Posts Tagged ‘live edge’


Spring Turning – Bark Edge Birds Beak Bowl

This video is best viewed here on this page. But if you are having difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Late winter and early spring is when I prune trees in my yard. Sometimes, this is a source of both wood and inspiration. In this case, I cut an apple limb that […]

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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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Crooked Branch – A Wild Ride Woodturning

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 project following the example of a fellow club member, Paul Russell. Paul will be presenting at the AAW symposium in Chattanoogo. The wood is a crooked apple branch. […]

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Live Edge Woodturning – Apple and Pear Box

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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Woodturning Unique Two Piece Mushroom

In case of difficulty viewing this post, it is also posted on YouTube (Link) and FaceBook (link) Mushrooms are a favorite project for woodturners. In fact, I did a series of posts on mushrooms many years ago. One risk from those projects is the tight intersection between the underside of the cap and the top […]

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Woodturning Limb Bowl As Winged Emerging Bowl

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! While on the topic of limb bowls, I cut down a small dead tree from my yard. I decided to turn yet another style of limb bowl. This one combines some of the emerging bowl concepts with natural edge and limb bowl […]

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Woodturning Limb Bowl With Bird’s Beak

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook.  Best? Right Here! I had a little more of that locust branch from the last video. Why not turn another similar but different bowl – One where I could vary a couple of things and see what came from it. So, here we are. Since […]

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Woodturning Limb Bowl – It Learned A New Trick

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you are already here where best! Generally, I like large diameter trunks for bowl turning. But sometimes, I’m presented with smaller wood that tells me it can be beautiful. I work with what I have. This bowl is from honey locust. Final size is […]

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Woodturning Training Break For Inspiration and Refinement

May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook. Best right here! I could not take video during the workshop, so here is a summary of the week’s activity. The woodturning workshop: Craft Supplies USA; Intermediate Taught by Kirk DeHeer. Kirk is a practical yet highly skilled turner. There’s a lot I can learn from […]

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