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Woodturning a bowl on a lathe in workshop.

Turning Thin

Thin bowls have never really done much for me. The thinnest bowl I’ve made was a small maple (Acer saccharum)

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Ancient Viking ship displayed in museum.

Vikings!

The Oseberg ship, built around 820AD, is one of three magnificent Viking ships preserved in the Oslo Viking Ship Museum

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Glass of red wine on wooden coasters.

End Grain Coasters

Paul Purnell makes coasters using pen blanks. Large end-grain projects are reasonably straightforward if you possess a planer/thicknesser and a

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