Archive for November, 2015


DIY Pyrography Pen And Tip For My Woodburning

May also be viewed on YouTube – But Better Here! There’s still time to enter this year’s Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. See this year’s challenge playlist here for all ornament video submissions. We appreciate all skill levels and all types of Christmas ornaments.   As promised, this is my build video for my DIY or […]

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Home Made Vaporizer for “Pyrography”/Woodburning

May also be viewed on YouTube – but better here! There’s still time to enter this year’s Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. Follow this link for details and and this separate link for this year’s challenge playlist for all ornament video submissions. We appreciate all skill levels and all types of Christmas ornaments. As promised, this […]

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Salvaging My Christmas Bell Ornament

This video may also be viewed via YouTube – But Best Viewed Right Here! This Christmas bell is turned from maple about 2 inches in diameter and three inches tall. It is finished with colored artists pens and lacquer. It started life as a hollowed bulb ornament. However, one end got too thin. My salvage […]

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Woodturning Stave Segmented Pen Blank Christmas Ornament

This video may also be viewed via YouTube – But best viewed here. This is another ornament for this year’s Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge The ornament’s body consists of eight ‘exotic tropical hardwood’ pen blanks cut in stave fashion with strips of padauk between each. Each pen blank was ripped at a 22.5 degree angle. […]

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