For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Best to stay right here at As Wood Turns My last video project was nearly a disaster. I saved it by the skin of my teeth. The original walnut box blew up on the lathe. I substituted a different base and saved the day. […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Recently, our club had a remote demonstration of turning a cross grain box. The demonstration was not so remote for myself since our club president came to my shop to do the demonstration. After a great demonstration, I usually want to […]
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 to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where best – Right Here! At a recent Saturday gathering of local woodturners, we discussed wire wood burner alternatives. I’ve used a commercial set for many years but they then to get kinked up; burn me; and are hard to find. After our initial discussion, […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here! At last fall’s Segmented Woodturning Symposium, I had a discussion with Joe Schlawin. He suggested that acrylic plastic could be used to waterproof certain woodturnings. I needed to know how a solid sheet of acrylic plastic could waterproof the inside of […]
Read More...May also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook— Best right here. What a fantastic challenge. This video shows all ornaments that were entered into the challenge. We invite you to vote for your favorites. This is an experiment – we hope it works. Here are the guidelines. Review this video and the ornaments. These […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But why not stay right here! This is the first revision to the infinite axis chuck. It adds a bolt to handle bottle stoppers and other handles. It also has more resistance to unexpected rotation. It is the first major upgrade for the old egg chuck. […]
Read More...May also be viewed on YouTube and Vimeo — But best right here! I’m planning to create a small hollow form for my local club’s current challenge. However, my current tools are large and would require a larger hole than I want to leave. So, I’m grinding two old Allen wrenches to provide one straight […]
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