Gary Bingham I made 5 wine stoppers and also the bases for the stoppers to be stored in. The bases were the most challenging to make. The bases are different types of wood glued together and turned. Linda's plate is a piece of maple which Linda hand drew the writing in and I burned into the wood. The plate is 7 1/2 wide. The stoppers are made from bocote, bubinga, paduak, zebrawood and cocobola woods.

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.