello John......
The turning basics are certainly there, but you'll find the videos cover far more than beginner's information.
I don't go to youtube as much as some might, but I do so for the same reason I participate in this forum.....to improve myself. I'm not interested in trying to impress others, or "pecking order", or social status. I consider you an advanced turner, and by the same token, I consider myself and quite a few other forum participants to be advanced as well. I don't care if I expose myself as uninformed, or incorrect from time to time.....it's the price I pay for improvement.
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