Wood lathe
The Wood I use for turning is from fallen trees. I cut the tree into sections, and split that section in half. I try to cut turning blanks and rough cut a bowl before sealing the bowl and setting it aside until it is dry, or seal the blank for later turning. I have a few name brand lathe tools but most of the tools I use are hand made by myself, and handles turned on the lathe.
Right now I have a 24 inch diameter walnut tree to finish cutting up. I have prepared 15 feet of the tree and once I get around to making bowls from this tree, I will have about 15 to 20 bowls ranging from 14 to 20 inches in diameter.
CarveWright Wood working system
In Late November of 2009, I purchased a CarveWright (Craftmans) wood working system. Since then I have been reading everything I can about the machine, and learning the software. I have made a few carvings for relatives and friends, and I have designed a few patterns of my own. The CarveWright will be used more during the summer months than the winter months, or when I have heated the shop. Most evenings I work with the designing software, and hope to have more carving items on this site in the months to come.
I have started an RSS feed for the CarveWright, and hope to get many of the users to give me links to their sites and their work for other to see. If you would like to have your work and or your web site listed on this feed, PM me from the CarveWright forum. Name on the forum is eelamb. The information I need is a title, a short description, and the URL to your site. (no charge)
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Carvewight RSS feed
