Archive for December, 2019


Woodturning Large Ash Bowl – What’s Not To Love

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This block of ash was freshly cut last June when I received it in my club wood exchange. I love turning fresh wet wood – except for the part where I have to wait for it to dry. Well, I turned it […]

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Box Elder Burl Hollow Form – The Easy Way

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here where you are already! This box elder burl came from my club’s wood exchange raffle. It is not a large piece but, looking at the raw wood, it has great potential. It screamed, “Hollow Me”. I complied. Yellow alcohol die accents the […]

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Christmas Ornament Challenge – 2019 Results

This video is also posted on YouTube. But you’re already here. Announcing the results from the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Wow! This has been great. Take a peek at all the great ornaments and send your appreciation to those craftspeople who created them. A page view of all ornaments is on the challenges page. You can […]

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A Woodturner’s Nightmare “Woodie’s Nemesis”

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! When on a wood acquisition journey, we cut off the end of a hollow box elder log to assess the amount of good wood. When we did, we also found old rusty nails inside the rotten hollow. The vendor gave me the […]

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Woodturning Bark Edge Candlestick From Crooked Branch

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here Already! This project is a crooked branch I cut from a crab apple tree. I’ve been watching out for such a limb following a demonstration by Paul Russell at our club meeting. It is kind of like a multi-axis turning because the […]

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Christmas Ornament Challenge 2019 Viewer Vote

Here are the ornaments in the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge ready for viewer voting This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. Enter your picks in a single comment by December 15, 2019. Multiple comments from the same […]

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