In case of a gremlin attack, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I obtained this olive wood on a trip to Phoenix just before the pandemic. I love olive wood but this block had issues. As I roughed it out, it exposed large nasty drying checks and a split area. Since the […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here. But, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Before SWAT, I turned a vase in OSB because I saw such a demonstration on the agenda and wanted to be prepared to ask relevant questions. Greg Stehle’s vase used OSB as flat rings. His […]
Read More...In case of gremlins, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. When reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Segmented Woodturners Symposium, I noted a presentation using OSB to turn a bowl. I was very skeptical since OSB is a very difficult wood to turn. CORRECTION: The demonstration is at SWAT. I registered for […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. When I turn solid wood for a bowl, it most often is from urban forestry, wood that comes from private yards and orchards. The best wood is fresh, green or wet, wood. […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I turn a near reject half log of cherry. The problem was that this wood was urban cherry with large branches all over. In this case, there were two old branches […]
Read More...This is best viewed right here on this page. But, in case of difficulty, it may also be viewed on YouTube and FaceBook. After turning a batch of Easter eggs, I need a basket to hold them. But not an ordinary wood bowl. Instead, one that looks like a basket. For this I need a […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This elm was harvested almost 2 years ago. Whoever cut it down was not a wood turner because the shape of this block of wood was awful. It was trapezoidal with some […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here (above here). In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Vote NOW for your favorite ornaments at www.OrnamentChallenge.com This year I have been on a multi-axis spree from ornaments to displays and now to a pair of bowls. How To? Mark divisions across the […]
Read More...This is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I received this wood, podocarpos, in my club wood exchange. I was not familiar with it but it was a great wood to turn. Since it was only two inches thick, I did not want to […]
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