Posts Tagged ‘woodworking’


Turning Enhanced Three Piece Goblet For Club Challenge

This video is best viewed here on this page. However, gremlins do attack occasionally, so it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I did not want to turn a run of the mill goblet for our club challenge. To elevate my game, I decided to experiment with Celtic knot inspiration in the goblet bowl. […]

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What Not Round? How To Turn A Square Box

While it is best to view this video from this page, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Inspired by presentation at the AAW symposium, this project is a turned square box. Actually, it is a cube in 3D. The cube is walnut 3x3x3, finished with shellac and rattle-can lacquer. […]

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Turning Segmented Laminated Ornament Bells

In case of video difficulty, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But best right here! These bells are turned from a laminated block of maple, cherry, wenge, yellow heart, and padauk. Lamination involves gluing wood essentially side by side into a block. They wood was then segmented into a four segmented ring. Admittedly, […]

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Turning Small, Bark Edge Boxes – From Hazelnut Limbs

Unless there is a glitch, this page is best for viewing this post. If there is a glitch, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I pruned the wood for this project from my backyard several years ago. The limbs were suckers growing from the base. I kept many of them. Some have split […]

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A Tale Of Turning Two Bowls – Same Trunk – Opposite Look – Part 1

This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. I scored a section of a log sufficient for two bowls. Noticing that the bark is quite tight, I decided that one of them should be a natural or bark edge bowl […]

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Taking A Break To Teach Youth To Turn Wood Pens

This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of system difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Taking a break from larger project, in this video, I turn some simple pens from “tropical hardwoods”. The pen kit is a slimline. While I do not know the specific species […]

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Exploring Turning Tool Handles – Interchangeable And DIY

This video is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty such as a gremlin attach, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Most lathe tools come with handles. But why? Do we have to buy them with handles? Plus, if we are making our own handles, why not use the same handle. […]

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Not So Basic Segmented Patchwork Turned Bowl

This post is best viewed here on this page. However, if there are difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. At club meeting, we had a great introduction to segmented turning. Ken, who presented went the extra (many) mile(s) to prepare segmented bowl kits with segments and a base for a bowl. I […]

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How To Remount To Finish A Demonstration Project

This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Many times in a club demonstration, I skip sanding and potentially other steps that are repetitive or take too much time. The problem then is how to finish the project. That was […]

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How To Mount and Woodturn Multi Wood Cross Grain Box

This video is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Before I do a club demo, I like to run through the process as refresher practice. I felt I might as well make and share my practice in this video. I am sure […]

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