Here’s a large Maple bowl that I turned over the summer. It is just over 13 1/4″ in diameter and almost 5″ tall, making it the largest bowl that I turned so far. It features three rings around the outside rim.
It is finished with the bee’s wax and mineral oil mixture and then buffed.
Here’s some more photos:
Continue reading 'A Large Maple Bowl With Rings'
Yep, it’s that time again… time to make some more wine bottle stoppers. 
Here’s a dozen of them that I recently turned.
They are all made in the ‘flame’ style from a variety of wood including Red Palm, Spalted Maple, Pau Amarillo, Pau Rosa, Zebrawood, Purpleheart, Cocobolo and Cherry.
Here’s some other photos showing a bit closer views starting with this one that shows, from left to right, Spalted Maple, Red Palm, Cocobolo and Zebrawood:
Continue reading 'Wine Stoppers 2010 – Part 1'
Here’s a Birch bowl that features a band of texturing around its middle. It is 10″ in diameter and 4″ high and finished with my mineral oil and beeswax mixture.
The texturing really adds to the color and wild grain of this particular piece of the Birch. It has quickly become a favorite and is now in regular use as our prime salad bowl.
Here are some more photos:
Continue reading 'Birch Salad Bowl With Texturing'
The weather has been so nice here lately that I decided to move the small lathe outside to take advantage of it.
Yeah, you’re right, I have been doing a lot of turning lately.
Back to the shop…
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