A very cool video by Stuart King showing how he turns a wooden flower on a foot powered lathe.
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I just finished this pen yesterday. It is a gift for a friend. The pen is made from Coastal Red Milkwood with dyed black veneers. I call this design” Syzygy”. Syzygy is an astronomical term referring to the alignment of the planets, specifically the sun, the moon and the earth. It occurs at the A wooden mallet is very useful in the workshop and I’ve been meaning to make one for a while. To make things a bit more interesting I decided to make one with an oval handle using off center turning. An oval handle is also more comfortable to hold than a circular handle. I made this from cherry, probably not the best of woods to use as it is not the hardest of hardwoods, but it is what I had on hand at the time.
In a recent post I mentioned I had made a Quarto Board Game for a friend of mine. It is made from walnut and oak that he sent me. It was a fun project and was done almost entirely on the lathe. I used a table saw to cut the stave sections for the sides of the box, and a drill press for the inlays on the top. This is an article on how I made the board game. The techniques here could be adapted for a number of different games. You can download a copy of the rules for Quarto here.
I am fortunate to be part of a very talented group of turners who have formed the Turning Arts Group. We have been showing our work at Works of Art in Jacksonville, FL. Yesterday, July 18th, 2009, we had our grand opening. The event went very well. We had a nice crowd attend and I got a chance to use my captured hollowing system with laser. I was really pleased with how it worked. The hollowing progressed smoothly and the laser really helped ensure a consistent wall thickness. Ever since I read David Ellsworth’s book Ellsworth on Woodturning I have been captivated by his “spirit forms”. This is I have just finished making a board game called Quarto. I was asked to make it for a good friend of mine. It is made from walnut and oak that he sent me. It was a fun project and was done almost entirely on the lathe. I used a table saw to cut the A while ago I wrote about how I made an end grain cutting board. One of the difficulties was trying to visualize what the final pattern was going to look like. Well I was looking around on The Wood Whisperer blog and came across a link to a great piece of software that really Works of Art, the gallery where I am showing some of my work, have donated a booth to the American Cancer Society in support of “Strides against Breast Cancer”. The goal is to raise $4,000 so several artists & craftsmen have placed work in this booth with price tags marked from 20% to 100% of |
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