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 […]
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. […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that you need to keep your tools sharp. The same holds true for proper technique when using your tools. What has stuck out in my mind though is that when you get it all right you can make the wood give off some really long shavings and […]
Remember that “knotty” log that decided to spin off and hit me in the shoulder? Well, it was time to show it who was really the boss. I was as little smarter this time and cut off part of the knot that was causing a majority of the unbalance. That made it much better right […]
As much as I’d like to admit that I’m getting more skilled at the lathe, there are times that still remind me that I’ve got a quite a way to go. It’s very humbling. This past weekend I thought I would try and make a vase out of an oak log about a foot long […]
This isn’t directly related to woodturning, but it is related to the branding I’m working on building up. You see, Facebook apparently thinks that PLEASURES is a naughty word… So thanks, Facebook, I can’t have a username for my business that is my business name… After some finagling, I was able to find a username […]