Archive for the ‘Repairs’ Category


Repairing Cracked Olive Bowl With Ultra Violet Light

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 […]

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Finish Turning Plum Wood Bowl From Green Wood

It’s long past time to finish this woodturning project. This piece of plum came originally from a tree in my back yard. Several years ago, I rough turned it, painted it with a wax emulsion, placed it in a brown paper bag and left it on my shelf. During the drying process, it shrunk radically […]

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