This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This elm was harvested almost 2 years ago. Whoever cut it down was not a wood turner because the shape of this block of wood was awful. It was trapezoidal with some […]
Read More...This post is best viewed in the space above here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was not familiar with this wood, Golden Chain, when my Oregon neighbor cut it down. I thought it would be a usual turning experience. I tried to core some of the wood […]
Read More...This post is best viewed in the control above. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook I almost threw this wood out – three times. As wet wood, it was a small left over piece. As rough turned, it looked like it would come apart. In finishing, I feared […]
Read More...If the above video does not play, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook. This olive wood came from the Phoenix, Arizona area. While rough turning the vase instead of a full hollow, I bored a 2 inch hole. At 2 inches, I can drive the Jacobs chuck into the vase without an […]
Read More...In case of viewing difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I picked up this mesquite in Arizona over a year ago. Shortly after bringing it home, I rough turned and partially hollowed it. I only partially hollowed it because I was still working on my hollowing rig at the time. I […]
Read More...In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). I started turning this vase shortly after receiving it in a club wood raffle. It was still wet. It seemed to be perfect for a hollow form turning. I rough turned the outside and hollowed it while still green. After coating it […]
Read More...In case this video cannot display here, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I love turning green wood when I can get it. In this case, a microburst blew down a neighbor’s pear tree. Ornamental pear is often called Bradford Pear. After helping clear the trunk from my neighbor’s back yard, I had […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Since you are here, why go anywhere else? This item is either a bowl or a platter depending on your definition. To me, a bowl is perhaps more of a container and a platter has a flat inside surface. This one is half […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and YouTube. Where Best? You are already here! I love turned wood bowls. However, the best ones take time. I rough turned this bowl from a box elder burl about eight months ago. Since then, the rough bowl has been drying. It is dry now […]
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