This Video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here. This is it. The wood for this bowl came from a neighbor’s ornamental pear tree that came down in a microburst. The wet wood was heavy and dense – wonderful. I have made several projects from this tree. Shortly after harvesting […]
Read More...The video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Woodturning a bowl is always a pleasure for me. I am excited to see what can emerge from a block of wood. When I started woodturning, my wood had to be dry. What else was there? As I learned about drying, cracking, […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But it’s best right here! This pear wood comes from a tree that blew down last summer in a micro burst. At that time, I rough turned a large chunk of the wood and sealed it with Bowl Saver. Then, put the wood away to […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! While on the topic of limb bowls, I cut down a small dead tree from my yard. I decided to turn yet another style of limb bowl. This one combines some of the emerging bowl concepts with natural edge and limb bowl […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you are already here where best! Generally, I like large diameter trunks for bowl turning. But sometimes, I’m presented with smaller wood that tells me it can be beautiful. I work with what I have. This bowl is from honey locust. Final size is […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best of all is right here! When I first started woodturning, I wanted to turn bowls – I still do. I’m always amazed at the color, figure, and shape that results. Often, the shape evolves. This bowl is pear from a neighbor’s ornamental tree that […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best of all – Right Here. After turning a bowl from mesquite a couple of months ago, I noted that I cannot obtain mesquite regularly. Subsequently, Mark from Phoenix, AZ offered me a bunch of mesquite. So, here is another bowl from mesquite with more […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here. What to do with a pretty piece of wood with an old rusty nail in it? Turn a bowl, of course. But avoid the nail. The wood is spalted box elder. Someone drove a nail into the tree. The tree grew […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This block of ash was freshly cut last June when I received it in my club wood exchange. I love turning fresh wet wood – except for the part where I have to wait for it to dry. Well, I turned it […]
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