Johnathan Silwones is starting a new AAW chapter, Southern Alleghenies Woodturners, in Johnstown, PA. (click here for details)
Congratulations to Jim Hills for "Journey II" being selected as Turning of the Week for May 6th, 2024
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MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT CLOSED END PENS, BEAUTIFUL SOLID BLACK PIECE OF EBONY, NOT A HINT OF BROWN, ALSO VERY OLD PIECE, I HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND MY FRIEND THAT GAVE IT TO ME HAD IT LEFT FROM A JOB HE DID OVER 20 YEARS AGO, YES IT WAS VERY DRY BUT SWEET TURNING, AND FINISHED WITH CLEAR...
THIS WAS A CROTCH IN A DOGWOOD AT MY FOLKS HOUSE, KATRINA KILLED IT AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AS IT WAS BEING CUT DOWN I NOTICED THAT IT HAD SPALTED. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOOD COULD SPALT WHILE STILL STANDING. THIS PIECE WAS 7 FEET UP AND IS ABOUT 10 X 7 X 4.
This is one of a signed and numbered series I am doinf from a cherry tree that was uprooted by Hurricane Katrina. It was on the ground over a year and was about to be cut into firewood so I bought the whole tree (16 foot long)and started rough turning bowls when I decided to do a series of 101...
Norfolk Island Pine - 11" diameter, 3" height, celtic design burned and then colored, 1/16" wall thickness, 1/8" bottom to prevent burn through of design. 3 carved feet. Boiled Linseed Oil and wipe on poly.
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