This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! This video combines three elements: a cross grain box; a laminated box lid; multi-axis turning. The box portion is 3.5 inches diameter hard maple turned with a cross grain orientation. That means the grain is running perpendicular to the turning axis. A […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! Last year after completing my spring pruning, I had an apple limb that I cut in short segments and bored out the center including the pith. They’ve been drying since then. My video for that is “Preparing Green Apple Branch For Natural […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! After receiving this trunk of fresh aspen at the club wood raffle, Dave suggested that I turn a lampshade. I turned a lampshade several years ago but had resolved to avoid turning another until I had completed a deep hollowing rig. […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! My sister asked me to turn several burnishing tools for her quilting. She is an avid quilter. Why not? These are approximate 9 inches long with one end having a slant flat end. Both ends could be used to press a seam, […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here. What to do with a pretty piece of wood with an old rusty nail in it? Turn a bowl, of course. But avoid the nail. The wood is spalted box elder. Someone drove a nail into the tree. The tree grew […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Why go anywhere else but here! After turning several projects where I mimicked Max Brosi turning that I saw him demo, I decided to try a take off. This is based on his Octahedron which is named for the octagon used early in its turning. […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. This block of ash was freshly cut last June when I received it in my club wood exchange. I love turning fresh wet wood – except for the part where I have to wait for it to dry. Well, I turned it […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here where you are already! This box elder burl came from my club’s wood exchange raffle. It is not a large piece but, looking at the raw wood, it has great potential. It screamed, “Hollow Me”. I complied. Yellow alcohol die accents the […]
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...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! When on a wood acquisition journey, we cut off the end of a hollow box elder log to assess the amount of good wood. When we did, we also found old rusty nails inside the rotten hollow. The vendor gave me the […]
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