This video is best viewed here on this page. However, gremlins do attack occasionally, so it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I did not want to turn a run of the mill goblet for our club challenge. To elevate my game, I decided to experiment with Celtic knot inspiration in the goblet bowl. […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here on this page. In case of viewing difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I am testing my stabilizing setup. An early experiment was a 2x2x3 block of cottonwood. It is quite a long process to dry wood, vacuum wood, and soak wood. After all the […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I turn a project following the example of a fellow club member, Paul Russell. Paul will be presenting at the AAW symposium in Chattanoogo. The wood is a crooked apple branch. […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I discard the process recently used on other wood goblets for a segmented goblet. Since I can build and turn a segmented goblet in sections, I did not have […]
Read More...This post is best viewed on this page. However, in case of technical issues, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I refine the process recently used on green wood goblets and a dry wood goblet. In the dry goblet, I had intended to follow the new process exactly but spaced […]
Read More...This post is best viewed on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I transfer the process used on recent green wood goblet to a dry wood goblet. What is different? Usually, the turning order is: Bowl, stem, foot. However, with the recent experience, […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I experiment with letting green wood warp in the form of a small goblet. I have fresh green apple wood from spring pruning. I decided to experiment with warping. However, I did not […]
Read More...In case of difficulty viewing this video, it is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). After I turned the goblet last week, one person asked if I could have salvaged the original or make it from multiple pieces. YES. Here we go. This one is walnut for the cup and base; hazelnut for the stem. […]
Read More...In case of difficulty while viewing, this is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). Eight months ago, I started turning a goblet from fresh wet elm. At that time, I rough turned it and set it aside to dry. Now, it felt very dry. I thought it would be perfect to turn another goblet. However, […]
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