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  • Cherry Hollow Form
    Beautiful shape, and the muted finish really shows off the grain. Very nice indeed!
  • Siberian elm
    Phil, nice! I recently got a trailer load of Siberian elm. I have turned several things from that pile. So far I’ve found it very easy to turn, perhaps a bit hairy. It was still very green though. Was your very dry?
    Yes. Dry and powdery.
  • Honduras Rosewood Burl Round Bottom Box
    Hi Gabriel, fantastic work - as usual! I understand what you described about the density of this type of wood - while I haven't turned anything from it, I did do some decorative hand carving with a piece of it in the past. I remember it as being very difficult to carve & extremely hard on...
  • Spalted maple hollow form
    Thanks, Nino!

    Yeah, if I come across some timber I think might be worth turning someday, I’ll use a chainsaw to break it down into turnable chunks. If the log is larger than about 8” diameter, I’ll remove the pith to avoid major splits. Then I dunk the end grain sides into a tub of anchor...
  • Honduras Rosewood Burl Round Bottom Box
    Hi Gabriel, fantastic work - as usual! I understand what you described about the density of this type of wood - while I haven't turned anything from it, I did do some decorative hand carving with a piece of it in the past. I remember it as being very difficult to carve & extremely hard on the...

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"What's Eating You?"

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Sweet Maple

Sweet Maple

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Carved Oak Vessel Detail

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Carved Oak Vessel

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Reality Beckons!

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My first attempt at Natural Edge

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Peyoke Medicine Bowl

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Square Peg With A Round Hole

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Juniper Bowl 2

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Buckeye Burl

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Painted Platter

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Wow, what a ride!

Wow, what a ride!

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Textured Oak Vessel

Textured Oak Vessel

  • Media owner Ed Koenig
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33 steps spiral from above on an angle.

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A pair of 33 stepped purpleheart and pau amarello spirals

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Open finial

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