This video is best viewed right here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I experiment with letting green wood warp in the form of a small goblet. I have fresh green apple wood from spring pruning. I decided to experiment with warping. However, I did not […]
Read More...This video is best viewed on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and Vimeo. In this video, I upgrade my bud flower to a fully blooming fuzzy flower. The difference – simple. Instead of a verticle cut with the skew, push the skew horizontally into the wood allowing […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. For this post I turn three types of flowers: A daisy type with distinct petals. This requires a fixture to hold the petals in place while a small flat is turned at the […]
Read More...For years, I have searched for the perfect egg. Years ago, I thought I had the answer. An article in a club newsletter gave a formula where the length was 1.29 times the diameter. However, my eggs seems short. So, I researched where that formula came from. I found where. It comes from people using […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. My wife happened to be looking through a magazine and showed me a picture of a craft project the magazine featured. It was a simple project that used two hardware store balls […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here(above). In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. My wife reviews the junk mail ads that come in the mail. When she sees one that she thinks could be turned, she points it out to me. This time it was a specked spoon holder. […]
Read More...This post is best viewed in the control above. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook I almost threw this wood out – three times. As wet wood, it was a small left over piece. As rough turned, it looked like it would come apart. In finishing, I feared […]
Read More...This post is best viewed above here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I want to turn a couple of mice refrigerator magnets for small gifts. A mouse is not a mouse without a long tail. In the past I would turn a mouse and then figure out how […]
Read More...Best viewed by enabling the video above. In case of difficulty, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Why turn a top by itself. When spinning, a top is fun and colorful. But, when not spinning, it just lays around looking weird. Why not make the top the lid to a small box? Now […]
Read More...In case of difficulty viewing this post, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Eccentric turnings are both fun and scarey. One one hand they are unusual and interesting shapes. On the other hand, turning wood off-center is scarey. A lot of air gets sliced. This is based on Barbara Dill’s book. She has […]
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