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Another winner!

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

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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The wash basin

The other day I got some odd pieces from my tree surgeon. A few of them were hard maple, with quite a bit of curling and quilting going on. They were all dry as bones, as he had them in … Continue reading

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