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COMPASS STAR

This was a learning process for me, as this was my first veneer project. You MUST draw out your design to scale on some graph paper. You...

ZIPPER VASE

I can't help but laugh every time I see this vase. This is how I normally stack my segments when preparing a turning. I can rotate the...

TREADLE SEWING MACHINE TABLE

There's not a lot to show on this table. I'm not one to make a plain table top. I had to make it unique. I like to do segment bowl...

GRAY LOG BANDSAW BOX

There a lots of sites showing the process of making a bandsaw box. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail. Just going to show the basic...

TWO TIER BOWL

I saw a bowl similar in shape to this, and it really intrigued me. So I came up with a plan to make one. I wanted to make this bowl as...

BUILDING GRID 3D CUTTING BOARD

This is my favorite 3D display, because no matter what direction that you look at it from, it looks like you're peering down into the...

SILHOUETTE SHADOW DISPLAY

I came up with this idea celebrating my grandson's wedding. I chose two pictures from the wedding that had good side views of my grandson...

WATER FEATURE

In designing this, I found that there were a lot of variables that needed to be addressed. Not only is the visual part important, but the...

FLOWER BOX OF WHITE OAK

I've made several flower boxes for my son's gravesite over the past 22 years. I keep improving on them, each time I make a new one. I...

LIGHTED VASE

This vase is an original idea that I came up with. I liked the challenge of trying something new. For the base I glued the first ring...

FLOWER POTS

I made several flower pots for different hangers. I resawed some rough cedar fence pickets for making the pots. I needed to sand both...

SERVING DISH WITH FINGER JOINTS

I made this so that I could play with my finger joint jig. I started by making the round section of staves. Next I added some walnut for...

PACIFIER

I made this for my niece and her husband, that just had a baby. I used Maple, Walnut, and Apple wood for this. To make the ring on the...

BREAD BOWL

I saw this method for making a bowl from a flat board. This really intrigued me because of being able to make a bowl without wasting all...

CEDAR VASE

This vase started out as a scrap piece from a 8 x 8 decking post. Here is the beginning and end process on the lathe. I drilled the...

SMALL COLORED VASE

This is one of the simplest lathe turnings that I've done, but it is still one of my favorites. I really like the simple shape and color...

WOODEN FLOWERS

These were a birthday gift for Tracy. I started out making these by tracing out the letters onto a board, using carbon paper. Next, using...

WALNUT BOWL

There are multiple ways of making bowls. This time I decided to try shaping a bowl out of a 13" diameter log. The first step was done...

GRACE’S BEADS OF COURAGE BOX

Every beads of courage box or bowl, I make completely different. For this one I wanted to play around with my Lichtenberg Burner. For the...

COFFEE CUP

This looked like a fun project to try. I figured that I could make the cup using small staves. I decided that 5/8” wide staves would be a...

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