Archive for the ‘Small Projects’ Category


Woodturning Dyed Vase – Wet to Dry

For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. More better right here. The wood for this project is green or wet aspen that I received in a club wood exchange (pre-Covid). I turned it green, and put it away to dry. Now I can remount, finish hollowing, and finish the vase. […]

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Woodturning Thin Stem Goblet With ‘Shaggy Dog’ Bark

You are here which is great. In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. The wood for this goblet is unusual. It is birch with a very shaggy bark. It did not leaf out this spring. So, now it is wood for turning. Turning a thin stem on this […]

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Woodturned Vase – Wet To Dry To Finished

For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! At one of our last club meetings, we had a wood exchange during which I received a chunk of fetzer wood. Fetzer is an unusal wood for turning and to my knowledge rarely grows this large. The wood was freshly […]

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Woodturning Short Break – Simple Bark Edge Mushrooms

While this video is best viewed right here at As Wood Turns, it is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook Our local club is holding remote demonstrations during this Covid-19 pandemic. Our last member demonstrator, Lauren Gibbs, showed off two versions of mushrooms as part of his series of quick projects. Plus, the president’s […]

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Six Handicap Woodturning – Segment Ring Thread Chasing

This video is also available on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here at As Wood Turns. After receiving comments about deficiencies in power tools preventing viewers from trying to thread segmented thread sets, I decided to handicap myself and try to repeat Frank’s success. Handicaps: Table saw with no jigAn 8 segment ring […]

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Woodturning Project Stand – Steam Bent and Multi Axis

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best? Right Here! I’ve searched for a long time for a good stand for small projects and Christmas ornaments. This is one of the two best that I’ve seen. However, I will continue my search. This display stand consists of two almost separate projects. The […]

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Woodturning Volcano Salturn In A Perfect Sphere

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! After seeing Dave’s demonstration of a salturn or volcano salt shaker, I remembered one I made over seven years ago. You can view that video,“Woodturning An Unusual Salt Shaker in Maple” at this link. I felt inspired to turn a new salturn just […]

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Woodturning Apple Branch To Cider Mug

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Last year after completing my spring pruning, I had an apple limb that I cut in short segments and bored out the center including the pith. They’ve been drying since then. My video for that is “Preparing Green Apple Branch For Natural […]

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Woodturning Blooper – Exploding Lampshade

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! After receiving this trunk of fresh aspen at the club wood raffle, Dave suggested that I turn a lampshade. I turned a lampshade several years ago but had resolved to avoid turning another until I had completed a deep hollowing rig. […]

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Woodturning Rustic Birdhouse From Green Apple Cores

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! During my spring pruning, I cut off a large limb from an apple tree. At that time, I cut the limb down into sections of varying lengths and varying diameters. Leaving the natural bark, I turned tenons on each end and […]

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