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Woodturning Workshop Season Two Episodes

 

201 Nuts

Has Tim gone nuts?  This week he has! In this episode of Woodturning Workshop Tim shows you how to turn a giant ivory palm nut into a beautiful natural edge vessel. You’ll also see some great pieces of ‘nut work’ from other extraordinary turners as well as some of Tim’s past turnings.

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202 Duck and Turkey Calls

Feathered friends beware this week on the Woodturning Workshop. Tim shows you how to make a couple of collectible game calls for those hunters in your life. Also, you’ll get to meet game call expert Floyd Hudson to gain insight into how the calls are used during the hunt.

 

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 203 Staved Vessel #1

Tim visits the shop of ‘genius of the jig’ Bob Fulton, easily one of the most creative turners around. Bob shows Tim how to make one of his signature staved vessels. It’s a complicated process, but Bob breaks it down step by step. You will be amazed at his insight, approach and techniques in tackling such a huge project. This is the first part of a two part series.

 

204 Staved Vessel #2

It’s back to the shop for our final episode on how to create a
staved vessel. Bob Fulton sends Tim on his way to finish up the project they started. Now it’s time to turn! Watch as Tim demonstrates the turning techniques needed to complete this unique and complicated project.

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205 Relief turning

The first half of the show, Tim transforms a block of spalted sycamore into a unique paperweight. This project is nearly impossible to describe, you’ll have to see it to believe it. Then for the second half of the show, Tim visits the studio of professional photographer and wood turner Bob Hawks, where Bob will show you how to photograph your turnings.

 

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206 Spheres:

A simple sphere is one of the most challenging designs for almost any woodturner. ‘Close enough’ does not cut it (pun intended) when making one of these elegant objects. Accuracy is of the utmost importance along with a light touch. Tim recruits one of Woodturning Workshops good friends and master woodturner Oren Zehner to help explain the process involved in making the world go round.

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207 Chess Set

Checkmate! …is what Tim always hears from his opponents! He may not be the best chess player around, but he wants to ‘turn’ things around on this episode of Woodturning Workshop. Learn the step by step process on how to design and turn an heirloom quality chess set using Cocobolo and Canary Wood. Then watch Tim breaks in his new chess set against a new opponent on his skill level, or so he thinks...

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208 Forrest Heritage Center

Woodturning Workshop travels to the Masters at Work woodturning competition at the Forrest Heritage Center in Broken Bow Oklahoma. You will meet some of the best turners in the region as they begin to create pieces for the show.  Experience an incredible display of woodturnings as Tim takes you on a tour of the Center’s permanent collection.

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209 Snowwoman

Winter is coming, the snow is falling and somewhere a wooden snowman sits alone on the mantle. Tim to the rescue! On this episode of Woodturning Workshop Tim turns his snowman a companion…a snowwoman.

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210 Wood Grain Patterns

Get your chainsaw ready on this episode of Woodturning Workshop as Tim visits with master woodturner Wayne Furr.  Wayne’s use of wood grain patterns in his work will make you think twice before making that first cut. You will also get to see a great tool, a bowl coring system, in action.

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211 Vacuum pump/Natural edge bowl

In this episode Tim visits with his good friend and master woodturner Larry Elizondo to learn about a different way to hold your work on the lathe…with a vacuum chuck. Larry shows how using the vacuum can help you make a beautiful natural edge bowl. As an added bonus he gives us a tour of his new shop and explains the decisions behind its design.

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 212 Elevated Platter

Tim takes the lowly platter and elevates it to new heights. He creates a unique and beautiful two tiered platter from curly maple. This is a great project involving spindle and bowl turning skills along with several different mounting techniques.

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                                                                 213 Pepper Mill and Coffee Mug Kits       Why use a kit? Why not? Everyone has those days where the creative juices have dried up. Tim is having one of those days, so he visits a local woodturning store to get a few ideas and picks up a couple of kits to bring back to the shop.

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