My first Maple Goblet

My first goblet out or knotty Maple. The Knot was almost imposable to get hollowed out.

Submitted by: Paul Jones

Posted on Aug 6, 2013 in User Submissions

I turned this small plate out of wood taken from rail fence board. Can anyone tell me what kind of wood this is? The posts are red cedar but I am unsure of the rails. The fence is close to original to the old farm house built in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Love the videos and seeing all of the work here on the site. Thanks.

Submitted by: Paul Jones

Posted on Aug 6, 2013 in User Submissions

Blackthorn vase

A blackthorn (I think) vase with a bark inclusion turned in 2 halves and glued back together, a fun project 😀

vase

Submitted by: Tom Burgess

Posted on Aug 6, 2013 in User Submissions

A really big mallet.. or two

My second wood turning project, and my first green wood turning… A big, big mallet. Most likely this will be used to hit a froe, but now it’s got a few years to dry out… and it’s already started to crack just hours after taking it off the lathe… much like the wikipedia page about this type of wood (that I’ve never seen or used before) predicted.

More than likely, once it dries, I will cut a “standard” mallet sized chunk off the end of it and make a second mallet with a walnut handle, but that project is probably about two years out.

I’ve left 100% of my mistakes in this video and called the catch locations out in the titles… While some tools worked well for the first turning and the two magic wands that followed this turning, I never really got them to work well on this large chunk — but it’s a completely different wood and it wasn’t dry, and it’s only my second turning, so there are any number of things that only more experience will tell me how to plan for in the future.

You can check out airquotewoodworker.com for a teaser photo of my next turning project as well (two magic wands).

Submitted by: AirquoteWoodworker

Posted on Jul 30, 2013 in User Submissions

Anniversary Gifts

The small Maple vase in the front is my first turn. The middle right is made from a fallen Locust tree. As you can see I still have more wood to turn as the logs my work is setting on is more of the Locust.