Feeling Blue?
I had a request recently by a gallery to make a set of mills that I used to do a long time ago. This is an 8 inch set of Morrison mills turned from ash and then dyed blue. Most of the time I would air brush the dye on but this time I didn’t want to take …
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My shop after turning pen sets
This what my shop looked like after finishing up an order for 17 pen sets. They were all made from acrylic and each set consisted of a pen, a pencil and a letter opener. As bad as this looks about half of the acrylic shavings are in the trash can (blue object) directly behind the lathe. …
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Check out this mill set
This is a special 8 inch salt and pepper mill set made in Maple, Oak and Walnut that I just finished up for a customer. The block starts out as 24 layers of 1/8 inch thick wood that has been laminated together. There are two layers of Maple, one layer of Walnut and two layers …
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Congratulations to John Jordan
Cover of American Woodturner June 2012 I received my June 2012 copy of American Woodturner in the mail today and was very pleased to find out that John Jordan is the latest woodturner to receive a honorary lifetime member award from the American Association of Woodturners (AAW). There isn’t another woodturner out there that …
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Ash Burl Urn
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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My most challenging pepper mill
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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