I have been saving several large birch burls for turning on my new Stubby S1000 lathe. Today I turned the largest so far. The burl...

I received a large oak burl by UPS from a customer in New Jersey. The package weighed in at 126 pounds, and the burl easily weighed over...

I turned a large birch burl on the new Stuby S1000 lathe. This is the second large burl turned on this lathe, so I am giving the lathe a...

Finally, I turned a large burl on my new S1000 (3 hp) Stubby lathe. This burl was 2 ft in diameter, thick, and very heavy (about 90 lbs)....

Stubby lathes are made in Australia and were sold in the US for many years but the company stopped production and distribution in the US...

I have turned a lot of burls but the one I turned yesterday was AMAZING in two ways, its appearance and its hidden decay. The first image...

Winter is fast approaching and I am back to turning bowls. I selected a medium sized aspen burl that I purchased up from my logger friend...

I have been in my shop every day from 10 to 5 hosting visitors and doing turning demonstrations for the past seven days as part of this...

The American hop hornbeam tree has very hard and dense wood. It is frequently called iron wood but that name is shared by other species....

Unusual winged maple bowl that contains at least six burls.