Those are beautiful. Nice work !

Paul

I had a piece of walnut limb , turned two boxes. The first was traditional dark color and the second like your second with a kinda stripped coloration.

I like to watch @tomislavtomasicwoodturning on YouTube.  A few days ago he turned a tooth pick with a skew, says it is good practice.  I gave it a try.  Here is my first attempt.  Used a piece of 3/8" birch dowel since I had a small piece.  Store bought tooth pick on top.  Mine on the bottom with stub from dowel.

 

I've been working on this years ornaments I make to give away every year.  I have a few done but for now here is the prototype.

 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

I like to watch @tomislavtomasicwoodturning on YouTube.  A few days ago he turned a tooth pick with a skew, says it is good practice.  I gave it a try.  Here is my first attempt.  Used a piece of 3/8" birch dowel since I had a small piece.  Store bought tooth pick on top.  Mine on the bottom with stub from dowel.

 

Cool!!!

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

I've been working on this years ornaments I make to give away every year.  I have a few done but for now here is the prototype.

 

Nicely Done, Dan!

That's a neat ornament, well done!

Your wheels are always turning Dan. Nice work.

In the toothpick video Tomaslav tries for a captive ring.  After four tried yesterday I managed it.  Here are two pictures with the ring moved from left side to right side for proof.  It was fun playing around with it.

 

 

Here's the actual video.

 

 

On 10/11/2024 at 9:12 AM, HandyDan said:

I like to watch @tomislavtomasicwoodturning on YouTube.  A few days ago he turned a tooth pick with a skew, says it is good practice.  I gave it a try.  Here is my first attempt.  Used a piece of 3/8" birch dowel since I had a small piece.  Store bought tooth pick on top.  Mine on the bottom with stub from dowel.

 

 

Be sure to stay out of the line of fire! ;-)

Really cool @HandyDan

Great job @HandyDan . 
finally got a chance to do final sanding on this sweet gum base. I thought I had lost it when it split from top to bottom in the kiln. It did close up and I put black CA in the crack. 

2 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Great job @HandyDan . 
finally got a chance to do final sanding on this sweet gum base. I thought I had lost it when it split from top to bottom in the kiln. It did close up and I put black CA in the crack. 

Nice save and shape, Gerald!

Working on a wave bowl ala John Beaver. Lots of mistakes so far and the next one will be better. Need to glue the bottom of the bowl to the "wave" and the turn the inside. Using a different species of wood, for the wave, introduced several difficulties that I had not considered. As @steven newman says- "we have ways"!

 

 

Finishing up on this spalted silver maple bowl. The bottom looks like it has water marks or stains on it. First coat of tried and true on yesterday and buffing it out today for a second coat. It’s about 13” x 4”. 

55 minutes ago, Gordon said:

Finishing up on this spalted silver maple bowl. The bottom looks like it has water marks or stains on it. First coat of tried and true on yesterday and buffing it out today for a second coat. It’s about 13” x 4”. 

I like the shape and grain patterns!

Second turning of a walnut bowl. It is not sanded yet. It has a coat of shellac for sanding sealer on it.

 

 

1 hour ago, kreisdorph said:

Second turning of a walnut bowl. It is not sanded yet. It has a coat of shellac for sanding sealer on it.

 

 

 

You just can't go wrong with walnut! Beautiful piece!

Trying to salvage the second wave bowl. Miscalculated the dimension for cutting the "wave" thickness- way too thin. I'm going to try using the acrylic ink that @HandyDan used on his candle ornaments. Mostly my stuff is left natural colors but thought this design might look OK with some contrasting colors.