Turning video recommendations

[Kalia Kliban]

I suspect this will be like trying to get a drink of water from a firehose, but since I've been missing out on my local club meetings and demos, who's got recommendations for really good turning videos online? Looking for not only good skills, but good presentation, pacing and videography.
Let the linkfest begin!

 

[hockenbery]

A good place to start is the AAW video source... these are all videos reviewed by AAW voiunteers for safety and good practices.
If you are logged in to woodturner.org this link should show you the search page
https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturn...bsiteKey=c9100f02-c77e-4177-a9bc-7d3eb0216238

put “hock” I. The author box and selected “video” in the type box and you will get a couple of mine.

 

[hockenbery]

Another set of good demo videos are the Sarasota woodturners for the last few year.
Are posted on YouTube by their host Advantage lumber.
I think this link will show you the demos.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=advantage+lumber+woodturning

if not go to YouTube.com and search for “advantage lumber woodturning”

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Look for Stuart Batty, YouTube and Vimeo. Also his dad's, Alan Batty. Classics, timeless and pure British perfect technique.

 

[John Torchick]

Lyle Jamieson for bowl turning- DVD and online.

 

[Russell Nugent]

Look for Stuart Batty, YouTube and Vimeo. Also his dad's, Alan Batty. Classics, timeless and pure British perfect technique.

Alan batty's skew video made me not cry in terror every time I picked up my skew.

 

[john lucas]

There are a lot of good ones out there. I would offer mine. They arent project oriented and I kept them all.to 15 minutes. I tried to make the educational. Go to you tube and type in john60lucas. You can also try johnclucaswoodturner.

 

[Arkriver]

Check Mark Sillay on YouTube

 

[robo hippy]

I have a bunch up on You Tube. Mostly on bowl turning, and with this shut down, am finally 'getting a-round-2-it' with some more videos that have been on the back burner for a while. One of my favorites on You Tube is Mike Waldt from Whales. Good approach for teaching, and a lot of interesting projects.

robo hippy

 

[hockenbery]

try browsing through the tips&techniques
I started the threads below and each one has a video of a demo I’m presenting
Video is quite good because our videographer, Jan Carl is excellent. Phil Pratt is excellent too.

two you won’t see anywhere else- two things I developed:
1. Ball in a Ball - video courtesy AAW- from the 2010 techniques dvd
http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/ball-in-a-ball.15698/

2. Suspended spherical forms -
http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/suspended-spherical-forms.14910/

3. seed jar - split face grain hollow form - probably won’t see this elsewhere
http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/turning-a-seed-jar-split-hollow-form.13584/

4. working with green wood 2 videos from the same demo,
Turning a green bowl for drying, remounting s dried bowl and finish turning
http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/working-with-green-wood.11626/

5. Mounting a faceplate - short part of a hollow form demo
http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/mounting-a-faceplate.14749/

there are few more too

 

[Fadi Zeidan]

I have a saved list of videos that I like to go back and watch on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMiJqBicDpIVMk3-X4Yp7iQUohS2Fli3H

 

[Tom Albrecht]

Look for Stuart Batty, YouTube and Vimeo. Also his dad's, Alan Batty. Classics, timeless and pure British perfect technique.

Alan Batty was a treasure, and it is easy to see that the apple didn't fall far from the tree. The linguistic cadence, the quips, the interruptions to tell a story, it all shows up when you watch Stuart. Though Stu leaves out the un-PC stories.

 

[Tom Albrecht]

Alan batty's skew video made me not cry in terror every time I picked up my skew.

Check out the king of the skew,

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkCCDgXqtQ

 

[Kalia Kliban]

Check out the king of the skew,

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkCCDgXqtQ

Alan Batty's skew video is excellent. I've watched it a couple of times and he's a superb turner. I'm looking forward to settling in this evening and working my way through some of the others. Thank you all for the suggestions, and I'd be happy to see more if you think of good ones.

 

[Doug Freeman]

Favorites are Mark Silay wood slicing approach/tool control, Lyle Jaimeson bowls and hollowing, both on utube, and Stuart Batty on vimeo.

 

[Don Bunce]

Although not very instructional, this is worth watching...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcWKsJkAkFQ

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Alan Batty was a treasure, and it is easy to see that the apple didn't fall far from the tree. The linguistic cadence, the quips, the interruptions to tell a story, it all shows up when you watch Stuart. Though Stu leaves out the un-PC stories.

I always recommend his chasing threads video. He was such a great turner, person and a good father to Stu

 

[Rick Crawford]

Bowl Turning with Del Stubbs. This is one of the early tapes that I learned from in the late 1980's. Might be available from Tauntan Press.

 

[Brian Deakin]

Two Alan Batty videos for your enjoyment

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXxSkHD0fT55RHHVzFMx1w

 

[Richard Hodsdon]

The Mid Maryland woodturning club has a number of great turning videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRe8cRxrPL8kV6Tp5PbbsQ/videos

 

[John Hicks]

Rick turns (youtube) puts out a file that has every wood turning video that you could possibly want.

View: https://youtu.be/9Lmjqa5hR_E

 

[Rachel Aberle]

Look for Stuart Batty, YouTube and Vimeo. Also his dad's, Alan Batty. Classics, timeless and pure British perfect technique.

Is there a catch all place to find Stuart's videos?

 

[Mark Jundanian]

We should mention the Dick Sing videos that are being posted in the "Getting Started" section of this forum.

 

[Dan Stromberg]

Is there a catch all place to find Stuart's videos?

SB Tools

Stuart Batty combines his unique heritage with thirty-five years of experience as a world-class instructor to offer a breakthrough in both tool design and method,…

vimeo.com

 

[Keith Mombourquette]

Eric Lofstrom has some excellent videos. A lot of them related to the skew. He does a great job of teaching proper body mechanics, and his videos are very well produced.

 

[Lars Hansen]

Richard Raffan's books are classics and these two short videos give a nice introduction to his way of turning. I find the videos to be a joy to watch.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TIvROyV2n6w

 

[Dave Hulett]

Thanks to Kalai for starting this thread and to all who responded. Now, I'll be gone for a month as I'm glued to my monitor watching all these!

 

[Mike Johnson]

Ashley Harwood produces a lot of good YouTube videos on various woodturning projects.

 

[Mike Peace]

My channel has more than 550 videos on a wide variety of turning topics all organized into playlists. https://www.youtube.com/mikepeacewoodturning

 

[John Hicks]

My channel has more than 550 videos on a wide variety of turning topics all organized into playlists. https://www.youtube.com/mikepeacewoodturning

Thank you Mike for all the great videos! I've watched every one.

 

[Bill Blasic]

This pandemic really was an eye opener for me. These Zoom demos are very good. Especially Cindy Drozda as she is the best that I have seen moving the video for whatever she is doing. You get to see every nuance of her cuts and her explanations are precise and to the point. She delivers 3+ hours on what ever the subject she is demoing that day.

 

[Mike Peace]

Thank you Mike for all the great videos! I've watched every one.

Wow! Thanks for your support. Hope you are finding time to turn, John!

 

[Brian Deakin]

There are a number of videos a production woodturner based in the uk using a skew chisel on the website below

https://www.youtube.com/user/woodturner21/videos

the skew is an Ashley Iles with rounded edges
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlOz_fyUThQ&t=193s&ab_channel=woodturner21

 

[John Hicks]

Wow! Thanks for your support. Hope you are finding time to turn, John!

Someone gave me a blue ray full of your videos he collected.

 

[Tim Tucker]

This pandemic really was an eye opener for me. These Zoom demos are very good. Especially Cindy Drozda as she is the best that I have seen moving the video for whatever she is doing. You get to see every nuance of her cuts and her explanations are precise and to the point. She delivers 3+ hours on what ever the subject she is demoing that day.

Cindy is doing a live interactive zoom demo - this Saturday ( the 30th of Oct.) at 1 p.m. EDT Here is a link to her homepage where anyone can sign up for it.

Cindy Drozda - The Fine Art of Woodturning - Artwork, Instruction and DVDs

Elegant, Exquisite, Museum Quality Lidded Finial Vessels and Urns hand made by Woodturner and Artist, Cindy Drozda. Woodturning instruction, Demonstrations and Instructional DVDs.

www.cindydrozda.com

 

[Kalia Kliban]

There are a number of videos a production woodturner based in the uk using a skew chisel on the website below

https://www.youtube.com/user/woodturner21/videos

the skew is an Ashley Iles with rounded edges
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlOz_fyUThQ&t=193s&ab_channel=woodturner21

Ah, I saw this one years ago and was never able to find it again. Thank you so much for posting this!

 

[Aaron Cheateaux]

Although not very instructional, this is worth watching...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcWKsJkAkFQ

Are we all collectively just going to continue to not acknowledge the sheer gold in this video?! A travesty….

 

[Tim Tucker]

This is a pretty good list and all of the named turners make good...SAFE....videos. I will be honest tho, and say to anyone asking me where to find videos.....I never give a generalized " just search Youtube" recommendation - because there are a LOT of folks that truly believe that if they own lathe, and a sharpened tool that they should broadcast themselves. This has lead to MANY un-safe examples being set. And there are some that may not be particularly un-safe for well experienced turners......but the turner on video does not explain that to the viewer.

So, like Al Hockenbery suggests - I refer them to the AAW videos - because I know that safe practices and advisements for experience level for certain things are important.

For me - there is a prevailing thought when talking to a new turner...."How can I help - AND teach him/her the importance of safe practices without making them fearful or worse...foolhardy about safe practices."

 

[Kevin Jenness]

Are we all collectively just going to continue to not acknowledge the sheer gold in this video?! A travesty….

I think this video is one that " may not be particularly un-safe for well experienced turners......"

 

[odie]

Go watch some videos....there are some good ones out there.

....but, remember this: Only you can power your wings, so that you fly!

-----odie-----