
Lathe and Woodwork

I started woodworking in 2016 by carving signs with a router for work and continued with it at home. My inspiration came from watching Tree house Masters and seeing Pete the owner carve a sign to put over the door on one of the tree houses they built. I wanted to make some signs to put up around the house with short sayings to remind us to be thankful for what we have, and a few funny ones here and there. My favorite funny one was FEAR NO BEER. We still have the sign. From there I purchased a table saw and a few other things and started making picture frames. That's when I found out that there is very little room for error when cutting angles.
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After picture frames I wanted to expand my ability and started making various things that I thought would be nice to have. Probably the biggest focus was cutting boards at that time. My first cutting board was a black walnut cutting board that we would use at home. Most every family member has a cutting board that I made and sold a few here and there. After a while of making cutting boards and odds and ends here and there, I wanted to expand my woodworking ability even more. I thought that making some cabinets would be a good challenge. I made some shop cabinets for myself at work and really enjoyed the process.
In December of 2021 my parents bought a small wood lathe from one of their neighbors and gifted it to me. I was intimidated at first due to how fast the lathe turned. Once I got the courage to give it a try, I watched some YouTube videos to safely get started. Once I could somewhat efficiently carve on the lathe, I was hooked. It did take some time before I made a piece that I could say that I was proud of, but what a great feeling to have something turn out like I had planned.
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I am completely YouTube trained and learned things by trial and error. A lot of trial and error. A wood lathe is not something I would recommend learning how to use by trial and error. There have been many times that my wife has helped stop the bleeding lol. To this day I still watch wood-turning videos and still want to learn more. I have since upgraded my lathe to a Record Power Envoy.
I love to make things and want to be able to share my work with people that can appreciate the art of creating wood items, and the usefulness of them. My goal was never to try and get rich with wood working, but to be able to sell some items to upgrade tools and buy new equipment. If I can become even a somewhat popular name in wood working and selling well enough to provide more for my family, well I'm certainly not going to complain.
I take pride in using materials from trees that are already down, and I'm able to salvage the use of the tree instead of it laying there and rotting. Unlike quite a few wood-turners I don't shy away from bug kill trees and cracks. I believe that those things give me the natural opportunity to add character in the form. If you have made it this far, I want to thank you for listening to my story and my love of woodworking. My wife and I look forward to sharing our crafts with you, and we always look forward to connecting with people that enjoy crafting as much as we do.



Some of the latest things Steve has made




WOOD WORKING PORTFOLIO
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