Archive for the ‘Boxes’ Category


Pumpkin Box – Combining Box, Sphere, and Multi-Axis

If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. In this video, I create a pumpkin box which combines box making, sphere turning, and multi-axis techniques. A standard box is not difficult but does require creating a mortise and tenon joint between […]

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A Retro Glass Lid For Wood Jar In Celtic Style

If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. Our club had a demonstration that I had not imagined before. The demonstrator took an old fashioned glass jar with glass lid and wire clamping mechanism. Although he had acquired his jars from […]

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Harvesting Turned Autumn Pumpkin Box

This project is a great multi-axis box in the form of a pumpkin. The twist is that the lines on the pumpkin continue into the lid, thus integrating the lid and base portions. This wood is honey locust which has a great color and grain. However, it is so hard and brittle that I would […]

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A Child’s Stacking Toy Grows Up – Now My Fancy Wood Box

Please view this post here on this page. However, if there are technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. A viewer, Steve, sent me a set of pictures and asked how to turn it. I had to scratch my head and recall presentations by Janice Levy and others. Then figure out how […]

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You’re The Bomb – Turning A Valentine’s Surprise

This video is best viewed here on this page. But, if you are having problems, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This is a bit strange Valentine’s project. But, if you add a note, candy, small gift, wedding ring, or other jewelry, it takes on added significance. Except for the hollowing process, this […]

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Turning Lidded Box From Green, Wet Wood

This post is best viewed right here — But if there happens to be technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I love to turn fresh, green, wet wood. While it is sometimesa shower, the wood is soft and cheap. The problem is that itis wet and will always shrink and warp. […]

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Turning Multi-Axis Stacking Rock Box Tower

In case of technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. However, you are already here. so, Enjoy Despite an excellent demonstration by Yann Marot at the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium, I had to turn my stacking rocks my way. To me they resemble a mountain trail marker that I saw frequently […]

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Preparing To Turn A Stave Segmented Beads Of Courage Box

This post is best viewed right here. But, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Our club is preparing to support the Beads of Courage program. Beads of Courage works in participating hospitals with children who are seriously ill. At each significant procedure, the child received an additional bead […]

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What Not Round? How To Turn A Square Box

While it is best to view this video from this page, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Inspired by presentation at the AAW symposium, this project is a turned square box. Actually, it is a cube in 3D. The cube is walnut 3x3x3, finished with shellac and rattle-can lacquer. […]

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Turning Small, Bark Edge Boxes – From Hazelnut Limbs

Unless there is a glitch, this page is best for viewing this post. If there is a glitch, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I pruned the wood for this project from my backyard several years ago. The limbs were suckers growing from the base. I kept many of them. Some have split […]

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