Posts Tagged ‘ash’


Woodturned Plate – Chop To Dry To Finished

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. I’m glad you are here at As Wood Turns. The ash wood for this plate came from a friend’s tree over a decade ago. At that time, I was cutting for bowls but had a couple of slabs left over that were near the pith. […]

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Woodturning Large Ash Bowl – What’s Not To Love

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This block of ash was freshly cut last June when I received it in my club wood exchange. I love turning fresh wet wood – except for the part where I have to wait for it to dry. Well, I turned it […]

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Woodturning A Small Ash Bowl

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you are already here. Last woodturning club meeting, I received another piece of ash from our wood raffle. It is even the same size as the first one. What to do? How about a similar bowl but with a different rim. I always enjoy […]

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Time to Finish My Cracked Green Turned Bowl – Part 3

Now it’s time to finish this bowl — years in the making because I was distracted by work and family. But it’s also scary to finish turn a large bowl like this one. A large blank like this one is rare, very hard to come by. I rough turned it years ago and waited for […]

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Woodturning Projects – Help – My Green Turned Bowl Cracked – Part 2

Turning green wood is a pleasure. Shavings fly off in wonderful cascades. But, the challenge comes when the drying wood splits or develops a crack. Don’t throw away the bowl. Instead, turn it into a creative opportunity by concealing, accepting or emphasizing the crack. Creative opportunity just knocked.

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Woodturning Projects – Help – My Green Turned Bowl Cracked

I rough turned this bowl on my wood lathe. Then I coated it with was, wrapped it in brown paper bags, and left it on a shelf in the shop to dry. Then life intervened and it has been several years. I think it is a very nice woodturning project. The bowl is now dry […]

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