Posted in Hands-on, Lathe, Maple, Training, Turning, Uncategorized, future projects on Jun 11th, 2008
Today was another HOT day in Texas with temps reaching near 100 degrees and me with some spare time to spend in the shop. I was looking for a project that wouldn’t take much time, so while reading in the library throne I reread the March issue of Wood Magazine and saw the plans […]
Posted in Hands-on, Lathe, Mistakes, Purple Heart, Redwood, Tools, Turning, Uncategorized on May 15th, 2008
This is one of the prettiest woods to look at but like cedar it is very soft, light and makes a terrible amount of red dust. Someday I will get some green and see how it turns. I do love the look of the wood and it always gets attention from buyers. Now I get […]
Posted in Bandsaw, Hands-on, Maple, boxes, future projects on Jan 16th, 2008
At the show (earlier blog entry) I took a bandsaw box class and learned a new project technique. In the below picture I am showing my three first boxes. The dark one is made out of walnut and it was made at the class i took. The two maple ones I made as gifts […]
Posted in Hands-on, Uncategorized, antique, boxes, future projects, mesquite on Nov 7th, 2007
Well I finally finished my living room shelf. It is funny how neat it is to work with mesquite. After being sanded it has this soft pink look that is so nice but kinda uninspiring. Then I hit it with the Tung oil and WOW …. an explosion of grain and color. It is so […]
Posted in Bandsaw, Hands-on, Shows, Termite, Texturing, Tools, Training on Oct 11th, 2007
So this is the first post to my new blog. It has been a while since I was able to turn or do any wood working. I’m currently finishing an all mesquite shelf unit for my living room. I plan to finish it this weekend so i can clean up my garage and plan to […]
