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A 6 x 6 x 6 block of cedar with a 3 x 3 x 3 block glued to one end and a 2″ diameter waste block tenon glued on the other. The pieces were a gift of John Kauer. … Continue reading →

From a scrap of a 6 x 6  cedar post: top bottom Thanks to John Kauer for the wood. (He now has the bowl)

  A cherry log was sawn in half and mounted asymmetrically between centers with the bark in the head stock side and a tenon cut on the tail stock side.   After the tenon was formed the piece was reverse … Continue reading →

Bowl from the driftwood tree (6″ x 3.5″) Turned from the same driftwood tree as the candle sticks. (I still don’t know what kind of wood it is.)  

The rough turned birch bowl from April 2012 had reached it’s final weight. So I turned off the edge to get rid of the pith, shaped it, scooped out the inside, sanded and finished it with Howard’s Feed-n-Wax (beeswax, carnauba … Continue reading →

Another bowl from Brandon and Sharon’s japanese maple tree. I gave this bowl to Sharon for her birthday. It was rough turned and allowed to dry for several months. At first I turned a dovetail in the bottom but a … Continue reading →

Cherry bowl (5 1/2″  x  1 3/4″) turned from a cherry log that was a gift from Tom Tutor. First cherry bowl – Cherry is a pleasure to work with. Info on cherry

  Poplar (quaking aspen, popple) bowl (7 1/4″  x  3″) finished with beeswax, carnuba wax and mineral oil The green “accent” lines are likely seaweed that had soaked into the wood. Or possibly some type of marine bacterium. The surface … Continue reading →

This birch log was filched from Reid and Jewell Hausmann’s driveway right after it was cut and then ripped in half with the chainsaw: Half log was mounted with the faceplate and the center determined and then trimmed to almost … Continue reading →

  Bass wood dried for 20+ years; split and turned. (4 1/2″ x 1 1/2″)

Turned another small bowl that I had intended to fill with shaving soap to use with the shaving brush. But it turned out a little too big for that and might make a nice bowl for mixed nuts — or … Continue reading →

Many, many years ago, my brother Reid gave us a sculpture in marble named Ernie. It came with a table whose legs were made of black locust. We cut the legs to shorten them to give Ernie a lower profile. … Continue reading →

This shaving brush was turned a couple of months ago from Brandon and Sharon’s japanese maple tree; yesterday, I turned the bottom to clean it up after making a chuck to hold it; and it was finished with cyanoacrylate to … Continue reading →

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 →

From the left over pieces of the log used to make the japanese maple bowl, I made two shaving brushes: and gave them to Brandon and Ben for Christmas More detail: For Ben.   and for Brandon.

  Japanese maple bowl  ( 7 1/4″ x 3″)     The blank for this bowl was cut from this half log: which is the other half of this log: The Japanese Maple came from a tree that Brandon and … Continue reading →

November 20, 2011 After “success” with the candlesticks, I went down to the shore at low tide to cut up the rest of the driftwood tree. Nice day for it. The driftwood tree The cut-off end showing where I had … Continue reading →

(Background) a drift wood log off the “beach” (see the above photo), (L) piece left over after cutting the part I wanted to use, (M) the first candlestick with the tenon still on, (R) the other half of the cylinder … Continue reading →

  Turned from the same piece of oak firewood as the box. The stem and the goblet bowl both cracked. (2 3/4″ x 6″)

  Beech bowl – rescued from the junk pile – re-turned with the Easy Wood Ci0 and Ci1 tools and finished with beeswax, carnuba wax and orange oil. (4 1/4″ dia.)  

This is most likely apple. Started with a small log: resawed it to get a good blank with the pith off to one side. This is the leftover piece. I then rounded it out on the band saw and mounted … Continue reading →

Small bowl from Beech. Using the new Easy Wood   Ci0 and Ci1  cutting tools to under-cut the top edge.