Category: Turning

Wow! Two Awesome Wands – Turned and Carved

May 14, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr 0

You can view my other turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…). I was commissioned to make two wands by a customer that got one last year. The process is pretty much the same, but I added a special touch this time… Power Stones! One is made from Texas…

WOW! Beauty! Small Natural Edge Ash Bowl

April 28, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

You can view my other turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…). One of my wife’s best frinds brought me a log and said make me something pretty from this. I didn’t know what it was, but it turned out to be Ash. I cut the end off because…

Stunning DIY Off-center Chuck Turning Wooden Pendant

April 23, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

I decided to clean up the shop by using some of the many small offcuts I have. They are just cluttering up the place…lol. You can view my other turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…. So I tried making a small bowl with one. It was just too…

Brilliant HUGE Mini Segmented Mesquite Bowl

April 16, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

I decided I needed some practice from being gone two weeks. You can view my other turnings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…). This piece of mesquite was still chucked up from when I turned the nose of the gnome so I decided to do something with it. I…

St. Patrick’s Day Gnome

March 21, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

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…

Walnut Vessel Redo

March 17, 2023 By Billy Burt Sr Off

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 Off

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 Off

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”.…