I liked turning the first two tea light candle holder projects. The simplicity of turning a holder out of a branch while leaving some natural bark is very attractive. The second tea light project was making an upside down bowl for the tea light holder. In looking at the upside down bowl I wondered about …
Tea Light – A Woodturning Project
This second tea light holder project, is an upside down bowl. It is easy to turn because you use the hole for the tea light to enable you to hollow out the bowl. The outside of a bowl is usually quite easy to turn and to make smooth and shiny. For beginning turners the inside …
Tea Lights – A Woodturning Project
Tea lights are small candles that need small but stable holders. Make several of these to have around the house. These candle holders are great to create ambiance or to use during a power outage. You can use all kinds of wood from scrap to exotics and let your turning creativity show. Tea Lights – …
Kraut Pounder – A Woodturning Project
Coming from the old world a Kraut Pounder was used to make sauerkraut. This is basically fermented cabbage. To make it properly you need to pound the cabbage in its container and release its juices. While there are many ways to achieve this, a turned wooden kraut pounder makes the job a lot easier. Wood …
A Wood Turning Project: Baby Rattle
I’m not sure which is more amusing. Watching a baby with a rattle or an adult trying to figure out how the rings were put on the rattle in the first place. Captive rings are a woodturning trick and I use captive rings on this baby rattle. Wooden Baby Rattle with Captive Rings Wooden toys, …
Bluebird House Project
This is an easy woodworking project that only takes one board. That is what a bluebird house is. A simple plan is provided and step by step instructions are given so you can make your very own bluebird house. Bluebird House Project Bluebirds are that quick flash of blue that you catch out of …
Wooden Bowl – Larch
From the woodpile to the dining room, making a turned wooden bowl from larch. A Woodturning Adventure Firewood! This is what keeps us warm in the winter. We have a lovely wood-fired cookstove in our kitchen. Weekly chores include splitting enough wood and hauling it to the house for the week. Usually, all I want …
7 Gifts for Mom Made on the Lathe
Most mothers I know love getting presents, cards, and calls on Mother’s day. Their favorite kinds are those made by their children. If you haven’t given your Mom a Mother’s Day gift in a few years now is the time to turn over a new leaf and make her a present. These presents range from …
A Wood Turning Project: Rolling Pin
Wood makes beautiful utensils for the kitchen. They are lovely to look at, to hold, and to use. Made out of a hardwood, the rolling pin will be both beautiful and useful. These rolling pins are a French style of rolling pin where you use the pin by rolling it with your hands rather than …
Coin Bank: A Woodturning Project
You need a place to save your extra change. Whether it is for a night on the town, exotic wood to turn, or for more woodturning tools, you need a coin bank. If you are saving for your turning projects then let’s get busy and turn a coin bank to help you save. The inspiration …
Woodturning: Learning from Mistakes
A project. You know exactly what you want to make. You go to the shop to do some awesome woodturning. For me, I had just looked at a project in Woodturning magazine from the UK. Stuart King turned a coin bank and painted it to resemble an antique money box that he found. I liked …
Shawl Pins: A Turning Project
Wooden shawl pins are a beautiful accessory to handmade shawls. You use the ring and the pin to interlock the overlapping section of the shawl. This keeps the shawl in place and the wearer is not only warm but can show off your turning work as well. Two sizes of shawl pins are turned in …
