Woodturnings
by Ken Grunke
Spring has Sprung
Here are 3 mushrooms just off the lathe, they still need finish sanding, varnishing and buffing before going to market on my Etsy store. They are turned from branchwood, with just a thin slice of the outside bark remaining to form the edge of the caps. The stems are turned in two operations, on different centers to give a slightly bent, crooked shape. Behind them are additional 'shrooms I've turned in the last week.
Ken Grunke 22 Apr 2012 6 34 PM CDST
Hot Off The Lathe
Trumpet Vase
From a Willow branch blown down in a recent storm. Still green, unsanded, unfinished.
Ken Grunke 06 Oct 2011 6 10 PM CDST
Plumwood Container, bottom
Signed, dated and identified
Ken Grunke 07 Apr 2011 6 23 PM CDST
Plumwood Container, looking in
Ken Grunke 07 Apr 2011 6 21 PM CDST
Plumwood Container
An almost-finished project resurrected from last summer. 4" diameter, 2 1/2" high.
Ken Grunke 07 Apr 2011 6 16 PM CDST
Box Elder "Gnarlywood" Keepsake Vases
Making progress!
Slowly building up the varnish in thin coats, wet-sanding with 400 grit and polyurethane varnish to fill in small areas of grain tear-out. 
Ken Grunke 21 Mar 2011 2 01 PM CDST
Box Elder Keepsake Vase, #2
Well, it turned out as I hoped, with grain almost as pretty as #1. I'm happy with it, so on the drying shelf it goes :D
Ken Grunke 18 Mar 2011 7 01 PM CDST
Coming Up Next
This gnarly chunk of wood is from the same limb where the previous Box Elder Keepsake vase came from, and if all goes well, will result in a similar piece.
Ken Grunke 18 Mar 2011 10 28 AM CDST
Box Elder Keepsake Vase, in process
Waiting to fully dry before final sanding and varnishing. Scroll to bottom of page for newest additions, please.
Ken Grunke 18 Mar 2011 9 37 AM CDST
I now have an Etsy Store!