This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But best right here! Why hollow through a tiny hole if you don’t have to. For this long neck vase I hollowed it from the bottom then plugged the hole with matching wood. Watch out for hanging out so far from the spindle. I used […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. – Best Right Here! After I turned a miniature vase from tagua a year ago, a viewer, Terry, gave me a bag of giant tagua nuts at last year’s Utah Woodturning Symposium. I did not know tagua nuts could be this big. I wish I […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here. I want to turn this green chestnut to a somewhat different style that I saw recently at a club demo. This bowl does not require a constant wall thickness. Since it is green, I expect it to warp and I hope is […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. For this project, I’m preparing for a fiend’s daughter to come have a first experience with woodturning. This is a small 5″ vase from semi-dry olive wood finished with beeswax and mineral oil. A small glass insert protects […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. My wife convinced me to purchase a SawStop table saw. I guess she wants me to keep all my fingers. My previous saw was a vintage Craftsman table saw. Years ago, I had purchased an Incra rip fence […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where is it best? Right here, of course! One of these Christmas ornaments is simple and quick. However, when given to children, there has to be enough to go around. That is the complication! Each is about 2 inches long and about 5/8 inch diameter. […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube – What go there when you’re already here? Results are complete for the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Finalists are: # Maker Title 2 Eli Polite Expert Impossible 69 Pedro Trinidad Novice Tres Reyes Magos 9 Jim Beckwith Confident Carved Cherry Sea Urchin Ornament 68 Gene Dellinger Novice […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! This Christmas ornament is simple and quick. It is made from leftovers and a tropical pen blank. The round pieces are padauk. The disk is ash. It is finished with shellac friction polish. It is about 2.5″ by 4.5″. Enjoy!
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. Here are the ornaments in the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. For voting purposed, it will be easier for us if you vote via […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. I appreciate my OneWay live center. It is well made and a good design. The design enable me to tap other items to enhance its capabilities. In this video, I make a finial steady that mounts to the live center and keeps thin finials from […]
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