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 […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. But you are already here. I used a screw chuck from Bert Delisle to make my apple. Several viewers asked for a closer view of the chuck. With Bert’s permission, here we are. The screw chuck consists of The body which is designed to be held in a […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – Best right here at As Wood Turns! Part of my childhood was spent on a fruit farm. We grew a lot of apples – mostly red ones. For this project, I decided to turn an apple. Too bad it is from maple wood. One […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. And, of course, right here at As Wood Turns. This project is inspired by a wall display at a hotel. The display looked like a field of flowers. My thought upon seeing the display – What can I do that is similar? Here it is, […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. I challenge every woodturner to turn a sphere by the end of July. Spheres are an essential skill. If you are a beginner, begin now. If you are experienced, get better now. What kind of sphere? As long as it is or uses a sphere, anything goes. Between […]
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