For this project I wanted to replicate a project from an AAW video. However, after turning a Captured Pedestal Spin Top as demonstrated at AAW, I could not show the video. In my opinion, the key process was too difficult and fiddly. I prefer processes that anyone can follow to replicate. The original involved an […]
Read More...Best viewed by enabling the video above. In case of difficulty, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Why turn a top by itself. When spinning, a top is fun and colorful. But, when not spinning, it just lays around looking weird. Why not make the top the lid to a small box? Now […]
Read More...I had some fun at the 2013 Desert Woodturning Roundup in Mesa, Arizona. While at a break between exhibits, a man came by offering some time to woodturn at a lathe. I said ok. Later I learned that it was a timed competition including many of the professional presenters including Richard Raffan, Michael Hosaluk, and […]
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