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Bookcase for my Wife's office...
This was another, “Me and my big mouth,” project. My wife moved into her new office and decided she needed a wall unit/bookcase. She was going to go to one of the box furniture stores and buy one. I...
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Cradle for our son...
I’m in the process of updating my information on lumberjocks to make it current. I’m posting some older projects. I hope that I don’t become annoying with some of my older stuff. This was a fun...
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Wife's Blanket Chest
I was cruising woodworking forums and was reading a post on bracket feet. I thought, my wife’s bedroom set has bracket feet. I wonder if I could make her a chest for her birthday and do it in the same...
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The Built-in aka Dad's Wallunit
This project turned out to be a real albatross around my neck. I loved doing it, and I having it commissioned by my mother, for my father. However, I really bit off more than I could chew. This type of...
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Noah's Ark
One of the original justifications that I used to build my shop, was to make toys for my kids. My wife rolled her eyes, being all to familiar with my little “justifications,” for often frivolous...
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Maple Burl Bowl
This was a quick little bowl, about 7” in diameter, that I turned as the first bowl off my Nova DVRXP. I was anxious to use the lathe and had this hunk of Maple. The Nova turns so smooth that I was...
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Auxillary Workbench
I’ve been writing about this in my blog. In the Auxillary Workbench Series. I installed the vice and took it for a test drive. I was a little dissapointed with the amount of racking I got with this...
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The Little Vessel That Never Did
I had some maple burl that I’ve stored under my lathe for about 2 years. I just wasn’t really happy with my old lathe and decided to not turn anything until I got my new Nova. Well, I chucked up this...
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A Simple Form for Complicated Wood
Frank has me thinking about the journey we are taking through life. If you haven’t read his blog entries, read them. You may find something that pleases you. If you don’t, then take a deadblow hammer,...
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An Experiment in Bowl Blank Preparation
I wanted to try an experiment in the preparation of this blank to turn. I had a small yellowheart and small purpleheart blanks that were about 5” square. I thought the woods might look nice together in...
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Maple Burl Bowl
I turned this little bowl about a week ago. I brought it up from the shop and my daughter says, “It’s nice. Is that going to be it’s final shape?” She’s learning from her mother. So I rechuck it and...
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Cocobolo Pen
Thanks to WayneC and his great blog series. His information motivated me to get tooled up for pen turning. Using his instructions and with some private message coaching, I was able to come up with this...
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Slimline Canarywood Pen
Well, this is pen #2. I can’t take full credit. It was turned to round and almost to the bushings by my 9 year old. Yes, she turned 9. I’m not sure how it happened. We brought this smelly little...
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Rosewood Fat Boy Pen
I used the typical slimline kit with this, but kept the bottom portion about 1/4” longer than the top. I turned the top a little fatter and tapered the two ends to meet the slimline bushings so the pen...
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CSS Woodturning Episode Bowl and Gift Pen
Hi Folks, Sorry, more turnings. The picture shows a small hunk of arariba that I used in the Cyber Skill Share Episode on Bowl Turning. The pen is a cocobolo blank and, along with the bowl, is a gift...
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Shooting Board (Chuting Board)
WayneC and I have been discussing some our much needed shop projects lately. He was needing a bench hook, and I was in need of a new shooting board (some say chuting board.) A shooting board is used to...
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Myrtlewood Bowl
Hi Folks, As I’ve accomplished almost nothing in the shop in weeks, I decided to turn a hunk of myrtlewood that an old shop teacher of mine gave me. I’m not wild about the form, but the wood has some...
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Just a Box
Bob #2 and I were fiddling in my shop on Thursday night. Well, I was fiddling and Bob #2 was on the shop cam and voice communications from my workshop page. While Bob was waxing poetic about some topic...
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Rocking Horse for Christmas
I’ve been documenting this build in my blog, and there are more construction photos with descriptions on my picasaweb album for this project. This horse is from the Family Tradition Woodworking Plans...
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A Bowl from a 2 x 4!
I blogged the background story to this project. This is my submission for the Winter 2×4 Challenge. This is a Bowl from a 2×4. This method of construction is a staple of the salad bowl industry. If you...
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