Here’s another Squat Pot with a Walnut flute that I was able to finish recently. It measures approximately 7 1/2″ in diameter and is about 2 1/2″ tall with the flute.

The wide top of the base gives the perfect place to display the great example of spalted grain (nature’s art) of this piece of Birch.

Like the previous one I made it is hollowed to about 1 1/2″ of the edge which gives the pot a weight that matches the expectation that the low, flat base implies.

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Here’s another fruit bowl made out of Ash that I completed recently. It is very similar to the one that I made for my daughter for Christmas. However, the Ash that I used for this one has a more brownish color.

The bowl is just over 10″ in diameter and about 2: tall. It was finished with only tung oil and then hand buffed.

The thin rim was strengthened a bit with a thicker roll around the very ridge.

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This month’s meeting of the Atlantic Woodworkers Association featured Dave Wilkins from the Nova Woodturners Guild with a woodturning demo. The theme of his presentation was projects to do with all those small pieces of scrap wood that we tend to accumulate.

For this presentation Dave took a 3 to 4 inch square of wood and turned it into a small winged bowl.

He started by gluing the piece of scrap to a plywood faceplate ensuring that it was centered. This was facilitated by using the tail stock. Then he turned the inside first, maintaining a proper wall thickness. Once the walls were at the desired thickness he reversed the wood and then finished the outside, creating a delightful small project.

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As an added bonus to the Atlantic Woodworkers Association’s visit to the Window & Door Co. we also had the good fortune to visit a tool museum in the making! As luck would have it Troy’s brother Kevin lives just up the road a bit and he is in the beginning stages of building a working tool museum.

Kevin is a member of the Atlantic Tool Collectors Association and has been collecting tools for many years. He recently bought a farm here in Port Williams that has several large barns that will be used exclusively for this endeavor. His goal is that over the next five years he will be able to get his tools organized and displayed into the different areas of specialties like livery, cooper and wheelwright. There’s even plans to hold workshops in the use of these tools and the making of their specific wares!

The highlight of the tour was the collection of pedal operated tools from the W.F. & John Barnes Company of Rockford, Illinois that were built in the 1870’s. Here are a few photos of these fantastic tools:

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