In case of technical difficulties, this post is also uploaded to YouTube and FaceBook. But it is better right here on this page. For this project I drew inspiration from a demonstration at the Rocky Mounting Woodturning Symposium and combined it with a monthly club challenge. The symposium demonstration by John Giem inlaid solid wood […]
Read More...In case of difficulty, this video is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! Inspired by fellow club members, this project is to turn a cube into a bowl. For this style bowl, first a blank must be prepared as a perfect cube of any size. My project uses a laminated block […]
Read More...In case of difficulty this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was happy to be given this block of fresh, green chestnut already slabbed and rounded. It was ready to turn. I had great plans for it: maybe a calabash bowl; maybe a hollow form. The initial turning for the outside bottom […]
Read More...This post is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where best? Right here! This bowl is turned from box elder burl, a beautifully figured but gnarly wood. A burl gives and takes away. It gives the beautiful figure and color; it takes away with defects and bark inclusions. Originally, the blank was over five inches […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of technical gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After acquiring a block of green oak, my choice were limited. Often, I would simply rip it in half and two two bowls – one from each half. However, this block […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In past videos, I have explored variations on Celtic knots far beyond the traditional four loop Celtic knot found on spindles:-Varying the number of loops 3,4,5,6…-Celtic knots on spindles using the table saw;-Celtic knots […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. But, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I started and rough turned this bowl from olive about three years ago after a trip to Arizona where one of you hooked me up with fresh mesquite and olive trunks. As […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The wood for this project came from my club’s wood exchange. It is cottonwood burl – somewhat on the small size. But this meant that there was no wood to spare […]
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