This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here! I’m extremely disappointed (to say the least) when a bowl cracks. It’s bad enough if it cracks while drying. But it is even worse if it cracks while I’m working on it. In this case, it cracked during sanding. In my […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here! I rough turned this cherry five years ago. At that time, it was freshly harvested. I turned the cylinder, cut tenons on both ends, and parted it in half. Then I had some good hollowing practice as I hollowed both pieces […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But why go anywhere else – You’re already here. I had an idea to make a cable keeper – the doodad that manages computer cables. But what is a wood turned cable keeper? First decision is to make the hole big enough for an electrical […]
Read More...I challenged woodturners to turn a sphere by the end of July. Why? Because spheres are an essential skill. I received some training years ago that just did not work. It took me years of false starts to turn my first good sphere. Since then I’ve learned and shared the techniques and process that works […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? Right here of course! My nephew is getting married. What better wedding gift than a beautiful place to put wedding rings? They’ll always know where they are when not on a finger. However, I suspect my nephew’s wife with have most use for […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Same video – best right here. I’ve been on a quest to thread wood for many, many years. I even purchased a Beall tap and die set for simple nut and bolt projects. Very NOT satisfied. I’ve even tried to design and built my own […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here, so stick around. To contribute my part to the sphere challenge and exercise a new technique, I decided to turn a multi-axis box with a sphere to serve as a lid. The wood is gum. The box is finished with lacquer; […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! “Le PicBois” has a challenge to turn a goblet within five minutes. While I don’t like to turn as a race, I do like challenges. This one reminds me of the egg cup race at the Utah Woodturning Symposium. I’ve participated for […]
Read More...This video is also loaded to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? Right here! Our club challenged us to turn a box according to the style of Benoit Averly who demonstrated at the Utah Woodturning Symposium. His style included boxes with tall tapered lid textured and stained with a finial. But I still like to […]
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