Another great demonstration at Kings Lynn Woodturners with the very experienced Mick Hanbury. He demonstrated how to make something that resembled a large spinning child’s toy. It was very impressive. He managed to squeeze in how to turn thin and…
This is the biggest thing I have ever turned! Had to build it up on the lathe two or three layers at a time then one final turn, it was bit scary. Having made several segmented horns I challenged myself…
Darren Breeze This type of bowl is not something I would make however I was very impressed how Darren turned and coloured it. The way he applied the paint with a mouth blowing sprayer was something I have never seen…
Kings Lynn Woodturners set the challenge to make a beer bottle. It didn’t really excite me but I gave it a go. The first one I made was from ash, spent a lot of time finishing it and very confident…
We were all treated to a magnificent demonstration from professional wood turner Andy James. Andy specialises in small segmented hollow forms turned from exotic woods and acrylics. The blank from which Andy made an exquisite little hollow form had been…
I watched a recording of a live demo Matt Monaco did at a turning club. He made a spinning top with a captive ring only using the skew chisel. He suggested it was a good way to practice the skew…
Very old pine turns lovely, and smells fantastic. Making four identical legs is quite difficult, this stool has four similar legs. Really like making stools, they are easy and you can try all sorts of designs. Will be making chairs…
One of the disciplines when doing spindle turning is to reproduce the same pattern multiple times. My freeform turning of four identical legs was more difficult than I imagine, I did make five and rejected one. Turning the top is…
Another stool that was unfortunately disappeared before I had a chance to photograph properly. It was made of pine, very old pine that turns nice and smells amazing.
Made from Yew which had a few cracks and abrasions. It was all glued together nicely and finished in 2K clear coat to bond it all nicely. The actual barometer was presented to a Mr Musson for his long service…
