The Wood Whisperer Woodworking Video Podcast and Blog » Turnings http://thewoodwhisperer.com Education and entertainment for the modern woodworker. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:33:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Nate’s “Growing from the Heart” – Viewer Project http://thewoodwhisperer.com/nates-growing-from-the-heart/ http://thewoodwhisperer.com/nates-growing-from-the-heart/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:26:23 +0000 thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=8852 It’s not too often we get turning projects and this one is just incredible! Submitted by our buddy Nate. Let’s check it out:

Just wanted to send you a little note. I have been having a lot of fun turning as it is one of the few things I can do right now. It gets frustrating with the lathe I have, (a mini lathe) but it just makes the challenge that much more interesting and the finished product that much more satisfying. I turned this for my little brother out of a piece of his fire wood (lodge pole pine) and some padauk. I call it “Growing from the Heart”. I thought it was neat but it is really a rough piece. I didn’t sand the belly or fix course turning in the base. Even the finish (6 coats of shellac) has some streaks in it. Of course I will admit I left everything that way on purpose as for me is symbolizes the “growing” process. My wife says I tend to be to deep and sentimental.

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]]> http://thewoodwhisperer.com/nates-growing-from-the-heart/feed/ 7 Mike’s Holiday Projects http://thewoodwhisperer.com/mikes-holiday-projects/ http://thewoodwhisperer.com/mikes-holiday-projects/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:36:44 +0000 thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=3670 I just finished up a couple of lamps for this year’s Christmas gift exchange. I made these lamps out of a chunk of slightly spalted maple that I salvaged out of the local tree “junk yard”. The finished is 5 coats of wipe-on poly with light sanding between each coat (while still in the lathe). I then drilled both lamps for the cords and assembled the hardware and covered the bases with tan felt. The lamps are about 16” tall (at top of the hardware) and about 6.5”-7.0” in diameter. It was a fairly simple weekend project.

We are doing a “White Elephant” type game with this year’s exchange. All of the gifts are placed under the tree, everyone picks a number and then gifts are chosen from under the tree in the order of the number that you chose. You can then choose to exchange gifts with the person that picks a present after you (2 times). We have never done this before, but we know families that have, and they have a great time.


]]> http://thewoodwhisperer.com/mikes-holiday-projects/feed/ 2 Segmented Turning – Project of the Week http://thewoodwhisperer.com/segmented-turning-project-of-the-week/ http://thewoodwhisperer.com/segmented-turning-project-of-the-week/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:21:27 +0000 thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/segmented-turning-project-of-the-week/ This week’s project comes from Austin. It’s an incredibly beautiful segment turning. Here’s what Austin had to say: “This segmented vase is made up of 223 pieces of, yellow heart, ash, mahogany, maple, cherry and walnut veneer. 16 pieces make up each ring. The feature ring is a diamond pattern made of maple and cherry. At the widest part it is 11.5 inches in diameter. There is well over 20 hours put into a piece like this, I hope you will appreciate the time I put into it.”

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You can read more about Austin and his wood projects on his blog Dienner Woodworks

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