Posts Tagged ‘bowl’


Woodturning Green Bowl & Carving Foot(s)

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of a gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I had this honey locust block of wood sealed with wax sealer and wrapped in plastic. When one of you asked about a footed bowl instead of a bowl foot, why not […]

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Repairing Cracked Olive Bowl With Ultra Violet Light

In case of a gremlin attack, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I obtained this olive wood on a trip to Phoenix just before the pandemic. I love olive wood but this block had issues. As I roughed it out, it exposed large nasty drying checks and a split area. Since the […]

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Woodturning From Tree To Finished Bowl

This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. When I turn solid wood for a bowl, it most often is from urban forestry, wood that comes from private yards and orchards. The best wood is fresh, green or wet, wood. […]

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Cherry Surprise – Woodturning Reject Wood

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I turn a near reject half log of cherry. The problem was that this wood was urban cherry with large branches all over. In this case, there were two old branches […]

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Woodturning Opportunity – Apple Bowl From Spring Pruning

This post is best viewed on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. My annual pruning of trees in my yard is an opportunity for wood for woodturning. Often this is for smaller projects, but ocassionally a medium sized project. In this case I cut off a 2-3 […]

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Twice Turned Bowl – Green To Beauty

This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This elm was harvested almost 2 years ago. Whoever cut it down was not a wood turner because the shape of this block of wood was awful. It was trapezoidal with some […]

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Woodturning Bowl – No Cole Jaws For Foot

This is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I received this wood, podocarpos, in my club wood exchange. I was not familiar with it but it was a great wood to turn. Since it was only two inches thick, I did not want to […]

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Woodturning Golden Chain Bowl – A Long Time Coming

This post is best viewed in the space above here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was not familiar with this wood, Golden Chain, when my Oregon neighbor cut it down. I thought it would be a usual turning experience. I tried to core some of the wood […]

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Segmented Woodturning – Ring Height Makes A Difference

In case of difficulty viewing this video, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After presenting an interactive remote demonstration entitled “Introduction to Segmented Woodturning”, I had three bowls left over. One was finished before the demonstration to show the final product. The second was completely glued up that we turned during the demonstration. […]

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Segmented Woodturning – Experimenting With Splines

In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook (link). Best right here already! I have had a hair-brain idea for a while now to use splines to enhance a segmented woodturning, particularly a bowl. There are times to use a spline to fix a project. In addition, this is a […]

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