The beach at Inverness where I jog on Sunday mornings before going to Mabou market.

#SWSP - the bandsaw is used to cut wood to the required size before putting it on the lathe. It can make straight and curved cuts.

#SWSP - sharp tools are vital for successful woodturning, so the grinder shown here is kept close to the lathe.

Just home with some maple and yellow birch logs. The largest is 30" wide at the butt, 20" at the top.

#SWSP - One of the pleasures of woodturning is watching the shavings flying off. They can look quite different, depending on the type of cut being made and the way the cutting edge is presented to the wood.

#SWSP Some of the hand tools I use for shaping wood as it spins on the lathe

#SWSP The lathe, seen here ready to turn a bottle stopper, can also handle bowls upto 29" diameter.

#SWSP - this is the workshop, where you can see the lathe, grinder, bandsaw and a lot of clutter:)

#SWSP The dry room, where relative humidity is kept low for final drying and storage of wood before turning.

#SWSP After air-drying, wood is taken out to the solar kiln to reduce moisture content further

#SWSP Green (not dry) wood cut into blanks sized for specific products, air drying slowly on shelves.

I sometimes have my logs cut up on a portable bandsaw mill.

#SWSP I also buy whole logs, mainly maple and yellow birch, but these are locust. Logs are used primarily used to make large bowls.

#SWSP I buy some of my materials in board form, mainly native hardwoods, but some exotics too.

#SWSP Here is a short video showing woodturning in action. It was taken at the American Association of Woodturners symposium and shows excerpts from a number of demonstrations. You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqEHUbBg_E

#SWSP Woodturning is a process whereby a piece of wood is mounted on a lathe. The lathe rotates the wood and a cutting tool removes wood as it spins by. In my case, the tools I use are supported on a toolrest, but otherwise hand held, so that the cutting

This gives you an idea of the range of products I make (CW): rolling pins, spurtles, bits'n'bobs bowls, wine stoppers, decorative bowls, inlaid weedpots, kitchen bowls, sculpture and weedpots.