Turning
Wood Is Like An
All-You-Can-Eat
Buffet
There is a seemingly
endless variety to choose from. Some you know instantly you want, some
quite the opposite. There are others you might want to sample first
before digging in. There is something for everyone's taste in the world
of woodturning.
General Categories:
Dried wood,
wet/green wood, branch wood, wood from trees brought down by storms,
projects using glued segments, wood suitable for spindles (grain runs
parallel to the lathe bed), bowl orientation (grain is perpendicular to
the lathe bed), hybrid wood and resin, structural projects (columns,
posts, balusters, etc.), furniture parts (legs, stretchers, stool
seats, etc.), projects using kits (pens, seam rippers, bottle stoppers,
pepper mills, etc.)
Within each general
category, there are several sub-categories. Most folks never venture
beyond 3 or 4; a few will try 5 to 7, then usually return to the
category they are most comfortable with and know the most about.
Here are a few items
for your consideration:
Bowls, vases,
platters, goblets, pepper mills, candle holders, pens, bottle stoppers,
Christmas ornaments, spindles, rolling pins, tool handles, jewelry
boxes, decorative eggs, mortar and pestle, egg cups, honey dippers,
spurtles, garden dibbers, mushrooms, finials, drawer pulls, bracelets,
desk organizers, cake stands, salt cellars, lazy susans,
mallets, yo-yos, coasters, napkin rings, birdhouses, chess pieces,
plant stands, picture frames, serving spoons, tealight holders, fruit
bowls, urns, platters with inlays, sculptures, toys, tea kettles,
coffee scoops, trays, jewelry trees, herb grinders, clocks, letter
openers, spinning tops, furniture legs, balusters, posts and columns,
segmented urns, vases, basket weave illusion plates, vases, and bowls.
That should get you started. How many have you done? What are your
favorite 3?
Each different kind
of project will teach you new skills to add
to your tool chest of knowledge. Remember that wherever you go, there
you are. Here is my inspiration for this week's message:
(Ps 104:24 [AMP]) O
Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them
all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.
(Eph 3:10 [HCSB])
This is so God's multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the
church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
(2Tim 2:20 [NIV2])
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but
also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for
common use. |
