Monthly Archives: May 2015

Oops (II)

Posted on 24. May 2015 by fuzzy

I while ago I posted some pictures of hollow forms that had not survived the hollowing for one reason or another. Since then I have actually managed to turn quite a few hollow forms without further accidents and incidents. However, … Continue reading →

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Another winner!

Posted on 18. May 2015 by fuzzy

With another month gone, there was another chairman’s challenge at the West Midlands Wood Turners. This time around the subject was “a bowl, cut and reconstructed”. I knew exactly what I was going to do, but I almost missed out … Continue reading →

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Poky things

Posted on 18. May 2015 by fuzzy

During my first year of wood turning, nobody could have tempted me with turning finials. I would have run a mile and then some. The prospect was daunting in the extreme, and seemed to forever be reserved to proper professional … Continue reading →

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Spinning away…

Posted on 7. May 2015 by fuzzy

At the last meeting of the West Midlands Wood Turners, the club secretary told me he’d been contacted by a silver smith who was in need of some turned items, and whether I’d be willing to give it a shot. … Continue reading →

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