Woodturnings, Freehand Router Carved Signs and other Woodworking Projects
ou can view more of my turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. The members of Worldwidewoodturners.org (www.worldwidewoodturners.org) were challenged last week to turn a birdhouse ornament. This is my answer to that challenge. The body is made from Liveoak, the finial was turned from a mesquite pen blank…
Check out my other scrolling videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I’ve been wanting to try a compound cut scrolling and thought this would be a perfect time for it. I started with a 1 1/4″ square pine spindle blank for practice. Then I scrolled a 1 7/8″…
Alan Stratton (As Wood Turns) asked me if I was going to enter the Christmas Ornament Challenge this year. I told him I would so here is one of my two entries. I took a 1 7/8″ square blank of cherry and turned (or tried…
I’ve had this oddly shaped Osage Orange cookie laying around for some time. It wasn’t really usable for a conventional turning because of the holes and bark inclusions. So I decided to cut it into pieces on the bandsaw and see what I could do…
I was asked to demo my hollowing tool and technique by Worldwide Woodturners (worldwidewoodturners.org). I bought one of Tim Yoder’s Elbo Tools and slightly modified the mounting method. I used what I believe to be spalted Sycamore for this project. I got it ready for…
Check out my cooking videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. We’ve been remodelling a bedroom and my wife stripped and repainted an old oak chest of drawers. She tried stenciling a design on the drawers, but hated it. So she asked me if I could scroll some instead.…
Check out my turning videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. If you’ve been following some of my shorts you’ll know that my wife is remodeling one of our guest rooms. These lamps came from that room and she asked me to refinish them. One of the lamps was…
This is another in the Turning on the Cheap series. See the series videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I’ve never turned a wand, but I’ve been waanting to try one. As is typical of me, I decided to turn one from a crooked branch rather than a…
I sold my older Delta table saw and ordered a new Powermatic 64B. See my turning videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I wanted a cabinet saw, but couldn’t justify the added expense after reading all the specs. My primary interest was a saw with a riving knife…
I was finally able to get back on the lathe. See more of my turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. I took an old chunk of Mesquite firewood and turned a hollow form. I decided to make a lid for it and used a piece of curly Walnut.…
