Yesterday I received a new 3m Versaflo M300 respirator.  For years I have been inhaling wood sanding, dust while preparing pieces of wood on my lathe and other wood projects I would make.  This is a self-contained respirator with a very good 3m filter.  I tried it on yesterday and it is terrific.  My glasses do not steam when I wear it and it should be a pleasure to wear while doing my wood projects. 

I just finished a London plane 11 by 1 1/4 inch plate an a birch 6 by 8 1/2 inch vase.  Linda wanted the vase in blue. 

I just finished these three boxes.  Linda wanted them green.  They are labor intensive.  May 24, 2016.

The bowl is made from American Maple wood.  It is 9 inches by 7 inches.  The wood was like steel to cut and I had thrown it into the garbage twice and each time retrieved it.  Linda for some reason wanted it and liked it.  The platter stand was made from a picture I saw in the American Wood Turners magazine, February issue.  It works.

I made two finials to go on top of Linda’s lamp. One ended up being too large and now is an ornament onto itself. The smaller one is now in use. Linda did a very good job of painting the latter one. She combined colors. The lamp shade is very important to Linda that goes with this finial. linda’s Brother now deceased make the lamp shade. He also was a very talented artist that worked with many mediums.

These are two bowls I just made from dry wood.  Working with dry wood takes a lot longer to turn then from wet wood (newly cut tree).  The one with the thin rim is made from locust wood.  The locust bowl is 7 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches and the other bowl is 9 inches by 4 1/2 inches.