In case of difficulty this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was happy to be given this block of fresh, green chestnut already slabbed and rounded. It was ready to turn. I had great plans for it: maybe a calabash bowl; maybe a hollow form. The initial turning for the outside bottom […]
Read More...This post is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where best? Right here! This bowl is turned from box elder burl, a beautifully figured but gnarly wood. A burl gives and takes away. It gives the beautiful figure and color; it takes away with defects and bark inclusions. Originally, the blank was over five inches […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. But, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I started and rough turned this bowl from olive about three years ago after a trip to Arizona where one of you hooked me up with fresh mesquite and olive trunks. As […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The wood for this project came from my club’s wood exchange. It is cottonwood burl – somewhat on the small size. But this meant that there was no wood to spare […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of a gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I had this honey locust block of wood sealed with wax sealer and wrapped in plastic. When one of you asked about a footed bowl instead of a bowl foot, why not […]
Read More...In case of a gremlin attack, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I obtained this olive wood on a trip to Phoenix just before the pandemic. I love olive wood but this block had issues. As I roughed it out, it exposed large nasty drying checks and a split area. Since the […]
Read More...This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. When I turn solid wood for a bowl, it most often is from urban forestry, wood that comes from private yards and orchards. The best wood is fresh, green or wet, wood. […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I turn a near reject half log of cherry. The problem was that this wood was urban cherry with large branches all over. In this case, there were two old branches […]
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. This elm was harvested almost 2 years ago. Whoever cut it down was not a wood turner because the shape of this block of wood was awful. It was trapezoidal with some […]
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