Monthly Archives: January 2012

This is a practice natural edge bowl – first one. I cut a small blank from an ash log: and ended up with (side view) ( 4 1/4″ x 2 1/4″) End view: Flat bottom, slightly concave. Used a jam … Continue reading →

I had harvested a birch bowl from a dead birch tree on John Kauer and Barbara Talamo’s land. I had to cut it into three pieces to get it home. I started with the smallest piece mounted between centers:   … Continue reading →

Napkin ring I created a special jig to hold it in the lathe:(inspired by a video by Bob Hamilton: bobham5) I took an oak cylinder I had turned earlier, drilled a 1″ hole in it and turned the outside diameter to … Continue reading →

I started with a birch log (a gift from Gilbert Rivera):  cut it in half with the chain saw: Mounted the blank with the wormwood screw turned the outside and cut a tenon on the bottom. Then I mounted the bowl … Continue reading →