Posts Tagged ‘lathe’


Woodturning Out-Of-Round Bowl

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best of all is right here! After watching Guilio Marcolongo demonstrate at the Utah Woodturning Symposium, I took to heart his statement that not every woodturning project must be round. He does some nice work by figuring out different ways to hold his work. Back at […]

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Woodturning Wizard Wands For Young Wizards

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – Best right here where you are! My granddaughter is having a birthday soon; she requested a wizarding party and wizard wands for her and her friends. I’m happy to oblige but was hesitant to do an eccentric of off axis wand such as I did […]

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Disaster Recovery – Woodturning Style x 3

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook – Best right here at As Wood Turns. After I blew through the bottom of a beautiful bowl, I appealed for ideas on how to salvage it. The response was wonderfully broad and useful. Some would re-purpose the bowl as a lamp shade with an LED […]

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Dyed, Diet Bowl – aka Experimental Whoops

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – Best right here. With all the ideas from the Utah Woodturning Symposium, it’s time to implement some of them with this project. The wood is the remaining pine slab from a previous project. However, it has a crack where the rim would be and several […]

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Woodturning Finishes & DIY Finish Accessories

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo and FaceBook – But best Right Here. It’s time for me to upgrade my wood finish containers. I typically use walnut oil or a mix of beeswax and mineral for projects needing to be food safe. Otherwise, for large projects, I use walnut oil or lacquer or the […]

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Inspiration From Grapes – Scrollsaw and Lathe

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – But best right here! I got this idea from the Utah Woodturning Symposium, specifically Raleigh Lockhart’s presentation. It entails cutting a leaf shape on a scrollsaw then turning it on the lathe. My leaf plate is a grape leaf about 6 inches in diameter and […]

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My Rose Root Blossoms Into A Unique Vase

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook – Best right here! I dug up an old rose bush from my yard. (Please do not report me to the Rose Club). The root is large enough for at least a couple of turnings. But exactly what should I turn with this unusual wood. I […]

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Walnut Cross Grain Box – An Exercise In Mounting

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook — Best right here where you are! I turned this walnut box and lid to answer a challenge from the Utah Woodturners Club. We were to turn a lidded box and bring it to the club meeting. The box is about 5 1/2″ diameter by 3″ […]

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You Mean – That Wood Had a Platter Inside?

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But best right here. This project comes from a block of pine I received as a raffle prize at a woodturning club meeting. Initially, I was disappointed that it is pine, a softwood, that I don’t like to turn. It has been a while since I […]

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Limbs Lashed Together For Rustic Wood Bowl

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook. Best right here! This project has been a long time in development. While looking at my stash of hazelnut suckers pruned last year, I wondered if I could line up three or four pieces and then turn a bowl. The problem was how to join the […]

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