Day 21, 22 and 23 of my summer of turning
Day 21 On day 21 of my summer of turning, I was making a few different styles of bottle stoppers. I made some t-handle stoppers and the one pictured that features a stainless steel stopper. The top was turned from dyed purple Box Elder Burl and hopefully, I turned it into a pleasing shape. You …
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Old sayings and days 10,11 and 12 of my summer of turning
In my last couple of posts, I mentioned that I have been sick. Sick enough that for days 10 and 11 of my summer of turning there wasn’t any turning. So I didn’t post either. So it’s day 12 and I’m starting to feel better. Now to catch up on orders that I’ve fallen …
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The story of Dave and my summer of turning, day 3
I realize by just posting pictures and descriptions of something that I’ve made probably isn’t as exciting for you as it is for me. So I’m going to try to add little stories to keep you coming back. The story of Dave My earliest recollection of wanting to work with wood is from the …
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The winning color was ….
I would like to thank everyone who voted for helping me choose our next color combination for our mills and spice grinders. And now without further ado. Ed the envelope please. And the winner was (drum roll please) #2 by a huge margin of 2 votes. It was very close voting right up until the end. …
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Help me decide.
I like both of these color combinations as bottle stoppers but I’m trying to decide which color combination should become a future pepper mill. #1 is one layer each of orange, teal, blue & purple. #2 is one layer each of brown, natural & green. In both cases the color combinations repeat over and over. How …
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