This video is also posted on YouTube. But you’re already here. Announcing the results from the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Wow! This has been great. Take a peek at all the great ornaments and send your appreciation to those craftspeople who created them. A page view of all ornaments is on the challenges page. You can […]
Read More...Here are the ornaments in the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge ready for viewer voting This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. Enter your picks in a single comment by December 15, 2019. Multiple comments from the same […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube – What go there when you’re already here? Results are complete for the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Finalists are: # Maker Title 2 Eli Polite Expert Impossible 69 Pedro Trinidad Novice Tres Reyes Magos 9 Jim Beckwith Confident Carved Cherry Sea Urchin Ornament 68 Gene Dellinger Novice […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. Here are the ornaments in the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. For voting purposed, it will be easier for us if you vote via […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, why go anywhere else? This piece of elm has been underfoot in my shop for several months. Another club member harvested it some unknown time ago and sealed the ends with latex paint. It feels dry. After rounding, I parted off the top two […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. Best right here at the source. Announcing the Seventh Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge. The challenge is open to all crafts, all materials, collaborations, mixed media, whatever. All skill levels may also enter. This year NO video is required. However, if you make a video, we’ll […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I’ve turned many spheres and have combined two techniques to make them perfect without a jig. But at a club demo, I was challenged to turn a hollow sphere. My response – sure. But, here’s the proof. Using the process, I’ve described […]
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 to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I turned this dinner plate for our club challenge. Although I thought I had selected rough sawn red oak, it is actually poplar when smoothed out. My eight inch plate is finished with walnut oil so that it could be used for […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. Best right here! According to Wikipedia, “An egg of Columbus or Columbus’ egg refers to a brilliant idea or discovery that seems simple or easy after the fact. The expression refers to an apocryphal story in which Christopher Columbus, having been told that discovering the […]
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