Syzygy - Adventures in Woodturning and Woodworking - Part 3

AAW Symposium 2010 – Teapot Exhibition Teapots are so cool, and there were some amazing Teapots on display at a special exhibition at the 2010 AAW Symposium in Hartford, Connecticut. It was really striking how each artist put their own voice to the piece, even when a teapot was something they did not normally make. Continue reading … July 29th, 2010 \| Category: Musings, Woodturning \| Comments are closed
Getting back on the horse It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to my blog. Too long, I’ve missed it. Work in the construction field here in Florida picked up in February, and robbed me of a lot of time and energy to write in my blog. Of course when I did have the time I seemed Continue reading … July 25th, 2010 \| Category: Musings, Woodturning \| Comments are closed	Threaded wooden dowels I spent some time this weekend organizing my workshop. It often feels like I spend more time organizing my workshop than I do working on stuff. A big part of the problem is I keep on buying stuff and then I have to find a home for it in an already crowded space. Continue reading … January 25th, 2010 \| Category: Hints and tips, Tools, jigs and accessories, Woodturning \| 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
Workshop with Dixie Biggs As I mentioned in the previous post, my trip to the 2010 Florida Woodturning Symposium started with a workshop with Dixie Biggs. I have admired Dixie’s work for a long time, so I was really excited about meeting her and the opportunity to take the workshop with her. I was not disappointed! Continue reading … January 20th, 2010 \| Category: Woodturning \| Comments are closed	Florida Woodturning Symposium 2010 This last weekend I attended the Florida Woodturning Symposium in Lake Yale, FL. To say that I had a great weekend is an understatement! It was such a pleasure to be able to immerse myself in wood turning for three days. My trip started out early Friday morning. I had to leave Continue reading … January 18th, 2010 \| Category: Musings, Woodturning \| One comment - (Comments are closed)
Opt out of Phone Books It’s that time of the year again. At the beginning of each year we start getting a ton of paper left at our front door in the form of phone books. It drives me nuts. I can’t remember the last time I used a phone book to look up a number or a Continue reading … January 11th, 2010 \| Category: Musings \| Comments are closed	Chuck Reversing Adapter Every now and then I buy a tool/gadget that takes a time consuming process and just simplifies it. Yesterday I picked up a chuck reversing adapter from my local Woodcraft, and is it going to make life easy! A chuck reversing adapter is used to take a turning that is mounted in a Continue reading … December 21st, 2009 \| Category: Tools, jigs and accessories, Woodturning \| 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
Spindle and tenon gauge I was getting tired of reaching for my calipers and setting them to my chuck diameter every time I needed to turn a tenon. The alternative was trying to “guesstimate” the diameter needed and very often I would turn the tenon to small. So I made a spindle and tenon gauge. I Continue reading … December 15th, 2009 \| Category: Hints and tips, Tools, jigs and accessories, Woodturning \| Comments are closed	Dyeing for Color A couple of months ago a demonstration at my woodturning club prompted me to start experimenting with dyes. Dyeing and coloring is one of those subjects that can be pretty intimidating. There are so many colors out there where do you start? Well, my first step was to buy myself a color Continue reading … November 30th, 2009 \| Category: Surface Treatments, Woodturning \| Comments are closed