Category: You Tube Videos

St. Patrick’s Day Gnome

March 21, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

Things got in the way of me getting this up on time, but here it is. You can view my other turnings herehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. Last week was gnome week at Worldwide Woodturners (worldwidewoodturners.org) and also St. Patty’s Day. This gnome, or gonk, was turned for that…

My First Intarsia – St. Patrick’s Day Frog

March 19, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

You can see more of my scroll saw videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I’ve been wanting to try an intarsia piece for some time now. Since my wife’s birthday is St Patrick’s Day I decided to make her this. She loves and collects frogs so this seemed…

Walnut Vessel Redo

March 17, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

I first turned this Walnut hollow form about three years ago (   • #74 – Katrina Fel…  . I’ve never really cared for the lok or heaviness of the piece. So I decided to re-turn it into something prettier. I also made a Sipo (AKA African Mahogany) pedestal for it. This…

Spalted Maple Redo

March 9, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

I first turned this piece of spalted maple a year or so ago (   • https://www.youtu…  ) and only made a short video about it. The more I looked at it sitting here, the less I liked it. So I decided to re-turn it into something prettier. This…

Small Spalted Wormy Hackberry Dish

March 2, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

I took the other half of the hollow crotch I turned last week (   • Natural Edge Hack…  ) and made the biggest piece I could from it. Unfortunately it wasn’t much, but it still came out nice. The hackberry is spalted, very wormy and actually quite pretty. I finished…

Natural Edge Hackberry Crotch Bowl

February 22, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

Worldwidewoodturners.org was having a turned crotch challenge last week. This was my 2nd piece for that. You can view the first one here: https://youtu.be/BubotHTk3eY. I meant to make a heart shaped bowl, but cut it too low at the crotch and lost the upper “V”.…

Bowl From Hackberry Crotch

February 14, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

Worldwidewoodturners.org is having another challenge this week. ou can view more of my turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. This bowl is at least part of my answer to that challenge. It was a relatively small crotch that I cut in half. I turned this half in more…

A Dizzying Failure – Still Learning Things

February 9, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

You can view my last Dizzy Bowl here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi487…. Experimentation comes with both successes and failures. This was one such case. Based on my last attempt I thought the answer was starting with a thinner blank. That turns out not to be true and I…

DIY Dizzy Bowl – Lessons Learned

February 2, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

To see more turning on in the Turning on the Cheap series click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I decided to try my hand at a dizzy bowl. I glued up a number of scraps and thin pieces until I had a blank large enough for my liking.…

DIY Thread Rack

January 28, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

You can see more of my flatwork videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. My wife asked me to make her a rack for all her spools of thread. And she wanted it to mount on the wall behind her sewing machine. I’ll take you through the process of…