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All Products
During the course of producing each of our products, some common effort is
required. For example, all of our products after being turned and
receiving their peculiar cutting styles, whether decorative in nature or
simple in concept as in bowl shape, wall thickness, etc , undergo a common
process which precedes finishing. This is the sanding effort which
cannot be seen in the photographs but which is certainly a necessity and is
easily appreciated when one is able to pick up and examine each item. We
are very proud of the effort expended in this stage. Often, more time is
required for this stage than for the cutting. In spite of good tool
work, almost every item produced requires some measure of sanding.
Usually this entails sanding under lathe-power, or occasionally with a rotary
sander, using various grades of quality sandpaper of increasingly finer grits.
Most turners pride themselves on using the higher-numbered (finer) grits since
this indicates a better degree of tool control in the cutting process.
Invariably, most wood turners find that the presence of tool marks of one
degree or another dictates the starting grit which must be used, rather than
what might be termed "wishful thinking". The real essence of producing a
pleasing surface quality lies as much with the paper you start with as with
which paper you end with. At 400 grit, all tool marks should be removed,
but occasionally, a higher polish is desired and can be obtained by using higher grit(s). Once
the sanding is done, the finish may be applied. Rarely less than three
coats and often four or five are required to bring the surface to the desired
state. Thorough drying followed by more sanding after each coat is the
normal schedule, depending on the finish used. Dust is the enemy here
and great care is required to eliminate the presence of dust while the finish
cures. The last sanding is usually followed by waxing the item and
buffing the wax after it has dried. This process allows us to attain the
desired surface quality for our products.
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Bowls
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Bowls are comprised of different sizes and type. We include
Large (over 9 inch bowls), Medium-Large ( 7-9 inch bowls), Medium (5 to
7 inch bowls), and Small (3-to 5 inch bowls). We also include Natural-edged
bowls, Segmented bowls and Decorative bowls as categories, even though
they may fit into the size categories previously mentioned. A
solid bowl is one made from a single solid piece of wood as opposed to
those made from pieces of wood (Segmented Bowls) or from wood containing
voids. We distinguish Natural-edged bowls from solid bowls even
though the former may have been made from a solid piece of wood.
Our bowls of these types comprise many different styles, sizes, woods
and finishes. Please browse through our selection of bowls at
your leisure. Should you wish to have a particular bowl made in
a different wood from that shown, please contact us at
sales@woodnstuffonline com
with your requirements and we will be pleased to quote a price and
delivery schedule. Also, note that some of our products are listed as " Out
of Stock" or "Sold" and in these cases, we may also be
able to supply price and delivery schedule
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Plates and Platters
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Think of these as "flattened bowls"! They
include small items (about 8 inches in diameter or less) which we term
"Plates" and larger items (over 9 inches in diameter and larger)
which we term "Platters". Some of these may contain
inlaid marble or corian and can serve as Cheese Platters. Others
may contain decorative wooden inlays of various types and may be used
for serving various items, or just for showing off something
fancy! If you have a special need, please email
sales@woodnstuffonline com
for a price/delivery quotation.
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Rolling Pins
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We make three styles of rolling pins, Traditional, French and
Italian. The first of these, the Traditional has a rather large
(2 1/2 to 3 inch diameter) barrel and smaller handles at each
end. The French style is usually about 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 at the
center wide portion and the handles are tapered sections, four to five
inches long, starting at
the barrel and tapering down to about 3/4 inch in diameter. The
so-called "Italian" style is simply a straight cylinder of
wood or woods about 1 inch in diameter. My Mother often made
these by lopping off the handle of a used broom to the length she
required. She was a Master at using these to make Pizza, Pasta,
Pie crusts and all manner of memorable goodies. We can make all
three styles in most woods or as shown laminated from numerous
woods. Once again, send an email to
sales@woodnstuffonline com
for any special need
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Boxes
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- Boxes are smallish containers consisting of a top and a
closely-fitted bottom. Sizes range from miniscule to substantial and the
selection of woods is prodigious. We tell everyone that they are
just big enough for a small handful of diamonds, should you be so
gifted! Should you wish to have a particular box made in a
different wood from that shown, or a different shape from those shown,
please contact sales@woodnstuffonline com
with your requirements and we will be pleased to quote a price and
delivery schedule. As noted above some of our products may be listed as
Out-of-Stock or Sold and in these cases, we will also be able to supply price
and delivery if one of these meets your fancy
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Salt & Pepper Sets
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- A set usually consists of a Pepper mill and a salt shaker or
both Salt and Pepper mills. Individual Pepper mills or Salt
shakers/mills may also be purchased. Sizes range from about 4 inches to
14 inches. The choice of woods is large as is the shape of the
individual shaker/mill. Prices range from $40 to $50 per set up
to $150 plus per set, depending on the size, the nature of the wood
and specialties such as laminated or inlaid construction. Contact
sales@woodnstuffonline com
for a price/delivery quotation on any special requirement
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Miscellaneous
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- Included are such items as wine bottle stoppers, wine bottle
coasters, candleholders, goblets, tops, dreidels, weed pots and ring
& watch caddies If it's round, we can make it, so send an email to
sales@woodnstuffonline com
for any special need.
Unless you know just what you want, we suggest that you go to the
Gallery page and select one of the categories shown in the scrolling
sidebar on the right of your screen. This will take you to the chosen
category, which you may explore at length. Once again, thank you for your
interest in our products
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About the Woods
Having asked you repetitively to contact us about any special needs, it
seems unfair to expect you to address the issue of "which wood" without some
assistance. Therefore, we have included an extensive, but far from complete,
section on woods which we routinely use. In the Gallery, you will find
that the last section deals with that specific issue. Under "Woods"
you will find a picture and a description, more or less complete, of the
woods which we can use to implement your special projects. Now, lest
you be later disappointed, we should address some of the issues relative to
the accuracy of the pictures or descriptions of woods which are shown.
Wood, as you know, is a natural product. Like people, even within
small sub-groups of people, there are millions of minor differences readily
observable within those groups. Likewise, wood also exhibits widely
divergent differences in terms of color, figure, grain and other
characteristics even within the same species. As an example, color can
vary even in such an aspect as to when the picture was taken. Freshly
felled wood often differs widely from that which has been cut for some time.
Purpleheart, for example, when freshly cut is a somewhat nondescript brown,
but when exposed to light, especially sunlight, it turns to a brilliant purple,
which may very slowly fade over time to a more brownish shade.
The issue of figure, often mistakenly spoken of as the grain
of a piece of wood, is another area where some caution is advised.
Unreasonable expectations of highly figured wood will result in
disappointment when the end piece is observed. The more highly figured
is a piece of wood, the rarer and more costly it will be. So, be
prepared for the "luck of the draw" and you will rarely be disappointed. By
way of explanation, grain is the natural formation of the wood fibers
relative to the main axis of the tree. Lincoln (1) lists eight types
of grain patterns including straight, curly, interlocked, et al.
Figure, on the other hand refers more properly to the surface
patterns on a piece of wood and results from several natural interactions
within the wood. The texture of the wood is another term
related to the coarseness of the wood which often results from seasonal
growth patterns.
Over 70,000 different species of wood are known, yet most books list or
show a few hundred of these. Our subset is currently about 75
different species of the most common woods encountered in woodturning.
We are currently adding new species to our list with each passing year.
However, in general, woodturning seems to favor domestic and exotic
hardwoods, where hard means what it says. Softer species generally
turn out to be less desirable woods to work on and so even some of the
softer hardwoods are of little use to us. Below you will find a number of
reference books should you wish to further explore the world of Wood.
References
1. Lincoln, William A., World Woods in Color, Linden
Publishing Co., Inc., Fresno, CA, 1986.
2. Flynn, James H., Jr. and Holder, Charles D., Eds. A Guide to
the Useful Woods of the World, 2nd Ed., Forest Products Society,
Madison, WI, 2001.
3. Gibbs, Nick, The Real Wood Bible, Firefly Books, Buffalo,
NY, 2005.
4. Benvie, Sam, The Encyclopedia of North American Trees,
Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2000.
5. Walker, Aidan, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Wood, Quarto
Publishing plc, Oxford, UK, 1989.
6. Edlin, Herbert L., What Wood is That?, The Viking Press,
Inc., N.Y., NY,1969.
7. Hough, Romeyn Beck, The Wood Book, TASCHEN America, LLC,
N.Y., NY, 2002.
8. Porter, Terry, Wood Identification and Use, GMC
Publications Ltd., London, UK, 2008
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