1Nov 30, 2018
Sometimes it’s the simple projects that you can learn the most from. I’ve made a dozen or so mallets in the last 4-5 months as a way to relax and get more time on the lathe. For several of them I wanted to attach some leather to the ends to protect whatever the mallet is […]
2Nov 30, 2018
Woodturning has been something I have messed around with a few times over the last 20 years. I have never owned my own lathe until around June of 2016. Before that I had only hopped on friends lathes and various theater shops. Oddly enough I have turned a lot of items from foam for various […]
3Nov 30, 2018
Not too long ago I finally got my wood lathe I wanted. I have been feverishly turning like some mad scientist. One thing that seemed to grab my attention is how a couple accent grooves could add the finishing touch to a project. Even more so if the grooves were burned. A wire garrote was […]
4Feb 26, 2017
Sometimes it’s the simple projects that you can learn the most from. I’ve made a dozen or so mallets in the last 4-5 months as a way to relax and get more time on the lathe. For several of them I wanted to attach some leather to the ends to protect whatever the mallet is […]
5Nov 20, 2016
Woodturning has been something I have messed around with a few times over the last 20 years. I have never owned my own lathe until around June of 2016. Before that I had only hopped on friends lathes and various theater shops. Oddly enough I have turned a lot of items from foam for various […]
6Jul 31, 2016
Not too long ago I finally got my wood lathe I wanted. I have been feverishly turning like some mad scientist. One thing that seemed to grab my attention is how a couple accent grooves could add the finishing touch to a project. Even more so if the grooves were burned. A wire garrote was […]