Gallery Update

I’ve added some new bowls to the gallery.  I hope that they will be enjoyed by new owners as much as I enjoyed making them.  Please feel free to visit the Gallery to view more information about them.

Weeping Willow – $75

Honey Locust "Smile" – $25

Honey Locust – $20

Red Oak "Grandma's Ol' [...]

Bias Cut Laminate Workpiece

A cousin of mine was wondering how such a pepper mill was created.  He’s done segmented turning before, but for reasons unknown to the universe, he was just drawing a blank on how to get started setting up this kind of turning blank.

With pictures being worth a thousand words, I fired up the CAD [...]

Offcentered turning

At last month’s wood turning meeting, we were given a bowl blank as an interactive project with the membership.

The rules were simple:

We can turn any thing we want, as long as it is a bowl.
We have to use the block as it was given to us, we can’t add any wood to it or cut it [...]

Tried out some new tools…

Sunday was wonderful. After cleaning up the winter mess, I fired up the lathe and made a bunch of sawdust. My neighbor came over too. He likes to see what I’m up to.

I haven’t had the chance to turn anything since Christmas. It got too cold in the garage. If you [...]