In case of difficulty in viewing this post, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Despite using a SawStop table saw, I recently accidentially let my thumb contact the saw blade. I had already turned the saw off but it was still coasting and had not stopped. The SawStop cartridge fired and stopped the […]
Read More...Best video viewing is right here. But, in case of difficulty, the video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook I accidentally cut my finger on my bandsaw but not where most of injury is. I did not see the risk near the power shutoff. Next to the off button is the return channel for […]
Read More...May also be viewed via YouTube. In last week’s video, I showed a bandsaw jig that I used to safely saw a vase. At first, I thought that it was too simple to do a video on but then I reconsidered due to how dangerous a bandsaw can be. So for a bit of bandsaw […]
Read More...May also be viewed via YouTube. At a recent business meeting at a hotel, I saw some strange chairs around their pool area. A light flashed on in my head: “Could I turn something like that?” Well, certainly not a chair of that size but how about a vase. I’m calling this vase a Peek-A-Boo […]
Read More...I have a very different recipe for butternut squash. Select a favorite wood in dimensional lumber form. (I used cherry) Decide the maximum diameter for your squash. (Mine is 4 inches) Calculate a segment length as Length = Diameter x pi / segments. (4 x 3.14159 / 8 = 1.57) Saw segments to length determined […]
Read More...For bowl turning, I’m always on the search for wood. And, when someone gives me some, I like to give them a bowl from their wood in return. Here, I want to turn a bowl from elm for a son’s friend who gave me the wood. However, it turned out that the wood had a […]
Read More...Sometimes, we need a reminder of the risks involved in woodturning projects, particularly when turning a bowl harvested from random sources, sometimes called urban forestry. I harvest wood where ever I can hoping for a big turning blank and fantastic grain and figure. This apricot wood blank was from the main trunk, one of the biggest pieces […]
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