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Hi, Guys, in this video I make a amazing bowl using a Water Oak Burl I cut from an enormous tree that had been cut down and destined for the fire pit. The materials used were total boat rapid set epoxy tinted with Diamond Pigments to create semi translucent appearance honestly this was one of...

I've been wanting an inertia sander for a while, so yesterday I decided to make this! I used left over Rollerblade parts from my steady rest, an old buffing pad I cut down, purple heart scraps, and one of the dogs old dense foam balls. Just being cut it will continue to become bright purple the...

Cutting this oak burl was like cutting steel. The bowl is very heavy but my photos can't capture the beautiful color variations and the impact of the lava like inclusions. This piece made itself and I just went along for the ride. Got the oak wood from a firewood yard. The bowl is 12" diameter...

I'd been eyeing these huge chunks of ash at my local firewood yard throughout the year but passed; the wood seemed so plain. This past Thursday I succumbed and, for $20, loaded several of the large pieces (photo) into my Explorer. I took my chain saw to one chunk and Friday night I turned and...

This bowl represents two firsts for me, and I couldn't be more pleased. First Eastern Red Cedar bowl and first bowl turned from a bowl blank purchased online (ebay). The main pic has a shined up stick of reclaimed poplar that had some nice figure, just added for contrast in the pic - I think...

Was given a square piece of walnut that was about 3" thick but had several cracks throughout it. So took a chisel and split off all the pieces that were about to fall off. Using an 8" clear PVC pipe as the template layed out the pieces and made the circle on them. Cut out the pieces then hot...

A few bowls turning on a visit to Scotland Once again I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland and we had agreed he would give me a wee turning master class. These are the output and I enjoy them daily now in Copenhagen. Pictures: 1. Small bowl with mahogany lid. 2. Bowl on top of my notes. 3...

This was the most gnarly, cantankerous chunk of wood that I've ever worked with. Dulled a bowl gouge with every pass and fought me every step of the way. It's also extremely dense and the bowl weighs a ton even though the walls aren't super thick. It sure has some cool character in it, however...

I turned a bowl from a wild looking chunk of pine that had extreme blue streaking throughout. This was the largest end grain bowl that I've ever turned, and one of only a few pine pieces that I've turned. Different, fun. I posted a video if you'd like to have a look. Stay safe everyone!

I'm experimenting with adding beads on bowls. This is my latest effort. I like the effect that the beads have on the appearance of the grain. Black cherry, 11×4

Here's a 14" butternut bowl that I turned on the outboard side of a Laguna 1216 Midi lathe using a Nova G3 chuck with 130mm jaws. Turning a bowl this size on a midi lathe was a learning experience. :) Here's a video that details the process:

These boards are done in maple, walnut, and cherry. Found a good write up on how to do these. http://lumberjocks.com/poroskywood/blog/10833 They are pretty slick to make, and in making one, you end up with two. One to keep, one to give away. The only thing I could add is start with fairly...

Twice a week I drove by my favorite firewood yard to no avail. I was running out of green wood to turn when two tons of Elm arrived. Logs were up to 3 feet in diameter and weighed up to 350 lbs because of the high water content. It took two pickup loads to satisfy my eagerness to try turning...

A few months ago I bought a Shopsmith. I have used nearly every function that it could do…except the lathe. I have zero experience with a lathe so I started reading/watching videos about the techniques involved. I was given a few large awkwardly shaped pieces of black walnut (or so I was...

A few months ago we had the tree trimmed in the back yard. It was a jacaranda. The top bowl is an offcut I saved from the tree trimmers.

I turned this bowl from a walnut log that was not properly dried as the original owner planned to use it for several small carving projects. I was wary of turning anything out of the heavily checked log; however, it stayed together long enough to become a bowl. The last two pictures are...

After making a beautiful intarsia piece for my oldest son after graduating James Madison (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/98687) it was time to make one for my daughter who graduated from NYU. After pulling down various NYU logos, I was very disappointed with what the university logo looks...

This is a project I have had in the shop for a while now that finally got done before the end of the year. It is a box elder wood obelisk made to be an incense burner. It is 3 1/2" square and 7" tall. It has an integral wood hinge and brass locating pins that latch the top closed. It has air...

Japanese inspired bowl and my first bowl turning… No long story, just my daughter and I taking a walk in the forest, finding a fresh cut piece of beech tree, left from a forester. Looking at this for some weeks. Then a moment in the workshop, by the lathe, shavings, dust, focus, concentration...

My 2 year old needed more space for "art" projects than his little Ikea table would allow. It needed to be big, cheap, fast, and also have storage. I built this out of 1 sheet of birch ply (3/4). One side has shelves to hold 9 shoebox size rubbermaid containers. The other side holds and 18"...