Woodturning

Three Segmented Pens

Three Segmented Pens

Here’s three segmented pens that I made a couple of month’s ago. It had been…

Happy Easter 2012

Happy Easter 2012

Happy Easter everyone! I hope that the Easter Bunny was good to you! Here what…

The Joy Of Woodturning With Tim Yoder

The Joy Of Woodturning With Tim Yoder

Tim Yoder from The Woodturning Workshop does a parody of ‘The Joy of Painting with…

Michael Hosaluk Day Of Demonstration

Michael Hosaluk Day Of Demonstration

Wow, what a day! I just spent the past seven hours watching a woodturning demonstration…

Woodturning With A 150hp Lathe

Woodturning With A 150hp Lathe

Oh yeah! That’s the way to do it! Paul Moore of Stockroom Supply is one…

All Pent Up

All Pent Up

Here’s a piece that I recently finished that I call ‘All Pent Up’. I don’t…

Shop Time With My Nephew

Shop Time With My Nephew

My nephew, on my wife’s side, and his girlfriend came over for a day in…

Southwest Style Pot With Pyro

Southwest Style Pot With Pyro

This is a Southwest style pot that I made for my wife for Christmas. It…

Projects

Woodworkers Safety Week 2012

The week of April 30th to May 4th has been designated as Woodworkers Safety Week 2012! As you all know it is important that safety is on your mind every week of the year but Woodworkers Safety Week likes to put special emphasis on it. Safety Week was started back in 2008 by Marc Spagnuolo…

Woodworkers Safety Week 2012

Carved And Burnt Maple Bowl

This is a bowl that I turned for the Nova Woodturners’ Guild Annual Fun Turn. Each year we are given a block of wood for this event, usually 6″ X 6″ X 3″. However, this year the block was 8″X8″X3″. We can turn anything we want. The only criteria is that we have fun. This…

Carved And Burnt Maple Bowl

04/11/12 – Woodworking Tips And Tidbits

Here’s a few tips that I picked up lately. They come from a variety of sources including books, magazines, newsletters, online, personal experience and readers like you. 1. Keep your spare jigsaw blades together by using a shower curtain hanger as a ‘key ring’. It’s just the right size to fit the holes in most…

04/11/12 – Woodworking Tips And Tidbits

Safety Tips For The Woodturner II

Well, here we are again, folks, for another round of woodturning safety tips! Yeah, I know, you can never get enough of them! So, because of that, there’s no waiting around, we’ll dive right in: Move the tool rest out of the way, or better yet – remove it all together, before sanding and finishing…

Safety Tips For The Woodturner II

A Splendid Spline Jig

In addition to the Crosscut Sleds I also had to make a jig to cut the slots for the splines on the Maple And Padauk Box that I made. This is basically a cradle that holds your workpiece at a 45 degree angle to the tablesaw blade. This was pretty simple and quick to build.…

A Splendid Spline Jig

Out And About

Michael Hosaluk Day Of Demonstration

Michael Hosaluk Day Of Demonstration

Wow, what a day! I just spent the past seven hours watching a woodturning demonstration by world renowned woodturner Michael Hosaluk at Lee Valley and boy, my head is just a spinnin’! He showed us so many neat and cool…

Festool Demo At Lee Valley

Festool Demo At Lee Valley

A friend of mine and I took the opportunity to drop by Lee Valley today…

A Day With Bowl Turner Mike Mahoney

A Day With Bowl Turner Mike Mahoney

I recently had the opportunity to attend a seminar with renowned bowl maker, Mike Mahoney.…

AWA – A Tool Museum In The Making

AWA – A Tool Museum In The Making

As an added bonus to the Atlantic Woodworkers Association’s visit to the Window & Door…

Reviews

How To Build A Hal Taylor Rocker

How To Build A Hal Taylor Rocker

Master rocking chair maker, Hal Taylor, has released a new version of his book, How…

Dust Bee Gone “No Fog” Dust Mask

Dust Bee Gone “No Fog” Dust Mask

A couple of years ago I ordered a Dust Bee Gone dust mask with little…

The Rolly Munro Articulated Hollower

The Rolly Munro Articulated Hollower

Thanks to my good friend, David Wilkins, I had a chance to try out the…

Lotsa Woodworking Books On Google

Lotsa Woodworking Books On Google

The Internet has opened a whole new world of availability for products and tools that we never had access to before. However, one of the things I dislike about online purchasing is the problem of buying site unseen. This is…

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