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I have been out of the shop and away from the forum for a while, mainly due to work but also a trip we took to Canada a few weeks ago. While in the Calgary area we came across several 19th century buildings with timber walls constructed with striking compound dovetails that I thought might be of int...

Or in this case, "sic transit gloria fungi".

Exactly. I prepared a square of maple, cut it in half, and glued it back together with a walnut strip in the middle. After it dried I cut it in half again (at 90 degrees) and glued the second walnut strip between those pieces. Then cut the circle out on the band saw. BTW, my biggest problem with the...

That's a nice box and a beautiful bowl. Thanks for the pix!

Not of that one, but here is a second blank I haven't turned yet. This one has walnut as the secondary wood rather than padauk.

charlese wrote:
One project I have made from an apple branch was a small box to hold any type of jewelry or junk.

If you wouldn't mind sharing a photo (or a link if you've already posted it), I would be interested to see your apple branch box. Thx!

And here are the first two projects: a tealight holder and a cheese board. Tealight holder.jpg Cheese board.jpg In addition to using my 510 in table saw and drill press mode, I used my Shopsmith OPR to shape the foot of the tealight holder. The grain is more interesting than I had expected. The teal...

Back in July 2015 a long-dead dogwood tree finally toppled over in our yard. There is an old thread in the Community section where I asked for project ideas. I cut the trunk up into sections and let them sit until this past November, when I re-sawed them into boards of various lengths and widths. (S...

swampgator wrote:Really nice job for a first time and combining woods.

Curious as to the gouges you used.

Steve, the old swampgator

Thanks, Steve. The bulk of the work was done with carbide tools from Eddie Castelin, with a radius square or round cutter as the situation dictated.

Thanks for all the kind comments! It is definitely addicting. Also a bit daunting, especially the first time around. I was fortunate to notice a weak joint while seating it on the chuck before hollowing. Re-glued it and took some additional precautions, and it (and I) survived. To Paul's question: t...