This past week is been hard turning and trying new things with the new chuck from PSI,over all went smoothly,and had visitors of Adina at the shop(Adina is my star student)
This vessels and bowls will have abouth a month before finnishing,the pith does not crack if you glue it and like it was pretty dry will warp very little,will post pict when finnish,thanks for waching

Well this are the plates my student and myself are turning this week
utucuru wood 20” and very wet also,dry is a real trouble to turn,plus the size for a woman is intimidating,believme,lol

see this video of adina in accion-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayBKGoS-GmQ

thanks for waching ED

Well this morning finnaly finnish this pieces that had me nuts about how to finnish them,had lousy weather,too humid ,finnaly warm up and decided to finish them,hope you like them
PS the last is a pic on the way I set up my lathe,have the grinding stone close by so turn,grind with no stopping of the lathe,lol
finnish is clear laquer(spray can)

Well this are a few works at a show in lima peru for the month and the vase is work in progress,will polish the neck and do some turning from the opening to blend the whole thing,and some more detailing done overall,trhanks for waching and comments welcome,Ed

this is the finnish product of a jacaranda vase(base will be cut off after a week of final drying,size is 8×6”

Well yesterday I had a nice day with olive wood ,making a natural edge bowl in company of my student adina and trying a new bowl gouge(sorbys 1/2” bowl gouge extra long) we had a ball turning this bowl with this tool
see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTvQITb-r_I

and thera are 2 more to come they are shot and shows the way we make them

Well this is what I been up to the past 2 weeks ,turning turnig,some vases and vessels and the all time favorites boxes,in Estoraque and jacaranda wood,vases 6×6-7” boxes 4×4x6” vessel 6×6x5” and some more in the works to come hope you like them
you will notice a left over under the pieces those will be cut off ,later when the pieces stabilize,then sand the bottoms and sing the pieces in about 2 weeks,thanks for waching,ED

Hello there lumberjocks this is the run this weekend,now than the weather is getting better,summer is coming went in the shop and finnish this boxes and vessels,the boxes are jacaranda wood 4×6” the estoraque vessel is 8×5” the cedar burl vessel is 8×7”

the pict taken by random,I always say what you see is what you get,really Im not in to taking pict that make the pieces look like a million dollars,then when seen in real life they dont look half as good,It had happen to me and is very disapointed to see that something you believe is fantastic did not look half as good as the pict,when you see it speccialy if you pay for it,lol,thanks comments welcome good or bad,Ed

Well lumber jocks here is a inside of how I make my vessels and vases,this one 6×8” in peruvian tulipwood

1)Piece of jacadaranda wood 6×6x9”

2)choosing the bottom of the blank (where the least figure would be)this one came out rigth,lol

3)round off the block

4)making the shape and the rebate for the jaws of my nova jaws(130mm)

5)some more shaping and boring out the hole 1-1/2” 7inches deep,god it sure looks pretty this wood

6)this a short video clip of hollowing in my rig(made by alida my student)a very good one indeed)

7)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2f7uYAzyE

8)now we will wait some 2 weeks before finalizing the shape and get rid of any flaws,remember this wood is 75% wet,very heavy and dense,but it will come a real nice vessel in more or less a month,thanks hope you enjoy this post as wood lovers,sorry no fresh wood smells or shavings all over ,some day the tech will allow to smell and feel all that,thanks to all,any comments welcome

Well the first one of the previous pieces is finnish,I got to see about the wood and think is really tulipwoos(usa) in peru is call jacaranda is a great wood to turn and easy to finnish ,(sorry about the pic glare),the feel of it is like velvet real pretty the owner will be pleased when sold,really is a great feeling to look at it,even I have made hundreds of them in all kinds of woods ,my special thanks to my student alida for providing the wood

Well guys this is what I been up to this days (blowing my mind with this new wood) this is sort of very fine oak I think is more like a peruvian box elder(the colors do not fade)they get deeper with time,very very heavy and dense,turns great if you have sharp tools,end and side grain,I have to wait till dry(30days+or-)before apply finnish,clear laquer

1)plate 10”
2)cover bowl (chinese type) 8×6”,end grain,top side grain
3)vessel,side grain 8×6”
4)vase end grain 6×6”
5)the wood before working,side grain 10×8x24” weigth a ton like it is
thanks for waching and comments welcome

Hello there wood workers, here are some things I finnish over the weekend

1)vessel in Estoraque end grain 8×6”laquer finnish
2)vessel in Catahua side grain 11×4” laquer finnish
3)Two boxes in Estoraque end grain 4×6 laquer finnish
the grain of this wood is amazing,anyway you turn it will come out great,catahua on the other hand is pretty if got some spalting,turning this woods is a treat,Estoraque,is hard and heavy,catahua is medium hard but side grain coud be a hassle,some times when finishing,but over all quite docile
comments good or bad welcome,lol

live to turn,turn to live

Well this one f the two I finnish today,just a vessel with the back rim,6×4” finnish with clear laquer and wax

Well this is a bunch of boxes I made this week in left overs from Estoraque wood,they are 4×6”4×4”7×4” really nice to turn and finnish,notice the they are raized because I ussually finnish the bottom later when totally dry,now they are 75%,thanks

Well finnaly got to work on this piece to give a finnish the wood is Catahua (sort of hard maple) it has good spalting,sand to 400 and 2 coats of clear laquer,will buff in a week
pict are side ,left,rigth,top,thanks for waching comments welcome

For the last 2 days been finnishing this vessels and ,they have great coloring and texture Im quite happy with the results hope the next ones are better still,the pic are in two takes each some front to back others top view,any comments welcome ,sure it will make me a bit better turner(have too much to learn and do)lol

Hi everyone just showing some vessels I made this morning out of spalted catahua(sort of maple)the pieces have some very ligth spalting and they are on the first sanding 60grit will let dry for one or two weeks before final sanding and finishing clear laquer &wax,wish I had some oil but is imposible to get here in peru,comments welcome,thanks eduardo

This are the ones Im making this week some are end grain some side grain the pith is on the bottom in some so it will not show too much also they will get a treat of instant glue 2 o 3 times sanding in between they will prevent more cracks and the ones there will be almost invisible,I had to atach a block on some due to failure of my nova chuck(jaw screw stripped) so I use my old and very good precision chuck(sorbys) this are just starting forms the final shape it will be done after a week rest and some more drying ,In my next post will show some catahua wood and how to decide what to make out of it when you have a split on it,so you dont waste too much,the trick is to make other things than bowls or vessels ej=boxes ,tops for turnings allready done etc or at the last resort use as backing blocks like above pict 3&5

Well like the guys say we are junkies of wood,I could not queep my hands out of the wood and had to estart to make things out of it just finnish a vessel had to let dry and re turn again in about one to two months time,neither have the final shape yet or finnish,but I wanted to post the advance work of the first two,I can hardly sleep my mind is going a 1000 miles an hour figuring what to make out of it,ussually I make something that is natural for me to see how the wood behave then I can figure something more radical to do(carving,texturing etc) thanks for the interest will try my best to make this pieces as good as some jocks here,god and my hands willing,thank all
PS,the vase is 8×10”end grain turning,the vessel is side grain 8×4” in the last pic the markings are were it will be cut due to the pith crack

Today at the wood mill foun a piece of estoraque woos 8×8x10feet,it was from the pith of a tree but the gain is just fantastic,like an ice cream strawberry and vainilla mix,usually is just red,this one had that look that tell you Eddy get me and ill make you happy,lol,well had it cut in to 12” blocks and took it home to go nuts on it,well it is very hard and heavy but lovely grain Im making a vase out of one piece and cut one in to 4×4x6” for boxes and one 8×8x6 vessel,you can see the grain on the end of each block,in abouth one week Ill have something ready,also this wood does not crack at the pith if you queep out of the sun,also do not let dry until finnish turning,the dust of it will drive you cracy is like peper, if you are curious about the wood just look under
ESTORAQUE and there is some info on the web
ps; the whole thing was $45 dollars including cutting to size, ed