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I haven't made rolling pins for a while but someon I haven't made rolling pins for a while but someone asked for one. Of course I had to make two to so I could practice first.
I roughed out this bowl from tulip tree wood sever I roughed out this bowl from tulip tree wood several years ago and I have been curious about how it would look finished every time I checked on it. Now I finally have finished with a coat of oil and I can finally see. Really interesting colours and figure in this wood.
Day 2 at the Shipyards market. We'll be here until Day 2 at the Shipyards market. We'll be here until 5 pm today.
All setup in Shipyards pipeshop building for my fi All setup in Shipyards pipeshop building for my first market this year. I think I remember how to do this 🤔.
A little bowl I finished today. It started as an A little bowl I finished today. It started as an interesting piece of wood that proved to be troublesome but after a bit of coaxing I managed to get a finished piece out of it.
This is a little collaboration project with my loc This is a little collaboration project with my local woodturners guild. Before summer break we brought in unfinished pieces to be exchanged and finished over the summer. I received the walnut piece and started by copying it in a lighter wood where I could test my idea. Once it was finished I tackled the walnut piece with a bit more confidence and wound up with a pair of salt and pepper shakers.
Yikes! This is tomorrow! Is it too late to practic Yikes! This is tomorrow! Is it too late to practice? I'll be demonstrating how to make these three-sided and twisted pepper mills for the Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild tomorrow night. If you aren't a member yet the first meeting is free to give people a chance to check things out before they join.
Mini salt/pepper mills with opposite twists. One i Mini salt/pepper mills with opposite twists. One in Holly that been bleached and the other in Arbutus that has been ebonized. For this months President's challenge which is juxtapose.
A few pepper mills and travel mugs I've been worki A few pepper mills and travel mugs I've been working on in the last couple of weeks.
Hmm, so this thing is happening. I'll be demonstr Hmm, so this thing is happening. I'll be demonstrating how to make these twisted pepper mills at the Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild on April 24th.
Pepper mill made from a beautiful piece of walnut Pepper mill made from a beautiful piece of walnut that came from a neighbors tree. I used the same multi-axis technique and overall shape as the previous mill but left off the rings and kept the natural colour.
A hula dancer pepper mill! The president's challen A hula dancer pepper mill! The president's challenge for our guild captive so I decided to make a pepper mill with captive rings. The bottom part is multi-axis turned to get a shape resembling a skirt or dress and flame textured. The upper part coloured with dyes and acrylics. The wood is birch and it uses a crushgrind mechanism.
A natural edge platter with a large bark inclusion A natural edge platter with a large bark inclusion that has been reinforced with epoxy mixed with coffee grounds. This piece of wood has been hanging out in my shop long enough for me to forget the story behind it. It looked too sketchy to turn but too interesting to discard. Recently I decided to just try it and see what I could get. Many pieces of bark came flying off. When I started getting down to about twice my final thickness I decided it was time to stop and reinforce things with the epoxy and coffee grounds. I think it was worth the effort.
This Arbutus wood bowl gave me a good challenge. This Arbutus wood bowl gave me a good challenge. It started by drying into something resembling a boat shape after the initial roughing out. There was no way to finish turn it in that condition so I soaked it in water and managed to get it back to round. While it was still round I finish turned it and then dried it again. This time it did not move as much but a crack began to open up. I put a few bowtie patches in to stabilize that. Then I was ready to remove the tenon. I checked the thickness on the bottom and realized that there was not enough to do it. This resulted in a last moment changing of the tenon into a new foot and blending the original one into the shape of the bowl. Maybe not quite what I had planned but I think it turned out okay.
A few streamline style pens with stylus tips. Made A few streamline style pens with stylus tips. Made with Arbutus wood.
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I'm at the @shipyardsvendors market this weekend. I'm at the @shipyardsvendors market this weekend. In the Shipyards pipeshop building, 10 am to 6 pm today and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday.
I'm doing ONE Christmas market this year and it i I'm doing ONE Christmas market this year and it is this weekend! Come and find me in the Shipyards pipeshop building in North Vancouver. Free entry and lots of other stuff to check out in the area.
This bowl was made from an apple tree root ball th This bowl was made from an apple tree root ball that someone brought me. He had planted the tree as a memorial to his father and then the tree later died and he wanted a piece made from the tree. I turned the bowl straight to finish and placed it in a paper bag to dry. I knew there would be wood movement but I was still surprised by how much it moved. It was clear that I was going to have to reach into the bag of tricks to make this work and the most obvious one to me was these bowtie patches. I had my doubts along the way to finishing this but the end result seems kind of okay.
A three cornered box with an ebonized walnut finia A three cornered box with an ebonized walnut finial. The idea has been kicking around in my head for a while and I finally decided to try it. I think I've seen it somewhere before but I can't remember where.
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