This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. After I see a great demo by someone who truly turns something unique, I just have to try it myself. This is my situation after seeing Max Brosi at the AAW symposium demonstrate what he called a whale bone form. The project starts […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here already! Months ago, at a club wood exchange, I received a small block of olive. I was excited because I think olive is a very petty wood to turn. The wood felt dry, but as I started to turn it, I discovered […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! During my spring pruning, I cut off a large limb from an apple tree. At that time, I cut the limb down into sections of varying lengths and varying diameters. Leaving the natural bark, I turned tenons on each end and […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Right here is where it is best. After attending the American Association of Woodturners Symposium, I’m inspired to start turning beyond round. One particular source of inspiration is Max Brosi and his multi-axis turnings. While this turning from pear is far from one of his, […]
Read More...This is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! In my Spring pruning, I cut a large limb from my apple tree. I hate to waste good wood, especially apple wood. However, apple is very likely to crack and split. So, it has to be treated. I decided to cut […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right here! This black locust wood came from my brother in Idaho. It was freshly cut. I took it home and promptly rough turned it to a cylinder, then a rough shape for a vase, then parted it in two. Each end was […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! After turning a green chestnut bowl a few weeks ago in a style new to me, I had the chance to have feedback from Paul Russell, who had demonstrated it. I wanted to know why the green wood had not warped into […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I took a training class at Craft Supplies almost two years ago. During the class, I did a couple of coring projects with the Kelton McNaughton Center Saver System. At that time, I cored two sets of matching bowls from sycamore. I […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here. I want to turn this green chestnut to a somewhat different style that I saw recently at a club demo. This bowl does not require a constant wall thickness. Since it is green, I expect it to warp and I hope is […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I’ve turned many spheres and have combined two techniques to make them perfect without a jig. But at a club demo, I was challenged to turn a hollow sphere. My response – sure. But, here’s the proof. Using the process, I’ve described […]
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