Michael Sweet’s amazing totem pole was featured in the woodcarving column in the June 2012 issue of Wood News. He recently updated us on some of his most recent carving work: For Christmas I decided to make a Shogi game for my son. He was stationed in Japan during his stint with the USMC and […]
I need to add a tenon to each end of the curved stretcher. I use my full-scale drawing to find the tenon locations. After marking with a knife, I use a chisel to define a small v-groove to help guide the saw. I used my Bad Axe Toolworks Tenon Saw to define the tenon shoulder. […]
Our chip carving instructor Mickey Hudspeth has won numerous competitions for his exceptional chip carved pieces. At the Smoky Mountain Wood Carving Show in Townsend, TN earlier this month, Mickey added a couple more ribbons to his collection. Here is a picture of Mickey’s table at the show, where his beautiful ornaments were featured. […]
Recently we heard from a customer who had a great experience with Lie-Nielsen and we asked him to recount his story here. Read below for an incredible tale of turning what could have been a very low moment into a great statement about human kindness and compassion. We applaud Lie Nielsen for upholding the very […]
Now that the stretcher is flat, I decided upon the final curve using the grain. I found that bending a thin piece of wood around four nails did the trick. Here you can see the curve following the grain. Back to the bandsaw to remove the waste. The convex section I could clean up with […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, you should check out the October issue of The Highland Woodturner! In his column this month, Curtis Turner offers his strategies for doing woodturning demonstrations for the public. From showing off his spring pole lathe to providing a visual example of what happens to wood when it dries and […]
Seems like this project is all about flattening! Well, when you have pieces larger than your machinery, it’s what happens. I made a quick video about this part of the project. This stretcher has some serious twist to it: the winding sticks tell the story. Back to the usual suspects.