//www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7mRikU0eXI Just in case of technical difficulties, this post is also on YouTube and FaceBook. I received this wood from a friend who had traveled and lived in Venezuela. He had returned with a “bookcase” of beautiful wood, saman. He was moving and need to find a new home for the wood. The wood was already 12″ square and 2″ thick. I trimmed it to remove dings in the edges. Mounted with hot melt glue, I turned a mortise. But at the last minute, the hot melt glue failed. Why? too heavy, too little glue, operator error? I had other difficulties but continued until I now ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFq0u_yzFX8 Please view this post here on this page. But if there are technical difficulties, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Salvaged from a friend’s burn pile, this cottonwood burl took some TLC and a redesign but not that much TLC. It is well worth the UV resin and CA needed to bring out its beauty. Size: about 11 diameter and 3 tall. Finished with wipe-on poly. UV resin: Amazon CA glue: Almost anywhere Enjoy ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJQQGHNXdE In the remote possibility of technical difficulties, this post is also available at YouTube and FaceBook. Best Right Here! While making last week’s project, it was an appropriate time to upgrade my band saw sled incorporating inspiration from a demonstration at last year’s Rocky Mountain Symposium in Colorado. In that demonstration, he used a sled that had some features that I thought would be good to incorporate into the sled I have been using and upgrading for several years. One problem – these features depended on a salvaged lathe spindle. The spindle ..read more

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DY0YRuTvSY Please view this post here on this page. However, if there are technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. A viewer, Steve, sent me a set of pictures and asked how to turn it. I had to scratch my head and recall presentations by Janice Levy and others. Then figure out how to cut an inner box out from the center of a larger box. First conclusion. Don’t cut it out of the same block – well, almost. But first elongate the lamination so that the plies are identical. Then turn the two stacks to fit together as if they had be cut apart. Se ..read more

//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