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What doesn’t find a home anywhere else, ends up here.

Spinning away…

At the last meeting of the West Midlands Wood Turners, the club secretary told me he’d been contacted by a silver smith who was in need of some turned items, and whether I’d be willing to give it a shot. … Continue reading

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Dang!

I haven’t posted much for the last month, mostly because I was very busy making things. Mostly boxes, in preparation for another round of the chairman’s challenge at the West Midlands Woodturners. The theme for this month was “a lidded … Continue reading

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The wash basin

The other day I got some odd pieces from my tree surgeon. A few of them were hard maple, with quite a bit of curling and quilting going on. They were all dry as bones, as he had them in … Continue reading

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Tuition

After watching a lot of videos on youtube, and trying out lots of techniques on my own, I have finally come to the conclusion that I needed some professional advice. There a few things that I tried and they went … Continue reading

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I am not a club kind of person …

Well, there, I said it. I have said it many times before and now I have gone and done the ugly. I have joined not just one but two wood turning clubs in my area: the Black Country Wood Turners … Continue reading

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