Today I hardly saw the lathe till evening. I spent the morning with out oldest loading firewood at the dump, then we came home, unloaded it, and split it all…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
Today A Whistle
This afternoon I turned and made a noisy whistle. Some people won’t be thanking me at Christmas.
Today In The Shop
I turned today. I tried a bobbin lace bobbin, but I don’t have quite fine enough tools to do something as small as those need to be. Afterwards I tried…
Today I Turned Two Shop Mallets
Yesterday’s turn from the maple went great, but hollowing it out was terrible. It was such a hard piece of wood! So I decided that if I was going to…
Today’s Turn
We did some cleaning chores in the house this morning, and I did not get started in the shop till after lunch. Turn a bit of maple, I thought. It…
Next Turnings
I did some more turnings today. I wanted to try tops out, and a finial, and that’s what I did. The tops are not great. I can get the short…
And So It begins…
Here is the first actual project I turned on the lathe. It is a yarn bowl. I will do another and put the squiggly gap in it when I have…
The New Odyssey
I turned 50 this year. What a year! It’s been a great half century! One does look at that, and think, “goodness, have I been alive for so long? I…
The Snow Is Nearly Gone
The farm is nearly clear of any snow, apart from the shadows and the like. The valley is still white, especially the mountain fronts. It is cold out there, with…
First Snow, Autumn 2021
Last night the wind started, and eventually during the night the snow started to fall. By morning it was stuck to everything, and the wind was still going. The house…