Wood Turning

White Oak, Honduran Mahogany, and just a bit of Walnut with a tung oil finish. About 10" wide and 16" tall.

7 by 3.5 inches, 17 by 9 cm, finished in tung oil.

Six works in progress. Sycamore rings on padauk and maple, a 10" purpleheart blank with a yellowheart and purpleheart ring, and a cherry burl.

Providence Flea is a juried artist market with over 80 vendors and some great food trucks.

275 South Water St, Providence Rhode Island

Getting ready for the Providence Flea tomorrow. It's not a flea market, but a huge outdoor artisan market along the Providence canal on 275 S.Water St, Providence RI

There are 32 dimples that were a major pain to sand.

15" x 5" | 38.1CM x 12.7CM

Got a patio umbrella but didn't want to pay for a base. Have rocks, sand and pail, figured I'd try making one myself.

So I have a piece of PVC secured in the bucket and then needed to lock the umbrella post into it. A person who values their time would have simply cross drilled and put in a pin, but I wanted to turn something so I made a circular wedge.

Turn a taper:

Bore for the post:

Then cut in half:

And done!

It's held up just fine in its first weekend of use.

Got a patio umbrella and didn't want to buy a commercial base.

So I have a piece of PVC secured in the weighted bucket and needed to secure the post inside the PVC. A person who valued their time simply would have cross-drilled a hole and put a bolt through. So instead I turned a circular wedge.

Turned the taper:

Drilled for the umbrella post:

Cut in half:

Et voila

After drilling the square hold turned 45°, squares are cut out on a tablesaw and glued into each segment.

Segments are glued up into rings and assembled into blanks for turning.

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I made these for a person who wanted them for gifts.

These are turned end-grain

People always buy these

Smelled good, wanted to constantly explode.

I made this set a while back. I sold all but the largest one.

No photos, just a question. When I do a glue up piece for a lamp or bowl, after I am finished, it's in the house, and after a week or two, I can feel the glue lines. Finished smooth as a baby's butt, satiny, and a week later,... Ugh!

Do I need to postpone the finish work, from lopping off tenons to applying the finish (poly, or wax, or danish oil, etc)? Remount after two weeks and re-sand?

Useful for some people, I hope.

Mushrooms and trees

I make these segmented ringed bowls a lot.

Both are maple

Hello, just joined from the other place, looking forward to sharing and seeing everyone else's work! Here's a vase I did recently put off Eastern Red cedar.

Walnut, hickory and oak

Way more work than a blank, and more precision is required. Lessons learned, mistakes made. But not bad for a first time.