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Inspired by Mike Waldt's little lidded box on YouTube I dug out a piece of ash and a tiny bit of walnut this evening and am happy with the result. The club member who demonstrated to the club this week handed around a demonstration bowl he'd been given by Dale Nish so this is trying to have a...

We're drowning in mediocre bowls so some of them had to go. They went rather prettily and have left some space in the house for me to make more - hopefully slightly less mediocre. I'd heartily recommend culling rubbish turnings by fire :-)

I started looking for a lathe a couple of years ago just because I'd seen a tiny turned nutmeg box/grater and decided I wanted to make one for my partner. I haven't quite reached the nutmeg grater stage just yet but just before Christmas I tried an acorn sewing kit and was pretty pleased with...

In a bid to make a Christmas present for my partner's son - a drummer - I decided to try making drum sticks. I didn't have much wood which was both dry and long enough. What I did have was a 4" square piece of oak three feet long. I ripped it into three one way and three the other with the chain...

After the Autumn Challenge I mentioned my dread of trying to duplicate a design, partly because I thought my goblet would look nice with a partner and partly because the next challenge is a pair of candle sticks. Chas suggested it might end up less difficult than I thought. I haven't tried...

Last night's effort - a bit of ash turned into some kind of oriental-hat style box! There's a bit of thickness on the bottom which makes it a little heavy so the question is - should the bead stay or go and if it goes should I take five or six mill off the bottom to make the box lighter in the...

This year at Woodworks in Daventry I picked up a few unhandled Ashley Isles tools. I already had a couple of pairs of thread chasers which needed handles so I've been knocking out handles here and there ever since. I finished one in ash yesterday so thought I'd take a picture of some of them...

In response to Dalboy's suggestion that people might post a few more pics of turnings here's one I finished a couple of weeks ago. I made a tiny (1" high) cake stand a little while ago so I felt I should do a proper sized one too. This is Sweet Chestnut which was felled about seven years ago...

I've been meaning to make a cake stand for absolutely ages but not found the time. At our club a few weeks ago someone asked if it was possible to make one out of a single piece of wood. As you can see, in some circumstances the answer is yes! I made a set of dinner plates while I was at it. The...

Hi Folks, I'm Ian in Northampton, I've been turning for a year and I enjoy turning local timber from the nature reserves where I work. I'm making bowls and platters as well as spindle-turning little boxes and tool handles. Lots of chunky out-of-balance pieces of tree go straight from the...