More nest turning on a pole lathe This nest was made towards the tail end of my first week of studying pole lathe turning with @jarrod__dahl at the @woodspiritschool in Ashland, WI and was a big step forward for me as all the tools I used were tools I had just forged with Jarrod’s guidance. Studying with Jarrod is a part of a project I’m working on this year that is funded by an Artist Fellowship awarded to me by the American Scandinavian Foundation @scanhouse If you’d like to know more about this week I spent learning from Jarrod I wrote a brief recap on my blog, which can be navigated to from my profile. #springpolelathe #polelatheturning #greenwoodworking #stoughtonwi #ashlandwi #woodspiritschooloftraditionalcraft #madeinwisconsin #woodturning #americanscandinavianfoundation #artistfellowship

Forging pole lathe nesting hooks I recently spent 5 days studying pole lathe turning with Jarrod Dahl at the Woodspirit School where we focused on building my nesting skills on a pole lathe. This advanced technique is used to yield more than one bowl out of a single piece of wood. The tools needed to turn the channels between bowls are specific to intended shape and size of the channel/bowl. A huge factor in the success of practicing this technique is having an array of these hook tools on hand. Additionally, it can greatly benefit the turner if they are able to forge these tools as needed, to accommodate new shapes as well as replace worn/overused or broken tools. Jarrod taught me how to make nesting hooks, and on the nested set in this video I used exclusively the hooks I forged under Jarrod’s guidance earlier in the week. This is something I’m greatly proud of and incredibly grateful to Jarrod for getting me to this stage. The next step in my toolmaking journey is to dedicate some space to always have a forge set up and ready to light. Currently it takes me about a half-hour to setup the small forging setup I currently use. This learning was made possible by an Artist Fellowship awarded to me by the American Scandinavian Foundation. If you want to keep up with my ASF project this year I’ll be writing some blog posts, which you can navigate to through my profile. #springpolelathe #polelatheturning #greenwoodworking #woodturning #nestingbowls #madeinwisconsin #bowlturning #woodspiritschooloftraditionalcraft #woodworkersoftiktok #forging #toolmaking

Learning to nest bowls In January I spent a week studying pole lathe turning with Jarrod Dahl at the Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft in Ashland, WI. During this session Jarrod taught me how to nest bowls. Nesting is an advanced woodturning technique where multiple bowls are crafted from one piece of wood. Jarrod also walked me through how to forge the tools necessary for nesting bowls on a pole lathe. I’m developing these skills with Jarrod’s guidance as a part of an Artist Fellowship granted to me by the American Scandinavian Foundation. I wrote a summary of what I learned from Jarrod during this week over on my blog, which can be navigated to from my profile. #springpolelathe #polelatheturning #greenwoodworking #stoughtonwi #ashlandwi #woodspiritschooloftraditionalcraft #madeinwisconsin #woodturning

When this box flew off the lathe just before it was complete I decided to improvise. I miscalculated how much I should turn the section holding the lid of this box to the mandrel. Because the lid was a little dented by flying off between the centers I decided to try something probably not advisable. Using the scar left from the break to re-center the box I risked splitting the lid. Wrapping the rope around the box was also not good practice. The gearing wasn’t working and it took a bit of care to get enough rotation to make a cut all the way around. Also, the rope jumped off the box twice and it transferred some soot from the center to the wall of the box, hence my “bummer.” In the end my troubles payed off, this time. I managed to turn one more pass on the lid turning away the damage. This is the second lidded box of this style I’ve turned. The first one I turned under the instruction of Jarod Dahl during the first of two 5-day skill development sessions for my ASF Artist Fellowship project. Friction lid boxes like this were turned in a variety of shapes/styles for several hundred years in Sweden, as much as 40-50k a year were made in peak production in the late 1700’s. All done with pole lathes 🤯 #springpolelathe #greenwoodworking #woodturning #thenewwoodculture #stoughtonwi #madeinwisconsin #woodworkersoftiktok

Slo-mo hollowing a bowl on a spring pole lathe #greenwoodworking #sustainablecraft #bowlturning #springpolelathe #woodworkersoftiktok #madeinwisconsin #woodturning #calmingsounds