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ash bowl top view

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:20:52 +0000

by: Don Andrews

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Ash bowl

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:19:07 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: I made this ash bowl for the friend that was the best man at my wedding back in 1984. Finished with 2 coats of Minwax antique oil then bealle buffed.

"Rookie" beer mug

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:44:39 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Hard Maple pyrographed, and finished with 8 coats of Taget coatings EM2000, this won me a first place ribbon at the year end club competition.

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baseball bottle topper

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:29:46 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: I was playing around with my Razor-tip pyrography unit and made this for a friend for her birthday, as she is a big baseball fan. I have since purchased a smaller tip hand-piece to (hopefully)improve the writing. The wood is crabb apple, finished with beall buff wax.

spalted Birtch bowl

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:05:44 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Made from spalted Birch a friend a fellow turner donated to me. Currently has a wax only finish. I got a little crazy filling in the bug tunnels and added glitter to the epoxy!

spalted Birtch bowl

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:58:36 +0000

"Vortex" side view

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:39:08 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Cedar bowl finished with Minwax antique oil Don

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"Vortex"

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:36:57 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Cedar bowl 3" tall 6" dia This is the thinnest thin I have turned (that stayed intact that is!) It tips the scale at 90 grams. It started out with a totally different shape and I didn't like it, so I reworked it, along the way it gave me it's title. This is my first piece with a title. Don

bud vase

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:24:34 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Bud vase turned from black locust. 5.5" tall 2.5" Dia. finished with Minwax antique oil. Stainless steel insert from Lee Valley.

Oak platter

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:19 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: I tested the limits of my lathe with this 17 inch diameter platter. The Oak crotch developed a stress crack as soon as I started roughing it out, so I marked the faceplate position carefully then removed it. In the same area as the faceplate had been, I screwed on a piece of MDF about 18" square then raised the radial arm saw to cut the Oak but not the MDF, cut out the cracked area and glued in the Mahogany accent stripe. Then remounted the face plate and finished turning. The pores of the Oak have been filled with black tinted pore filler, then 8 coats of Minwax antique oil finish. Don

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Oak platter with Mahogany inlay

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:19:23 +0000

mushroom box

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:13:56 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: hollowed box with tight fitting lid. among the other mushrooms on the mantle, this one could hold a roll of paper money, hidden in plain sight!

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mushroom box

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:09:31 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: spalted maple mushroom box finished with antique oil

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Harry Potter's wands

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:26:45 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Harry Potter's magic wands. Both from Maple with antique oil finish. The one with the coloured handle I used a knurling tool to texture the handle, this gave it a nice feel I am going to start using this on tool handles. I added the colouring to make the knurling more visable but that part didn't really work. I have made five so far, the first one my eight year old made his own, then he got the next two for his two best friends!

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goblet

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:59:25 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: top view

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1 st goblet

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:58:16 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: My first attempt at a goblet. Made of Maple (so far my favorite wood to turn) Two coats of Minwax antique oil to give the wood a little of that golden colour then 8 coats of Target coatings EM2000 gloss water base for a durable finish. Fred Klapp did a demo at our club in March 2009 and demonstrated this finish, he had been using the wine goblet he turned for several years and the finish had proved impervious. I turned this for my sister visiting home from the Vancouver area.

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Maple bowl

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:37:36 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: side view

Maple bowl

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:36:17 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Maple bowl 7 1/4" Dia. 3 1/2 deep. Finish is 5 coats of Minwax antique oil. This was rough turned and wrapped in newspaper for about 3 months.

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winged box

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:30:46 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: oblique view

winged box

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:26:31 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: This is my first attempt at a Bob Hamilton style winged box. My thanks to Bob for his excellent instruction video. The body and finial is made of Black Locust, the lid is Walnut. Finish is 3 coats of Minwax Antique oil, then after a week of drying 5 coats of Target Coatings EM2000 water based finish.

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Black Locust candy plate second view

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:37:03 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Black Locust candy plate second view

Black Locust candy plate

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:36:18 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: This end grain plate was turned green knowing that it would crack. This wood seems to crack almost as fast as you can carry it in from cutting it! I turned it immediately, it's a very hard wood, dulls tools very quickly even green. It was allowed to dry (and crack)for about a month till the weight stabilized. Then I filled the cracks with epoxy mixed with contrasting colour earth pigment. Then returned sanded and finished with 2 coats Minwax antique oil, allowed to cure for a week then 3 coats of Target coatings EM2000WVX for a hard glossy food safe finish. Don

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Oak Fruit bowl second view

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:25:38 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Oak Fruit bowl second view. This is the largest bowl I have turned so far. Don

Oak Fruit bowl

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:23:16 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Oak fruit bowl is intended for use not just display. 10" Dia. 3.75" tall. 3/16ths thick at rim. A bark inclusion on side was cleaned out and filed with brass shavings, some hairline cracks filed with thin CA. Finished with six coats of Target Coatings EM2000WVX waterborne alkyd varnish, gloss

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English Flageolet

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:12:08 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Made from Walnut, with a Maple fipple, length 13 3/32, it works too, not that I can play.

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figured maple bowl

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:48:17 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Spalting has a distinct green tinge to it. I would have liked to hollow it more than it is, but I was pushing the limits of the tools that I have. Next I need to make a Oland tool with offset cutter. Don

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figured maple bowl

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:43:41 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: figured maple bowl 4.5" diameter, 2.25" tall, finished with 3 coats of Minwax antique oil then waxed

Black locust bowl

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:39:12 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: bottom view

Black locust bowl

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:37:09 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: Black locust bowl, 5" diameter, 3" tall, finish is 3 coats minwax antique oil then waxed.

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spalted Maple dish

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:27 +0000

by: Don Andrews

spalted Maple dish

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:57:25 +0000

by: Don Andrews

Description}: This is my best best bowl to date! 7.5" Dia. 2.5" deep

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