Archive for the ‘Small Projects’ Category


Turning Finishing Touches To My Easter Diorama

This video is best viewed here on this page. If you are having technical difficulties, please try YouTube or FaceBook. This project is the culmination of several projects. It is a diorama with a theme of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. It consists of a tray, a star, a tomb, a wire tree, and a miniature statue […]

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Turning 8 Point 3 Axis Star – Best Yet

This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of technical difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. A few weeks ago, I turned an eight point star inspired by an ornament submitted in last year’s Ornament Challenge. From comments, I learned that I did not turn it exactly […]

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Turning Celtic Knot Baby Rattle Compliant With Safety Regulations

This video post is best viewed here on this page. If you are having difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After a club demonstation on baby rattles, I decided to turn my own. Club demonstrations are a great source for inspiration to expand or refine my turning repetoire. More than a plain […]

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Turning Simple Three Part Goblet – Low Risk – High Reward

This video is best right here but in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Of the many types of goblets that I have turned, I thinka three piece goblet is the simplest and very rewarding. Simple: Only smaller pieces are extending out from the spindle.Therefore, no steady rest is […]

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Turning 8 Point 3 Axis Star Ornament – No Jig Required

This video is best viewed here on this page. If there are technical glitches, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Two months ago, I finally turned a star inspired by Theo Haralampo. That star was held up while I designed a jig to facilitate its turning. I saw this star in the Christmas […]

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Turning Eccentric Dancer Ornament From Scrap

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of technical glitches, it is also posted at YouTube and FaceBook. While we are waiting for the voting period for the ornament challenge, I made another ornament from scrap.But,Please vote for your five(5) favorites at www.OrnamentChallenge.com by 10 December (Sunday Night). The skirt is […]

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Turning Multi-Axis Stacking Rock Box Tower

In case of technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. However, you are already here. so, Enjoy Despite an excellent demonstration by Yann Marot at the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium, I had to turn my stacking rocks my way. To me they resemble a mountain trail marker that I saw frequently […]

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Turning Multi Axis Eight Point Star With Jig

In case of system glitches, this video is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. Best viewed right here. The inspiration for this project comes from Theo Haralmapou over a year ago during an online symposium. This was reinforced at SWAT by Donna Frazier. This star is turned on three axes and therefore requires the preparation […]

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Revisiting Tippy Top Failure – New Process For Success

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of technical difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Ten years ago, I failed to turn a tippy top. What is a tippy top? When a tippy top spins, it spins on its axis. But then, the turning axis gradually shifts until […]

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Turning Enhanced Three Piece Goblet For Club Challenge

This video is best viewed here on this page. However, gremlins do attack occasionally, so it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I did not want to turn a run of the mill goblet for our club challenge. To elevate my game, I decided to experiment with Celtic knot inspiration in the goblet bowl. […]

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