Category Archives: Woodworking

Making Celtic Knot Pen Blanks

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Bill

I have a couple of pens to make. I wanted to make them similar but contrasting, and have always wanted to try making Celtic knot blanks. This was the perfect opportunity.

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Walnut Cutting Board

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Bill

I made this cutting board about 2 1/2 years ago. Well, I FINISHED it 2 1/2 years ago. I started it a year before that. It sat unfinished for a whole year.

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Years ago, shortly after I began pen turning, I discovered that you can have your turned pens laser engraved. I would send them off and they would be returned with my requested text engraved on them. They were always spectacular, … Continue reading →

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Cheap Lathe Tools

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Bill

About 20 years ago, Marisa and I went to a woodworking demo at a nearby woodworking store. At this Demo, many tools were being displayed and demonstrated. Among them, Dick Sing was turning Christmas ornaments on a Jet 1236 lathe. … Continue reading →

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Laser Cutting Garden Stakes

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Bill

Today I’m cutting out some garden stakes on the laser. I’m using LightBurn for the cutting software, and my laser is a Comgrow Comgo Z1 10W LED Laser. I purchased a set of vector graphics of 84 different garden stakes … Continue reading →

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HVLP Spraying

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Bill

I’ve always been interested in spray finishing, whether it’s painting the castle fort, painting our house, or applying finish or paint to woodworking projects. Over the years I’ve tried various systems and solutions, from our first Wagner Power Painter, to a cheap LVLP siphon spray gun from Home Depot, to the Wagner Spraytech FLEXiO 5000 HVLP system. This last one we used to paint our house, and it did an excellent job.

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Tape!

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Bill

We’ve all heard that using painter’s tape to mask off parts for gluing can save a lot of time later on when we are unclamping and cleaning up the squeeze-out. But how many of us actually take the time to … Continue reading →

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Galleries

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Bill

Check out some of our creations!

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Corn Cob Pens

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Bill

Yes, corn cob pens! I’ve made a dozen or so of these over the years, they are very popular around here. We recently brought a bunch of pens in to Legacy Outfitters, a store in Logansport that sells items made by local artists and craftsmen, and several of them sold. One of these was a corn cob pen. The customer who bought it asked if I could make three more. So here they are being made.