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Turning coves and beads on a bedpost

Keith Larrett — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:58:07 +0000

There is something intoxicating about the process of turning — part by-the-book technical, part a fluid freestyle dance. Join Keith Cruickshank on one of his WoodTreks videos, where he visits The Irion Company Furniture Makers, and films Johnathan Sanbuichi, an accomplished cabinetmaker and turner. In this video, Johnathan demonstrates his approach to the turning of flats, beads and coves, the core design elements found on many styles of beds, chairs, tables, and cabinets —— especially 18th and 19th century furniture styles. In this video, Johnathan explains how to use a “story stick” to lay out and create “elevation” guides that mark key points in these types of designs, how to use calipers and a parting tool to rough-in depth cuts on the lathe, and how to work with a skew or spindle gouge. And along the way, we get a few thoughts on Johnathan’s life in woodworking. Now, how’s that for a deal?

Click here to go to WoodTreks and view the video.

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Turning a Natural Edge Bowl

Keith Larrett — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:58:39 +0000

At the last meeting of my woodturning club Dan Long and Emory Mclaughlin gave us a great demonstration on how to turn a natural edge bowl. At the end of the demonstration our challenge was to turn a natural edge bowl for the Instant Gallery at our next meeting.

This week I spent some time at the lathe putting into practice what I learned during the demonstration. I took the opportunity to video the process and made up a video. I used to do a lot of video work when I worked as a skydiving photographer/videographer so it felt good to use my video camera again, although I had to blow the dust off it as it’s been sitting in the closet for a long time. Editing the video using the computer was also new to me, previously I have only done linear editing.

I had fun turning the bowl and making the video and I hope you enjoy watching it.

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Bandsaw Magic

Keith Larrett — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:16:59 +0000

What this guy is doing with the bandsaw can only be described as magic!

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Turning Wooden Flowers on the Lathe

Keith Larrett — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:26:07 +0000

A very cool video by Stuart King showing how he turns a wooden flower on a foot powered lathe.

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Turning a Cowboy Hat

Keith Larrett — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:11:09 +0000

A nice photo slide show of Chris Ramsay turning a cowboy hat at the Georgia Association of Woodturners.

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