This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of gremlins getting loose, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project is an ornament for the Christmas Ornament Challenge which is now open. The shell is maple; the cap is walnut. They are joined together with a bayonet style bushing which […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here on this site. However, in case gremlins attach, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The Puerto Rican woodturning club sent me the wood for this project after I gave them a zoom (IRD) demonstration earlier this year. They had won the demonstration due to their club […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. My wife happened to be looking through a magazine and showed me a picture of a craft project the magazine featured. It was a simple project that used two hardware store balls […]
Read More...This posting is best viewed right here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Based on questions that came from recent project, this post gives an overview of 3D printing from my perspective as a woodturner. Even before I purchased a 3D printer, I designed some items […]
Read More...While this is best viewed right here, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook This project is inspired by projects and questions from the 2021 Christmas Ornament Challenge. A spiral box project includes carving and layout. This is the culmination of many years of planning towards this project. I remember Stuart Mortimer demonstrating this […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This is a fairly simple project but enhanced by using 3D printed bayonet bushings for the joint. Simpler would be to glue the two pieces of wood together. The body is birch from a tree […]
Read More...This post is best viewed immediately above here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted in YouTube and FaceBook. I am working on the final results for the Christmas Ornament Challenge. Voting is closed but all ornament can still be viewed at www.OrnamentChallenge.com This project is a hedgehog. I like to take ideas […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right above here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Last year, one of my video projects was a faux sea urchin Christmas ornament. Last week, Tom, a viewer, sent me a picture of a box shaped as a pumpkin that he said was […]
Read More...This post is best viewed above here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The wood for this project is plum burl salvaged by a wood carver. Unfortunately, he lost his job due to Covid and had to move. The wood could not go with him. This box has a […]
Read More...This video is best viewed with the control above. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube (link) and FaceBook. Sometime ago after some annual pruning, I saved an apple limb. Shortly afterwards, I cut it into smaller sections and cored out the pith and center. Then left it to dry. Now, it […]
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