The North Texas Woodworker’s Association threw out a challenge for an upcoming meeting and I had to not only partake, but truly challenge myself with it. The challenge: Lamination. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines it as “Laminated wood is usually built by the parallel gluing of lumber boards in a variety of sizes and shapes according to […]
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Making a Basic Depth Gauge
I’ve blown through enough bottoms of bowls to realize two main things: I need to be more patient I probably need a depth gauge The patience I’m just going to have to work on, but I can remedy the depth gauge issue. I’ve had some ideas for a while as to how to make one. […]
Making a Mallet
One of the things that I see a lot of is in regards to what to use when whacking tools against your wood. Yes, “whacking” is the technical term I’m going with. Why? Because that’s what it feels like to me. Need to use the chisel? Whack it. Want to center and secure your live […]
Lathe Withdrawal
The past few weeks have been nothing but work on the weekdays and traveling to visit family on the weekends. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all, and wouldn’t trade the visits for anything, but I hadn’t realized just how much I enjoyed and looked forward to my time on the lathe every weekend. […]
Trying a Homemade Sorrel Dye
An experiment with dyeing a crepe myrtle bowl in a strongly brewed sorrel tea.
Nova Comet 14 DR vs Laguna Revo 12|16
It’s been six months since I swapped out my lathe from the Nova Comet 14 DR to the Laguna Revo 12|16. I think I’m finally ready to really give a solid comparison between the two. Nova Comet 14 DR Laguna Revo 12|16 Both lathes are excellent “starter” lathes, and are (at the time of writing) […]
It’s Been a While
I know… I know… It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, even something boring and useless. Between work, personal obligations, and COVID, I just haven’t spent much time trying to come up with anything, including posting some of the pieces I’ve made recently for sale. To all my followers (Hi mom!) just know that […]
New Year, New Lathe
Every January 1st it’s out the the old and in with the new, right? Well, instead of resolutions and habits it happened with my lathe. I had a Teknatool Nova Comet lathe and, outside of some minor headaches due to me improving and wanting to do more, I’ve really enjoyed working with it. Unfortunately, right […]
Bottle Opener Bowl
I found a cool bottle opener the other day that was the shape of a guitar and initially thought I’d send it to a friend that was a huge guitar nut. Then I thought, where do you put the bottle caps when you’re outside? Problem solved. I made a thick-walled bowl from some spalted hackberry […]
The Man Band-Aid
The Man-Aide (TM): A concoction of paper towels, super glue, and duct tape that covers any non-life-threatening wound. Mainly used to stop the bleeding and still continue working when the bleeding is enough that if you go inside for a real band-aid your wife is going to tell you that you’re done woodturning for the […]