This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! When I received this block of figured poplar at our club’s wood raffle, I immediately thought, Box based on its size and grain orientation. However, as I started turning and seeing the amazing grain patterns, the wood talked then screamed at me, […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I’ve turned many spheres and have combined two techniques to make them perfect without a jig. But at a club demo, I was challenged to turn a hollow sphere. My response – sure. But, here’s the proof. Using the process, I’ve described […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But you’re already here! For this video, I wanted to combine two useful techniques. First, to rough turn a green wood project, seal it, and let it dry. The second, to split a project in half and hollow from the middle out to both ends. […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But why go anywhere else – You’re already here. I had an idea to make a cable keeper – the doodad that manages computer cables. But what is a wood turned cable keeper? First decision is to make the hole big enough for an electrical […]
Read More...I challenged woodturners to turn a sphere by the end of July. Why? Because spheres are an essential skill. I received some training years ago that just did not work. It took me years of false starts to turn my first good sphere. Since then I’ve learned and shared the techniques and process that works […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? Right here of course! My nephew is getting married. What better wedding gift than a beautiful place to put wedding rings? They’ll always know where they are when not on a finger. However, I suspect my nephew’s wife with have most use for […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! “Le PicBois” has a challenge to turn a goblet within five minutes. While I don’t like to turn as a race, I do like challenges. This one reminds me of the egg cup race at the Utah Woodturning Symposium. I’ve participated for […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – Best right here at As Wood Turns! Part of my childhood was spent on a fruit farm. We grew a lot of apples – mostly red ones. For this project, I decided to turn an apple. Too bad it is from maple wood. One […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Why go anywhere else but here! This project video is a second pencil cup to answer this month’s club challenge. After I turned the first one, I felt a pencil cup would be perfect for a Celtic knot. The process I follow does not restrict […]
Read More...This video is also uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This project video is a pencil cup to answer this month’s club challenge. While I could grab a chunk of solid wood, I want to do a segmented work. This time a stave segmentation. My raw material is twelve pen blanks for […]
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