If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. I got this idea from a demonstration I did for my club. It is a longer story that I’ll tell in the video. For now, why not turn a bud vase using sphere […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. One of my clubs has a wood exchange – a frequent source of interesting wood. In this case the wood is aspen with a weathered bark edge. While it is on the smaller […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. While I have demonstrated turning spheres several times both in clubs and in videos, it seems that the internet needs a refresher. It seems that way too many people think that a sphere […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. I saw a demonstration similar to this project at last summer’s AAW symposium. When I came home, I added it to my todo list. While the demonstration was excellent, I did not want […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. When a fellow club member moved from the area, I inherited a couple of pieces of saman wood that he had brought back from Venezuela after he lived there for a while. It […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. Both my clubs are participating in a Christmas themed fund raising event. The club members are contributing Christmas tree ornaments to decorate trees which will then be auctioned off for charity. My ornament […]
Read More...If you happen to have technical difficulties, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But it is best right here. This project turns out to be a two’fer:1) Our club challenge is to create a platter with an ogee curve.2) A fellow club member created a funnel that was to join the burn […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...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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