Recent content by Mark Pruitt

After seeing Jim's and Les' posts I almost don't want to show these; they don't hold a candle to them! This is just basic stuff, meant to sell quickly at a show next month. I think it's wise to have stuff like this on hand just to keep out if the red when I do shows. I expect to have plenty...

A few months ago my neighbor lost a small hackberry tree to a storm. She let me take as much as I wanted, which wasn't a lot but enough to keep me busy for a little while. These range from 6" to 8", all have a buffed DO finish.

Here are a few walnut bowls that I completed this morning. Sizes range from 4" to 8". Buffed DO finish.

Here is a set of three, cored using the McNaughton tool. The textured rings were done with a Sorby texturing tool. Sizes are approximately 12 x 6, 9 x 4.25, and 5 x 2. Finished with Salad Bowl Finish and buffed. This set disappeared at the show I did last Saturday.;)

Here is a bowl that I turned some time ago--roughed out in fall of 07 and finish turned in spring of 08. I finished it with Salad Bowl Finish, and didn't buff it out until a month ago. It sold at a show I did this past weekend. It's about 17 x 5.

Here is a piece that I turned from a 2 x 8 x 8 piece of Mora. It is a hard, dense wood that takes finish well. I used Teak Oil for finish; it required only two coats. The pedestal is Beech; it required an additional coat of finish. I Beall buffed the piece as well. Comments welcome. Here...

I've been giving my McNaughton tool a fair amount of use in the last few months. Here is a set that I recently completed. The larger is about 8.5 x 5.5; the smaller is about 6 x 3.75. This wood came from a tree I cut from out of a co-worker's yard, which I initially thought to be poplar. I...

This is dunnowood; I've been hacking away at a supply of this stuff for a long time and occasionally finish one or two. These were cored with the McNaughton Tool. Larger bowl is 8.5 x 3.5. Smaller one is 5.75 x 2.25. Buffed watco finish.

This one is about 4" tall x 5.75" diameter; cocobolo collar. Finish is DO, buffed. This one was a fun piece to turn. Comments welcome.

Here's another piece I meant to post a few days ago and forgot. Mahogany, about 4 x 6.5, with a buffed DO finish. It looked a little too "plain jane" so I tried spicing it up a bit by inserting sycamore plugs. Used a Oneway Drill Wizard to drill the holes opposite one another and at graduated...

I meant to post this several days ago and forgot. Here's a piece from a Birch tree root that I scored a while back. The form was pretty much dictated by the amount of solid wood that there was. It's about 7" at the wings. Turned start to finish and allowed to dry. You can see where the...

A late Christmas gift for Mom; she and Dad will be here for a visit this weekend. This box is approx. 3.75" dia. and was proportioned using the golden ratio. Finished on the lathe with beeswax inside and out, and buffed the exterior with carnauba wax.

Here are a couple of HFs I recently completed out of some oak I had lying around. Both finished with Arm-R-Seal and Beall buffed. This one is about 7.5" dia. with a Bloodwood collar: And this one is about 9" dia. with Santos Rosewood collar: The last coats of Arm-R-Seal finish were...

Here is another piece that was completed recently. I am uncertain as to the species. It turned very easily with minimal tearout. I initially rough turned it and DNA'd it, finish turned it after a few weeks. Finished with DO & poly, Beall buffed. Approx. 5 x 9. Comments welcome. ...and...

Here is a recently completed vase, approx. 3.25 x 6.5. Finished with DO then poly, and buffed. Comments welcome.