Posts Tagged ‘woodworking’


Woodturning Perfect Spheres – For Wise Turners

For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best place? – You are already here! Whenever I see someone promote a sphere jig, a conflict boils up in me. On one hand, I respect someone who can create a good jig and appreciate the apparatus. On the other hand, a sphere […]

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Woodturning Dyed Vase – Wet to Dry

For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. More better right here. The wood for this project is green or wet aspen that I received in a club wood exchange (pre-Covid). I turned it green, and put it away to dry. Now I can remount, finish hollowing, and finish the vase. […]

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Woodturning With Negative Space – Whoops What Happened?

FYI, This post is also on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook, Best right here! I started this project to explore a bowl form with negative space. My plan was to turn twelve long thin spindles and form them into a bowl shape. Turning twelve similar spindles is a challenge so I kept the profile very simple. […]

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Woodturning Thin Stem Goblet With ‘Shaggy Dog’ Bark

You are here which is great. In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. The wood for this goblet is unusual. It is birch with a very shaggy bark. It did not leaf out this spring. So, now it is wood for turning. Turning a thin stem on this […]

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Woodturning Pear Bowl – Wet To Dry To Finished

This Video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here. This is it. The wood for this bowl came from a neighbor’s ornamental pear tree that came down in a microburst. The wet wood was heavy and dense – wonderful. I have made several projects from this tree. Shortly after harvesting […]

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Woodturned Plate – Chop To Dry To Finished

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. I’m glad you are here at As Wood Turns. The ash wood for this plate came from a friend’s tree over a decade ago. At that time, I was cutting for bowls but had a couple of slabs left over that were near the pith. […]

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Woodturned Vase – Wet To Dry To Finished

For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! At one of our last club meetings, we had a wood exchange during which I received a chunk of fetzer wood. Fetzer is an unusal wood for turning and to my knowledge rarely grows this large. The wood was freshly […]

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Woodturning Short Break – Simple Bark Edge Mushrooms

While this video is best viewed right here at As Wood Turns, it is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook Our local club is holding remote demonstrations during this Covid-19 pandemic. Our last member demonstrator, Lauren Gibbs, showed off two versions of mushrooms as part of his series of quick projects. Plus, the president’s […]

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Six Handicap Woodturning – Segment Ring Thread Chasing

This video is also available on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here at As Wood Turns. After receiving comments about deficiencies in power tools preventing viewers from trying to thread segmented thread sets, I decided to handicap myself and try to repeat Frank’s success. Handicaps: Table saw with no jigAn 8 segment ring […]

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Threading Wood For Every Day Woodturning

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. Best right here! We have a special guest for this week’s video. Frank Young is a master woodturner. He will show hand chasing threads in segmented wood for all sorts of projects. Why threads in segmented wood? Usually when someone is chasing threads, they must […]

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