Posts Tagged ‘Alan Stratton’


Woodturning Sphere Topped Multi Axis Box

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here, so stick around. To contribute my part to the sphere challenge and exercise a new technique, I decided to turn a multi-axis box with a sphere to serve as a lid. The wood is gum. The box is finished with lacquer; […]

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Sphere Challenge of 2018 Update #1

Sphere pictures so far in the 2018 challenge. Get yours in by July 31, 2018 at www.AsWoodTurns.com/Challenges. Rules – turn a sphere (by 7/31/18) Send it in. Resource for you to review: Woodturning Essentials – Octagon Method For Perfect Spheres Woodturning A Perfect Sphere Into A Strata-Sphere Enjoy!

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Woodturning My 5 Minute Challenge Goblet With Whoopsy

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 […]

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Woodturning, Burning, Coloring A Different Box Style

This video is also loaded to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? Right here! Our club challenged us to turn a box according to the style of Benoit Averly who demonstrated at the Utah Woodturning Symposium. His style included boxes with tall tapered lid textured and stained with a finial. But I still like to […]

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Handy Screw Chuck

This video is also posted on YouTube. But you are already here. I used a screw chuck from Bert Delisle to make my apple. Several viewers asked for a closer view of the chuck. With Bert’s permission, here we are. The screw chuck consists of The body which is designed to be held in a […]

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Woodturning Dye Practice – A Juicy Apple

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 […]

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Woodturning Wavy Flower Bowl Inspired By Ceramic Display

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. And, of course, right here at As Wood Turns. This project is inspired by a wall display at a hotel. The display looked like a field of flowers. My thought upon seeing the display – What can I do that is similar? Here it is, […]

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Your Woodturning Challenge – Turn A Sphere

This video is also posted on YouTube. I challenge every woodturner to turn a sphere by the end of July. Spheres are an essential skill. If you are a beginner, begin now. If you are experienced, get better now. What kind of sphere? As long as it is or uses a sphere, anything goes. Between […]

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Woodturning A Triple Loop Celtic Knot Pencil Cup

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 […]

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Woodturning A Stave Segmented Pencil Cup From Pen Blanks

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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