Mel Brown's woodturning projects. 
 I began woodturning in 2003. It has become a good hobby for me to work at it between our mission trips. 
I attend the Alabama Woodturners each month when I can. I get a lot of good ideas and help from this group of woodturners. We meet every second Saturday at 9 A.M. at the Homewood Seniors Citizen Center in Homewood.
If you are interested in getting a DVD of some of the demonstrators click here.

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              20" Cedar vase                                        Lid                                                              Bottom
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                                Cedar 9"X8"                                          Spalted 6" weed pot
      
      Old dry piece of cherry with worm holes   CRAPE MYRTLE
            
                 14" high Wild Cherry Vase - Crack willed with turquoise
       
                                    Black Oak Natural Edge Bowl  7.5" H
                        
                      We have a Show & Tell at our Club and I got 2nd place.
                      Only 2 of us entered. How could I loose? :-) Wild Cherry
            
                                                  Double Axis Turning

                                                                            Made for Jennifer Cobb's Wedding  All Dogwood
             
 
           


         Christmas Tree Ornaments


              Wedding Gifts                                  Anniversary Gift
    
               13" Poplar Vase                                Wing Jar

                                   C a n d l e   H o l d e r s

         Double Axis Hollow Vase                      Cedar Vases       
              View 1 minute video                            

                               
                               Weed Pot-dogwood     Pepper & Salt Mills   Pepper Mill - Dogwood
                                                                        
                                                                 Open bowl-dogwood                                                                               
                                  
              Branch with a "Y"                 Old Cedar post with cracks       Hickory Weed Pot                                   
                                                                            
                                                  Double axis with one in hole
                                                                              
                                                                                            
Bowling Pin converted into a beautiful hollow vase with 1/2" hole           Narra wood from the
Converting something ugly and cracked into something beautiful              Philippines 13 1/2"      
and useful.
       
              Dan Smith Wedding Gifts - Dogwood                 2 Cedar vases       11"H      Pepper mill w/salt shaker  
                                                                                                                                     Rosewood from PNG

                 Salad bowls                   Weed Pot-hollowed         Hollow Vase for Miranda - Canadian Cherry
              11-03 46 Tops for children's hospital.jpg (40378 bytes)
I turned 46 Tops for the Children's Hospital in Birmingham, AL for a Christmas Project organized by the
Alabama Woodworkers Guild. I decorated about half of them and left the rest to be decorated by the children.

               8-03 Bowl-Dogwood 1 1.jpg (36118 bytes) 8-03 Bowl-Dogwood 2 2.jpg (35793 bytes) P9080001 1.jpg (40701 bytes) P9080002 2.jpg (37968 bytes) P9080003 3.jpg (44654 bytes) Small Weed Pots
                8-03 Bark edge bowl 1 1.jpg (34951 bytes) 8-03 Bark edge bowl 2 2.jpg (45904 bytes) 8-03 Bark edge bowl 3 3.jpg (45251 bytes) 8-03 Bark edge bowl 4 4.jpg (40524 bytes) 8-03 Pens 2 2.jpg (37797 bytes)
               P6130001 1.jpg (35471 bytes) P6130005 5.jpg (32167 bytes) P6130004 4.jpg (36865 bytes) P7040026 6.jpg (36936 bytes) 8-03 Hollow Vase-Hackberry small.jpg (31938 bytes) Gift for Glenn & Gladys
               3rd bowl l.jpg (72874 bytes) 4th bowl l.jpg (90233 bytes) 6 Calander bowl b b.jpg (42270 bytes) 05-20-03 3.jpg (84122 bytes) 1 May 13 everything to date e.jpg (61401 bytes)      
               Breakfast Table 1 1.jpg (7522 bytes) rocker chair rr.jpg (24162 bytes) 1st Bowl a 1.jpg (58596 bytes) 2nd bowl l.jpg (72355 bytes) 5 Twig bowl l.jpg (35074 bytes)
              My first spindle and chair - I had to use a lot of sand paper on these because I had dull-cheap tools.
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