Upgrades to the CNC

I have actually made some upgrades to the CNC machine. Passionate CNC sent me some new parts to set up. The biggest modification is updating the control box and the control software. I'm going…

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What is the Point of this Bowl?

I had a maple bowl blank that I made in 2012. This bowl blank had a lot of material on the bottom part of the bowl and I thought it would be great to…

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My first hollow form

I have been wanting to play around with woodturning hollow forms. This is a type that is similar to woodturning a bowl except that the opening at the top is really small so it…

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wood tuning a fir bowl

I obtained a complimentary load of fir from a tree not too far away from us. I got a couple of great logs that I slabbed from this lot. I likewise got several much…

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Making A Garden Storage Cabinet

I've made an outdoor garden storage cabinet in our carport. We had a location in our carport that was just filling with garden tools and garden stuff. I wanted to clean this location up….

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Wood Flooring Turned Mallets

I have made more mallets. I have discovered a brand-new source for wood to make the mallets. This wood was predestined for the Portland airport restoration. A good friend of mine owns The Zena…

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Most Complicated Ornament Yet

For this year's Christmas accessory I thought I would make a wreath, and in making this type, I believed I would make a wood turned torus. I decided I would include stripes to make…

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Making Jar storage

I have actually been canning a great deal of tomatoes over the previous couple of years. I now have a great deal of containers both empty and filled with tomatoes and other things. I…

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