Recently I purchased a cyclone kit for my shop vac. Having burned out 1 motor on my shop vac and spending way too much time cleaning filters (or money replacing them), this seemed like a good investment. I read a couple of reviews, watched an excellent one at http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/cyclone-separator-shootout/ , and decided on The Dust Deputy […]
A couple of tops
This month’s CCW demonstrator was Ron Brown. He demonstrated making several items for us, including a scoop, instructions on spatualas, an acorn, and a top. With the North Georgia Folk Festival coming up in a few weeks, I decided it would be a good time to get some practice making tops. They can be easy […]
Another Steampunk Pen
This is my second attempt at a Steampunk themed pen, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. This time I used a black chrome Wall Street II mechanism that matches the paint that I used for the pen tube. I attached 8 watch gears of various sizes to the tube before casting in […]
Southern States Symposium, 1st session
The first session is getting off to a bit of a rough start. The sound system is not working in one of the 5 rooms — the one I’m in. Carole Floate is giving an interesting presentation on ‘marbling’ wood. Luckily, she said that she will email us instructions. I look forward to giving this […]
A Custom Set
Work has started on a special order for a friend… Update Tuesday night: I’m getting closer to finishing… Update Wednesday night: Ready for delivery!
Southern States XII Woodturning Symposium
The Southern States Symposium for 2012 will be held April 27, 28, and 29th at the Georgia Mountains Conference Center in Gainesville, GA. This is a great opportunity to see some very talented demonstrators. More information can be found at http://www.southernstatessymposium.org/
Pics of recently posted items
Earlier this month I posted a few new items on my Etsy shop. Here are a few pics. For more pics, as well as some other items, please visit the shop. Feedback is welcome! Enjoy!
Woodturning and More Picnic at Don Russell’s Farm
From an email I received about an upcoming event… — Just The Facts — Don Russell’s Woodturning & More Picnic Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Hours: 9am to 3pm Saturday Don Russell’s Farm 2025 Gum Creek Road Oxford, Ga. 30054 (near Covington, Ga.) in Newton County. Contacts are Tom Jeanes (770)670-8985 , tjeanes@charter.net or Ron Brown […]
CCW Club Website
As 2011’s webmaster for the Classic City Woodturners, I have completed my initial rollout of the new website. Go take a peek at it, and if you live in the Athens area, come join us at one of our monthly meetings!
After Thanksgiving Sale 2010
Hey, folks, since I got the online store up and running in time for Thanksgiving, I figured that I may as well have a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale. Click on the Store link and use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2010 during checkout for 10% off your order — or ‘Like’ WoodturningBlog on Facebook and […]