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For the Canadian Folks - KMS Tools have a big sale this weekend (Oct 17th-19th) to coincide with the annual WW show. I picked up a Bosch Colt single speed palm router for $50, and a Freud combo. blade for $29. The router will be $60 for the remainder of the month.

It's been a while since I've turned anything of note as I've been working on a built in storage unit (posted under the flatwork section of this site). I won two nice pieces of maple burl in my guild's raffle a few months ago, which I used to turn a matching pair of hollow vessels. The first is...

Finally making some progress...nearly done! It's been a while since I last posted about my progress. I've completed the four sliding and two swing doors, along with a set of boxes to display my turnings. I still need to work on the three drawers for the bottom section of the unit. Here's a...

2nd Attempt Okay, I thought you just had a fish-eye lens on your rendering! :doh: Here's my second attempt. I created a bezier line for the front to back curve on the side plane, edited it on the front pane to curve in and out. Then, I created a small rectangle and followed the curve...

Here's my attempt... It's the first time I've used the bezier plugin. I could' figure out how to 'push' it when it was in a bezier form. I had to convert it a polygon then explode curve. That allowed me to delete the sections that overlapped, then push it. Is there a quicker/easier way to...

Progress Update - Staining and Closet Face-frame I've been making good progress with the project... I've stained the Mahogany inside the cabinet to better match the walnut face-frame... I constructed the closet face-frame using the same techniques I showed in my first post... Here's a...

Thanks! and please pass on my thanks to your dad! I spend some time making the face frame for the cabinet. I wanted dovetailed joints, which I accomplished with my router that I have mounted in my TS wing. the added benefit of mounting on the TS is that you can reuse the fence. The pins are...

I've had a built-in storage project on my 'to do' list for over a year but had never had the time to do it. Until now, that is. My wife and 2 1/2 yr old son are visiting Japan for two months, visiting relatives and friends, and generally having fun, while I'm stuck here working and paying the...

As I only seem to vacate the lathe land section, I'm posting here but Admin, please free to move the post to a more appropriate spot if need be. I never been happy with the quality of my photographs, and didn't want to splurge on a photo tent, so I concocted my own. It's a simple setup - a...

Clay Foster recently demonstrated his techniques to our guild, one of which was applying egg shells for decoration. Our last meeting's 'challenge' was to turn something that you learned from Clay, so I decided to try a lidded egg-shaped box. I first turned the parts: four in total.... Then...

Hi Guys, Here's a 6x4" lidded box that I turned recently, turned from Maple. The wood was very dry, so it was quite difficult to turn cleanly, and as it was large, it difficult to turn and sand the inside. -Gari

Hi Guys, Stu gifted me with a few blanks when I visited him in his Dungeon last year and finally (FINALLY!) had chance to turn one of the Sakura blanks. The first picture, although looking like a candle stick, is a weed pot and stands at about 6" tall... A few inched were left over so I...

Thanks for the responses guys! I neglected to mention that the style is inspired by Cindy Drozda's work. Neal: below is another shot, which is more of a side view. Porr lighting but it's the best I could manage :( The finish on the maple is Tung Oil. I let the first coat soak for an hour...

Hi Guys, I turned my first Hollow Form last year but have only had change to photograph (albiet poorly - sorry!) and post picture of it. It signifies the last piece I will turn on my Rockwell Beaver as I am now the proud owner of a Nove DVR XP! Woot! The body is Maple Burl and the Finials...

I must have been a good boy this year as I received one of these, which was a joint Christmas / 10th Year Wedding Anniversary present.

I've been saving my pennies for a Nova DVR XP, which go for C$2200+taxes(13%!) where I live and includes a SN2 chuck. However, I have the chance to purchase a used Nova DVR (not the XP) with a couple of extra faceplates, vacuum adapter and Oneway livecenter kit. Asking price C$1000. My heart...

Hi Guys, Great to see the forum back up and running in all it's glory. I spent last weekend turning this Christmas ornament. The main body is maple, which has a bit of quilting in it, and the finials are walnut: Claro walnut for the top piece and English walnut for the bottom. I'm a...

Hi Guys, I turned this a couple of weeks ago but only had chance to photograph and post it now. This was a challenge for our local club, which was to turn a multi axis piece. This handled bowl required four axis: One for the outside of the bowl pus start of handle, two more for the handle...

Hey guys, I turned a couple of boxes for mum & sister's Christmas presents, which will be used to old jewellery. I'm not sure what the wood for the first box is (gifted to me) but the second one is made from Kwila. Thanks for looking, and critiques are more than welcome!

I thought that I'd post a couple of pictures of two shallow bowls I turned a few months ago. The first is turned from a nice peice of maple, and the second is cherry. The center is walnut, which came about as I turned the bottom too thin! I didn't want to waste the piece, so I turned a...