http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com Handcrafted wooden peppermills, salt shakers, rolling pins and kitchenware Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:49:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, believe it or not, Christmas is coming.  This year we'll be selling our wares at the Circle Craft Christmas Market for the fourth year.  Circle Craft is Vancouver's largest and best craft market.  It is a juried show featuring 265 artisans and artists from across Canada.   This year three ... http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/10/29/circle-craft-christmas-show/ I will be teaching a one day class on turning pepper mills using the Crushgrind mechanism.  The class will be on Saturday, October 3rd at the Lee Valley Tools location in Coquitlam B.C.  The course will be a hands on and the students will be following, more or less, the ... http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/08/26/pepper-mill-course/ We will be doing a show in the month of September in the Circle Craft Gallery on Granville Island.  This is a good chance to see the full range of what we're doing right now.  You can find more info at the Circle Craft Gallery website. http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/08/25/91/ I've been turning rolling pins lately. I turn a lot of rolling pins.  I use a story stick to mark out the workpiece diameter in five places and then I used to use three different calipers to measure the diameter as I parted down in the marked locations.  I would occasionally ... http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/07/06/the-multi-caliper/ I sell a lot of pepper mills.  Most of them are made from beautiful wood, so I usually try and keep the shape fairly simple so that I can let the wood speak, and also keep the cost down so that they will sell.  Lately though, I have been playing ... http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/06/29/over-the-top-pepper-mill/ Welcome to my blog.  I don't know how often I'm going to be able to post to this thing, but I have great ambitions, so we'll see how it goes. I am a full time production woodturner, who occasionally delves into the artsy, but mostly makes utilitarian things for the kitchen.  ... http://runningdogwoodworking.showyourwood.com/2009/06/29/55/