Publicity
A bit of a tidy-up
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had three postponements of tuition sessions, mainly down to the weather, so I’ve taken the opportunity to have a good clear out of my timber stock. I inevitably Read more…
Publications
Moral Compass!
My latest article for “Woodturning” magazine takes me into something I’ve not tried before. In fact, I’ve often looked at the pivot points of tools like pliers and wire cutters, and wondered how on earth Read more…
Exhibitions
Time on my hands!
Since lockdown eased sufficiently for my woodturning tuition sessions to recommence, things have been rather busy and I’ve had to restrict the sessions to two per week; although it must be said that I’ve given Read more…
Marketing
Welsh Treasures
Those who know me will certainly know that I am far from comfortable with internet-based marketing, beyond keeping my web-site, Facebook and Instagram pages running, so when I was contacted by “Welsh Treasures”, with a Read more…
Woodturning
Well, that was a bind!
I was tidying-up my dry wood store a month or so ago and there was a big lump of dry ash in there, getting in the way, so I did the best thing possible to Read more…
mainteance
Top Slice
When sawmills convert logs into planks, whether those mills are huge industrial sites or small, portable mills, the first thing they have to do to each log is to mount it onto a carriage or Read more…
Commissions
One of those jobs!
“For as long as I live, I will never make a chess set!”, I once said, and when I said it, I meant it. However, several months ago I actually fancied having a go at Read more…
Publications
Cone Vessel
This month, for my article for Woodturning magazine I was supposed to be writing about steam-bending timber, but I made a last minute substitution and wrote about something far more intriguing! Several thousand years ago Read more…
Woodturning
Bowled over!
Lots of bowls being turned recently. Sally and I have been working on the garden again and one of the log stores, for dry firewood, had a few interesting lumps of timber in it, so Read more…
Woodturning
A blog about a log!
A few weeks ago, when I was on duty at our local gallery, the gentleman who does all the picture framing for us asked me if I wanted a piece of cherry-wood……I didn’t have to Read more…