Bracelet Helpers

These are called Bracelet helpers. The little alligator clips can be used to hold one side of the bracelet while you use the other hand to clip it together. These are for another lady at my work for her family at Christmas. These are not wood, but an acrylic. Not as fun to work with on the lathe, but that look great!

Back Scratcher

A co-worker wanted me to make her a back scratcher for her to give to her father for Christmas. Wood is Cherry. When I showed it to Sabrina's family, they all tried it out and said that I would probably not be getting it back. I had to tell them it is already sold so they could not have it! It is about 14" long.

3 New Pens

Here are three new pens I have made. Two are made from Putumuju, the third is Purple Heart. I like the Purple Heart the best!

C&T Goblet

On the forum I follow at http://www.woodturnersresource.com/ those who manage this forum issue a chalenge and trade every once in a while. The latest challenge was to make a goblet and embelish it somehow. How to embelish our own goblet was up to the individual wood turner. I decided to use various types of wood and created what is pictured below. Made (from top to bottom) Walnut, Butternut, Walnut, Maple, Walnut. It is about 6" X 2 13/16".

Two More Pens

I made these two pens last weekend. I made the blue and black one for a lady at work. The wood one is made from Bocote (from Brazil). The quality of the pic's are not that great, I'm not sure why.

Freedom Pens!

I met a gentleman online that is collecting pens to send to our troops currently at war. I know it is not a lot, but it is my little way of doing something for them. Apparently they really need pens and love seeing the ones made by pen turners. These three pens are going to be shipped out today. All are made from American Black Walnut.

Green Pen/Knife Set

One of my co-workers is purchasing some items from me to give to her boyfriend on Christmas. This pen/knife set is one thing that she is going to be getting. She is also buying a duck call and goose call (her boyfriend is a hunter, can you tell). Anyway, these are not made from wood, but acrylic. It is a pain to work with because you have to be very careful not to get it too hot and melt the blanks. I have not had any big problems like that yet, but I'm sure I will some day.

Knife Closed:

Kife Opened:

Ring Box

Last weekend I got to spend some good time in the shop playing around with some wood that I had been given b0th by my Dad and my Father-in-law. This piece is from a branch of poplar my Father-in-law gave me a couple of weeks ago. When I was looking through some books on woodturning, Sabrina saw a ring box project and mentioned that she would like one of those. So this weekend I played around and made this. The top is not a choclolate chip like my sis-in-law thought at first sight. It is out of a small srap of African Ebony wood. Let me know what you think!

A Couple More

Last weekend I spent some time preparing and turning a few more ornaments. Here are two that I was able to finish.

This ormament is made from hickory. I had some issues glueing up the blanks so that everything matched up because they were not all exactly square, so the diamond does not match up exactly. Not bad looking none the less. My wife really likes this one.

This ornament is my favorite one I have made so far. The wood is Ipe, which looks a lot like walnut. The design came out quite well, and the blanks matched up quite well, better than the one above.

Hickory Ornament!

Last weekend I spent some time getting some wood ready to make some more Christmas ornaments. Unfortunately this is the only one I was able to finish all the way. These take quite some time to make, but they are fun.

Another Pen!

Here is the latest pen I have made. Wood is Cocobolo.

CHEESE!!!

My wife grew up with a wood handled cheese slicer. She says that you can not find them anymore, so I made her one. Wood is Bocote.

Christmas in June!

I have seen many sites on-line that talk about and show how to do what is called inside-out turning. These two ornaments are some of my first projects I have made using this method. I really like how this method of turning creates unique ornaments. I have seen people also do candle sticks and vases using this technique. I will be doing more of these as they are quite fun to make.

A Couple More Pens

These are a couple of more pens I have made recently that I just didn't have time yesterday to post. The top one is made from Bocote wood from South America, and below is made from Kingwood.

SOLD!

A couple of people at my work have seen my pens I have been making and wanted me to sell them some. Below are a few of these pen's, etc., that I have recently made and sold. I have simply put the name of the wood below each item.


Wand made from Tulipwood.

Rapala Lacewood.

Unknown wood. I purchased a bag of Kingwood blanks and this was randomly in with the blanks. Not sure what it is.

Kingwood. I made a matching pencil and sold both as a set.

Father's Day Gifts

I gave this pen to my Dad for Fathers Day. We enjoy golfing together, so I really wanted to give him one with a golf club clip. The wood is Canarywood.
Sorry this picture is fuzzy. This pen was given to my Father-in-Law. My wife wanted to help, so I showed her some basics to turning. She rounded out the blank and burned in the black lines. It was a lot of fun. The wood is Brazilian Rosewood.

My sister-in-law wanted to have me make a pen for her husband for Father's Day. This is a Broker style pen made from African Ebony wood that I made for her.
Last of all for Father's day I made these three viles for Consecrated Oil. I kept one, gave one to my dad and one to my father-in-law. They are made from Olivewood from the Holyland.

Two New Pens

After my wife and I got back from our summer vacation in California I went over to the shop and made a few more pens. This top one is made out of Putumuju wood from Brazil. It turns really easily and finishes well. This pen is made of Cocobolo wood which has a very interesting multi-toned grain. I had way too much fun making this one!

Happy Mother's Day! Revisited

This pen is made out of Tulipwood. I gave it to my Mother-In-Law for Mother's Day. She was quite impressed and excited to get her very own pen. The two-toned grain gives this pen a beautiful look.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all moms! This is a pen I made for my wonderful mother for mother's day. The wood is Pink Ivory, which is becoming one of my favorite woods to turn for pens. It looks so nice when it is polished!

My Wife's Pen

This pen I was really excited to make for my wife. She does a lot with music and when I saw the Clip with the Treble Clef, I had to get it for her pen. The wood is Pink Ivory which shines really well when polished. I put 5 black lines behind the clip in an attempt to make it look like a music staff. She really enjoys her pen.

My First Pen

My good friend Sam and I have talked about wanting to start a woodworking hobby. This year he bought a mini wood lathe and had me over to let me play. We went to Craft Supplies USA here in Utah and bought a couple of pen kits. This pen was my first attempt at making a pen. I had a lot of fun and am now addicted to wood turning.

First Chip Carving

This was my first attempt at Chip Carving. I used x-acto knives, as I do not yet have any actual chip carving knives. This box was a surprise for my wife on Christmas 2007. I added some purple velvet to the inside so she could use it as a jewelry box for the necklace I also got her for Christmas. For not having any training, I was pretty impressed with how it turned out.