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    Black Walnut Root Ball piece

    Walnut Root ball wood is not easy to come by, as no one wants to go to the trouble of digging up the stump, cleaning it, then drying it for a looooooong time. I managed to get hold of a little bit of it, and here is a toothpick holder I made from it. (p.s. it is worth the effort!). Before I...
  2. Toothpick holder Zebrawood

    Toothpick holder Zebrawood

    Toothpick holder Zebrawood
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    Kauri toothpick holder

    I spent most of today, and in-between choice cuss words, I managed to get this piece turned. Kauri is that stuff from New Zealand that has been buried in the peat for 40,000-50,000 years. It is mined and then specially kiln dried. I have done some inlay work with it, but this is the first...
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    My FIRST segmented piece

    OK, I am a rookie at segmented turning, and in fact, I just finished my first one. Not a traditional segmented piece with stacks of horizontal rows, but still segmented. The blank started as 2X2X4" piece. Opposite sides of figural cherry and figural white oak, separated by a thin...
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    Choke Cherry / Walnut toothpick holder

    My intent was to make this look like a little water goblet. The choke cherry is the scrap piece left over from the ice cream scoop. I glued the walnut piece on with 2-part 5 minute epoxy. Everything was going fine, until I decided to drill it out (on lathe) with a forsner bit. When I backed...
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    exotic toothpick holders

    These were made as gifts, but had to keep one for myself. The Madrone burl was probably the hardest to make, as I made it on my old lathe and drilled out the center on my drill press. The wood got so hot that I could only drill about 5 sec., then let it cool for 3 or 4 minutes. It took most...
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