| This blog is written by MovingChips | 92 entries so far |
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Journey into Woodturning #92: Mushroom Nutcracker
This project was a suggestion from a friend who saw an imagine somewhere. I thought, yeah I could...
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Journey into Woodturning #91: Mystery Wood
This project started off as a mystery. Not only did I have no idea what I would make from this pi...
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Journey into Woodturning #90: Failure to Success
This project was based on grabbing a piece of wood and saying, what can I make with this. I had n...
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Journey into Woodturning #89: Candy Dish from Macassar Ebony
This project was based on grabbing a piece of wood and saying, what can I make with this. The woo...
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Journey into Woodturning #88: 1st Cup
This project was on the books for a while. I decided it was time to crab a piece of wood and turn...
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Journey into Woodturning #87: Gel Bead Pot
This project was based on a suggestion from a subscriber. They stated that they make the potpourr...
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Journey into Woodturning #86: Outboard Turning
This project was something in the plans for a long time. To maximize the size of the bowl I knew ...
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Journey into Woodturning #85: Pen Knife
This project was requested by my cousin to convert his letter opener pen combo to a fancy wood bo...
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Journey into Woodturning #84: Fixing a Failure
This project was the continuation of the last project that was a failure. The live edge that fell...
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Journey into Woodturning #83: Live Edge Failure
This project is just another in a long list of items to turn. A live edge was one of those turns ...
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Journey into Woodturning #82: Squid Game Pen
This project was a lot of fun! I have been kicking around the idea of working with resin for some...
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Journey into Woodturning #81: Turning PSL
This project was based off the wood sent to me from Luie. He has a channel called Woodworking 220...
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Journey into Woodturning #80: Hors d'oeuvre
This project was had a great start. What I mean is it had a great plan. In my mind this was going...
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Journey into Woodturning #79: Pedestal Pie Plate
This project was based off the theme of Thanksgiving for the month of November. The first project...
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Journey into Woodturning #78: Spider Cane
This project was something I’ve been wanting to do for some time now. Making a cane is one thing ...
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Journey into Woodturning #77: Halloween Pen
The project of making a pen was brought up recently and I realized I hadn’t made one in a while. ...
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Journey into Woodturning #76: Mortar & Pestle for a Witch or Wizard
This project is part of my month of Oct Halloween adventures. I thought a mortar & pestle wou...
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Journey into Woodturning #75: Peppermill
This project was mainly because I had not done a peppermill before. This was a unique style or ty...
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Journey into Woodturning #74: Chechen Bowl
This project was based strictly on turning a wood I have never heard of. Which seems to be the ca...
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Journey into Woodturning #73: Tea Lite Challenge
This project was a challenge put out by “Making It Out Of The Woods” to turn a tea light for the ...
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Journey into Woodturning #72: Ambrosia Platter
This project was mostly about grabbing a piece of wood off the shelf and thinking, what could I t...
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Journey into Woodturning #71: Ironwood Bowl
This project started off as strictly having the opportunity to work with Ironwood. After seeing t...
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Journey into Woodturning #70: 50,000 Year Old Wood
This project was a surprise. I purchased this wood because it had an exotic name. I had no idea t...
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Journey into Woodturning #69: Failure to Success
This candy dish project was a failed success! LOL The wood I used to start this project was Bl...
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Journey into Woodturning #68: Peace Pot
This project was a gift request. I also like making these small bowls. The cherry wood is wonderf...
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Journey into Woodturning #67: Shaving Kit Stand & Bowl
This project was really three projects in one. Brush handle, stand stem and bowl. The brush was m...
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Journey into Woodturning #66: Dalmata
This project turned into a humble reminder that I am still new to turning. I seem to do well with...
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Journey into Woodturning #65: Gray Box Potpourri
This project turned into a wonderful surprise. I never heard of Gray Box before and this piece wa...
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Journey into Woodturning #64: Candle Holder
This project really started with the wood. I saw the beautiful figure in the wood of the 4×4...
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Journey into Woodturning #63: Display plate/dome
I picked up the 9-inch cake dome and managed to have just the right size wood for the project. I ...
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Journey into Woodturning #62: Cigar Ashtray
This project was a duplicate or inspired by Huw’s turn awhile back. He received a stainless-steel...
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Journey into Woodturning #61: Bug killer
This project was made from necessity, kind of. I found these tea light citronella candles that ar...
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Journey into Woodturning #60: Patagonian Rosewood
This project was to make a simple individual’s salad bowl and use Ack’s Wood Paste for the first ...
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Journey into Woodturning #59: Jewelry Box
This was a request from a friend asking if I could make a jewelry box. The wood was selected, a b...
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Journey into Woodturning #58: Potpourri Pot
This project was a down and dirty quick show case of the lathe and turning. I had a friend over a...
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Journey into Woodturning #57: No chuck, faceplate, glue block or worm screw... make a plate on a lathe
Was asked if I could turn a plate between centers without a chuck, glue block, faceplate or worm ...
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Journey into Woodturning #56: Nutcracker
This project was a challenge and a joy to turn. I used Cherry and Cedar to make the bowl wide eno...
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Journey into Woodturning #55: Cheese Platter
This project was a revisit of a failure I had last year. Yeah I know, it took me this long to rev...
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Journey into Woodturning #54: Hat Stand
The project was requested shortly after the wig stand video. Some specific requirements were aske...
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Journey into Woodturning #53: Fishing Lure
I wasn’t going to post this week, because the end product was made out of acrylic. Then I t...
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Journey into Woodturning #52: Flame Birch Purpleheart
It’s been awhile since I turned a potpourri pot and I have been thinking about a two tone glue up...
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Journey into Woodturning #51: Buckeye Burl Jr. Zen Pen
This weeks video was about the amount of time it takes to make a Jr. Zen Pen and the wood I used....
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Journey into Woodturning #50: Cherry Bowl
I forgot I recently turned cherry, so the video this week was done a little differently. A fri...
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Journey into Woodturning #49: Maple Burl, Dark wood Lid bowl
This project has been on the books for a while. Maple Burl is so unique, well any burl for that m...
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Journey into Woodturning #48: coffee scoop
There is a challenge out there for the #YTCCC2021 or the YouTube Cross Channel Challenge 2021. Ap...
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Journey into Woodturning #47: Wig/Hat Stand
I am so ashamed I didn’t think of this sooner. I was attending a zoom meeting demonstration and o...
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Journey into Woodturning #46: Failed basket illusion
I heard about the term “basket weave illusion” and conjured up my imagination on what that might ...
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Journey into Woodturning #45: Valentines Day Vase
I knew I was going to make a vase at some point, so I got a kiln dried chunk of hard maple. At th...
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Journey into Woodturning #44: Black Walnut bowl
I have not turned a large black walnut bowl and this 9×4 blank was my opportunity. When I st...
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Journey into Woodturning #43: Clock Challenge
I have plenty of projects planned and one was a clock. I was watching a video from Bluey and he m...
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Journey into Woodturning #42: Bloodwood Platter
When I started this project, I had a feeling the wood might be very lustrous. I did not take into...
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Journey into Woodturning #41: Woodturning Bowl with Integral Wing Platter
I thought of this project while watching Kim Tippin’s YouTube channel. She recently turned a squa...
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Journey into Woodturning #40: One-piece YoYo - from Etimoe
This was a fast and fun project. I was very hesitant on trying to make a yoyo. I had an idea of h...
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Journey into Woodturning #39: Funnel Fail Repair - wood turning potpourri purpleheart rim pot
This project had a great plan laid out. Light colored wood for the bottom and a darker piece for ...
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Journey into Woodturning #38: Honduran Rosewood Burl Pen
Pen projects are a great reinforcer of the basics and its been awhile since I turned a pen. When ...
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Journey into Woodturning #37: Urn for 2020!
This project was great practice and symbolically putting 2020 in the grave might be to kind for t...
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Journey into Woodturning #36: Bottle Stopper Nostalgia
Woodturning Adventure Review, Q&A, Nostalgia and Outtake Collection This little bottle sto...
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Journey into Woodturning #35: Largest Fruit Bowl I ever turned!
Ambrosia… with a SURPRISE!! Maple is a wonderful wood to work. It is not very hard and can be fin...
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Journey into Woodturning #34: Safety Razor
Safety Razor? Just like the trend in growing a beard and not needing a shave, times are changing....
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Journey into Woodturning #33: Funnel Bowl Failure!
Second attempt at the Etimoe. Using the face plate was much better, but still a failure. After us...
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Journey into Woodturning #32: Failure on the biggest bowl...
Bigger machine, bigger wood! I tried to turn an 11×4 piece of Etimoe. First attempt at a big...
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Journey into Woodturning #31: First attempt - Christmas ornaments
With Christmas right around the corner, nothing like a last-minute turn of some ornaments. I’ve s...
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Journey into Woodturning #30: Three Piece Jewelry Box!
Really pushed the challenge meter up a notch on this adventure. I attempted to make a jewelry box...
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Journey into Woodturning #29: Red Elm Fat Candle Holder
I have seen these wide or thick candles and the pedestal holders for them. I thought I would give...
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Journey into Woodturning #28: First attempt at Mortar & Pestle
It almost seems like a rite of passage to turn a mortar and pestle. For this project, the wood I ...
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Journey into Woodturning #27: final review of the WEN lathe
WEN 8×12 3420T Wood Lathe – 7 Months old, 39 projects in and the lathe has died. This ...
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Journey into Woodturning #26: DEATH of a LATHE - (WEN 3420t)
Ambrosia Maple Potpourri Box with Pewter Lid. That was going to be the title for this video. Litt...
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Journey into Woodturning #25: First Funnel?!
I decided to finish off the last little pieces of black walnut and ash, thinking it could be a to...
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Journey into Woodturning #24: 2 Sexy Pens!
Sexy pens! I was requested recently at a party, to make pens for a couple of lady’s, specifically...
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Journey into Woodturning #23: Custom Hot Rod Shifter!
Here is a fun little project, if not for yourself, maybe a family member or friend. Shifters are ...
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Journey into Woodturning #22: LSD on Bloodwood!
Bowl blank of Bloodwood, just in time for Halloween! This bowl turned out beautiful, then again, ...
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Journey into Woodturning #21: Spalted Ambrosia Maple Fruit Bowl!
Spalted Ambrosia Maple, just saying it sounds fancy. Maple is a nice wood. Ambrosia Maple is spec...
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Journey into Woodturning #20: Exotic Wood Koozie!
Beer koozie has been on my list of projects for a very long time. It just took a while to get the...
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Journey into Woodturning #19: Harry Potter Back-scratcher!
I channeled my inner Harry Potter to make a wand backscratcher. I picked up a back-scratcher proj...
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Journey into Woodturning #18: Black Walnut Candle Holders
Black walnut is a great wood to work with. It cuts so nicely, sands well and finishes great. So, ...
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Journey into Woodturning #17: Failure Turning My First Pencil Kit!
This is my first attempt at a pencil kit and it was marred with failures. First it was the off cu...
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Journey into Woodturning #16: Humpty Dumpty sat on my lathe!
Looking over the scraps of wood, thought I’d make an egg holder with the black walnut. It was eit...
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Journey into Woodturning #15: EPIC FAILURE turning "Legacy Old Line Pen kit"
I tried my hand at turning a Legacy Old-Line Pen, which is a two part pen kit. Main body seem sim...
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Journey into Woodturning #14: EPIC FAILURE! Pushed the WEN lathe too far?
While back I had that 7×4 bowl blank I was turning into a box and failed. I attempted to ...
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Journey into Woodturning #13: Wing Lid, Ring Minder, Padauk Bowl Project
On a wing and a prayer, I set myself and the lathe up for a challenge. Sure, a bowl is a challeng...
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Journey into Woodturning #12: Best Turn Thus Far!
I had no idea when I started turning this piece of cherry wood that it would turn out so well. I ...
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Journey into Woodturning #11: First Salt and Pepper Shakers!
I attempted my first try at simple, yet challenging, salt and pepper dispensers. This was a fun p...
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Journey into Woodturning #10: Canary wood plate - first time using a glue block
Canary wood, the last few pieces of wood turning lumber from Amazon. Trying to turn a plate is no...
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Journey into Woodturning #9: 2 Pens & a Lathe! Twice the fun at one time!
2 Pens & a Lathe! Twice the fun at one time! Prior to fathers day I made a pen for my dad ...
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Journey into Woodturning #8: Maxed out the lathe? Failure turned to success!
I think I’ve pushed the lathe a little too far, BUT… failure turned to success! The tool rest beg...
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Journey into Woodturning #7: Turned my first black walnut bowl... ice cream bowl?
Turned Black Walnut into a beautiful “ice cream” bowl. I very much like the simplicity of the des...
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Journey into Woodturning #6: First Successful Box! while using a roughing gouge improperly
My first successful box. Still not perfect but darn close. I used a soft maple kin dried bowl bla...
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Journey into Woodturning #5: EPIC FAIL.... on many fronts.
Epic Failure! Big box of exotic wood cutoffs… NOT what I expected. The chuck seems to be lo...
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Journey into Woodturning #4: Once people find out you have a lathe
Funny thing about getting and lathe, when people find out you turn, requests start coming in (whi...
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Journey into Woodturning #3: Lacewood bowl failure! And improper use of roughing gouge
Improper use of a roughing gouge on end grain. I’m new to turning and found out after the fact th...
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Journey into Woodturning #2: Made an Ebony and Ivory Pen! Okay, its just dark and light wood.
This weeks adventure in turning took toward making a pen. I made my own pen blank, thinking I cou...
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Journey into Woodturning #1: New turner and member... feedback welcome
I’m starting my first ever blog! This is great. I am a new member to LumberJocks and I am a ne...
