woodturning

A few Christmas calls ready for their new home.

I got back on the lathe for a short time this afternoon. I am holowing out the inside of an 8" x 5" bowl. I have been doing this wrongly, but with a method that works, in effect using my bowl gouge like a scraper, and doing pull cuts from the centre hole to the rim. Now I am trying to do it by a...

I picked up a bunch of walnut this past spring and I'm finally getting around to finishing up some bowls from it over the past couple weeks. This stuff cuts like butter and once the oil hits it the grain really pops! I also finished up an oak bowl that had been laying around on the floor for...

My sister wants me to make her a king size 4 post bed from curly cherry on short notice. So over the next couple weeks I will be slamming this thing together. I had trouble locating any 6/4 and 12/4" curly cherry here in MI, so I ordered some from PA. The 12/4 is not very curly, but it...

This one is about 7" in diameter and 6" tall. The center bowl is ebonized with vinegar and steel wool mix and the rest is finished with my home brew danish oil. Comments and critiques are always a welcome thing. :wave: I know it's pretty thick for most of you, but I've had a good run of...

As the Founding President of the Lone Star Woodturners Association, Inc., I’m proud to announce that I’m planning a new hands-on woodturning symposium for visually and physically disabled individuals in November, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas area. (Details are still being finalized as to exact...