Archive for April, 2018


Green Woodturning – Two Halves Turn To More Than A Whole

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This bowl has been in process for seven months – more if you count time from harvest to when I started roughing the wood. When I started turning, my plan was to experiment with a project cut in half and reassembled. My […]

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Woodturning Cottonwood Vase – No Last Word For The Worms

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! I was offered this wormy cottonwood at the club wood raffle. It looked pretty ugly and I could have swapped it for another piece of wood. But, I was curious whether I could turn something from it. It became a challenge piece […]

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Woodturning Bobbin For Wire Weaving Jewelry

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best place? – Right here! My wife asked me to make a bobbin for her wire weaving. Of course, a small 2×3 inch bobbin should be a piece of cake. However, the bobbin requires that 5 cotter pins be set in a circle around the […]

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Woodturning Goblet With Captive Ring

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here. I had yet to turn a captive ring. Similarly to any new dramatic technique, it seemed quite difficult and just a little impossible. So, when I received this wood from Brent Ross, it screamed out “I’m a goblet”. I’m special; I […]

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