Archive for January, 2020


Woodturning Apple Branch To Cider Mug

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Last year after completing my spring pruning, I had an apple limb that I cut in short segments and bored out the center including the pith. They’ve been drying since then. My video for that is “Preparing Green Apple Branch For Natural […]

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Woodturning Blooper – Exploding Lampshade

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! After receiving this trunk of fresh aspen at the club wood raffle, Dave suggested that I turn a lampshade. I turned a lampshade several years ago but had resolved to avoid turning another until I had completed a deep hollowing rig. […]

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Woodturning Quilt Burnisher For Paper Pieced Quilts

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! My sister asked me to turn several burnishing tools for her quilting. She is an avid quilter. Why not? These are approximate 9 inches long with one end having a slant flat end. Both ends could be used to press a seam, […]

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Nailed It – Woodturning “Woodies Breakfast”

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here. What to do with a pretty piece of wood with an old rusty nail in it? Turn a bowl, of course. But avoid the nail. The wood is spalted box elder. Someone drove a nail into the tree. The tree grew […]

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Multi-Axis Woodturning – What Is This?

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Why go anywhere else but here! After turning several projects where I mimicked Max Brosi turning that I saw him demo, I decided to try a take off. This is based on his Octahedron which is named for the octagon used early in its turning. […]

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