Photo lighting
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
In wood turning we often need to take photo of our end products.
I found this photo lighting video on Utube very useful.
Prophotolife.com
Donnie
Read More..>>SketchUp Recognizes Woodturning
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under Site | Leave a Comment
This week we got an awesome mention in the SketchUp blog.
This is great exposure toward the advancement of “3D Woodturning Modeling”.
“I was just alerted to the presence of a really neat blog about using SketchUp for woodturning. It’s called Turnedoutright, and it’s worth a look — even if you’re not a woodturner yourself. [...]
NAF flute is complete
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under Flutes | Leave a Comment
The flute I started many moons ago is finally complete.
More technical details are at The Pied Piper Visits the Shop!
This flute is unique in the following ways:
It is made almost totally on the lathe!
It has a +30 inch drilled cylinder. It is not assembled from two halves like most flutes
It is a “D” flute so [...]
Tax returns? Stubby gets an extension
Posted on April 1, 2008 - Filed Under Tools | Leave a Comment
Seems like this was timely. Just as all of us are thinking about taxes and some of us are getting extensions I did the same to my stubby :).
My Canadian turning cohort found us a couple of used stubby beds. Since the stubby beds are short they can be connected to make endless extensions. This [...]
