Posts Tagged ‘Alan Stratton’


Woodturn Old Fashioned Hand Crank Pepper Grinder

This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of bugs in the system, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I do not turn that many kit projects. But, here we go with an old-fashioned style crank pepper grinder. There are instructions on the box. The instructions are not verbose […]

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Upscale Old Fashioned Style Ornament To Sweet Treat Station

This post is best viewed here on this page. In case of computer difficulties, it is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. I love the old fashioned glass ornaments. I do not see many of them any more. For this project, that ornament is the model for a candy station. I turned a sphere but […]

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2022 Christmas Ornament Challenge Winners

Voting is over- what a great challenge. Thank you for voting. Thank you for your ornaments. Countries represented AustraliaBelgiumCanadaItaliaPuerto RicoThe NetherlandsUnited KingdomUSA Sponsors STARBOND Bonus PrizeALUMILITE Bonus PrizeCRAFT SUPPLIES USA Grand PrizeWOODWORKERS EMPORIUM Bonus PrizeHUNTER TOOLS Grand PrizeAIR BRUSHING WOOD Bonus and Grand PrizesSPIRACRAFT Bonus and Grand PrizesWOODTURNERS WONDERS Bonus PrizeTURNTEX Grand PrizeAS WOOD TURNS […]

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Design, Print, Then Turn Mixed Media Ornament

This post is best viewed here on this page. In case that someone watered the gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After checking in an ornament for the challenge by Dan Owens, I wanted to make one similar. His was 3D printed. So, I fired up my computer with OpenSCAD, 3D design […]

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2022 Christmas Ornament Challenge – Call For Vote

This post is best viewed here on this page. In case of gremlin attach, it is also posted in YouTube. It is time you to vote for your favorite ornaments in the 2022 Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge. With 286 ornaments, there are a lot to review. But also a lot of great ideas to view […]

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Four Options To Enhance Woodturning Design

This video is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I greatly appreciated a club presentation recently by Kip Christiansen. Kip has been teaching furniture design at Brigham Young University until retiring recently. His topic was design for woodturning. One main point […]

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Turning A Hobbit Hole Ornament For Bilbo

This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was looking at ornaments from the Christmas Ornament Challenge, seeking inspiration. There are many very nice birdhouses. But, what about a hobbit house or hobbit hole. Bilbo needs a home too! […]

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Experimenting With Wave Slices In Segmented Vase

This post is best viewed here on this page. In case of gremlin rampage, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After designing an effective process for Celtic knots on large vessels, I am no experimenting with different application and variations of the process. In this case, three walnut slices at different angles and […]

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Turning And Carving Acorn Candy Box Ornament

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of gremlins getting loose, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project is an ornament for the Christmas Ornament Challenge which is now open. The shell is maple; the cap is walnut. They are joined together with a bayonet style bushing which […]

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Transforming Ugly Duckling Cracked Wood To ???? Ornament

In case of gremlin attack, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I received this wood in our club wood exchange raffle. It was so nasty, I almost threw it away. Then, well, I have turned spheres from worse. So, why not a sphere. Once I had a sphere, it was still a cracked […]

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