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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 2M ago

Now you can shop locally, Locally! (for my wares)

…well, locally to me. Sorry great big wide world. Last Fall, I had the fortune to get my work, pens and bottlestoppers into Mountainside Gallery and Gifts in West Dover VT. Great for apres-ski, but not so local to me. … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Micro wine goblet

perfect for un petit (petit petit) gout! – a little taste indeed! Which is to say almost no taste at all. a small Mesquite turning – I was playing with the “extra wood” on the end of a turning before … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Walnut and Cherry Guitar Pick

One of my “someday” projects is to make a guitar… Not that I have to wait to make it, per se, but it would make more sense if I could actually play it by the time I finish. So rather … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

One of these oaks is not like the other

Not about to turn another simple oak stopper (right on the heels of another one)… unless theres something remarkable about it. This oak sure must have grown under tremendous stress. I’m calling it “figured oak” though that might not be … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Oak stopper

Ever since I started this latest batch of stoppers, I’ve been eyeing this little block of Oak. Not big enough for much else, rift sawn with a couple different colors in it, and plenty of ray fleck. (hard to tell … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

30 Project in 30 days – Unofficial three-peat?

So here I am on Day 8 of what may, or may not be a run of thirty projects in 30 days. 30 new projects from scratch all started, and completed within the span of a month. This time, not … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Chestnut

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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Juniper

Set out to make a (Texas) Ebony stopper today. Had to work around checks in the log to get a couple usable blanks. One came out okay, but revealed another hairline crack – probably not a structural issue, but certainly … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

Mesquite, meet wine.

Good for barbecuing… and looks good sitting atop a wine bottle. Another one of my favorite woods, very hard, but turns so smooth and precious stone like. This piece has a little heartwood and a little sapwood making for one … Continue reading →
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Blanchard Creative Woodworking · 4M ago

The return of the Bubinga

Looks like I’m doing a turning a day!… not by design, but I’m not complaining. With two successful “30 projects in 30 days” under my belt (plus a 209 consecutive days, and counting, of geocache finds) I’ll just ride the … Continue reading →
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