Wood Turning

Woodturning – Turning A Bowling Pin Into A Mallet

I had so much fun with the bowling balls, thought I’d make something with a bowling pin. I’ve turned quite a few pin years ago, but they had Maple centers. The new pins are synthetic easy to turn, but not a lot of thing you can do with them.

Woodturning – Turning A Bowling Ball

I turned a bowling ball into a bowl! I was really surprised how will they turned. The only real issue I had was the core, which really wasn’t a problem to turn it just smelled really bad.

Woodturning Tool – Wire Burning Kit

New wire burning kit from Easy Wood Tools and myself. Wire burners are great for adding detail to turned pieces

Woodturning – Lichtenberg Wood Burning And Casting

In this video we cast Robin’s hand with plaster. I turned a sphere out of Holly and used the Lichtenberg wood burner to decorate it. I finished it off with Transfast scarlet wood dye.

Maple Burl – Garage Sale Find

I recycled a broken coffee table my aunt found at a garage sale. I carved this piece of Maple Burl with the Arbortech Turbo Plane and finished it with resin from Stone Coat Counter Tops.