John Benton Arrived Today Bearing Gifts

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Turning Project | No Comments »

John and I met at Md Hall today at 3pm to setup for his workshop sponsored by the Chesapeake Woodturners 2009 Master Turners Series. as we began unloading John said he had arrived bearing gifts. A large selection of Big ...

Beechnut Flower Vessel

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Turning Project | No Comments »

Taking inspiration from the Ed Kelle workshop I attended last month I thought I'd see if I could extend the veining technique we applied to the mini-blossom to a larger turning. One of the pieces Ed showed us at the Chesapeake ...

Ed Kelle Workshop – Applying Enhancements

Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Posted in Turning Project | 1 Comment »

Its been a hectic few weeks and I've finally gotten a few moments to reflect on the great workshop I attended last month. The Chesapeake Woodturners sponsored a one day workshop with guest artist Ed Kelle . Ed has a ...

From the storms of June

Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Turning Project | No Comments »

It has been really stormy here for the month of June. While not good for some and devastating for the family down the road where a large maple tree turned their new SUV into 2 compact cars -- it is ...

One Man’s Treasure – Turned Stool Project – #1 Setting The Stage

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Turning Project | 2 Comments »

Over a series of blog entries I'd like to present a project that builds turning skills, has very low materials cost, is fun to do, and the kids and grandkids will love it too The project is a wood stool ...