I was commissioned to turn a few pieces from some walnut lumber that had been drying in a barn in PA for the last 20 years.  I turned three pieces fairly quickly and glued up a fourth to become a teapot.  I finally finished it this past weekend and the collector was so happy with [...]

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2008 has been a good year for me and my art and I appreciate everyone’s help and support.  Here are just a few things that I’m thankful for this year.  In February, I was featured on a local television show called Face to Face with Andrea Sebastayn.  I appreciate Andrea’s help and allowing me to [...]

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A while back I was visiting with a friend and he brought out one of the oddest instruments I’ve ever seen. He sat it across his lap and started playing some of the coolest blues I’ve ever heard. Real primitive stuff with just a stick, an old cigar box, and some strings. He was playing [...]

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… for me at least.  I’ve wanted to buy a trim router and build a router carrier for a while and finally found the time and money.  I built the carrier out of some scrap MDF that I had laying around and mounted the router to it.  I then built a shelf that put the [...]

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My nephew, Ian, approached me on July 4th and asked, “Uncle Onion can you show me how to make wooden pottery?” so we headed out to the shop after a few hamburgers. I found a small piece of holly that I could turn easily and mounted it between centers. Ian was insistent that he wanted [...]

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Barbecue as a noun, is what we had for lunch this past Saturday. To me that means Eastern North Carolina, vinegar based, chopped whole hog. Papa and I got up before the crack of dawn on Saturday and put a pig on the grill that weighed somewhere in the neighborhood of 175 pounds on foot. [...]

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I apologize to The Vapors. I’m sure they’re going to be very displeased at my use of the title of their 1981 hit single for my pun but seeing that it came off of their album, New Clear Days (Nuclear Days), they should appreciate my clever use of words. That being said, I am very [...]

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American craftsman bungalow style with combined living/sleeping area, spacious outdoor kitchen, nice garden veranda and close to nature bathroom. Fresh paint and new flooring. New construction. For a number of months now, my father and I have been working on Katherine’s and Charlotte’s playhouse. After many weekends, I finally put the final trim down inside [...]

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I’ve been invited to do a demonstration for the Charlotte Woodturner’s on April 17th and will be presenting some ideas for turning wooden teapots. The club meets at EcoScape in Fort Mill, SC (map) and welcomes guests who are interested. We usually start with a short business meeting, then have the demonstration, and finish with [...]

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Over the past few weeks I’ve finally gotten around to something that I’ve wanted to do for years. I’ve completely rebuilt OvermanShop.com and made it database driven so all I have to do is take a picture, type a description and other particulars, and wallah, a new piece shows up in my inventory. What’s really [...]

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