To Everything, Turn…Turn…Turn
Alan's Turning Log – Adventures in Wood Turning
Category: Wood Matters
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My boss was presented a Pipe Banner at the Training Centre he commanded and he has had it hanging on a dowel in a flag holder in his office while he has been going back and forth in the summers. Now that he has relinquished command, it is ready for a more permanent display. Last…
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Here are few photos of the end result of what I have dubbed the “Lazy S” Design segmented pen. Then I have placed a photo or two of both of the recent segmented pens together. Which is your favourite? And here is a short video. Finally, the pens together.
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You might call this a companion to the last pen posted last week. I had seen a different segmented pen design on a forum a little while ago and Mack C posted a couple of pictures on how he created the design. I decided that, after the knot design, this would be the next one…
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Since the debacle yesterday where I caught the gouge and blew out the blank at the knot, I decided to try again right away. I did a couple of things differently. First, I set up a stop block on my mitre guage on my bladerunner and, before I made a cut, I inserted a saw…
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Quite some time ago, I tried my hand at creating a “knot” design in a block of wood. I was limited back then because I was trying to make the cuts in the blank with a handsaw. My cover picture is the result of that trial. It turned out reasonably well, but the “strands” in…
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One of my colleagues from work asked me to fabricate a display stand for a presentation Ice Axe that he wanted to display. Another colleague has a similar stand that I used for a model and so made a departure from round wood for a bit to make this. I was able to use my…
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I was the Master of Ceremonies for the Change of Command parade at work this past week. One of the customs of the ceremony is that the outgoing Commanding Officer (CO) and the incoming CO each sign a certificate signifying the handover and then the Presiding officer signs. For these ceremonies, we always have 3…
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Last weekend, I grabbed a short piece of birch from our wood pile and threw it on the lathe. I wanted to see how it turned when it was off-balance. I didn’t try and find the centres, I just kind of eyeballed it. Well, it turned down pretty well, but I had to take an…
To Everything, Turn...Turn...Turn 