Johnathan Silwones is starting a new AAW chapter, Southern Alleghenies Woodturners, in Johnstown, PA. (click here for details)
Congratulations to Peter Jacobson for "Red Winged Burl Bowl" being selected as Turning of the Week for April 29, 2024
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I turned this because the president of our club asked me when I was gonna a make a bigger goblet. I had been making 1.5" x 5", but this one is about 2.25x. I hadnt wanted to make a bigger goblet becuase the stems I was making were really skinny, and the unsupported weight of the cup may break...
Turned LIVE on Saturday 2/3 and was given away to the top gifter! Dyed with GF water based blue, cup torched and carved and dyed again. Silver gilding wax on top, finished with krylon spray h20 based poly. About 4 inches tall.
I sliced this large piece off a very large Big Leaf Maple Burl. The finished piece measures 36" X 29" X 5.5" thick. The off-center bowl measures 15" X 3.75" deep and was cored with the Oneway coring setup on the outboard side of my lathe. From the center of the bowl to the outer edge is 22" so...
I'll post here as I still consider myself new to the craft. I have a HF lathe, #34706. The headstock and tailstock line up OK. I turn cork for custom fishing rods. I use a piece of 1/4 in .X 12 brass tube for a mandrel. I turned a foregrip today and noticed that the hole was a bit off...
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