This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. – Best Right Here! After I turned a miniature vase from tagua a year ago, a viewer, Terry, gave me a bag of giant tagua nuts at last year’s Utah Woodturning Symposium. I did not know tagua nuts could be this big. I wish I […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. For this project, I’m preparing for a fiend’s daughter to come have a first experience with woodturning. This is a small 5″ vase from semi-dry olive wood finished with beeswax and mineral oil. A small glass insert protects […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! When I received this block of figured poplar at our club’s wood raffle, I immediately thought, Box based on its size and grain orientation. However, as I started turning and seeing the amazing grain patterns, the wood talked then screamed at me, […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But you’re already here! For this video, I wanted to combine two useful techniques. First, to rough turn a green wood project, seal it, and let it dry. The second, to split a project in half and hollow from the middle out to both ends. […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I was offered this wormy cottonwood at the club wood raffle. It looked pretty ugly and I could have swapped it for another piece of wood. But, I was curious whether I could turn something from it. It became a challenge piece […]
Read More...This video may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook. But you are already here – stick around. For some time now, my project to do list has included a Roman canteen since I like multi-axis turning. Still, I like to be practical. A Roman canteen is not practical compared to any modern canteen. […]
Read More...This video may also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook. Best right here! I have seen double vases. Now it is time to turn one myself. In preparation, I made an internal template and an external template for a circle. For the internal template, I cut a circle for my desired size from scrap […]
Read More...This video may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. All the same – best right here. When I see a good demonstration, I have to try it myself. That is the case here for a tagua nut. The demonstrator was Clive Christiansen. He has turned hundreds of tagua nuts. Tagua nuts used to […]
Read More...This video may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook. But best right here at www.AsWoodTurns.com. After seeing a demo of this vase at my woodturning club, I searched for a good piece of wood. Ideally, it would be an entire round of freshly harvested wood. With wet wood, I could expect the fins […]
Read More...May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook – Best right here where you are! As my regular viewers can attest, I’ve made several attempts to turn the root of rose bushes with varying degrees of success and varying degrees of difficulty. In this video, I’ve pressed forward with a new, freshly dug rose […]
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