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8th June 2024 For Sale, Dave Arnold's Super Cler Ornamental Lathe with Rose Engine a 21st Century Hybrid. Last spring I had borrowed a...

24th Mar 2024  This 3" thick by 24" slab of Arbutus quickly developed a green fuzzy mold a few weeks after being boiled. To kill the mold...

9th Jan 2024 The platform for the router or laminate trimmer is made using a 1" steel post that fits into my banjo. I attached a .250...

3rd Mar 2023 About few years ago we were offered a couple of big old Arbutus trees that were broken off during a winter snow event. ...

5th Nov 2022 This Arbutus (Madrone) Tree was cut down by contractors in July sometime. (They can cut with permission during fire...

Aug 15th 2022 Electronic Thickness Measuring Device When I started turning cowboy hats, I was using a light bulb in a jamb chuck to gage...

17th Apr 2022 Oval Turning Oval turning is an old turning art, which has been practiced in Europe since the 16th century, in order to...

March 1st 2022 Cutting up a root burl. The above tree has been uprooted from high winds; it was located high up on a ridge on Galiano...

Using a Vacuum Kiln to Dry Wood

Boiling wood to prevent cracking