Working from photos, Dennis has turned a cannon for a model of one used in British naval warfare. The most difficult part was cutting into the oak used for the project–a piece of wood from the HMS Victory, now in drydock in the UK. This piece was painted on one side with multiple layers of […]
Dennis will open the inner sanctum to the public on the weekend of September 15-16 as part of the Front Range Open Studios Tour. Although he won’t reveal all of the secrets of woodturning, he will be able to explain some of the magic of the craft made possible by tools, holding devices, and the […]
Nick Agar spent several days in the Liggett woodshop between the Utah Woodturning Symposium and the AAW Symposium in San Jose. He demonstrated making a Viking Bowl for the Pikes Peak Woodturners, and then held two all-day classes so that we could all become Vikings, too. The Viking bowl was inspired by Nick’s visits to […]
Dennis has been making acorn boxes just big enough to store a special piece of jewelry or any memento about the diameter of a quarter. Acorn boxes benefit from a threaded lid, because the top is larger than the bottom. Dennis cuts threads in the traditional English way, by using chasing tools and a good […]
English woodturner Nick Agar will offer a full-day demonstration on Saturday, June 2, followed by a class on Sunday, June 3rd, at the Dennis Liggett woodshop in Monument. The two days of woodturning ecstasy are sponsored by the Pikes Peak Woodturners. The class is limited in size, but the demonstration is not. Parking […]
Just in time for the Ides of March, Dennis will demonstrate turning a canteen for the Pikes Peak Woodturners on March 7th. Vessels for water are usually called canteens, while those for other spirits may be known as flasks. When made from white oak, the wooden canteen is capable of either function. Dennis learned the […]
Bigger bowls come from large trees with solid wood. Dennis picked up sections of a big hard maple from Missouri two years ago. He rough-turned the bowls and let them dry two years. The finish turned bowls have uniform wall thicknesses. The inlaid bands are turquoise, malachite, lapis, and pipestone. How simple the form, and how […]
The finishing table at the Liggetts’ is filling up with bowls for the Tri-Lakes Cares Empty Bowls fundraiser (October 2011). This summer, Dr. Bob Gibbs is providing a steady supply of small bowl blanks cored from bigger bowls. Dr. Bob cuts quite a bit of his wood in Wisconsin, so the little bowls […]
Dennis is back in the shop with a new group of bowls well before his scheduled recovery in August. He has already been to Missouri to pick up a new load of fresh logs. This time, the Paige Lumber Co. secured both cherry and persimmon wood. Dennis turns natural edge bowls from the persimmon while […]
Dennis has been on injured reserve since the Liggett family reunion in December 2010. The grandsons proved to be remarkably capable tennis table players. All woodturning projects are now on hold until the defiant rotators can be rewound this spring. There is a video project waiting in England, fresh cherry logs on the ground […]