Woodturners Resource

Rimmed Burl Bowl

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:32:11 -0500

by: Dirk Hoogendoorn

Description}: Spalted Maple Burl Rimmed Bowl, approximately 11" by 3" it is finished with wipe on poly and then minwax finish buffed.

Made not Created

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:27:41 -0500

by: Dirk Hoogendoorn

Description}: a Vase with flowers. the height is about 11" and 4.5" across. The flowers are to about 2.2millimeter thick and the finish on the flowers is rattle can lacquer while the vase is buffed and waxed. Thanks for looking.

Maple Walnut Deer Antler Vessel

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:32:49 -0500

by: Kathy Jekel

Description}: Maple vessel, Walnut Lid, Deer Antler Finial. Measures 7.5" diameter x 15" height.

Mesquite Vase

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:46:10 -0500

by: Gary Hostetter

Description}: Mesquite vase 15 inches tall and the walls are 3/8 of an inch in thickness...

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dogwood series

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:11:15 -0500

by: GARY BRICKER

Description}: Hollow form turned from Ash. pyrography to surface and then finished with danish oil.

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15" Sapele Platter

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:55:27 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: 15" Sapele Platter

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8"x4" Sapele Bowl

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:54:18 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: 8"x4" quartersawn Sapele Bowl

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14" Maple Platter

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:52:04 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: 14" Maple Platter (my first)

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14" Maple Platter

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:50:15 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: 14" Maple Platter (my first)

Irish Wedding Goblet

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:23:12 -0500

by: david campbell

Description}: local Yew, mineral oil finish. about 8" tall, 3" diameter.

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English Elm Lidded Box

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:36:45 -0500

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This lidded box was turned from English Elm for the box itself, English Elm Burr for the lid, and Santos Mahogany for the finial, it was my first lidded vessel and my first go at a finial, it took me 5 hours in total to turn, sand and apply a mineral oil finish, since I didn't think a glossy finish would look good on this type of worm holes riddled wood, and also since I usually use bees wax and friction melt it, I really didn't think it would look good, pieces of unmelted wax in all the holes...

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Urn Apple

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:07:52 -0500

by: Martin Kopejtko

Description}: turning, painted, lacquer. Size: height 35cm, diameter 13cm.

Bowl Walnut

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:29:22 -0500

by: Martin Kopejtko

Description}: turning, painted, lacquer. Size: height 7 cm, diameter 20 cm.

Urn Walnut

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:23:45 -0500

by: Martin Kopejtko

Description}: This is my first work, turning, painting, lacquer. Size: height 58 cm, diameter 18 cm

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Open Segment Form

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:12:17 -0500

by: Ron Sardo

Description}: 3" tall Bubinga, Ebony and a little holly

Open Segment Form

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:44:45 -0500

by: Ron Sardo

Description}: 4" tall Bubinga, Ebony and a little Holly

Maple Burl Hollow Form with Padauk Lip

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:27:56 -0500

by: Kathy Jekel

Description}: Measures 12" diameter x 9" height

Segmented Vase

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:02:11 -0500

by: Gary Hostetter

Description}: Segmented Vase

14" Walnut Platter

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:17:58 -0500

by: Stephen Ogle

Description}: Turned from one large blank of Walnut, Used a homemade chatter tool for the rim. Semi gloss laquer finish

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lidded bowl/urn with finial

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:26:35 -0500

by: larry mccartney

Description}: same item different view

lidded bowl/urn with finial

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:24:56 -0500

by: larry mccartney

Description}: walnut oak cherry and maple 10''dia.x5.25''. 10'' tall with finial. finished w/ lacquer and gloss wop. All cac greatly appreciated

lidded bowl/urn with finial

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:18:02 -0500

by: larry mccartney

Description}: same item different view

lidded bowl/urn with finial

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:15:30 -0500

by: larry mccartney

Description}: maple and walnut with ebonized finial. 8.25 diam. x 3.5'' tall. 8 '' tall with finial. finished with lacquer and gloss wop. all cac greatly appreciated

Red Cryptex

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:04:18 -0500

by: Walt Nollan

Description}: The cryptex is 12.5" long and 2.5" in diameter. It is constructed of Cherry finials and beads that are threaded together. The finials are hollowed out and deep blue flocking applied. I pyro'ed the letters on the Holly tumblers. The inner tube is Fiddle Back Maple and has brass pins. The tumbler tube (as is the tumbler rings) is staved constructed using Blond Mohogany. The bottom tumbler has a True Stone Turquois ring with my signature. The base is Sweet Gum ans was dyed with Artisan Red dye as were the finials. The entire project was finished with Masters Gloss Lacquer. All comments welcome!

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red alder- perspective

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:11:01 -0500

by: george edley

red alder bowl- side

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:10:50 -0500

by: george edley

red alder- bottom

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:10:38 -0500

by: george edley

red alder bowl

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:10:19 -0500

by: george edley

Bead work on Signature Series

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:17:46 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: Bead work on Signature Series

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Signature Series 15" x 3-1/2" Sycamore Bowl

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:16:06 -0500

by: Breck Howard Whitworth

Description}: Signature Series 15" x 3-1/2" Sycamore Bowl

Common Laburnum plate

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:59:50 -0500

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: What I learned from this plate is to never turn your hole for the chuck too thin when using expansion, since thin wood rims are not super good at not breaking apart under stress... but all said and done it survived with just a minor crack to the rim which some thin CA took care of. I love the grain and shapes this wood has and I wish I had some more of it to work on, but as we know, my wood supplier is as fickle and chancy as spring rains, what ever that means....

Alder bowl

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:57:14 -0500

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This bowl was turned from Alder wood, it has a nice little bark incursion, but I did make the angle of the bend inside and outside of the bowl a little too hard, so when it came time to finish it with some bees wax, and then melt it, I couldn't get in there well enough to melt the wax. Good thing I smoke, so I had a lighter on me (never thought I'd say something like that, but hey, first time to everything...), so some slow speed turning and fire did the trick just fine. I wouldn't recommend doing this, but I simply don't know, it could be a very well used and documented method to help with the finish...

"Vortex"

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:31:34 -0500

by: Bertminator

Description}: This is a piece I will be entering in the "Prairie Canada Carving Show" in the City here. I am quite pleased with how this one turned out.

Roman Vase

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:30:51 -0500

by: Syd Sellers

Description}: Ancient Roman Vase shape, 8" tall, 5.75" Wide. Black Walnut finished with Tung Oil.

Ancient Greek vase shape

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:40:50 -0500

by: Syd Sellers

Description}: Ambrosia Maple 12" tall 3.75 Wide with a 1.25 Diameter neck. The item is followed with a 1/8" wall thickness. Finished with Tung oil and several coats of hi gloss Varathane Professional oil based.

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Spalted Sugar Maple

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:08:18 -0500

by: Jeff Hart

Description}: 2.5"h x "7"w. Finished with WOP and buffed with carnauba wax. This is another one of many from from a tree that I helped my neighbor take down last summer. Thanks for looking.

Olive Ash bowl

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:09:24 -0500

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This Olive Ash bowl was turned with a lid, that was made from hornbeam, but alas, the lid got warped and cracked itself into the firewood bin, and that was it, and so my first lidded bowl turned into an normal bowl, be it a legged bowl. I love the grain in this one, and it's a shame I can't upload more pictures of the same bowl from different views, since the grain and color is very nice all around it, but this picture is quite representative of it, so that it.

Beech platter ufo

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:05:51 -0500

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: Well, I've started making this Beech platter with one thing in mind, but the wood told me it had to be this way, and no other. At the start I didn't like the shape it took, as I was going for something a lot flatter, but as it is, it's one of the eye catcher of my little collection because of its shape, a kind of an upturned hat. The lines were done with a 3mm parting tool, and it was the first item I've done with any kind of decoration on it.

Redwood Hollow Form

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:29:03 -0500

by: Nate Davey

Description}: 9x6 finished with AO.

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Simple Segmented Walnut Bowl

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:49:04 -0600

by: Gary Hostetter

Description}: 37 Piece segmented walnut bowl..

Walnut Bowl

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:26:35 -0600

by: Jeff Hart

Description}: 7.25"w x 2.25"h. Finished with sealer, then WOP and beall buffed. Part of some walnut logs that was given to me by a friend that does most of the tree trimming/removal for a local park district.

V Pod 3

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:56:24 -0600

by: Vinny Luciani

Description}: This is Silver Maple....5 x 8.25 inches This ....."thing", was swimming around in my head since the last one, so finally it is here and can leave me alone. There is no finish on it yet and I thought I`d post it as is for now as I kind of like it as is. Will apply a finish though...silver Maple is prone to turning gray and it is showing signs of that already. This is my third one.......V Pod 3

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Spalted Sugar Maple

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:07:04 -0600

by: Jeff Hart

Description}: 8.5"w x 3"h. Another spalted bowl from my neighbor's tree. Just about all of the tree has grain like this.

Spalted Sugar Maple

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:07:58 -0600

by: Jeff Hart

Description}: 4"h x 6"w. 1st photo to share. Started turning Feb. 2012. This came from my neighbor's tree that was 1/2 dead. I helped him take it down last summer. Still learning to take quality photos. C & C welcomed. (I need to learn!)

Small chestnut bowl

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:05:13 -0600

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This little bowl was turned for a piece of chestnut, and I wasn't planning to make it the shape it ended up being, it was supposed to be my first natural edge bowl, but I mounted the wood screw too tight, and at some point after I started turning, it flew off my lathe, hit me right in the middle of my face shield, and proceeded to hit the floor with such force that a large piece of it broke off, but I think there was probably a hairline crack in there I missed which caused all the trouble. I remounted it, and that was what the wood wanted to become, so I let it.

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Hornbeam bowl

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:01:04 -0600

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This bowl was turned out of a large piece of hornbeam, and it was very hard to turn, as the wood was rock solid, and I could only make small and delicate cuts into it, simply because it was so hard. The wood has a real marble texture and feel to it, and the grain, when looked at closely looks like a hologram, and is quite striking. After doing this bowl I understand why this wood is also called ironwood, it's amazing how hard it is, it does look and feel like it was made from stone.

Pear plate

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:56:49 -0600

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This large plate was turned from a dry piece of pear. At first I wanted to keep the bark, but it came off pretty quickly into the turn, but once I've seen the color of the fresh wood under the oxidized layer, I was glad for it. The wood was one of the most enjoyable I had worked with, the cuts long and smooth, and getting a clean surface with no tool marks was no problem at all. With a couple of inclusions, it has the perfect look for any rustic kitchen or dining room, and the picture does no justice to the color and texture this piece has.

Walnut salad bowl

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:52:15 -0600

by: Yuval Lahav

Description}: This large salad bowl was turned from a dry piece of walnut, that was so full of cracks I wasn't sure I will even turn it, and when I did, I wasn't sure it will hold until the end, but at some point where I felt it was getting edgy, thin CA glue and some sawdust have come to fill in the cracks, and the bowl came out even more interesting then what I thought it would be in the end, and is one of my favorite bowl to date. A bees wax finish gives it just the right look I wanted for it, with it's long curving shape and small base.

Natural Blonde

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:49:27 -0600

by: Vinny Luciani

Description}: This is Box Elder, 5 x 9.5 inches. I used a light and a dark piece of Hornbeam to hold the threading. I have a Carbatec threading jig, but chasing seems easier than setting it up. Maybe it will come in handy if I ever need to produce many at a time. The finish is one heavy application WOP, 3 days dry, and the usual buffing sequence. The thinness of this one helps with the eloquence factor when held. Also, I`ve come to prefer the feel of WOP over lacquer, not to mention it`s better durability. C n C welcome and helpful! Thanks!

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9in Liquid Amber HF

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:43:30 -0600

by: GARY BRICKER

Description}: This on I roughed out almst two years ago.Finish turned then Carved,Sanded and Sanded and Sanded.Then Finish with Shellac

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