Someday Is Now

Redwood burl with African Blackwood and copper wire. 

Hollow form is 6.5" in diameter and 6" tall.

Total height is 14 inches. 

Wood Baseballs

Nineteen wood baseballs and one purple ball. 

The baseballs are all around 2 7/8" in diameter. 

The seams and stitching 

were created using pyrography.

Captured Golf Balls

I know many other people have done this with square blocks of wood. 

However, I have never seen it done in the round using a lathe. 

Therefore, I thought I would take a shot at it.

After several R&D tests and

the typical learning curve, there was success.

Each is made from one piece of Hard Maple turned on the lathe.

A small router mounted on the lathe with a 1/4" cutter

is used to make the openings. 

The balls were inserted using woodturner's magic

followed by the finishing process.

MSWG Demo

I spent a week or so reclaiming my shop

and preparing for a demo for the 

Mid-South Woodturners Guild.

Setting up my demo gear this way

made it very easy to move the items

from my car to the meeting room and back.

(yes, everything fit in my Honda sedan)

pieces to be used during the demo

My demo topic was reciprocating carving.

Thanks to Mike Maffitt for these two action shots

taken during the demo itself.

These were my finished samples

Two sets of double-ended candlesticks.

One end holds tapers and the other end holds tea lights.

My signature wrinkle carving was done 

using a 70-degree V gouge.

The candlesticks measure 4" tall.