Wood Turning

Oak bowl

Hi Carl,
my name is Milan, I am from Germany (18 YO) and I really enjoy watching your show on Youtube every Friday. Thank you very much for sharing such a great free content with us viewers.
I recently finished this little bowl for my girlfriend’s birthday, made from an oak board which I found in the attic of my grandma’s house. I cut it in into five pieces and laminated them together with the grain direction alternating. The blank was turned on an old lathe which we have in our school wood workshop. How do you like it? It is the fifth bowl I’ve ever turned.

Keep up the great work!
Milan Gruson

Submitted by: Milan Gruson

Spalted Vase

This little vase is 6” tall. I’m not sure what species the vase is (it is FOG wood … found on ground). The lid is Brazilian Cherry.

Submitted by: Gerald Jensen

Mini birdhouse

This is just a mini birdhouse, complete with small bird figure.
It is made from Mesquite and was finished just a few days ago.

The dimensions are about 4 1/2″ tall x about 2″ wide. I used a 1″ forstner bit to drill a hole in the top of the house to support the roof, and used a 3/4″ forstner for the bird hole and a 1/4″ for the perch. The roof was glued on using a generous amount of medium CA Glue, but before parting off the roof from the waste block I used a 1/16″ drill bit to start a pilot hole for the hanger. This is my first one, so I am sure they will get better with time and practice 🙂

Submitted by: Charles Nicholls

My first competition piece ever! :)

I had to make three identical napkin rings (don’t ask me why only 3!) for my guilds competition. Its the first time I have ever entered a turning competition (I’m only 9 months even doing it!) but I took 2nd place. 🙂

I might just be a bit proud of these… They’re spalted maple, walnut and I think that’s bloodwood (very uniformly deep red wood… cuts very softly).

I think I’m going to make your giant watch piece for the open piece entry in April :)… keep up the videos, I love them, great inspiration.

Submitted by: Tom Murphy

lathe stand

Hi Carl! This probably wouldn’t fit the bill for your portable stand but this is what I use right now. The top is from an old dining room table and the frame work is from scrap 2×4. The drawer is small but holds sandpaper, etc. The back is a shelf for some storage and the top of that holds most of my chisels. My shop is in my garage so it’s portable, on casters that lock. It’s a little light and rattles pretty good with whaperjawed pieces. It works pretty good for me and someone with space concerns might be able to use some of the info.
Take care, Dave

Submitted by: Dave Morgan

Valentine’s Day Flowers

Inspiration for this project comes from Carl’s “turn a flower” video a couple years ago. I made some turned flowers last year, but this year I wanted to step it up a bit and try to learn some new skills.

I turned a purpleheart flower bud that has three strips of copper & cream acrylic layered in. This was difficult because some of the petals of the flower bud are held only with epoxy on the acrylic.

The stem is lignum vitae, which is a naturally green wood, but I drakened with a green dye since it was a light green/yellow after turning. The stem is made from three pieces, two of which represent my very first attempt at multi axis off center turning using three axes. These stems are only 5/16″ in diameter. It was an immense challenge to not snap it when cutting it on the lathe as it spun around off center! The center section of the stem is a heart in which I turned a cone and and then shaped the flat sides by hand.

This project isn’t complete yet. I am currently making a segmented base to mount the flower on.

Submitted by: Willy