2024 PROJECTS - THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Some of the projects I've made since returning to the shop
after my broken leg healed.
after my broken leg healed.
Cutting Board - A Wedding Present
RECENT PROJECT - Completed July 12, 2024
A friend broght over a pile of old walnut boards that have been in his family for over 80 years. Wants to see if some gifts can be made to share with family. Click on the image below to see the day to day progress - and the final results. NOTE: I was so glad I was able to complete this...just in time. Vern Tolles died October 11. He was able to share some of the bowls and other items with his family, which was his plan for years. Rest in peace, Vern.
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Large segmented bowl.
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Oak with mahogany veneer segmented bowl.
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Cherry (center), walnut and sapele laminated bowl.
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Baseball bat wine glasses - made from real baseball bats. Detroit Tigers edition.
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Baseball bat wineglasses. LA Dodgers edition.
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A set of four horizontal laminated wineglasses.
Horizontal laminated table lamp.
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A set of four vertical laminated wineglasses. SOLD
A serving tray, with movable divider
(made for my wife). |
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This candy dish was supposed to be a much larger bowl. But sometimes things don't work out as planned. At least I managed to salvage the bottom three layers.
SOLD at the Ascension Lutheran Craft Fair 3/9/2024
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This small vase made of a variety of scraps became a centerpiece for the winter holidays.
SOLD at the Ascension Lutheran Craft Fair 3/9/2024
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I made this one a couple of years ago. One of my favorites. A pin oak open segment bowl. I just got a new turntable for videos so I thought I'd show it again. SOLD
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A segmented bowl made mostly from Poplar, with Sapele and Walnut accents, and an Oak top ring.
DONATED to the February 4 Silent Auction at Ascension Lutheran Church.
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A segmented bowl made from spalted Cherry, with Walnut rings in between each layer.
DONATED to the February 4 Silent Auction at Ascension Lutheran Church.
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A vase made from a lot of scraps, mostly poplar.
SOLD at the Ascension Lutheran Craft Fair 3/9/2024
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A bunch of Gnomes made from fallen branches from our maple tree. They all found new homes at Christmas time.
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RECENT PROJECTS
SMALL VASES. Three slabs (walnut, maple and mahogany), became three blanks, became three vases. The "flowers" are printed wooden disks on copper wire.
SOLD at the Ascension Lutheran Craft Fair 3/9/2024
ANTIQUE LAMP RESTORATION. A local lamp restorer found me on the web and asked it I could make a replacement base for an antique lamp he wanted to restore. Here's what happened...
These are pens I made as thank you gifts for the Church Council at Faith Lutheran.
A friend gave me a walnut gunstock, which I turned into a walnut & maple bowl.
Sort of a swords into plowshares thing.
Sort of a swords into plowshares thing.
June 2021 - Leslie's Dresser.
In 2007 I made her a cedar chest. She liked it so much she asked for all the bedroom furniture to be made in the same aromatic cedar. So there followed two night stands, a king-size headboard and an entertainment center/cabinet for the foot of the bed (which is now the TV stand in the living room in our home in Michigan. Fourteen years later, the job is complete with this dresser project.
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While the shop was awaiting its remodel, I found time to make this segmented lamp. |
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Step by step: The making of an urn.
A friend in Florida asked if I could make an urn for use in their church. They have a memorial garden in which cremains are placed. The urn is for use in the church before the bag of ashes is taken to the garden for placement (meaning that the urn will be used over and over again). It is made of maple and walnut. Here is a series of photos showing its evolution.
A Gallery of Turning Projects
