Wood Turning

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Woodturning – Crotch wood Platter

In this video I turning piece of Sissoo crotch wood in to a serving platter. This piece started off as a bowl, but because the heart wood didn’t go deep enough to make a bowl.

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Woodturning – Maple Burl Pepper Mill With A CA Finish

In this video I turned a piece of Maple burl for this pump grind pepper mill kit from Wood River. I finished it with 15 coats of CA glue. This is a great turning project for beginners.

Chandler AZ Mobile Shop road trip

We went on a two-week road trip to Chandler AZ for the Woodcraft expo. I want to give a big thank you to Easy Wood Tools and woodcraft for bringing us down for the event.

Rockler

Woodturning – Driftwood Hollow Form

In this video I turned a piece of driftwood on the lathe. I found this piece on the beach about 15 years ago. It’s 6″ x 4 1/2″ and Pine or Fir.

Hand Carved Texas Longhorn / Maple and Myrtlewood

In this video I carved a Texas longhorn out of Maple and Myrtlewood. I started by cutting out the horns with the bandsaw, and then shaped them with the Arbortech Turbo Plane. The horns were the easy part. This was my first time carving a skull, so lots of trial and error. I did the rough shaping with with the Turbo Plane and refined it with the Power Chisel, 80 grit sandpaper, and a air rotary tool.