crafts projects
Crafts projects are those that extend beyond the primary topics of pen or bowl making. This includes items as diverse as yo-yos to key chains to bottle stoppers.
I enjoyed working with Bischofia. It is moderately dense and it turned beautifully with very little end grain tear out so on reasonably light sanding was required. Bischofia took the final …
As easy as Cedar of Lebanon is to work with, I am still not terribly impressed with it as a turning wood even though it does turn easily and …
I've softened in my opinion of Mimosa. It may not be the most exotic or colorful of the woods I have turned but its ease of working earns a …
Some years ago I bought a blank sold as “Black Cumaceba” from Tropical Exotic Hardwoods based in San Diego. At the time, I lived in Georgia so shipping was …
My problem with Dalmata is that it cuts rough on the end grain sections and being a hard wood, it is very time consuming, tedious, and resource expensive to …
What I can say is that the wood was very dense and very hard and yet, it didn't cut super clean so I had a good bit of strong …
As has been my experience in the past, Bocote turns wonderfully. It products lots of powdery shavings and I think it smells nice as well. Bocote tends to cut …