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In this particular case, I used epoxy, as I wanted to avoid creep. I think it was just a matter of the burl not being totally dry. It is all a learning process, and I am way behind you, but trying...

John: thank you for some good ideas. I sort of did what you suggested, but just did not take it all the way. I left the tenon on the base of the top portion after I turned it, and then cut a...

This is my current personal best. It was a real challenge. The top and bottom were turned separately and each component sanded before it came off the lathe. I used one of those contour tools...

My grandson, Dexter, and the new Gnome Forest. 4 total pieces, all dogwood. The base is 1/2 of a Dogwood root ball. The forest is 7 inches wide and 6 inches tall. My Son and Daughter-in-law think...

It matters, based on the relative humidity of your area. wood moves. there is a greater concern if the pith is still in the center of the piece you buy. If it is not in there, movement won't...

I will wait until it is down to 12-15% before I turn it.
Dave

Stan: O, I am totally aware that walnut burl goes for big bucks. So does walnut crotch wood. I use it all the time, and yes, it costs me some money to use it. However, 'root ball' is not...

Walnut Root ball wood is not easy to come by, as no one wants to go to the trouble of digging up the stump, cleaning it, then drying it for a looooooong time. I managed to get hold of a little bit...

I put down a piece of plywood on top of my tablesaw, and even glued rails on it so the chisels won't roll off from the vibration of the lathe!

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Notice between the rings it is black? That is done by cranking up the speed, and then taking a thin wire (like...

There is a family birthday coming up (twin sisters, who live together) and I asked them what they wanted for their birthday. One wanted a back scratcher, the other wanted an ice cream scoop (they...

I generally go to 2000. I don't make turnings to sell and have reached the point where I give them away to relatives and friends. When I give away a bowl, the first comment is that they can't...

I was at Pike's Market in Seattle last year, and there was a guy selling Salt shakers with matching pepper mills. The finish was incredible on the pieces and looked almost like acrylic plastic (and...

There is a great debate among salt & pepper shaker collectors as to which one is used for salt and which for pepper. the nice thing about this, is the tops are interchangeable, so the happy couple...

there are several videos on YouTube that demonstrate the technique. I finish all of my gouge and chisel work before I glue down the turquoise. CA seems to work very well (let set overnight). Then...

It is plastic. just shiny plastic that looks like chrome. It is the only kind I could find that was not metal. It attaches to a plastic bottle that is glued into a 1" hole in the wood.

The chrome plastic top screws onto a clear plastic bottle that is then glued into the recess. a 1" hole is drilled to accomodate it. easy-cheesy!

My step-son finally pulled the trigger at 32 and is getting married. I made him and his fiance a cherry burl bowl to celebrate the engagement, so the wedding present is a salt & pepper set, also...

I was at my sister's place for Christmas and noticed her ice cream scoop was an old aluminum one. Her birthday is in a couple of weeks, so I have taken it upon myself to remedy that problem. The...

Congrats on taking on a lump of wood that large! I have turned a few pieces of Cherry burl and added turquoise, as the color combination just says....."look at me!". You did just fine on this...

One of the members of our woodturners club told me the way he crushes his turquoise is to buy a cheap electric coffee bean grinder (the kind with the pulse switch) and just put some chunks in there...

I used the Sorby texturing tool (a serrated wheel on an axle at the end of a lathe tool). To get different designs, you just apply a different angle of where the wheel contacts the wood. Each...

8 3/8" diameter, 1 1/4" height, finished to 3000 grit, and at the time of this photo, one coat of Minwax Tung Oil finish. Took me 6 hours to turn, sand and finish this piece. The decorations...

I did. It works great. Here is a pic.

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I had a beautiful lump of Bocote (Central America, specific gravity over 1.0, so the wood does not float), and the coloration on it was simply amazing. It is very dense, oily wood, sort of like...