Category Archives: Woodturning

Small Kit Projects

November 24, 2013Woodturningadmin

Small project time… here is a pair of mini-magnifiers… the wood is a laminated product called Dymalux, in Cranberry. It polishes up very nicely, like an acrylic, but behaves more like a very even-grained wood when turning. I’ll be trying more of this. It’s similar to Spectraply, but a little denser, I think.

Here are a couple of couples of seam rippers. A couple in walnut and a couple in padauk.

These are double-ended seam rippers, for those who sew and are not perfect. There is a large and a small blade, and each can be turned around to store the blade inside the tube.

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Bubingapalooza

April 20, 2013All, Woodturningadmin

This is a small spice grinder, the last of the kits I got a while back. Saving this one for me, I think. I changed the shape a little from the other ones, seems to work for my hand. It’s made from some of my dwindling stock of figured bubinga, with a holly stripe.

I didn’t want to waste any of that lovely figured bubinga, so with offcuts from preparing the blank for the bubinga spice grinder, I made these teeny tiny bubinga bowls. I like to say “bubinga”.

Lacewood Grinders

April 3, 2013All, Woodturningadmin

Lacewood Grinders, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

I made a couple more of those grinders from a while back, this time in lacewood with a creamy maple filling.

Two Tiny Treens and a Tooney

January 8, 2013All, Woodturningadmin

This is a pair of small woodturnings, called treens by some (particularly by Beall Tool Co., the maker of the Treen Mandrel System which I used to turn these.)

A Canadian two-dollar coin, a tooney, is included for scale. And in fact they’d be good for collecting your toonies and other loose change.

Rolling Pins

September 23, 2012All, Woodturningadmin

Rolling Pins, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

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This is a pair of small rolling pins made from hard maple with prominent zebrawood accents. I made these as a custom order — the dimensions are as per the customer’s specs, about 10 inches long by about 2 inches diameter for the larger one, a bit less for the smaller one. The tapered one is a so-called "French rolling pin". Both are intended to be used one-handed.

Two Scoops and a Box

July 29, 2012All, Boxes, Woodturningadmin

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Two Scoops

When life hands you a heat wave… Here’s a pair of ice cream scoops I just made. The wood is Pau Ferro, the scoop is “platinum gold with gunmetal accents.”

Zebrawood Bubinga Walnut Jewelry Box

This is the same box I posted a while ago, except I’ve gone ahead and made it into an actual jewelry box (added the upper tray, the dividers and the blue flocking.)

Cheese Plane and Board

February 20, 2012All, Woodturningadmin

Recently I made a couple of Cheese Boards, and then I discovered I had one kit left for a Cheese Plane, so I thought I should get to it. The wood on the Cheese Plane is called Pau Ferro.

Keyring Whistles with Secret Compartment

March 7, 2011All, Woodturningadmin

Keyring Whistles with Secret Compartment, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

I made these from walnut for a simple look. The compartment is about the right size for a rolled-up $20 bill. Or a $100 bill if you’re that blessed…

Magnifying Glasses

March 5, 2011All, Woodturningadmin

Magnifying Glasses, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

A couple of magnifiers, made from a wood called Pau Ferro, which is kind of a more interesting walnut.

Five Wine Stoppers

November 24, 2010All, Woodturningadmin

Five Wine Stoppers, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Another smart shopper allowed me to make these bottle stoppers in plenty of time for her holiday gift list. The three on the left are made from Pau Ferro, and the two on the right are Padauk. These are two of my favourite woods to work with. I also enjoy James Woods, but not so much Tiger Woods, though I’ve never actually worked with either of them.