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I know its been a while since I've posted anything on here but I wanted to share a project I finished up a while ago. My wife had been wanting one of my woodworking pieces to be in our house for once instead of other peoples. So I came up with this one for her. This was part of the slabs from...

You can read the two part tutorial that explains the process I used to dye this piece here: http://lumberjocks.com/jeffthewoodwacker/blog/9087 This hollow form started out as a bland looking piece of silver maple. I applied green alcohol based dye followed by blue alcohol based dye and then...

This was my woodworking item for the 2019 Beer Swap. I made them for LJ Steve . I decided to use my Ringmaster to make a can koozie and made a simple prototype using Douglas Fir that I re-sawed from a 4×4 with a bradford pear rim (4th and 5th picture, right koozie). The quarter sawn vertical...

These two are made from some silver maple limbs that were in my firewood pile. I turned a lot better than I thought it would. Almost too easy… The one with the larger head has some large worm eaten places. These were turned as spindles on my HF lathe. I used epoxy to attach the handles.

Liquor table I made in my 2nd semester at College of the Redwood's Fine Woodworking program. I dubbed it Baguio which is typhoon in Tagalog Wood Used: -Silver Maple top -Madrone stand

I thought that I would finally post some of the things I have turned over the last year or so. These are some of my favorites. I'm always looking for interesting things to try or sometimes it just evolves based upon the chunk of firewood I mount on the lathe. 1: Spalted Sycamore bowls a...

This vessel took on an interesting twist when it dried. this started out as a hollow vessel until I had a catch and blew out the top :-)

Hello Folks, About nine months ago (feb 2009), I knew nothing about woodworking and had no tools what so ever, but decided I would build a bed for my girlfriend and our new apartment. Originally, I thought I might end up being able to sleep in the bed by the end of July. I started listening...

Just retired and have the time to experiment with wood types (which I now have the time to find locally) and finishing. Epoxy, CA glue, Polycryl and wood fillers for cracks, punky areas and voids. I am looking for affordable alternatives to the Polycryl such as DOW's carbowax (which I have not...

This hollow form was turned from silver maple. The piece didn't have a lot of character in it and I decided to dye it. I first used Klean Strip Wood Bleach to completely wash out the entire vessel. A vinegar and water solution was used to neutralize the bleach process. I had some black...

This is a spalted silver maple bowl that I turned on my lathe for the North Texas Wood turners club Christmas banquet auction and when it was done the wife said absolutely not you are not auctioning that off. lol SO here it remains in my collection until someone offers me enough money to be...

A local neighbor wanted this tree taken down about a year ago, here's the pictures of taking it down, trying to pull it with the grapple log skidder (was too heavy making the skidder start to wheely!), then splitting it in half with a 5' bar on a stihl 880 to lighten it up! This log is currently...

Two canes from Silver Maple Trees in the backyard. Both about 38 inches tall. The one on the right I removed all the bark, The one on the left I noticed an interesting pattern as I was sanding through the bark so I left it, I hope it shows up in the photos. Both finished with Spar Varnish...

THIS ONE IS KIND OF A DISAPPOINTMENT! But I thought I might as well share this anyhow. It blew apart while I was giving it the finish sanding. I guess the heat buildup caused the glue joint to soften. I was lucky enough to find most of the pieces, & re-glued it. It still looks fairly decent...

Picked up a chunk of silver maple, full of knots, from the "cheapie" pile of wood at the Woodturner's Catalog store.

Here's a slab table I made for my sister's birthday, made of a book matched pair of silver maple slabs, placed on some repurposed pedestals that I painted white, the bench is made from a butternut plank.

This scrollwork is done on a piece of silver maple that, until last year, was growing in my back yard. A storm tore a rather large branch off, which I cut up for firewood. On a whim, I decided to run a smallish log through my bandsaw to see what it looked like. What you see is the results...