Headed to Hawaii
I wish that I could say that I was the one headed off to paradise but I can’t. The group of pens in the picture are the ones headed to Hawaii not me. Eventually they will be joined in their new home by salt and pepper mills and more pens but that is a couple …
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Lighthouse Grinders
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 making of a wooden bowl part1
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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Which platters do you like better?
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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Piece in the "Turning 25 – A Celebration" exhibit at the AAW.
Oak Burl Vessel View 1 Quite a while ago I did a post about a piece that I was making for the “Turning 25 – A Celebration” exhibit that is starting this Friday, 6/24, at the yearly symposium of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Turning 25 – A Celebration came about …
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Ryanne’s learning to shoot product shots.
It’s Ryanne (our oldest daughter) and I alone here today. Her little sister has gone off for the day to play at a friends house. Ryanne likes photography and I needed to take some pictures of some mills for the site so I’ve been teaching her how I take product shots and how to use Photoshop. This …
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