This post is best viewed on this page. In case of gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I decided to make something very different for this wedding gift. While, I still like my past style, this one comes from a wild idea that ocurred to me. I still have a tray-like bottom […]
Read More...In case of technical difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. To turn my most recent scoop, I needed a set of soft jaws to use in the final stage of turning when I need to hollow the bowl portion of the scoop. Using my standard steel jaws would have damaged the […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Continuing my series on scoops. This one is turned from sycamore. The handle and the bowl is inline with the thread. Turning a scoop in this style requires a major axis shift – nearly 90 […]
Read More...In case of gremlins, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. When reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Segmented Woodturners Symposium, I noted a presentation using OSB to turn a bowl. I was very skeptical since OSB is a very difficult wood to turn. CORRECTION: The demonstration is at SWAT. I registered for […]
Read More...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...In case of viewing difficulty, this post may also be viewed on YouTube and FaceBook. I thank my daughter for the wood for this video. She cut down a Russian olive tree from her yard. It was smelly and poorly located. It was not bowl size-I decided to try for a hollow form from the […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. When I turn solid wood for a bowl, it most often is from urban forestry, wood that comes from private yards and orchards. The best wood is fresh, green or wet, wood. […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After a friend called me with a question about turning a scoop, that prompted me to review my past videos where I turned scoops. It has been a while. So it is time to […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here on this page. In case of system difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. For this project, I am inspired by a weird segmented vase I turned several years ago. In that case, I sawed completed segmented rings at an angle. Then glued the rings into […]
Read More...This video is best viewed on this page. But, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I show my current process to create segmented rings. I used to glue rings all at onece or as half rings using band clamps. However, I have now adopted a gluing […]
Read More...