My Favourite Woodturning

I think my favourite Woodturning is Roughing out Bowls these are a mix of Ash Sycamore and Oak 36 from about 14/15" not a bad mornings work but I have had enough now I used to be able to do this all day .Must be getting old
Still plenty left to do another day.

Richard and Alex

I was very apprehensive about teaching today as I am recovering from a very heavy bout of Man flu but I need not have worried because my Students today Richard and Alex were a delight too teach.
I really was not looking forward to today the workshop is in a disgusting mess because I have not felt well enough to clean it properly after my last Students.I also have a massive pile of Blanks on the floor that I have  not been able to find the time to rough out.
I said my apologies for the state of the workshop but they assured me the did not mind.
Although I felt very weak and a bit tired as I have not been sleeping well I soon got into teaching mode and we had a very nice relaxed day.
Richards Wife Sally treated Richard to a days woodturning as a Christmas gift and their son Alex treated himself.
Alex is only seventeen so it is good to see a young person taking and interest in Craft.

Alex was telling me about a coffee table he made for Collage so I thought it would be nice to include a picture of it here.
It is made from upcycled Cheese Box's. 

Today Richard turned a very nice Sycamore Bowl with a Textured and coloured rim and Alex turned a very nice Beech Bowl with a lot of figuring.
They did very well.

Nick and Phil

My Students today were best mates Nick and Phil .
They were treated to a days Woodturning tuition by their Wifes.
They were great company and we had a realy good day.
Bothe took to Bowl turning and were easy to teach.
As you can see they both turned very nice Beech Bowls.

Reg and Paul

Today my Students were Reg and Paul ,Reg on the left of the picture and Paul on the right.
Reg is my Grandaudhter Ali's partner of  9 years so he is part of the Family and this was his Christmas present from Susan and I.
Paul is a regular and has been coming here for probably a couple of years.
Both were good company and very easy to teach which made it an easy day for me.
Reg turned a nice Oak bowl with a scorched painted and wax coloured  rim
Paul chose a Sycamore bowl with a very nice coloured wide rim

Oak Ash and Sycamore

Yesterday my Son Mark and I picked up a load of Ash and Sycamore to go with the Oak that I cut up last week.I have got over 80 round Blanks from the Ash and Sycamore from 17" down.
This gives me over 200 Bowl blanks to rough out.
I probably have well over a thousand blanks now with the ones already in store.

Kiln dried Oak

Very busy yesterday cutting up a load of Kiln dried Oak that I bought recently.
This was all from off cuts from a firm who make wood framed buildings.I wont say what I gave for it and make you all jealous.
119 round blanks from 20" down
26 Spindle blanks

Mike and Caroline

My first Students of the new year Mike and Caroline .
Today was Mike's Birthday present from Caroline his Birthday was in November so I expect it is a Birthday and Christmas present.
Caroline decides to come along and keep Mike company and I am pleased she did like Mike she was great company.
They were a real delight and easy to teach which made the first of the new year easy for me.
Mike turned a very nice Sycamore Bowl with a curved rim and Caroline turned a very nice Sycamore Bowl with a textured and coloured rim.

Thank you bothe for making life easy for me today