If At First You Don’t Succeed… My Green Natural Edge Cherry Bowl

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If At First You Don’t Succeed… My Green Natural Edge Cherry Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Friday, January 13th, 2017 | 2 Comments

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – Best right here. My last attempt to turn a natural edge bowl from fresh green cherry ended in a near disaster. Half of the almost finished bowl hit me in the face. Fortunately, I was wearing my full face shield. I cannot fear to turn […]

Lessons Learned In Turning Knotty Green Cherry Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 | 2 Comments

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – Best right here!. I have a bunch of fresh green cherry. All of it has been ripped in half and the ends sealed with end grain sealer. But before it dries too much, I want to turn a bowl. However, my selected piece of wood […]

Bumpy, Tipsy, Wood Tube From Green Cherry

By Alan Stratton on Friday, December 23rd, 2016 | Comments Off

This video may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But best right here where you are! At the invitation from fellow woodturner, Sam Angelo, I turned this 2″ by 7″ tube from fresh wet cherry. This project is fun because when the turning is finished, I go to the microwave to heat it […]

Preparing Green Cherry – Not Solely For Bowls

By Alan Stratton on Friday, December 16th, 2016 | 2 Comments

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook. Best right here. To view Christmas Ornament Challenge entries – click here. Not every project results in a beautiful object. Some I do well in advance with a beautiful object in mind. This is the case in this video. I was given some fresh cut or green […]

Avoiding Stepping On Cracks In Semi Dry Elm Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Friday, August 26th, 2016 | 2 Comments

May also be viewed on YouTube or Vimeo – but Best right here. Don’t forget the Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge is coming in November. I picked up this chunk of wood at a local woodturning club meeting. It was supposed to be green elm. This made sense because the demonstration topic was green wood turning. […]

Woodturn Natural Edge Fig Bowl – My Smallest Yet?

By Alan Stratton on Friday, February 20th, 2015 | Comments Off

May also be viewed on YouTube. This is another project from pruning my fig tree. It is a bowl turned from this small about 2.5 inch diameter limb. This project was a challenge due to its size. It is too small to mount in my standard chuck jaws. I have smaller jaws but I do […]

Woodturn Natural Edge Fig Mushroom – Not For Soup

By Alan Stratton on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 | Comments Off

May also be viewed on YouTube. My wife’s sister asked me to turn a mushroom for her. Right now I have cuttings from a fig tree in my front yard. Why not a natural edge mushroom from this fig. Figs and mushrooms both have nice flavors for cooking, why not see how they go together […]

Woodturn Natural Edge Winged Tea Light From Fig

By Alan Stratton on Thursday, February 5th, 2015 | 2 Comments

Also may be viewed on YouTube. This wood came from a fig tree in my front yard. It’s a small limb but had to go. I’ve never turned fig nor heard of anyone turning it. But why not try. Although it’s small, it is large enough for a simple tea light. I did not […]

Woodturn Cherry Box From Wet Wood

By Alan Stratton on Friday, January 30th, 2015 | Comments Off

Also can be viewed on YouTube I started this project in July 2013 when I helped a friend cut down a large cherry tree in his back yard. I turned some of the wood into cylinders starting to make small boxes. But the difference is that the wood was very fresh and wet. Knowing that it would shrink […]

Woodturn Rustic Cedar Natural Edge Coasters

By Alan Stratton on Saturday, January 24th, 2015 | 4 Comments

This project is relatively easy, a great way to practice with natural edge forms without the risk of a bowl. These coasters are wet, freshly harvested, cedar. After slicing a limb into discs, I started them drying with a quick soak in Denatured Alcohol to accelerate the drying process. They had lost about 30% of their […]

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