In case this video cannot display here, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I love turning green wood when I can get it. In this case, a microburst blew down a neighbor’s pear tree. Ornamental pear is often called Bradford Pear. After helping clear the trunk from my neighbor’s back yard, I had […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where to go? Just stay right here at As Wood Turns. My wife found a 3-D Mirascope on Amazon. This is a child’s toy exploring 3-D projection. It uses a pair of parabolic mirrors to project the hologram. As is, while interesting to […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Since you are here, why go anywhere else? This item is either a bowl or a platter depending on your definition. To me, a bowl is perhaps more of a container and a platter has a flat inside surface. This one is half […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and YouTube. Where Best? You are already here! I love turned wood bowls. However, the best ones take time. I rough turned this bowl from a box elder burl about eight months ago. Since then, the rough bowl has been drying. It is dry now […]
Read More...This Video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here. This is it. The wood for this bowl came from a neighbor’s ornamental pear tree that came down in a microburst. The wet wood was heavy and dense – wonderful. I have made several projects from this tree. Shortly after harvesting […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. I’m glad you are here at As Wood Turns. The ash wood for this plate came from a friend’s tree over a decade ago. At that time, I was cutting for bowls but had a couple of slabs left over that were near the pith. […]
Read More...The video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Woodturning a bowl is always a pleasure for me. I am excited to see what can emerge from a block of wood. When I started woodturning, my wood had to be dry. What else was there? As I learned about drying, cracking, […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But it’s best right here! This pear wood comes from a tree that blew down last summer in a micro burst. At that time, I rough turned a large chunk of the wood and sealed it with Bowl Saver. Then, put the wood away to […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best? – Right Here! While redoing some landscape in my yard, I removed an old rose bush including the root ball. This root was a bugger to dig out. When I realized how big it was, I just had to try turning it. I’ve […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! While on the topic of limb bowls, I cut down a small dead tree from my yard. I decided to turn yet another style of limb bowl. This one combines some of the emerging bowl concepts with natural edge and limb bowl […]
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