Catching up

Looks like today will be another mega-post to catch up since last week! Here goes:

I made another nostepinne from tiger birch. I got a dozen or so blanks of this wood, so I plan on making a series and possibly selling them on etsy. This one has some wire-burned lines for decoration. The tiger birch figure really needs moving light to be appreciated.


Here's a bracelet I made as an experiment. I didn't put a finish on it since it was a bit too big for my wife's tiny wrists! I plan on making some more of these, and playing with the shapes, sizes, and design.


Here's a bottomless (rounded bottom) end-grain natural edge bowl I made from box elder. I turned the final thickness when the wood was green. I'll sand and finish when it's dry. It was a fun experiment and I like how the bowl rolls a bit on its bottom.



Here's a closed-form green-turned box elder natural edge I did as another experiment. I'll sand and finish when it's dry.


I've been roughing blanks like mad, and here's a few from the last week. The left stack is box elder, flowering cherry, black cherry, and magnolia. The rear and right stack is all box elder. The center-front is a cherry bowl I turned green to final thickness. When it's dry I'll sand, oil, and buff. It has a wide enough base and thick enough walls to be a nice functional bowl. It's about 9" in diameter. I turned it green so it will warp a bit, because I like slight warping in functional bowls. I think it makes them look like those that were turned decades ago and are still in use.


Lastly, after some great help from the folks at Sawmill Creek, I got my new Husky chainsaw working. When I got it, it ran for 10 minutes and quit. A week later, I found that the fuel line had come loose! I hooked it back up, and it runs like a champ.