I put the feature image as my 11-month-old son for a reason. In the past, I did not care about dust control or inhaling harmful “invisible” particles until my bundle of joy entered this world. I cannot stomach thinking about his lil’ lungs potentially breathing in harmful dust particles due to my hobby (or my wife). … Continue reading
I mentioned in my “acrylic pen #2” post that I was in the process of completing four sets of blanks for a friend at work. I gave him the deal of a century since I am not used to turning acrylics and I just wanted to get as much experience as possible without having to … Continue reading
Hello again A while back, I wrote a tutorial on how I turn acrylic blanks. In that tutorial, I mentioned that a Black/Gold pen would be posted at a later date since all my free time is spent with my baby boy. Well today, I finally finished that pen…. A couple notes With the other … Continue reading
This is how it always happens…. I am trying to make something out of wood, and end up having to make a series of jigs to get the job done. For instance: I want to make my first segmented bowl, which will actually turn out to be a bowl from board tutorial. In order to … Continue reading
I had a pen crack during the assembly process, which makes it fail number two in my young turning career. The first time was assembling my first pen ever – a spalted blank for a slimline pen. That one did not hurt as much as the latest fail, as this time it was a better … Continue reading
After a long run of bottle stoppers, I have shifted focus to pen turning. I was not too impressed with slimeline pen kits so I upgraded to Penn State Graduate Pens. With the help of some beautiful burl wood and the better made graduate pen kit, I am proud to present my latest work! … Continue reading
Spent some time turning Bottle Stoppers! Next up on the Turn List???? Continue reading
After a couple classes at my local woodturners club and 3 different DVD’s, I think I have this log to lumber thing down. While this will definitely have a complete post later showing how I turned a fallen down tree into a bowl, I still want to post an update on some flame box elder wood I … Continue reading
So I am pretty much finished with my EGG tutorial, but I wanted to finish a couple more for additional photos. I decided to use the remaining wood from my Random bottle stopper post. Everything was going great until I got a couple catches which put some big gouges in my piece. The main problem? I did not take the time to … Continue reading
Egg Jig Tutorial I was reviewing one of my favorite sites for plans when I stumbled across wooden EGGS. I was always told that if you can turn an egg, you can pretty much turn anything. While I do not think the statement is true, turning an egg is a great intro into turning, jig … Continue reading
Together We Wood 