yellow bowl for Linda

This is a 7 1/4 inch by 1 1/2 inch bowl that Linda had me stain yellow.  She is using it in her sewing room to store sewing material.  February 2016

This is a canister I just made in January 2016.   It is 6 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches.  

New Bench Grinder and Elm Bowl

I  bought a new 8 inch Bench Grinder which is especially made for wood turning.  It turns at a slower speed : 1725 and has special Norton Wheels for better sharpening of my chisels.  The bowl is made of elm and is 2 inches by 8 inches and is intended to be given away as a gift.  

Drove to the wood pile in Oakland to get wood turning wood yesterday. Got 4 pieces. Could not drive the car down the road to get it as you can see. There was a hole in the fence on left hand side where there was a sign. Got three pieces through that hole onto a cart and took it to the car. Back hurts. Lots of rain here.

Faberge Eggs

I made two spheres and the stands to go with them.  Richard Raffan my favorite teaching wood turner says that they will crack and they have.  

Spent the afternoon roughing out a large piece of black walnut wood to dry out and become a canister,  This will be the third one I have roughed out recently.  I plan to make four of them.