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Read More...For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where best to View? Right here already! For this project, I am borrowing from the realm of 3D printing. I found a 3D printed ghost on Thingiverse. It is a fun, little ghost that levitates or floats on a pair […]
Read More...For the convenience for some, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here Already! I am still exploring herringbone glue-ups for woodturning, especially ornaments. In this ornamental threaded box, five difference species of wood revolve around the center as the block grows upward. Rather than cut off and possibly waste […]
Read More...For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After finishing last week’s herringbone ornament, I had left over wood cut off from the prime wood that I used. I could not let it go to waste. I had options on what to do with the scrap. The fireplace […]
Read More...For the convenience of some, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After seeing a similar demonstration by Rebecca DeGroot in the recent symposium, I decided to incorporate a herringbone wood glue up into a couple of Christmas ornaments. Gluing the ornament takes time as each layer must be glued and placed carefully. […]
Read More...For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. I will add this ornament to the Christmas Ornament Challenge. It incorporates a couple of techniques I observed in the Woodturners Worldwide symposium – specifically jam chucks or I will call them jam spindles. I wanted my raindrop to be […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where best? Right Here! I do like challenges such as the upcoming Ornament Challenge. However, this video is from a challenge from the Woodturners Worldwide online symposium. The challenge was an egg turned on one day of the symposium – all while also watching […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But, you are already here. I do not often turn miniatures. But, a challenge is a challenge – Turn a miniature in one day while participating in a challenge. Okay – cannot spend a lot of time planning and selecting wood; barely enough time […]
Read More...For convenience for some, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Having been inspired by Emma Cook’s demonstration in the Woodturners Worldwide online symposium, I had to turn and carve my own pumpkin box. While I was inspired by Emma’s work, I had to do it my way. She used basswood, a soft […]
Read More...For convenience for some, this video is also posted on YouTube and Facebook. Best Right here! With the Christmas Ornament Challenge rapidly approaching, I am exploring different ways to peer into the center of an ornament. Turning inside-out is one way and is the subject of other videos. In this case, I am extending the […]
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