Summers Woodworking issued a challenge: Make something nice from an ordinary 2x4x8 stud. I couldn’t resist. For me, that means it would have to be round. But how to turn a 2×4 into something both round and nice? Hmmm. So I decided to make a large segmented bowl, using almost all of the 2×4. I’m […]
Read More...A little while ago, a viewer asked how he could turn a bowl without a chuck. He has a nice piece of wood and a new lathe but does not own a chuck. For many years now, I’ve consistently used a chuck when turning bowls. As it turns out, I recently purchased a mini lathe […]
Read More...For St. Patrick’s Day, I need a pot for the leprechauns to leave me a little of their gold. Fortunately, at a recent club meeting, Nick Stagg demo his bowl turning techniques. And even more, he gave me a big block of ash that he had used as a jam chuck. However, in my haste […]
Read More...A year ago, a limb of a maple tree fell on a friend’s home in a storm. He gave me some of the wood for woodturning. From the wood, I turned two natural edge bowls. The first bowl I turned all at once, finished it, then let it dry. I posted its video then. […]
Read More...I had some fun at the 2013 Desert Woodturning Roundup in Mesa, Arizona. While at a break between exhibits, a man came by offering some time to woodturn at a lathe. I said ok. Later I learned that it was a timed competition including many of the professional presenters including Richard Raffan, Michael Hosaluk, and […]
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