//www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73mWkt-rjg Please view this post here on this page. But, in case of technical difficulties, call a 10 year old for help or view on YouTube or FaceBook. I have turned this style of flower before. However, I had purchased some Cold-Bend Hardwood and thought to use it to enhance my flower. Plus I stabilized the wood with Cactus Juice to stabilize the bark to assist it to stay attached. The wood is walnut, sassafras, bloodwood finished with shellac or mineral oil. The bendable hardwood is still wet and too flexible at this diameter to turn on my lathe. I shaped it with ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYPdi6iMy0w This is not the best example of wood for bowl turning. However, it was essential to turn this bowl anyway as a return gift to the lady in whose yard this tree grew. I filled the major cracks with ultra violet activated resin which I am finding very convenient for small repairs. It is supposed to be longer lasting than CA glue. The completed bowl will be returned to the lady to preserve her memories associated with her family and this peach tree. The bowl is nine inches diameter and three inches high, finished with wipe-only poly. Enjoy ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVsPuuW8jE This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, if you have technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After digging up an old rose bush from my yard, I attempt to turn the root ball to get a bowl. At 8″ by 3″, this bowl warped dramatically making it too warped to finish turning and sanding it on the lathe. Still, I carved and sanded it before finishing with walnut oil. It is unique. Enjoy ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx1qGGVvU-g This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, if you are experiencing technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Please return here. This cottonwood was discarded at our club’s monthly Saturday gathering. Why discarded? The piece had a pair of smaller burl bumps. One had an accidental gash from a chain saw; the other had large obvious voids. I picked it up anyway and decided to see if I could get anything from it. It yielded a 6″ diameter, 2″ tall bowl with amazing burl figure. Walnut oil brings out the beautiful colo ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDSfpU9DIk This video is best viewed here on this page. If you are having technical difficulties, please try YouTube or FaceBook. This project is the culmination of several projects. It is a diorama with a theme of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. It consists of a tray, a star, a tomb, a wire tree, and a miniature statue of Jesus Christ. This video details the tomb, a segmented project with eight segment rings with segment counts from six to twenty segments. The variance in segments enables aligning joints at each half ring. Then by aligning this joint from ring to ring ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao3CEwgHfDw This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of technical difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. A few weeks ago, I turned an eight point star inspired by an ornament submitted in last year’s Ornament Challenge. From comments, I learned that I did not turn it exactly as they had but close enough. However, I wanted a star with more pointed rays. So, I am taking the concept a bit further by cutting a deeper cove at each mount. I wanted to see if this would work also. Did it work? Here are the previous videos: Turnin ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTklZcKPKx4 This video is best viewed here on this page. But, if you are having problems, it is also post on YouTube and FaceBook. After returning from the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium, I turned a inlaid platter or tray, using the lathe for drilling. This was a test. At the symposium, the presenter had used a vacuum chuck to hold the project while drilling on the lathe. But, at that time, I had a thought “why use the lathe – can’t the drill press do as well with less hassle?”. In addition, I wanted to have the inlay show as part of a curve in the profile. Thi ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9PYjLejVE This video post is best viewed here on this page. If there are technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I need a smaller tray for an upcoming project (Patience please). Our club had a demonstration for a platter. To me, trays and platters are similar except for a broader base and a flat interior. The wood is bloodwood 9 inches in diameter, finished with wipe on poly. Back to the tray. With only one inch thick wood, there is no room for a screw chuck. Instead, I use a threaded wood faceplate with double stick tape reinforced with ..read more

httpvh://www.aswoodturns.com/2024/02/oval-segmented-bowl/ This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of gremlin attach, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Why purchase an expensive oval jig to turn an oval bowl? When, with a little planning, I can turn it. Where is the difficulty? Actually, the final oval-ness is easy – simply(?) cut a bowl in half, then glue the rims of the two half bowls together. To be honest, IMHO, not every bowl is suitable for this minor surgery. I had to ponder the appropriate shape. Finally, the joint does take some sanding. However, a ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPT4z7fiI28 This video post is best viewed here on this page. In case of technical difficulties, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. I’ve wanted to explore negative space project. This is one that I thought of recently. It is rustic with voids between slices. UV resin “tack welded” slices together until more resin could be applied. The center slice has a mortise on the bottom side for mounting to the lathe. However, the lathe was used only for measurement and holding. Measurement was the distance between the edge of the slice and a wooden platform mounted i ..read more