Here are some Cedar Vases I made with my new Sorby Ring Tool. The vases are roughly 6″ diameter by 5″ to 6-1/2″ tall. I turned these out of green Cedar logs. What you see is what came off the tool. NO sanding, 1 coat of poly when they were still wet, no finial finish yet.
Note: I cut the inside with Ring Tool. I cut the outside with 1/2″ Bowl Gouge.
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Here is a Nick Agar style Viking Sunset Bowl that I just finished. 8″ diameter by 2″ tall. I really enjoyed making this piece. My students are also having a good time making these in my “Woodturning Workshop” studio classes.
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I will be retiring from IBM on Aug 31, 2016. After that I should have a lot more time to make blog entries. I have a lot of ideas and pictures ready to go. Stay tuned.
Here are some hollow forms I turned over the winter of 2015/2016. All of the hollow forms were once turned from Cherry or Black Birch logs. I also roughed out 30 bowls and finished turned 15 bowls.
My work was recently featured on page 57 in the “Members’ Gallery” section of the August 2014 issue of “American Woodturner” the Journal of the American Association of Woodturners.
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I am proud to report that my “Craters and Sun” square bowl is 1 of 30 pieces that has been selected by jury for the big Saturday Night Banquet Live Auction at the AAW National Symposium in Phoenix Arizona on June 13th, 2014.
Please bid early and often!
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