Where the heck have I been and what have I been up to?
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
1y ago
Not doing any wood turning these days since I lost my local selling source and have too much left over stock to be adding more. But I have been somewhat busy with other projects. I learned how to make a marble countertop out of plywood as part of a powder room makeover. This was a piece of marine grade plywood that had been in my shop for many years – now starting a new life as a vanity top. This was my first attempt after hours of watching You tube videos of the process. No one can believe it’s a piece of plywood!  Later I’ll post the vanity. i had to build one as the room is so tiny no ..read more
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Back in the Saddle
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
After a long break from the website, I am ready to start posting again. This urn I created as a commission piece, which I have shied away from normally, for a friend. The main body is Sapele with maple and Purpleheart accents and the lid is more Purpleheart with a brass disc for engraving.  The post Back in the Saddle appeared first on Willow Works Wood Turning ..read more
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Wooden Banana Boat
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
Just an experiment: The post Wooden Banana Boat appeared first on Willow Works Wood Turning ..read more
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Back from Vacation
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
I just got back from spending a week out in Sedona Arizona and would highly recommend that destination to anyone. If you do make the trip, go on up to Jerome and visit that little town which is a mecca of local artisans. I haven’t had any driving desire to make anything since my return but did find a cache of test tubes while doing some clean up in the work shop. I had bought these to do bud vases so I had to do one just to justify having them in stock. This one (above) was a piece of holly that had been sitting on the shelf since early 2014 and was such a small piece that it was perfect for ..read more
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Tupelo Turning
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
I had a nice sized chunk of some Tupelo that a friend who does carving gifted me with, The wood is very soft which makes it perfect for carving decoys but not so much for turning, But it does sand nice which helps tremendously. It also lacks any grain to speak of and is a bland light color which begs to be dyed. The problem I ran into was that the softness of the wood was soaking up all the lacquer I was spraying on it. I ended up brushing on several coats of brushing lacquer with a lot of wet sanding between coats. I was finally able to spray the lacquer at an acceptable level. The cherry for ..read more
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Fallen Limb Pot
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
We lost a massive branch from one of our pecan trees last week. I had not turned green wood for a while and this was a good opportunity to revisit that. I hollowed and shaped it a bit, put it in the microwave for a bit and then turned the walls thin. I had one small crack develop during the microwaving which is not bad. The pecan was not that interesting – very light colored. To accentuate the grain I put a coat of black dye before the final sanding. Consequently all the grain showed up spectacularly though the green dye. I still have about 8 foot of this 6″ round limb so a few more of these w ..read more
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Spalted Lidded Pot
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
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Natural edge bowl with pedestal
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
This piece of spalted wood came out of my pile and needed to be gone. I liked the figure but the light color was not what I wanted. I have brown dye which seldom gets used and I used that for something different. The inside is natural color. My wife really wanted me to do another natural edge bowl so this is what I did. The shape I was able to get out of that chunk needed a bit of enhancement. I first thought a tall decorative pedestal would look good but I ended up doing a short one out of walnut and gave it a coat of the same brown dye. I also picked out a lot of bug damage and filled with e ..read more
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Turned Wood Vessel of many colors
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
This pot was turned with the intention  of creating another Jade Green piece. The green had some issues and I decided to abandon that and turned the color off. I then decided that a black dye would look good if all the grain showed though – a good idea for a future project but it didn’t hit me on this. I then decided to put a coat of black lacquer on it just to avoid having to get rid of the black dye. Again — epic fail as every dimple and defect were just compounded through the lacquer. I almost tossed it in the bin but decided to turn it all off one more time and let it go natural. This ..read more
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Glass lidded segmented container
Willow Works Wood Turning
by Alan
4y ago
I had not done a glass lidded turned container for a while and all the ones I had sold rather quickly. This pot was going to be another open segment like the last but blew apart on me. Rather than scrap it, I just put solid wood in between — alternating between coco bolo and maple to set off the main walnut segments. The bottom wasn’t looking too nice after multiple attempts to sand down there. As chance would have it, I had a 2″ diameter mirror that just fit.  By the way, I will be displaying (and hopefully selling!) at the Oxford Studio Tour on September 6. The post Glass lidded segment ..read more
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