This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you are already here. Oh how I love to green turn a wood bowl. This is what attracted me to woodturning in the first place – I wanted to turn wood bowls. Other turning projects are great and interesting but I still love turning […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! When turning wet wood for a wavy shallow bowl, I’ve been concerned for the pedestal part of the bowl. This large, thick piece of wood could be prone to checking and cracking as it dries. So, for this bowl, I decided […]
Read More...This Video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Right here at As Wood Turns is where it is best! This piece of wood came from the club wood exchange. Someone had started to turn it wet but stopped and gave it away. Now it has set around for long enough that it is […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here already! Months ago, at a club wood exchange, I received a small block of olive. I was excited because I think olive is a very petty wood to turn. The wood felt dry, but as I started to turn it, I discovered […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here at the best place. At a local club wood exchange, I received two identical slabs of wood. They were quite thin and I wondered what I could do with them. They seemed too thin for a standard bowl. The bark was […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. However, you’re already here! This pear wood is from a club wood exchange. It is small, smelly, dry, and ugly. Surprise. The grain and color is beautiful. The 5″ bowl is finished with walnut oil and buffed to a shine. Enjoy!
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here Already! From a club wood exchange I have this piece of wood that I believe is poplar. It seems to be the left over slab from where a bowl blank was cut out. There is a lot of bark but not […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! After turning a green chestnut bowl a few weeks ago in a style new to me, I had the chance to have feedback from Paul Russell, who had demonstrated it. I wanted to know why the green wood had not warped into […]
Read More...This video is also posted at YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – Where Best? Right Here! This piece of padauk has been bothering me. It is an offcut from a previous project. I’d like to use it for a segmented project but it is not enough. Finally, I decided to turn a small plate. The padauk […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I took a training class at Craft Supplies almost two years ago. During the class, I did a couple of coring projects with the Kelton McNaughton Center Saver System. At that time, I cored two sets of matching bowls from sycamore. I […]
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