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I pen turned from Olive wood - it smells lovely when it's being turned! And a combination corkscrew/bottle stop also made from Olive wood A couple of different Oak pens

My latest attempt at wood turning. A combination corkscrew and bottlestop made with olive wood.

Seeing as it's now December, here is a marble Christmas tree I made at the weekend out of some scrap ply, a few marbles & some battery led lights And here it is lit up

Really enjoyed this series - down to earth bloke who genuinely enjoys what he's doing and manages to convey that. As others have said, the new Fred Dibnah

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you BUREAUCRATISM You...

Hello and welcome from another newbie

Not quite the last thing I made. A carved house number in yew. The yew has a bit of a story behind it. It is a section of Yew that fell in the storms of 1990. I was at forestry college and driving home in my old VW Beetle came across a tree blocking the road. I had my chainsaw with me (as...

Thanks. I just get silly ideas then have to try them out. Trouble is, being an ex-forester/tree surgeon, my idea of subtle when woodworking is using a chainsaw! :roll: :lol: The pyrography is a good way to train my hands and my mind for more delicate work. My basic woodworking is still a bit...

Finally I'm learning how to turn pens. Left is Yew, Middle is Walnut, Right is cherry

Then there's wooden garden projects - here's some rough fencing timber made into a marble fence, with glass marbles inset for colour Following on from that idea, I made a simple box out of the same rough timber - lightly sanded and lime washed. with marbles inset and a light inside And...

Then I like a bit of carving A chunk of lime made into a sun wall hanging

So.........I tend to jump from one project to the next. I love pyrography. Heres some examples of my work A Green Man chopping board a portrait of my kids

So......when I'm not doing wood burning or turning I can usually be found under my camper - trying to keep it on the road. It's my daily driver, so it takes a bit of work. It's a 1975 VW camper. It was shipped in from Mexico by the last owner, so it fairly solid underneath. But the mechanics...

The only use I know for holly wood is as a base for a blacksmiths anvil. I used to work as a tree surgeon and had a couple of farriers/blacksmiths ask me to look out for large rings of holly. As holly doesn't grow really big or fast, it was like gold dust to them .apparently if it's big enough...

Eek. That looks nasty. Winter has arrived at last then.

Hello everyone. I'm new here. Thought I'd be polite (first time for everything :wink: ) and say hello. I love anything wooden. I used to work in forestry/tree surgery until I bust my shoulder too badly and had to get an office job :( I'll try to turn my hand to most things - with varying...