I just had to kick off the new year with a bang… or with a crack really. The latest #jackmansized creation is this nutcracker that is actually taller than me. He’s built almost entirely out of wood and almost entirely out of reclaimed materials. The body, arms, and legs are all different segmented turnings built up from some reclaimed oak …
Wavy Rim Bowl
A segmented bowl made entirely from scrap wood, plus an epoxy resin and scrap wood feature ring. This incorporates 2 different design aspects that I’ve been wanting to play with including epoxy resin used as segments and an organic flowing shape within a bowl. I still want to play around with the epoxy resin segments a little more in a …
Wooden Magnifying Glasses – Corporate Awards
A set of 6 corporate awards made from a combination of black walnut and white oak. The bases and handles were turned on the lathe, and the head of the magnifying glasses was cut on the laser. The lens part was salvaged from some cheap plastic magnifying glasses. The client wanted it so the magnifying glasses could actually be removed …
100 Pallet Wood Shot Glasses
These shot glasses are 100% reclaimed and 100% pallet wood! They were made for Carolina Shoe to use as giveaway items (keep an eye on their socials to see how you can get one). It’s so awesome to know that my work will be traveling out to so many peoples hands. It took roughly 9 pallets to get the lumber …
Turning a Wavy Ash Bowl in Quebec
I visited Pat Lap (from the Le PicBois channel) in Québec last month and we got to spend some time in his shop! I turned this live edge bowl/hat out of a piece of ash that was the other half of a log from the video he did with Sterokroma. I can’t believe I got to work on the Frankenslathe!! …
Segmented Cherry Urns
This urn was turned from cherry and purpleheart (finished with tung oil) for my grandfather who just died at the age of 94. He just now started slowing down and just left the world peacefully which was fitting for such a empathetic, persevering, and influential man. He’s one of the hardest working people I was lucky enough to know. For …
Turning a Cement Pen (no lathe)
I was challenged to turn some pens without the use of the lathe — a way to challenge myself because this is a pretty specialty tool that isn’t in everyone’s shop. A drill press however is a staple in any woodshop. Turning pens made from cement, genius right? My original idea was just to pull the aggregate out of concrete …
294 Piece Segmented Pepper Grinders
These pepper grinders were built in collaboration with Pat Lap from the “Le Picbois” channel! The blanks are made from 12 segmented rings with 24 pieces each and capped with some mahogany pieces. The wood used is all reclaimed – poplar pallet wood and mahogany deck balusters. Pat turned these on his lathe and added the pepper grinder kit. Just …
Spalted Beech Bowl
Bowl turned from the wood of a historic 150 year old beech tree
Epoxy Wire & Wood Bowl
This bowl is a wedding present for my sister and brother-in-law. The base of this bowl is made from spalted beech from a fallen branch off of a 120 year old beech tree. I had a busted ethernet cable that I ripped open and embedded in a two-part epoxy (he is an electrical engineer). The top segmented rings are made …
Reclaimed (pallet wood/mahogany) Segmented Bowl
This is a wedding present for my cousin in-law and my cousin in-law-in-law(?). Materials for this project were all reclaimed (except of course epoxy/finish). The lighter wood is oak and poplar pallet wood and the darker wood is mahogany that came from deck balusters I rescued from the trash. Even the yellow plastic used for Mickey and Minnie Mouse was …
Jump Rope
Jump rope made from a reclaimed mahogany deck baluster and some paracord scrap. (fire purely for visual effect…because I can) ■ Music by Easy Elliot: http://soundcloud.com/easyelliot/retrograde-motion