After over four years of making round things, I finally branched out into making something that was flat and rectangular… Not too long ago, a friend reached out to me and asked if I could make them a cutting board. Now, I’m not exactly equipped to do that just yet, but I took the commission […]
There is an old saying that “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” and this journey into wood working has been my little acorn. I originally started this site to document my growth and all the bits of knowledge that I picked up as I learned to turn wood and beyond. Well… That didn’t happen to […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two and a half years since I started this woodturning journey. During that time I’ve had lots of false starts and broken items, but I’ve made some beautiful pieces as well. I’ve learned a lot, and am looking forward to many more years of wood turning. There’s two […]
I recently released a video on YouTube where I make a handle for a brass hammer that came from a kit. For giggles I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to summarize my video, after all, AI is supposed to be good at giving summaries, right?
A book review of Turning Green Wood by Michael O’Donnell
Not that long ago my wife and I were on one of our road trips. One of the stops was to spend a few days with family celebrating an anniversary milestone for my Aunt and Uncle. While we were there I inquired about taking a few pieces of firewood back home with us. For better […]
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. […]
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 […]
It’s funny how you can see fallen trees and other huge piles of wood on the side of the backroads all the time. At least until you buy a lathe and realize that it’s a great source of free material. Fortunately, I was able to find some of this fine free wood nearby where they’re […]