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Northern Lights Clock
All I did for this was sand and finish with tung oil (with a lot of elbow grease). It really reminds me of northern lights especially with a bright light. I often go to Artistic Wood and Tool Supply to...
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Curb Wood Bottle Openers
It all started with making a Compact Camper Roasting Stick™ Kit for a friend (I forgot to take a picture) using some spalted birch. Then I thought it would be nice to do a matching bottle opener like...
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Mezuzah
A woman I work with asked me to make a mezuzah as a wedding gift for an orthodox Jewish couple. It’s figured maple and the design is like a Torah roller, which is used with Torah scrolls. It’s about...
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Cinnamon Stopper
I figured it was about time to start posting some projects so I thought that I’d start with a failure. A couple of years ago, I used cinnamon sticks for a Thanksgiving decoration. Rather than toss them...
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Hair Bowl
The world’s ugliest bowl . . . but I couldn’t resist because I think that the pun is the noblest form wit. I forgot the name of the wood; it’s a deep orange colour. When I started turning the bark flew...
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Mulberry Bowl
It was hard to imagine what shape to make it to get the best from the swoop of sapwood. There is a crack that I was concerned about turning but I didn’t have any catches (whew!). I’m pleased with how...
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This Puppy's not Leaving Home
This is a spalted maple bowl that I’m keeping forever. In addition to it being a beautiful piece of wood, it fits my hands perfectly. I could spend hours just looking at and turning it around and...
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Measure Nonce Cut Once
I’ve been turning for three years and I figured that it was time I learned how to do other things. But—I’m more of an artist rather than a mathematician and found that I could measure three times and...
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Bottle Opener Prototype
I want an opener with something to catch the caps. The opener is from Amazon.ca and I made the box from pine that I had. I’m not very good at measuring so I used the width of the pine and cut it to a...
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Beall Storage
I wanted a place to store my Beall buffing system that keeps the wheels from being contaminated by the other compounds. I had a plastic bin that was not wide enough for the entire mandrel so my husband...
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Veneer Press
I’d like to start making boxes and I have some nice veneer I’d like to use. I bought the Lee Valley Press Screw and sort of followed their picture. Since measuring is a challenge for me, I was a tad...
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Mardi Gras Stopper
I used Verawood, Purpleheart, and part of a Christmas ornament kit to symbolize justice, faith, and power. The bottom of the ornament kit seemed too small so I used the top and I added a bit of...
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Bunch of Clocks
Clocks are a really easy way to use a pretty piece of wood the way it is. For the first one, spalted maple, I rounded off the top because I got a new band saw and it was an easy thing to test it out...
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Ladies: Opinion Please
I like making discs for compacts and I really like banksia pods. I’m pleased with how this turned out and think it looks great. I considered filling the seed holes with epoxy and brass powder but...
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Ornaments with Donuts
It all started when I was looking for cabochons for bottle stoppers. I got an assortment from Fire Mountain Gems that included some donuts. I made a couple of ornaments that looked great so I waited...
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Lathe Storage
Did you ever get your centers mixed? It sounds really bad when you put a drive center in the tailstock. That’s what happens when you think too much about what you’re going to do instead of what you are...
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Abranet Sanding Block
I bought a 12 inch length of 4 inch 320 grit Arbanet and thought a sanding block would be handy. Especially if I could get different grits and have it changeable. William sent me some very nice pecan...
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Timberkits Automata
I have wanted to try automata since I saw Wanda Sowry’s projects. To learn about how to translate motion to linkages, I bought a bunch of Timberkits from the Treehouse. There’s a US supplier that I’m...
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Walnut Ornament
If a person didn’t recognise the wood in this ornament, the nut would give them a pretty strong hint. Claro walnut with nut. Finished with turner’s polish and Rub ‘n Buff metallic wax.
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Cocobolo Bowl(o)
It was my husband’s 60th birthday this week and I wanted to make him a special bowl for his spare change. I have a nice piece of walnut that I was planning to use, but this bowl had been sitting around...
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