This video is also available on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. This month our club’s challenge was to turn a kuksa. What’s a kuksa? It is a drinking vessel from northern Scandinavia often carved from birch burl. However, I prefer woodturning over carving. My kuksa is from walnut. Since […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This bowl has been in process for seven months – more if you count time from harvest to when I started roughing the wood. When I started turning, my plan was to experiment with a project cut in half and reassembled. My […]
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 is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best place? – Right here! My wife asked me to make a bobbin for her wire weaving. Of course, a small 2×3 inch bobbin should be a piece of cake. However, the bobbin requires that 5 cotter pins be set in a circle around the […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here. I had yet to turn a captive ring. Similarly to any new dramatic technique, it seemed quite difficult and just a little impossible. So, when I received this wood from Brent Ross, it screamed out “I’m a goblet”. I’m special; I […]
Read More...This video is also on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – but you’re already here so stick around. In round 1, I only glued the slats for this bowl to top and bottom waste blocks. That did not work so well. This time, I thought double stick tape would be just the thing to temporarily hold […]
Read More...This video is also available on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. – Same video – best right here. Wood raffles can yield strange wood. Such is the case with this project. I received a slab of wood that I would usually throw away. This time, since it was already dry, I decided to attempt to turn […]
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 post may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Same video -Best right here. I was browsing turned wood images and saw a unique bowl made of slats that seemed to protrude from the brim. My first thought – How can I turn that bowl? After pondering several alternatives, I had to go […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you are already here. Last woodturning club meeting, I received another piece of ash from our wood raffle. It is even the same size as the first one. What to do? How about a similar bowl but with a different rim. I always enjoy […]
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