Lee also made this 'signature' multi color vase.
2/5/2010 Click on image to see closeup.
Small Candy Bowl made from Ojai Valley Olive and finished in wax.
Bracelet
2/5/2010 Click on image to see closeup.
Adam turned this Bowl at the turning SIG.
11/6/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Two new Bowls made by John and Amy. THe wood is Arlen Alder and Arlen Mahogany.
11/6/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Mallet Felix turned this tool from Walnut and Alder and finished it in Polyurethane.
Goblet is made from a piece of split, scrap, Walnut. It is finished with spray epoxy.
9/4/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
These Tea Trays are made from Spalted Maple and tediously finished in Shellac, 8 coats of Polyurethane and lots of sanding and polishing.
9/4/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
This small Goblet made from Walnut Arlen Wood!
These Salt and Pepper shakers are the subject of the next Turning SIG at Stan's.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
This Pen was made from laminated pieces of Arlen wood.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
John's Winged Bowl is also from Arlen Wood and is finished with oil and wax. This thin edge is tricky as it is like cutting air.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Gene created this Bowl from green Apricot. Finished in Watco.
This Bowl is made from Walnut Arlen Wood and also finished in Watco.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
These two bowls were made from burl driftwood rescued from a camp fire on the beach. Finished in Lacquer.
Stephen's entry into the Arlen Wood Challenge.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
A Walnut Pepper Grinder made from Walnut Arlen Wood and finished with Lacquer and Wax.
7/3/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Lee turned this Bowl from pieces of Bloodwood and other various woods.
5/8/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Dave made these 6 Flasks from Walnut and Ebony. The large piece is a piece of Arland wood. They are all finished with CA and Lacquer.
5/8/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
This is a Skew wood turning tool. The wood is Quinta. The finish is wax. This is made from an antique James Swan chisel.
5/8/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
Hidden Compartment Key Ring turned from an Olive branch at cousin's ranch in the Central Valley. It is finished in WATCO.
Bowl made from back yard Apricot turned by Gene and decorated by termites. The finish is WATCO and Forby's Finish.
Bowl made turned from another Olive branch. It is WATCO finished.
3/6/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
This Spitoon is turned from Fiddleback Koa and finished in oil.
1/9/2009 Click on image to see closeup.
John turned this Walnut Bowl and finished it with Tung Oil.
11/7/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
These Awls were turned by Stephen from Ebony, Maple, Coco Bolo, Olive, Zebra Wood and Brass. They are all finished with wax.
11/7/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen made these balls from scrap Mahogany firewood. The larger one is filled with white epoxy. They are polished and waxed.
9/5/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
Goblet turned carefully from Olive and finished in polyurethane.
6/6/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
These Bowl/Plate serving pieces were turned from Alder. The finish is polyurethane.
6/6/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
Dave first turned this Folded Vessel from local Camphor wood. Then he cut it and bent it using steam and water. Finally he finished it is Lacquer.
1/4/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
John made this Mallet from Ipe with no finish. He notes that turning Ipe is difficult and leaves lots of yellow dust.
1/4/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
A Lidden Urn for funeral ashes. The body and lid are Green Olive. The finial is Redheart. The finish is wax and polish.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
The Lidded Box and lid are made from Apricot. The finial, Redheart. The finish wax and polish.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Natural Edge Bowl made from Apricot. Wax and polish only.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
This is a Pair of Lidded Boxes. One is made from Ebony, the other from bone. The finish is wax and polish.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
A Bud Vase made from Olive with a plastic culture tube insert. The finish is, you guessed it, wax and polish.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Bowl turned from Green Orange wood. Finish is wax and polish.
11/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Bob made this clay pigeon from Walnut and finished it in Watco. This was a challenge from his skeet shooting friends.
9/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Bob won first prize at the Ventura County Fair with this bowl made from a piece of walnut. He calls it the Winged Bowl. It is finished in Watco.
9/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Dick made these turnings at a turning class. The Lidded Box is made from Mahogany and is finished in buffed wax.
7/8/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen turned these Artistic Bowls from Apricot which came from a tree in Mark's back yard. It shows what beauty is in close by, unusual, woods. The finish is wax.
7/8/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
The Bowl is made from scrap Sycamore, we think, finished in wax.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Here are three goblet entries by Stephen for the challenge. The first is a small goblet made from Avocado. The second is made from Almond and filled with aluminum powder filled with CA. The third is made from Olive and glass. The finish on all three is wax.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Dan made this Turned Travel Mug from assembled blank staves. The wood is Mahogany and the finish is Watco Danish Oil.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
John make this Flower or Bud Holder from Aspen, and he finished it with Shellawax EEE Wax.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Ron made this Pencil Cup when he was 13 in Junior High School wood shop.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Dan made this Goblet from Oak and Walnut.
6/9/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
This Fancy Vessel is made from Buckeye Burl and Ebony. The finish is CA and Lacquer.
4/7/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen experimented with turning these Square Boxes. They are made from Oak, Ash, Juniper, Walnut and Sycamore. The finish is wax or oil or lacquer. The corners make interesting sanding in the lathe!
3/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Felix made these two bowls from Ash. They are finished in Polyurethane.
2/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Felix turned this Goblet and it is finished in Polyurethane.
2/2/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Dave turned the
11/3/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
This collection of turnings from Bob Fahrnburch. The first is a lidded box made from Maple and it is unfinished. The next is a bowl made from Box Elder wood and is finished in Zinzzer French Polish. Next is a small Walnut Scoop. And finally, a 7" diameter Lidded Box made also from Box Elder and is unfinished.
7/7/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
These Hollow Forms are a new class of project for Stephen. The first is made from Mahogany and Maple, and finished in wax. The second pair are made from a branch of Mesquite with the pith removed from the center. It is also finished in wax.
3/3/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
Dave's Birthday Cake is made from Maple, Walnut, Caro and Mahogany. It is finished in Lacquer. The icing comes off revealing a lidded box. (Photo by Stephen Case-Pall)
3/4/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
This Thin Stem Goblet was turned by Tim and finished in wax.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Wolfgang made this Bowl from Alder laminated with Mahogany and finished with MinWax.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Ash Ash Tray. This is made from Ash, Coco bolo, Olive and Oak and finished in Shellac.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
This Tall Goblet with Glass is turned from Olive and topped with a glass. It is finished in Shellac.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
This Kiech and Long-Stem Goblet made from Ash and finished in Shellac and five coats of Prolac Lacquer.
6/3/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
The four spheres are the end product of taking a lesson in turning spheres from wood.Ê The goblet-stands are white ash, and the woods from left to right are Fir, Olive, Oak, and Eucalyptus.Ê They are finished with wax only.
4/16/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
First we have a bowl for decoration or morning cereal made from pear.
Then Steve shows us a goblet made from maple.
The next bowl is made from the Greenwood Walnut donated by Marshall Nathanson.
Last and not least, is this baby rattle which actually rattles and is made from curly maple. Don't shake too hard, the rattle is shotgun primers!
All are finished in shellac and wax.
1/7/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
This Lidded Box is make from Lace Wood obtained from Bill Brandt. It is finished in Shellac and French Finish. Of special note are the turned ends.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Bowls from Silky Oak and Lacewood. These are made from logs cut by Bill and friends. They are finished in Shellac.
12/4/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen made these three boxes. The first is made from Padauk and Boxwood finished in Hut Crystal Coat. The second is made from Maple and Coco bolo and finished in Johnson's wax. The third is made from Padauk and Coco bolo, finished in Wax only.
11/4/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
This bowl is turned from Greenwood Walnut (The Walnut which was donated by Marshall Nathanson.) The finish is Hut Crystal Coat.
11/4/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Just a turning to display the nice wood burl and grain. Made of redwood and finished with Hut Hi-Polish wax.
9/2/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Postage Stamp Dispenser This is made of Walnut burl and finished with Hut Super Pen Polish. The Walnut housing was turned to replace cheesy brass import. Probably the smallest project from Marshall Nathanson's Walnut tree.
9/2/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Slick This is actually a Timber Framing chisel, masquerading as a Slick. A true Slick has the socket bent just enough to raise the handle from the centerline.
It is made from a 2" framing chisel rescued from the rust heap. The handle is maple with a walnut knob doweled and glued before turning. It is finished with Hut Crystal Clear finish, a combination of shellac and wax.
7/2/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen just finished restoring this rusty chisel from the 1930's. Early 20th Century 1/2" socket chisel by Greenlee. Boxwood handle turned and finished with wax only.
5/17/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen made these bowls from green Avocado and Mahogany. They are finished in tung oil, shellac and
clear lacquer. The bowls were finished in one day!
Stephen also made this carving mallet from laminated maple. The material was formerly
a bowling pin!
4/1/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Still having fun with the new lathe. This is a pic of a wax seal,
or "Petschaft" as it is known in German. It is from the county court of Imperial Prussia, at the turn if the 20th century.
I found it without a handle, so turned this one out of Coco Bolo.
1/25/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
The first is a wine bottle stopper in Padauk, finished in clear Lacquer.
1/16/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
The second is a scratch awl in Madagascar Ebony, brass and steel, also finished in clear lacquer without stain.
1/16/2004 Click on image to see closeup.