Archive for March, 2021


Woodturning Olive Vase – Green to Dry to Finished

In case of difficulty, this video is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. The last time I visited Arizona, I brought back some trunks of olive and mesquite. This piece was a smaller section from an olive tree. Most of the piece was sapwood without the usual dramatic heartwood figure. Observing this and talking it […]

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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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Woodturning Hollow Form Vase – Green to Rough to Finished

In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). I started turning this vase shortly after receiving it in a club wood raffle. It was still wet. It seemed to be perfect for a hollow form turning. I rough turned the outside and hollowed it while still green. After coating it […]

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Woodturning Segmented Lidded Vase With Invisible Connection

In case of difficulty, this is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). For this vase, I wanted to have a lid. Not just a lid but one that had an invisible connection. My segmented vase was a perfect opportunity. If I prepared the vase right, I could hide magnets in a segmented ring. Besides being […]

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