News RSS

We've cut a few runs of Mesquite spindles.  There's a range of widths and lengths. Let us know what you're looking for, and we can add a line of those dimensions.    

We cut up a mess of Mesquite today for turning blocks. Most are up on our site now, with more coming this evening as I work my way through them. Today's batches were all traditional pieces, not live edge -- so a bunch of blocky bowl blanks, spindles, and big 4# blocks. They're all air-dried to fully Houston dry, about 10% MC. The taller 4x4x8" blocks in the photo were a special request from a gentleman who turns pet urns. I would have cherished having someone make an urn for our family pets of the past. He just needs one...

These are a batch of freebie pen blanks that we like to include one-each with our turning blank orders.We like to introduce our customers to Texas woods that they may not have worked with before, such as Bodark.   These are aged and slightly spalted Bodark pen blanks. Bodark goes by many names: Osage Orange, Hedge, Bois d’Arc, and Horse Apple. These will make gorgeous writing pens with a deep golden tone to the wood.   If you place an order with us, we try to add in a freebie that is of a wood type that you may not...

Howdy y'all! Just a quick update to let you know we're busy chopping big things up into small things.  There are a lot of new pieces going up on the site daily.   Most recently, we've been adding Eastern Red Cedar and Black Walnut. The photo is of a basketful of Eastern Red Cedar turning spindles, along with a sleepy puppy named Auggie.  He's my deskside companion whenever I'm adding things to our web site. We've got some beautiful spalted Red Oak sitting in a pile, waiting to be trimmed down to size.   We'll get those up on the site soon. ...

As y'all may have heard, it got pretty cold down here in Texas a few weeks back.  BRRRR was it cold!  Our temperature lows in Katy were in the low teens, well below what we've seen down here for 30-plus years. Our family was without power for a few days, and the grandparents were without water for weeks.   Thankfully we're more or less recovered from the cold.  We have new-found respect for all of our friends who live further north than Houston, TX!   Here are our youngest three playing in a snow-filled trampoline.     Fortunately, we have been able...