Decided I need to learn my way around lathe work. This piece is not sophisticated, but it's the first bowl I've turned in nearly 40 years.

I made this in high school wood shop about thirty years ago. Risner is my mother’s last name. My mother gave it to my nephew, who’s last name is also Risner, who hangs it at his home.

Here is one of most unique items we have made a encyclopedia table.

Had a bit of fun with a piece of live edge black walnut and our Cricut machine. Our Pastor wanted to dress up one wall in the foyer of our church. Run through a planer, hit it with the sander, finish with 800 grit by hand, and then apply the lettering. Two keyholes on the back, and viola! Pastor is happy, happy, happy!

A guy contacted me via Facebook and asked me to carve him a live edge table top with his logo, I told him I wasn’t confident I could copy his logo and that I’d like to “practice” on a scrap piece of wood. I don’t think it was good enough because when I sent him this practice piece via mail, he backed out of the live edge table with his logo, said his wife didn’t want it but he would pay me for the “practice “ piece “ I think I still made like $300, I was still bummed out because he already committed to the table and SLAB, and at that time I was kind of counting on that money for our property taxes. So dudes ask your wife first ok?