Archive for the ‘Small Projects’ Category


Woodturning Project Stand – Steam Bent and Multi Axis

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best? Right Here! I’ve searched for a long time for a good stand for small projects and Christmas ornaments. This is one of the two best that I’ve seen. However, I will continue my search. This display stand consists of two almost separate projects. The […]

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Woodturning Volcano Salturn In A Perfect Sphere

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! After seeing Dave’s demonstration of a salturn or volcano salt shaker, I remembered one I made over seven years ago. You can view that video,“Woodturning An Unusual Salt Shaker in Maple” at this link. I felt inspired to turn a new salturn just […]

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Woodturning Apple Branch To Cider Mug

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Last year after completing my spring pruning, I had an apple limb that I cut in short segments and bored out the center including the pith. They’ve been drying since then. My video for that is “Preparing Green Apple Branch For Natural […]

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Woodturning Blooper – Exploding Lampshade

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! After receiving this trunk of fresh aspen at the club wood raffle, Dave suggested that I turn a lampshade. I turned a lampshade several years ago but had resolved to avoid turning another until I had completed a deep hollowing rig. […]

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Woodturning Rustic Birdhouse From Green Apple Cores

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! During my spring pruning, I cut off a large limb from an apple tree. At that time, I cut the limb down into sections of varying lengths and varying diameters. Leaving the natural bark, I turned tenons on each end and […]

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Turning Inside Out Vase – Not Solely For Ornaments

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best? Right here! I browsed the web for ideas for a Mother’s Day project. The one that caught my eye was an inside out vase. Perfect. Inside out is fun but moderately challenging. Four square pieces of wood are temporarily fastened together. While there are […]

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Easter Egg Box For My Easter Bunny Egg Cache

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here. Enjoy! To complete my Easter Bunny’s egg cache, I’ve been working up in complexity from a solid egg to a hollowed paper joint egg, and now to an egg box This Easter egg is hollow for a small treat inside. A […]

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Another Easter Egg (Or Puzzle) For The Easter Bunny

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where is best? Right here already! After turning the solid egg is the last video, I wondered what other types of Easter eggs could I make for my 3D printed Easter Bunny. This Easter egg is hollow for a small treat inside. A rubber hairband […]

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This Easter Bunny Brings Sweet Chocolate or Wood Eggs

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right HERE! At the Maker Space in the local public library where I was 3D printing another project, I saw a cute rabbit holding a foil wrapped egg. My immediate thought was to have the little bunny hold a wooden egg that I […]

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Woodturning Wig Stand For Cancer Patients

This video is also uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here at As Wood Turns. The Utah Woodturners club has a summer activity from April through October where we get together at someone’s shop on one Saturday morning each month. This is a great time to observe and share. We’ve fixed lathes, […]

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