Built by Bill - Woodworking

11/28/2023

You got to have clamps!

11/28/2023

Made a set of lamps from cedar. They are 12 inches high and 4 1/2 inches at the base. They will be available for purchase at the Richmond Mall Saturday December 2 from 11:00 am until 4:00 Pm. There will be many vendor there so come out and find a unique Christmas gift for family or friend.

01/05/2023

Turned these lamps back in the fall, had a small problem one was 1/4" taller the the other, fixed it Monday, put the felt on the bottom yesterday and now they are ready to go.

07/06/2022

Been turning pens.

06/28/2022

What I have been doing.

I have been busy in the shop this spring, but have not been posting what I've been doing. so, I am going to try to catch up on some of the thing I've been making. One project was a kitchen cabinet for our pot and pans and lids. It has two drawers, one is 14 inches deep the other is 11 inches, with full extension drawer slides.

03/12/2022

Walnut bowl.

11/19/2021

Out of the shop, yesterday. From left to right, a 2mm mechanical pencil with a body of brown, gold, and silver resin and chrome hardware. Next is a Funline Slimline mechanical pencil with a body of blue, green, and white resin and chrome hardware. The third one is a Slimline stylus twist pen with a Southern Elm body and gold hardware. Lastly is a bolt action click pen with a body of walnut with Gun Metal hardware.

09/11/2021

Wednesday I spent most of the day creating a pen blank, cutting, measuring and fitting the pieces then gluing them together. Thursday I turned it and yesterday I assembled this Vertex click pen. It is a segmented blank, made from walnut, ash and purpleheart. I made a video from a number of pictures, to show the pen from all sides. The hardware is gun metal and the pen uses a Parker refill. The pen is $49.95 plus tax and shipping.

08/28/2021

How do you like this one? This is the last of last weeks scrap wood turning. It made from a cut off of the cedar lamps that I turned awhile back. I call it a weathered edge bowl. It is 6" in diameter and 3" high. The finish is boiled linseed oil, shellac base sanding sealer and several coats a shellac.

08/28/2021

Another scrap wood turning. This is a live edge bowl from apple wood. This piece has been lying in the shop for about two years, it was a piece where two limbs came off the trunk, forming a fork, which made it end grain turning and more sanding. It is 4 ¾” in diameter and 3 ¼” high and finish with boil linseed oil, sanding sealer, shellac, and polishing paste. One photo will not show all details of this bowl, so you get four.