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This is a bowl I made a few months ago. Started with bowls, and moved on to pens. I'll be posting some of them soon.

This is a guitar built for Bill Kitchens in Atlanta, Georgia. It's made of Cocobola with an Adirondack Spruce Top. Acoustically, and aesthetically, it may be my best work to date.

This one made me remember why I like doing this. Lately I have been making work to sell, but this one is for my wife's parents 50th anniversary and when I'm making one with someone in mind I have a lot more fun. I combined some different methods that I have used in some of the other pieces...

Just posting a few of my recent lathe projects that I made for Christmas gifts. Just your run of the mill project kits from Rockler and Woodcraft. My family and friends love when Christmas comes around. By now, they just expect gifts from my wood shop each year. These have been a nice break...

These four making gauges were made from brass ones that I purchased. I turned down the brass to my original dimensions and then turned the wood cover from exotic woods to dress them up. I was told by a friend that African black wood is " chiippy"...that it is brittle and chips break off. I did...

Koa main body, with a Cocobolo ring. Each segment of the Cocobolo ring is separated by maple veneer to create an outline. The bowl is 6" diameter. I only had a small piece of Koa, and originally planned to turn out a solid bowl, but couldn't stand the thought of turning that much Koa into...

This one ended up being real challenge to finish. I have to admit I might have bit off more than I could chew on this one. It has 387 pieces and ranges from 3 in to ½ in depth. I have never been so ready to finish a project. All the pieces, spacers, and gluing all were very difficult on this...

Well here is something you don't see to often or ever. I made these vent vanes from cocobola wood that I sliced 1/8th. in thick. I then made a jig that took 1/8th in. teflon rod and formed a 1/16th in. pin on the end that I inserted into the ends of the vane. This makes up the hinging point and...

Custom Walking Cane: > Ball Knob Walking Cane > Height: 37.25" > Ball Knob: African Zebrawood with Abalone Shell Inlay > Serial Number: #2012-05 > Decorative Rings: Curly Maple, Composite Turquoise, Cocobola, Curly Maple, vulcanized rubber > Shaft: Figured Bubinga, uncoiling ribbon style...

This was a fun one to make because I love to add real life things into my projects to make them look more real. Using some old rusty chains, hooks, some old rope with the the fence made from our old deck we tore down last year. I did not sand or do anything to the old deck to make it look like...

I needed to fill my ring box for the July show so I turned these today out of a variety of woods. The top 6 are Hard Maple Burl…. there are many shades in that burl.. The bottom row are, left to right :Cocobola, Rosewood, Madrone and Artificial Ivory. When I put them on the mandrel and put...

This is more stock replenishment . They are made from a variety of wood laying around the shop. I finally ran out of magnets and had to lay off the elves. From Left to right. top row: 1-4 are osage orange, 5&6 are mesquite with yellow sap wood included. 2nd row: 1 is box elder, 2&4 are...

Sorta bored on a Sunday, so I broke out a box of slimline pen kits and this is the result! From left to right: Cocobola East Indian Rosewood with an Oak band Cypress Cypress with an oak swirl line (oak line is difficult to see in the pic) Sweet Acacia (Huisache) East Indian Rosewood, Oak and...