20 inch dish in dark oak

Hi Carl
This is my greatest projekt on the lathe
a dish in dark oak and birch it is 20 inch by 2½ inch
Regards Ivan

Submitted by: Ivan Holberg Jørgensen

Posted on Aug 17, 2014 in User Submissions

stamp holder with lid

I do a lot of ‘glue up’ to give my projects different types and colors of wood in one project. this one is a stamp holder made from maple and walnut.

Submitted by: Tim Parsch

Posted on Aug 17, 2014 in User Submissions

My lathe cannot handle a large bowl like this (16″ x 7″) so I turned the bottom piece of walnut (leaving enough for a clamp to grab) then I glued and clamped a round to the first layer. I turned it round, each progressive layer was cut round and the center was cut out to make it as light as possible with as little unbalanced weight as possible. After each layer was glued on to the bowl, it was ’rounded’ on the outside (balanced) and the center was turned to make it perfectly balanced on the inside of the bowl as well as the outside of the bowl. Each progressive layer can be glued on, making it slightly larger around, so the clamp can grab it. Then the whole thing was shaped and of course, one layer was maple instead of walnut to give it some character. Most of what I do is with “glued up” wood.

Submitted by: Tim Parsch

Posted on Aug 17, 2014 in User Submissions

Natures Little Scuptors

Hi Carl, I have only recently registered and am very impressed by your U-tube presentations. Your recent work on rock shaped boxes as well as your comments that your enjoy organic shapes has prompted me to send in my latest project.

I recent acquired a stash of wild olive (olea eutopaea subsp. africana) wood. Among this was a small log which could have been destined for the fire wood pile until I noticed the patterns made by some sort of insect under the bark and in the softer outside layers of the very hard piece of wood. These “little sculptors” worked really hard to find a way into log but succeeded only texturing the outside.

Best Regards, Herman.