This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But best right here! Why hollow through a tiny hole if you don’t have to. For this long neck vase I hollowed it from the bottom then plugged the hole with matching wood. Watch out for hanging out so far from the spindle. I used […]
Read More...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. I want to turn this green chestnut to a somewhat different style that I saw recently at a club demo. This bowl does not require a constant wall thickness. Since it is green, I expect it to warp and I hope is […]
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 at As Wood Turns. My wife convinced me to purchase a SawStop table saw. I guess she wants me to keep all my fingers. My previous saw was a vintage Craftsman table saw. Years ago, I had purchased an Incra rip fence […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where is it best? Right here, of course! One of these Christmas ornaments is simple and quick. However, when given to children, there has to be enough to go around. That is the complication! Each is about 2 inches long and about 5/8 inch diameter. […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! This Christmas ornament is simple and quick. It is made from leftovers and a tropical pen blank. The round pieces are padauk. The disk is ash. It is finished with shellac friction polish. It is about 2.5″ by 4.5″. Enjoy!
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. I appreciate my OneWay live center. It is well made and a good design. The design enable me to tap other items to enhance its capabilities. In this video, I make a finial steady that mounts to the live center and keeps thin finials from […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? – Right here! I’ve been planning the cornucopia for over a year, letting the design evolve until I could take it on. It is a long project because I wanted it large enough to be able to put fruits inside. This cornucopia is […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best? – right here! This one is my daughter’s favorite ornament of all my recent ornaments. It used a piece of scrap walnut and other left over thin wood strips to create random angle slices in the body. This I call my “Saturn” style. For […]
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