Now that I’ve return to my home shop and can again use my full sized lathe, I have an urge to turn something big — something I’ve not been able to turn on a mini lathe. This rough turned bowl is walnut from a fellow member of the local woodturning club. The wood is wet […]
Read More...I had grand plans for this project: a shallow bowl on a pedestal — the pedestal having a hidden chamber. But things did not go my way. One thing after another and this project turned into a salvage operation. In the end I have a 56 segment oak bowl that looks great — until you […]
Read More...I’ve been “on location” for some time. A neighbor, Roger Dokken, has helped me with my shortage of woodturning equipment such as a table saw and miter saw. He has also kept me and my wife supplied with lemons, grapefruit, and oranges. Before returning home, I want to give Roger something in return. I also […]
Read More...After a storm broke a large limb from a gum tree in my yard, I decided to get some benefit from my misfortune. A friend had helped clean up the mess so I decided to turn a natural edge bowl to give him in recognition for his help. This green wood bowl is turned from […]
Read More...Carpe Diem. Just after watching a woodturning demo turning a small natural edge bowl from a limb, I happened to need to cut a limb from a juniper tree. Ordinarily, I would have thrown away the wood. But this time, why not turn a bowl similar to what I had just seen demoed? That is […]
Read More...Sometimes you have to break rules to discover new territory – Other times breaking rules to know the consequences and to appreciate rules. It’s the same with woodturning. There’s a lot of opinions(rules) to size the base of a bowl. But why not a double bowl – one where the base is also a bowl? […]
Read More...A gift for my parents 70th wedding anniversary. This vase is 6″ in diameter and ~7″ tall. The base is walnut; the spouts and finial are maple. It is finished with sanding sealer and walnut oil. Sorry, no video on this one YET.
Read More...The wood for this bowl came from a friend who lives nearby. When someone gives me a bunch of wood, I like to make them something from it. In this case, I gave her a choice of a bowl soon but that may warp a little and a bowl that would not warp but that […]
Read More...For bowl turning, I’m always on the search for wood. And, when someone gives me some, I like to give them a bowl from their wood in return. Here, I want to turn a bowl from elm for a son’s friend who gave me the wood. However, it turned out that the wood had a […]
Read More...Summers Woodworking issued a challenge: Make something nice from an ordinary 2x4x8 stud. I couldn’t resist. For me, that means it would have to be round. But how to turn a 2×4 into something both round and nice? Hmmm. So I decided to make a large segmented bowl, using almost all of the 2×4. I’m […]
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