Oak Beam to Garden sculpture
First things first, this is not me being creative. I just copied the idea from a project in last months woodturning magazine. But I liked the project and wanted to have a go. It was also an opportunity to turn something BIG.
2 axis tool platform
I’m sure there is a proper name for this but I can’t think what it is.So to describe it… basically it’s a platform on which I have mounted a rotary tool. By turning the big wheel at the end I can make the platform move left and right.
Locking box project – competition entry
Last Monday was the first woodturning competition of the Hampshire woodturners association.
wood carving a FSH!
What do you call a fish with no eyes?…a FSH! After last months HWA meeting where we had a demonstration of wood carving, I was inspired to try my hand. I decided that a fish is a relatively simple shape, and should be easily possible with just a basic stanley knife, no need for fancy…
green wood wine glass
Last weekend a friend turned up at my house with a log from a conifer tree. He had been helping another friend remove some trees from her garden and thought I’d like to have a sample to see if it was worth turning.
Little vase with lid
Some time ago I bought a block of spalted beech, mainly because it seemed fairly cheap and I was on a spending spree in a wood turning suppliers.
Fixing old mistakes
I was making a little lidded box in spalted beech. All was going well enough but as I came to hollow the lid I managed a nasty catch which sent it flying and damaged the finished exterior. I gave up in frustration at having gotten so far and then irrecoverably screwed up.Or so I thought at…
Spinner box – never give up, never surrender
This week I spent a lot of time updating witter, so yesterday I redressed the balance and spent some quality time in the workshop.
Holy exploding woodturnings batman!
At the HWA meeting in February Mark Baker demonstrated an interesting arched stand with finialed box.
Proposal ring
It seems that if you are looking for an engagement ring that isn’t a diamond, then options are a little limited. I was apprently left with the option of picking something I wasn’t sure about, or letting on and getting Kat to help pick.So I hit upon the idea of just turning a wooden ring,…
