This video post is best viewed here on this page. If you are having difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After a club demonstation on baby rattles, I decided to turn my own. Club demonstrations are a great source for inspiration to expand or refine my turning repetoire. More than a plain […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In past videos, I have explored variations on Celtic knots far beyond the traditional four loop Celtic knot found on spindles:-Varying the number of loops 3,4,5,6…-Celtic knots on spindles using the table saw;-Celtic knots […]
Read More...In case of viewing difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I have been working up to this project for several weeks developing a variety of techniques and processes. I first developed a N-Loop Celtic knot process in 2015. That process uses a table saw to produce perfectly formed Celtic knots. I […]
Read More...In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project features a walnut vase with two sets of Celtic knot loops of maple. It is 2.5 inches diameter and six inches tall. Helpful equipment and accessories are: 2 hexagon templates sized for the maximum capacity of my tablesaw. These are […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – Best right here where you are. This year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge is coming quickly. Be ready to enter your ornament during November. Inspired by the chefs on “Chopped”, I want to take turning a rolling pin to the next level. To do more than simply […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – But best right here! Remember – this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge is rapidly approaching – November is almost here. My wife asked me to turn a new handle for her pizza cutter. The original handle had almost disintegrated. A handle is a fairly simple spindle […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube. This journey thru Celtic knots has resulted in an easy and repeatable process that greatly simplifies preparation of the turning stock. In previous descriptions, the project wood had to be milled to exact dimensions: squares for four loops being the easiest, triangles for three loop, pentagons for five loops. […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube. After the previous video with a Celtic knot in a barbecue flipper, several comments included a suggestion to leave a little wood when the angle cut is made to keep the wood spaced correctly. In addition Michael challenged me to make a three loop Celtic knot. In this project, […]
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