This post is best viewed right here. However, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Occassionally, while working at the lathe with a chuck, my fingers go where they should not and get hit by the spinning metal. Since an ounce of protection is worth much more than a […]
Read More...Best video viewing is right here. But, in case of difficulty, the video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook I accidentally cut my finger on my bandsaw but not where most of injury is. I did not see the risk near the power shutoff. Next to the off button is the return channel for […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. But you’re already here. Announcing the results from the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Wow! This has been great. Take a peek at all the great ornaments and send your appreciation to those craftspeople who created them. A page view of all ornaments is on the challenges page. You can […]
Read More...Here are the ornaments in the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge ready for viewer voting This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. Enter your picks in a single comment by December 15, 2019. Multiple comments from the same […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! After turning a green chestnut bowl a few weeks ago in a style new to me, I had the chance to have feedback from Paul Russell, who had demonstrated it. I wanted to know why the green wood had not warped into […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right HERE! My brother came for a visit and wanted me to demonstrate woodturning a box. I would rather have coached him to turn the box. However, that is all he had time for. An end grain box is always a good project with […]
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...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo and FaceBook. Except that you’re already here! This is an early release for Valentine’s Day. I turned this hazelwood heart for my wife. It is turned from a 7/8″ cylinder which is then sliced at a steep angle. The two parts are then rotated and reglued to […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. However, you’re already right where you need to be. A mortar and pestle has been on my to-do list for a long time. Finally, I found my “round-2-it”. I did have to look up which piece was the mortar and which was the pestle. It […]
Read More...This video is also posted at YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook – Where Best? Right Here! This piece of padauk has been bothering me. It is an offcut from a previous project. I’d like to use it for a segmented project but it is not enough. Finally, I decided to turn a small plate. The padauk […]
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