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Oval Tray With Sides

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Oval tray birthday idea With my mothers birthday approaching I got a tip from my dad. He suggested that she would like a tray with sides. It should be about 12 inches by 15 inches and made with some interesting wood. That criteria left a number of ways to approach it. With just having gotten …

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Nova 3000 Lathe upgrade

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Oh no – the lathe is broken Recently I was forced into making a lathe upgrade to my trusty Nova 3000 lathe. This is a lathe that has served me well. I bought it second-hand for the grand total of $500 about eight years ago. Since then I have turned countless items on it. Everything …

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Market Schedule 2018

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Here is my market schedule for 2018. I just took a look at last years schedule and apparently it is becoming an annual tradition for me to be late posting it up but better late than never. Update – I will be in the vendor market for the North Shore Polish Festival on September 9th. …

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Turned Shaving bowls

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Late in 2016 Mark from Canuck soaps approached me about making some shaving bowls. I had been asked about them before but this was the final push that made finally consider the idea seriously. Over the course of a few days we kicked around some ideas and finally came up with a design that included …

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Wooden bowls turned in 2016

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The album for the wooden bowls that I have turned is getting a bit unwieldy so I have decided to start organizing them by year starting with 2016. I make most of my bowls from locally sourced wood. The majority of it is from trees that were cut down for other reasons. The wood is …

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A fun little Birch burl bowl. I wasn't sure if I w A fun little Birch burl bowl. I wasn't sure if I was going to have those holes or not but once I got it thin enough one came out on its own and the other only needed a bit of encouragement.  I'm still going to have to go back to flatten the bottom after it has dried a bit more ...and to fix up a ding I made in the rim by dropping it before I left the workshop.
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I roughed out and cored a series of elm bowls yest I roughed out and cored a series of elm bowls yesterday.  I haven't worked with elm that much. The colours are interesting,  the wood itself I found a bit stringy. I had to keep the tools sharp or it would tend to tear out and actually clog up the edge on the gouge. 

The third bowl is quite small and I debated whether to bother with coring to get it. In the end I decided to do it and turn straight to finish as thin as I could manage.  The larger two are roughed out and will be finished until the wood has dried.
The first step is done, a little smaller than orig The first step is done, a little smaller than originally planned but it's off the lathe.  Now to let it dry and hope the staples keep it mostly in intact. If that works out I'll put some bowtie patches in where the staples are to keep it stable long term.
I'm not so sure about this piece. If I can pull it I'm not so sure about this piece. If I can pull it off I think it will be nice but I'm taking some precautions! Even if I get it off the lathe intact there will be some experimentation before I know it works or it's just scrap.
I was hoping for something nice from this Birch wo I was hoping for something nice from this Birch wood I picked up last weekend. So far I think it is exceeding my expectations! 

Next step is to get it cored so I can get a few pieces out of it.
A bit of work collecting wood yesterday and now th A bit of work collecting wood yesterday and now the fun begins!
In case you need a visual on wood movement! I had In case you need a visual on wood movement! I had a peek at some Arbutus bowls I roughed out in the summer and found some pretty extreme examples.  It shows that the reputation of Arbutus for 'athletic' wood movement is well earned!
Back at @vhsmarkets today until 6 pm. I got a litt Back at @vhsmarkets today until 6 pm. I got a little more space to spread out and put things at eye level.  It's the last weekend before Christmas so brave the conditions and come on out!
Setup at @vhsmarkets Holiday market until 6 pm tod Setup at @vhsmarkets Holiday market until 6 pm today and 11 am to 6 pm tomorrow. 

I have raided my Etsy shop and spent some last minute time in the workshop to make sure I have a good inventory for the last weekend of shopping before Christmas!
Final market of the year this weekend! Come see us Final market of the year this weekend! Come see us at the Roundhouse in Yaletown to finish off this year's Christmas shopping!
At the Shipyards market today and tomorrow! Had a At the Shipyards market today and tomorrow! Had a walk about after settling up and there are some really good vendors here! It's a step up from most markets!
Oh, uh hey, I have a market this weekend and I've Oh, uh hey, I have a market this weekend and I've been so busy I forgot to post anything! I'll be in the Shipyards this weekend,  Saturday 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
A new travel mug for my wife. I'm not sure what t A new travel mug for my wife.  I'm not sure what the wood is other than something really nice that used to be a Vancouver street tree. Hopefully she doesn't feel like it's too nice to use!
I buffed out the finish and installed mechanisms i I buffed out the finish and installed mechanisms in these twisted mini-mills today.  From left to right are two maple, one ebonized oak, plum and cherry with a bit of crotch grain figure. 

The mechanisms are ceramic so they can be used for either salt or pepper. I had forgotten that I had both chrome and black coloured mechanisms until I started installing them.
I spent a little time in the workshop tonight and I spent a little time in the workshop tonight and came up with something I'm a little happier with for the lid. It took a few rounds of applying colour and then taking some off until I got to the end result. 

I think now I'll set it aside for a few days and see if I'm still happy with it after I've looked at it for a while.
I'm still trying to figure out the lid on this pie I'm still trying to figure out the lid on this piece.  I did not like the contrast between the two wood colours so I airbrushed the lid black. It was better but still not right.

 I sanded it mostly back but it still seemed to need something so I tried a lighter airbrush. It's getting closer but still doesn't seem quite right. I think I'll be sanding back and trying something else again.
I stopped in to @artisancollective_ to see how my I stopped in to @artisancollective_  to see how my work was displayed and quite like it. There are all sorts of interesting things in the shop!
A little Halloween fun. I was going for scary but A little Halloween fun. I was going for scary but my wife says it looks to happy to be scary! Ah well, it's still a pretty good trick......or is it a treat?
I had a request a little while ago for a slightly I had a request a little while ago for a slightly larger wedding goblet than I had available at the time. I'm feeling a little rusty on goblets but managed to get this one made.

Now I have a problem,  I've lost the contact information for the person who asked for it. I'm pretty sure it was at the last market I did in August  and I think it was another vendor who was set up beside me. Not someone I know well though so I'm not quite sure who. Hopefully they'll contact me at some point. If not I'm pretty low stock on these so it won't hurt to have it in inventory.
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