| This blog is written by jeffthewoodwacker | 38 entries so far |
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Demo for woodturning club
I have managed to find the time to do several demonstrations for wood turning clubs this year. T...
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Walnut hollow form start to finish #4: Monster Hollowing Rig
A few of you asked for a picture of the monster hollowing rig with the laser attachment. I used ...
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Walnut hollow form start to finish #3: Finish time
I was able to get two coats of clear gloss wipe on poly applied to the walnut hollow form yesterd...
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Walnut hollow form start to finish #2: Shaping the vessel
I got an early start today as I want to finish this piece and get two more rough turned. Lumberj...
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Walnut hollow form start to finish #1: Blank prep
This will be an attempt to detail the steps I take to turn a hollow form. The wood that will be ...
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Jeff's wood gloat #1: Fresh cut maple!
I just scored a nice batch of fresh cut (today!) maple. The tree service left me 16 feet of the ...
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Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #4: Completed and ready to travel to Delaware
I applied 6 coats of satin wipe on poly to Karson’s maple burl wood gloat platter last week...
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Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #3: Ready for wipe on poly
I have flooded Karsons maple burl wood gloat platter with clear Danish oil and let it sit for 4 d...
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Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #2: Ready to finish
I had told Karson that I probably wouldn’t be able to start on his wood gloat platter until...
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Karson's wood gloat moves to Tennessee #1: Platters on my mind
Recently Karson posted a blog about some highly figured maple that he had scored. You can read t...
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Using dyes on turned pieces #2: Finished!
My original intent was to put three colors of dye on this hollow form – green followed by b...
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Using dyes on turned pieces #1: Why try dye
I turned this hollow form from a piece of silver maple that was cut down 30 days ago. The turnin...
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391challenge pen #4: It's Done!!!
Took a little break and then went back to the shop to finish up the 391challenge cherry burl pen....
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391challenge pen #3: Heading towards the finish line
I got up bright and early today (okay I was up early but not so bright!) and decided to give the ...
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391challenge pen #2: cut, drilled and tubes glued in!
This morning I inspected the 391 challenge cherry burl blanks. After taking the duct tape off of...
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391challenge pen #1: Challenge 391 pen
During Tim’s round three of the pen swap Karson put in several blanks of cherry burl and of...
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Going Natural #2: Finishing the project
Once I have the natural edge vessel turned and sanded to my satisfaction I apply finish while it ...
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Going Natural #1: Natural edge bowls - how I do them
I turn a lot of natural edge bowls and vessels and have picked up many tricks over the years to m...
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Pen Trade traveling show heads to final stop
If you want to see the series go here http://lumberjocks.com/itsme_timd/blog/7925 All good thi...
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Pen Swap on its final leg!!!!
To see the pen swap blog go here http://lumberjocks.com/itsme_timd/blog/7925 I was working in ...
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Turning big stuff #2: getting it on the lathe
I must be crazy! Got all the walnut cut up with help from a couple of buddies and some big equip...
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Turning big stuff #1: Getting ready
I was lucky enough to have access to a very large walnut tree that had blown over. The tree was ...
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shop made tools #2: Shop made turning tools
I recently posted a maple platter with chatter work done between the rim treatment. Karson asked...
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shop made tools #1: home made tools
I recently posted a platter on the projects page. I mentioned that I used a home made chatter to...
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lathe stand upgrade #3: vacuum chuck
I have always wanted to have a dedicated vacuum chuck for my lathe but didn’t want to pay t...
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ambrosia maple turnings #2: finishing the bowl
I have finished sanded the spalted ambrosia bowl up to 600 grit and am ready to start putting fin...
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ambrosia maple turnings #1: spalted ambrosia maple bowl
I got some pieces of spalted ambrosia maple and decided to turn a bowl and vase from the largest ...
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lathe stand upgrade #2: lathe stand storage
Here are a couple of shots of the storage area under the turning tools. Some dust and shavings d...
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lathe stand upgrade #1: Lathe Stand upgrade
I had tried several different ways to store my turning tools and accessories and remembered an ar...
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See four great wood turners!
If you are looking for something to do between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl come to Nashvi...
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Woodworking Show
For all you lumberjocks in and around the Nashville, TN area the Woodworking Show is at the Opryl...
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Woodworking Show
For all you Lumberjocks in the Nashville, TN area The Woodworking Shows has just announced that t...
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*The Tennessee Association of Woodturners - 21st Annual Symposium Information*
The Tennessee Association of Woodturners - 21st Annual Symposium Information When: January 23-...
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Box Elder Bowl
I found a beautiful piece of box elder that had quite a bit of red and black viens running throug...
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shop construction project part 2
The inside of my shop totals right at 1000 square feet of space and has a storage attic above. T...
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shop construction project part 1
My workshop over the years has been in the garage, a 12×12 storage shed, the basement and in...
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Woodturning symposium
If you have the urge to head to Nashville, Tennessee January 25 or 26 don’t miss the chance...
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shuffleboard table
All the winter projects are complete and I have finally managed to clean the shop up just in time...
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