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I thought that I would show you one of my latest creations. Pictured here is a keepsake urn that I just finished up for someone who has been part of our family for at least the last 10 years. Pauline lost her battle with cancer on February 22nd, 2012. Pauline was my brothers girlfriend, …
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The other night at our local woodturning club’s monthly meeting I was asked about what was my most challenging pepper mill design to turn. And also if I ever made the mistake of turning through and into the hole that I had drilled to hold the pepper corns. My answer was that I had indeed made the …
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I thought that I would share with you a recent set of spice grinders that I made. These are Maple Burl spice grinders and are my version of a Maine lighthouse. I make up about 10 sets of these per year. I probably could make more but the Maple Burl starts out three inches thick …
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The Curly Maple log pictured above is 42 inches across horizontally and about 35 inches vertically. The chain saw sitting on top of the log has a 36 inch bar on it and right behind it you can see the helmet that I wear when cutting up a log. The helmet has a face shield …
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Here are four Ambrosia Maple platters. They are 16 inches in diameter the overall height is less than 1 inch. They are made from one wide piece of wood, no glue ups here. The top picture shows two platters made without center inserts and the bottom picture shows two platters made with center inserts made from …
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