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This is the other half of the first cedar bowl. (9" x 3 1/2"). It was finished with only the Beall Bowl Buffing System (tripoli->white diamond->carnauba wax). So the color is much lighter that the previous bowl, and the surface … Continue reading →

Turned the same way as the Ash salt cellars. The log was mounted between centers (bark to bark), turned into a yoyo shape with tenons on each end, cut in half, etc, and finished with the Beall Bowl Buffing System.  … Continue reading →

Salt Cellars from an Ash Log The piece of log was mounted between centers, a tenon was cut on each end. After mounting in the 4 jaw scroll chuck the overall shape was turned; then the resulting "yoyo" was cut in … Continue reading →

The old growth cedar lumber (10" x 10" x 34") piece was a gift from Roger Heinen. A 10" cube was cut off one end and turned between centers. Two bowls were turned from that piece by turning tenons on each … Continue reading →

An ash bowl (2" x 6 1/2") was turned form a firewood log and polished using the Beall bowl buffing system. I gave this bowl to Terry Wuori, who gave me the firewood log.      

This bowl was turned from a locust 4 x 4 given to me about 40 years ago by my brother Reid. The blank was cut from a 4 x 4 and trimmed to get rid of the pith: Started between … Continue reading →

From a firewood log that was a gift from Terry Wuori. Bowl #1 Bowl #2 (a little bit taller)

Cherry Goblet: Used the termite to cut the end grain. Gave this to Preston Hensley as a thank-you for getting me started turning.  

Not bad for what might have been burned! (The apple log was a gift from Terry Wuori) Finished with walnut oil. (3" x 8")  

Small "box" – started out to be a shaving soap dish, but it seems too nice for that. Finished with Walnut oil. (3" x 5 1/2")  

Another cherry pot turned from the other half of the cylinder used to turn Reid and Jewell's pot 01/08/2013  

Walnut Razor Handle 01/06/2013

(D 3 1/4" x H 2 1/2") Finished with walnut oil. Given to Reid and Jewell Hausmann  

Box from cherry (4" x 6") finished with walnut oil. This bowl also was cut from the cherry plank about 24" x 48" x 4" that was a gift from Dave and Betty Almstrom of Meredith NH. I gave this … Continue reading →

Cherry bowl (finished with walnut oil 7 1/2" x  2 1/2")  turned from the cherry from the David and Betty Almstrom, Merideth, NH I gave this bowl to Connie and Walter for Christmas.   Still in its happy home in … Continue reading →

Cherry box  (3 3/4" x 3 3/4") This bowl also was cut from the cherry plank about 24" x 48" x 4" that was a gift from Dave and Betty Almstrom of Meredith NH. I gave it to them as … Continue reading →

I had a short rod of Lucite (about 1.5 x 4 inches) kicking around and decided to see if it could be turned into a shaving brush. Lucite is very prone to catches and had to be turned in the … Continue reading →

The lilac was a gift from John Kauer from a lilac bush that he had felled in his yard. (I want more, John.) Four views:  (8″ x 2.5″)(The middle two images are a stereo pair.) Really nice white sap wood … Continue reading →

This bowl was cut from a cherry plank about 24″ x 48″ x 4″ that was a gift from Dave and Betty Almstrom of Meredith NH. After sanding through the grits (80 -> 1500), it was treated with four coats … Continue reading →

From the birch log that was a gift from Gilbert Rivera (see below) over a year ago. Finished with Mahoney’s Walnut Oil/Wax. (4″ x 9  3/4″) Several cracks had developed and were filled with  West System epoxy and sawdust and CA … Continue reading →

From the log from Sprague Beach (see below)  

From a tree in the woods next to the house cut down several years ago.  

Ash log.   (4″ x 2.5″)  

Started with a piece of the log from which I made the salad forks:  Tapered and rounded off:

From a piece of firewood ripped on the band saw, turned on the lathe and shaped on the belt sander. Don’t know what kind of wood it is. (13″ x 2 1/4″)