I enjoyed working with the Red Mallee burl. While it was a quite small sample, it cut cleanly with no breakage although, as is common in burl woods, …
I confess that I rescued this piece from the garbage. I had turned it round and mounted it in the Nova Chuck to hollow the face and the reverse …
Box Elder is a terrible turning wood. It is much too soft so it chunks rather than cuts. It proved to soft to hold a divot for the chuck …
As a gift, I purchased a large piece of burl wood from southeastern United States Cherry. I have written fairly exhaustively about Cherry in the past and that information …
In the past, the most onerous part of the mill making process was without doubt the three drilling operations required. Depending on the kit one is using, the …
Once the hole was drilled I started hollowing. I can hear a distinctive whine and vibration when turning a blank, especially when working near the edge, when the …
Maple Burl I had a piece of wood that I had marked as “maple burl,” which I had obtained at some now unknown time and place. The wood was …