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 on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Please stay right here. This is it. The wood for this bowl came from a neighbor’s ornamental pear tree that came down in a microburst. The wet wood was heavy and dense – wonderful. I have made several projects from this tree. Shortly after harvesting […]
Read More...The video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Woodturning a bowl is always a pleasure for me. I am excited to see what can emerge from a block of wood. When I started woodturning, my wood had to be dry. What else was there? As I learned about drying, cracking, […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But it’s best right here! This pear wood comes from a tree that blew down last summer in a micro burst. At that time, I rough turned a large chunk of the wood and sealed it with Bowl Saver. Then, put the wood away to […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! While on the topic of limb bowls, I cut down a small dead tree from my yard. I decided to turn yet another style of limb bowl. This one combines some of the emerging bowl concepts with natural edge and limb bowl […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you are already here where best! Generally, I like large diameter trunks for bowl turning. But sometimes, I’m presented with smaller wood that tells me it can be beautiful. I work with what I have. This bowl is from honey locust. Final size is […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best of all is right here! When I first started woodturning, I wanted to turn bowls – I still do. I’m always amazed at the color, figure, and shape that results. Often, the shape evolves. This bowl is pear from a neighbor’s ornamental tree that […]
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