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• Walnut hollow form start to finish #4: Monster Hollowing Rig - 43 days ago | 4 comments

  A few of you asked for a picture of the monster hollowing rig with the laser attachment. I used ...

• Walnut hollow form start to finish #3: Finish time - 45 days ago | 10 comments

  I was able to get two coats of clear gloss wipe on poly applied to the walnut hollow form yesterd...

• Walnut hollow form start to finish #2: Shaping the vessel - 46 days ago | 8 comments

  I got an early start today as I want to finish this piece and get two more rough turned. Lumberj...

• Walnut hollow form start to finish #1: Blank prep - 47 days ago | 12 comments

  This will be an attempt to detail the steps I take to turn a hollow form. The wood that will be ...

• Jeff's wood gloat #1: Fresh cut maple! - 62 days ago | 6 comments

  I just scored a nice batch of fresh cut (today!) maple. The tree service left me 16 feet of the ...

• Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #4: Completed and ready to travel to Delaware - 137 days ago | 8 comments

  I applied 6 coats of satin wipe on poly to Karson’s maple burl wood gloat platter last week...

• Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #3: Ready for wipe on poly - 145 days ago | 5 comments

  I have flooded Karsons maple burl wood gloat platter with clear Danish oil and let it sit for 4 d...

• Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #2: Ready to finish - 149 days ago | 4 comments

  I had told Karson that I probably wouldn’t be able to start on his wood gloat platter until...

• Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #1: Platters on my mind - 154 days ago | 9 comments

  Recently Karson posted a blog about some highly figured maple that he had scored. You can read t...

• Using dyes on turned pieces #2: Finished! - 166 days ago | 6 comments

  My original intent was to put three colors of dye on this hollow form – green followed by b...

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