This segmented red oak bowl is for a community effort to feed the homeless. It has 9 rings of 16 segments each for a total of 144 segments plus a center bottom of stabilized maple. The stabilized wood is intended to eliminate dangerous wood expansion and contraction that would destroy the bowl. It is finished […]
Read More...The last few years my sibling have gotten together for a reunion since we live in multiple states. A couple of years ago, I helped them turn pens. Last year, we turned various spindle kits. They enjoyed it. This year I thought I would help them turn a small bowl. But what to have them […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube. But it is best right here. So stick around. Turned bowls are the bread and butter of woodturning. However, most are deep cross grain bowls. At least these seem to get most of the attention. In end grain bowl, the grain […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube. But it is best right here. So stick around. Years ago, I created a segmented vase with slanted segmented rings. In that case, I sanded each ring to achieve the angled profile. It was a lot of work. Since then I […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. Before last St. Patrick’s Day. I was brainstorming ideas for video projects. Somehow probably with the proximity to the holiday, one idea was a shamrock bowl: a single bowl with three lobes like […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. One of my clubs has a wood exchange – a frequent source of interesting wood. In this case the wood is aspen with a weathered bark edge. While it is on the smaller […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. When a fellow club member moved from the area, I inherited a couple of pieces of saman wood that he had brought back from Venezuela after he lived there for a while. It […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. This project turns out to be a two’fer:1) Our club challenge is to create a platter with an ogee curve.2) A fellow club member created a funnel that was to join the burn […]
Read More...Creating a bowl from a board has been on my hit list for quite a while. Fortunately, an excellent club demonstration and challenge brought it to the top of the list. It also breaks my silence. I haven’t posted a video for a while due to many conflicting priorities. Those are being resolved. Out club […]
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