Wood Turning

Fire Bowl

This bowl is only my 5th piece (I don’t get nearly enough free time!). Back in December, I found a fallen branch in my neighborhood with a weird bulbous crotch. I figured it was worth a shot. I have no idea what wood species it is, but it was _very_ light colored. The grain pattern was interesting, but hardly visible. I’ve been meaning to try out wood dyes and this was the perfect time. I’m pretty pleased with the result. It’s a simple bowl with hardly any complex turning but it was fun to do and the result sure pops!

I’ve been following you and Capt’n Eddie for about two years now. About a year ago I finally decided to get my own lathe and started to play with it. I cannot thank you enough for inspiring me to take on lathe work as a hobby!

Best wishes

Andre

Submitted by: Andre Berthiaume

Mothers day competition piece

I had to turn a bud vase and two buds for my guilds competition piece. It then doubled as my gift for mothers day! (I’m not stupid! 🙂 )

The standard in the guild is crazy, so this only took second place … but I’m only 9 months turning so I’m a bit proud of myself 🙂

Love the videos, thanks for putting up with my relentless submissions but I swear, I only send you the good stuff, some stuff doesn’t make it past the bin at the door :). It keeps me trying my hardest to do something worth submitting to you 🙂

Submitted by: Tom Murphy

Offset Turned Marking Knife

I wanted make a better marking knife for myself so I decided to try an offset turning for the handle.

Thanks again Carl for what you do here.

Jason Gossett
(GP Woodworks)

Submitted by: Jason Gossett

Black Walnut disk with pagan sun symbol

I turned two of these for Christmas – one for each of my children. They are black walnut, and about 12 inches in diameter. In the center of them is a raised pagan sun symbol of Latvian origin. I made the symbols out of 1/8 inch Baltic ply, with the design cut on a jigsaw. Following the cutting and sanding, I used a mini router bit in my Dremel to radius the corners. The last step was to apply gilding to the disks, and epoxy them to the walnut disks. They came out as a great way to celebrate our Latvian family history.

Submitted by: Phil Lapin

Brooch for Woman’s Coat

I wanted to make about a dozen small presents for older women friends I have in Latvia – so they had to be rather compact and light weight for shipping. The concept I came up with was a brooch that is turned out of black walnut, and having a recess in the center. I went to Michael’s craft store, and in the jewelry findings aisle there were several metallic disks that worked well with the walnut. I used several designs, one of which is shown here. After finishing the walnut, I epoxied the jewelry pieces into the center, and epoxied a pin closure onto the back of each.

Submitted by: Phil Lapin