Posts Tagged ‘mushroom’


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 Short Break – Simple Bark Edge Mushrooms

While this video is best viewed right here at As Wood Turns, it is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook Our local club is holding remote demonstrations during this Covid-19 pandemic. Our last member demonstrator, Lauren Gibbs, showed off two versions of mushrooms as part of his series of quick projects. Plus, the president’s […]

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Woodturn Natural Edge Fig Mushroom – Not For Soup

May also be viewed on YouTube. My wife’s sister asked me to turn a mushroom for her. Right now I have cuttings from a fig tree in my front yard. Why not a natural edge mushroom from this fig. Figs and mushrooms both have nice flavors for cooking, why not see how they go together […]

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A Field of Mushrooms (Part 1)

This woodturning project is a natural edge mushroom in apricot. A viewer questioned how I oriented the turning axis on the last video. Since I didn’t have a defined answer, I decided to do an experiment. With three apricot branches, I will orient the turning axis differently in each one: one straight thru the pith; one diagonally […]

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A Mushroom in Apricot

This woodturning project is a small natural edge mushroom in apricot. I saw Walt Weis at the Oregon State Fair making his version of mushrooms. The mushroom is 3″ tall, and a little over 2″ across the cap and finished with mineral oil and beeswax. The wood is green or wet apricot harvested about 9 […]

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