DanM
Ypsilanti , MI, US
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Im a retired university professor; Ive been woodworking for many years, but finally get to spend more time on it. Im fiddling with segmented wood turning now; pretty complicated stuff, but interesting. I also do a fair amount of volunteer work (with a land conservancy), and enjoy cooking, photography, and gardening. Im working on a book on the history and culture of garden plants. (Most ordinary garden flowers are, or have been, medicinal plants, some for thousands of years). Im also trying to sort out microphotography to get some unusual pics for the book (pollen, flower parts, etc.)
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Turned ash burl fruit bowl.
This burl came from the base of a 12" diameter ash tree, killed by the Asian emerald ash borer. It is a fruit bowl because of the void. It was…
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Shaker table from FWW
This shaker table was described in FWW early in 2014. I made this version of it with urban wood (cherry), with a book matched top. Very lightly finished with two…
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1810 shaker table
This little Shaker table, original made in 1810, was described in a recent FWW by Chris Becksvoort. Plans were available. I got some recycled cherry from John's Urban Timber nearby,…
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Small turnings are lots of fun.
Two small turnings. The vase on the left, about 5" tall, is made of elm crotch, given a light cherry stain, then polished and waxed. On this piece, reversed several…
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Crosscut gauge
This is very handy for cutting a number of crosscuts the same length, using the rip fence safely. The block prevents kickback. It is utterly indispensable for cutting pieces for...
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Golden Mean caliper
The openings at each end of the caliper are in the ratio of 1:1.61, an approximation to the Golden mean which is actually equal to (1 plus the square root…
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My first segmented project, a vase; oak.
My first segmented project, an oak vase.
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Turned gavel and anvil
Turned from three local woods from my property (plus a piece of zebrawood %^) for the Superior Land Conservancy, of which I am Vice Chair. I thought the Chair needed…
Discussion Forum
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Kapex dado?
I want to cut some dados with my Kapex sliding miter saw. The cutting dept limiter works fine, but at less than full depth, the saw doesn't coma down far…
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Need advise on replacing lathe bearings, Nova 3000
After 10 years the bearings are starting to rumble on my old reliable Nova 3000 lathe. Unfortunately, Nova has changed their US support system recently, and lost a lot of…
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Help with sliding miter sawdust
I have a Dewalt 718 chop saw, fitted with a 12" Forrest Chopmaster blade. This is a terrific and powerful saw, but it has one really big problem. It makes,…
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Urban wood, oak this time
Recently at the local recycling center, I found some pretty nice looking kiln-dried "urban lumber." Local guy has taken to cutting local trees (SE Michigan) from under power lines, or…
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Sharpening a skewchigouge
I often use a Beecham Skewchigouge for turning beads, for the initial shaping of a captive ring, etc. But I have a devil of a time sharpening it. Any advise?…
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Mahogany finish
I'm restoring an old side chair (ca 1900?) with one broken and one missing stretcher, and one broken leg. (Some BIG guy with too much to drink sat down really…
