In case this video has difficulty playing, it is also posted on YouTube. Wow. The results are in for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge. Thank you to everyone who entered an ornament and the clubs that helped spread the word. With 199 ornaments, there are a lot of beautiful work and examples. It is up […]
Read More...This video is much longer than normal. If there are streaming issues, please use the web page to view and vote. Here’s the link: www.OrnamentChallenge.com. To vote, please identify the numbers associated with your top five choices. For an example, let us say you picked 25,40,75,23,2 Rank from High to low. For example. my top […]
Read More...Now it’s time to finish this bowl — years in the making because I was distracted by work and family. But it’s also scary to finish turn a large bowl like this one. A large blank like this one is rare, very hard to come by. I rough turned it years ago and waited for […]
Read More...For this lathe woodturning project, I rough turned a piece of maple about three weeks ago. The maple was green which is very easy to turn. I wanted a natural edge bowl. At the time, I considered finishing it in just the one mounting. However, wet wood clogs sandpaper very quickly. So, I thought I’d […]
Read More...It’s long past time to finish this woodturning project. This piece of plum came originally from a tree in my back yard. Several years ago, I rough turned it, painted it with a wax emulsion, placed it in a brown paper bag and left it on my shelf. During the drying process, it shrunk radically […]
Read More...Turning green wood is a pleasure. Shavings fly off in wonderful cascades. But, the challenge comes when the drying wood splits or develops a crack. Don’t throw away the bowl. Instead, turn it into a creative opportunity by concealing, accepting or emphasizing the crack. Creative opportunity just knocked.
Read More...I rough turned this bowl on my wood lathe. Then I coated it with was, wrapped it in brown paper bags, and left it on a shelf in the shop to dry. Then life intervened and it has been several years. I think it is a very nice woodturning project. The bowl is now dry […]
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