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A Textured Cherry Vessel III

October 10, 2010 No Comment

And here’s the third textured Cherry vessel that I did recently. I call this one, The Cuspidor’ It is 6″ tall and almost 5″ in diameter at it’s widest point. Like the previous two Cherry vessels it has been finished with tung oil and buffed to a warm shine. Also like the other two it [...]

A Textured Cherry Vessel II

October 9, 2010 No Comment

Here’s the second of three Cherry vessels that I turned recently. This one is 8″ tall and about 5 1/2″ in diameter at its widest. The vessel has a large textured band around its lower portion that also features the burned ‘swirls’ used on the previous one. It has been finished with tung oil and [...]

A Textured Cherry Vessel I

October 8, 2010 3 Comments

Here’s one of three Cherry vessels that I turned recently. It is 7 inches tall and approximately 5 1/2 inches in diameter at its widest point. It has been textured with a ‘swirl’ burn and also colored a bit with stain. Then it was finished with tung oil and buffed to a warm glow. Here [...]

The Beat Of A Djembe Drum

October 4, 2010 No Comment

I recently attended a course at Lee Valley where we turned and built a djembe drum. Seriously, a djembe drum! A djembe drum, pronounced ‘gem – bay’, is a large, goblet shaped African hand drum. The name, djembe, comes directly from the African saying “Anke dje, anke be” which literally translates to “everyone gather together” [...]

Shape And Design At The NWG

September 21, 2010 No Comment

The September meeting of the Nova Woodturners’ Guild, held at Halifax Specialty Hardwoods, focused on the sometimes elusive and often overlooked topic of Shape and Design. This was presented by Guild members Alan Hunt and Dianne Looker. Alan spoke about the general concepts of shape and design and what we are looking to achieve as [...]

Best Bunk Beds For The Bunky

September 21, 2010 No Comment

In the late Spring I had the opportunity to use some recently learned skills. I got to make another bunk bed. I also got to build a queen-size bed using the same technique. Using what I learned at the Bayside bunk building marathon I was able to give my sister-in-law and her husband a hand [...]

The AWA Gets All Sketched Up!

September 14, 2010 No Comment

The first meeting for the Atlantic Woodworkers Association’s 2010-2011 season kicked off with a great presentation from member Mike Bielby on the basics of Sketchup, the popular 3D sketching software. Mike uses the program quite extensively and therefore he is quite familiar with it, and it showed. He took us on an excellent tour through [...]

Small Southwest Pot Trio

September 11, 2010 No Comment

Here’s a trio of small Southwest style pots that I also did over the summer. They are made of Ash and they have been burned with a basket weave. They are 3 1/4″ high and 3 3/4″ in diameter. Each of them are shaped and decorated a bit differently, though all are keeping in the [...]