This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of video difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Instead of turning a smooth top, I used a chain saw bit to texture the surface. This project is a end grain box from elm. End grain is dramatically different from cross […]
Read More...This post is designed to view here on this page. However, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Inspired by a my friend and mentor, Frank Young, I turned a toothpick dispenser from Apricot. Many times, this would be a box turning. However, a box requires opening a lid […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. A short while ago, I had a conversation with another club member about live center options. He is an experienced turner, so the conversation was mutually beneficial. Sometimes a new turner is […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of someone having watered the gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Inspired by a great demonstration at our club meeting by Kip Christiansen and a visit with Nelson Cassinger year ago, last week I miniaturized a Longworth chuck to use […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The wood for this project came from my club’s wood exchange. It is cottonwood burl – somewhat on the small size. But this meant that there was no wood to spare […]
Read More...Please view this post here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project is another volcano salt urn. This time in a burl with voids that would interfer with it being a salt shaker. The same consideration would be necessary for “stinky” woods. In addition to […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. In case of media failure, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project is a volcano salt urn. These are unique in that there is no cap, lid, or trapdoor through which to add salt. Nor are there holes in the top to […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of a gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I had this honey locust block of wood sealed with wax sealer and wrapped in plastic. When one of you asked about a footed bowl instead of a bowl foot, why not […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. In case someone watered the gremlins, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Over the past few years, I have turned several experimental projects involving irregular segmented rings. All were difficult. However, this one doubles the difficulty. Being slanted at a 20 degree angle, the […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of bugs in the system, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I do not turn that many kit projects. But, here we go with an old-fashioned style crank pepper grinder. There are instructions on the box. The instructions are not verbose […]
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