Project: DIY Miniature Woodturning Tools
I made a couple of small (~1/4" diameter/ 6mm) woodturning tools using some M2 High Speed Steel that I bought from Amazon for a few dollars. I made some handles and…
I made a couple of small (~1/4" diameter/ 6mm) woodturning tools using some M2 High Speed Steel that I bought from Amazon for a few dollars. I made some handles and…
I made this 1/8" awl using some O1 steel that I purchased, a short piece of copper pipe, and a scrap piece of hickory. I turned a tapered handle, formed…
Woodturning is fundamentally pretty simple, you rotate a workpiece and remove material from it until you get the desired shape. But it is nonetheless very nuanced, with many subtle details…
In this video I compare two Slimline pen kits from two different suppliers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeugBse_Tw8 Rockler: SlimlinePen Kit in Gold US$1.99 (on sale) http://www.rockler.com/slimline-pen-hardware-kit-gold Craft Supplies: Apprentice Fancy Slimline Kit 24K…
I made a tool to clean the inside of a Morse Taper on the lathe. It is sized to fit the MT2 taper common on many lathes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C7eia5WzZI
I decided to challenge myself by making a live edge bowl. This is a small piece of an Elm branch that fell in my neighborhood last spring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sXwvbvLlA Elm has…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3acPvcB69qk I turned this pen from oak grown in Texas, and this video is my submission for the SFWW 2106 Pen Turning Challenge. This is just a small way…
David Picciuto of MakeSomething.tv challenged us to see how fast we can make a pen. That sounded like fun, so this is what I came up with. https://youtu.be/93Bv8_jzzmo Thanks to…
I turned a very rustic goblet from a tree limb, as my entry to Dominic Bender's "Challenge Tree 2016" contest. This particular limb had the misfortune of growing into some…
My son has been accumulating awards from academic and sports activities and needed a place to display them. I built a wall hanging award shelf from a red oak board…