Check back here to see updates as they occur.
Current Project:
Here is some of my most recent work.
I also update this page with photos of current commissioned work.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
I would love to hear your comments or questions, and I will be more than happy to reply.
News and Current Projects
July 19th
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Picked up a new jointer for $100
Got to love Craig's list
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May 26th
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New Video
Get the Scoop here!
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May 17th
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New video section
Now all the Videos are
shown in Flash.
This makes room for more!
Stay tuned,
New videos are on the way.
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April 16th
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New shop set up.
I changed the shop to accommodate the new larger miter saw.
 I updated pictures and the image map so you can click on various tools and get more information on them.
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April 5th
 February 10th
Lots of tablesaw, mitersaw, and bandsaw cuts,
thickness sanding, disk sanding and glue.
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Terry's Bowl
Woods used: Maple, Paduk, Walnut
and Pecan
Number of pieces: 924
11.5" wide by 7" tall
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 February 16th
Ripped, sanded, crosscut and
re-stacked
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 February 17th
Glue and miter cuts today
Feature ring is complete
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 March 8th
Added 75 pieces this weekend
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 March 9th
Started to turn the base
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 March 22nd
Added 5 more rings and started shaping
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 March 23rd
Added the last 81 pieces and began final shaping
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 April 4th
Applied finish.
You can see the feature ring looks a little different. I had to remake it because I did not leave enough wall thickness.
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 April 5th
Finally done!
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March 22nd
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Chance of a life time
I spent the day with Sam Maloof.
Through UCR extension, Sam Offers one day classes where you can tour his shop and learn his processes. We toured his shop, the original house that is now a California state historical building, and his loaded wood sheds.
The day ended with Sam and Beverly inviting us to their beautiful private residence.
A very special thank you for a very special day!
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December 25th
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Santa delivers an 8" slow speed grinder with a Wolverine jig
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and a shop air filter
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November 1st
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MarleyTurned.com
is two years old,
and continues to grow.
Thanks for being a part of it.
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October 24th
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New Video
Christmas Ornament 2
A Christmas Bell
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September 5th
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New Video
Making
a
Curly Maple Pen
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September 3rd
Added image mapping to the Workshop page.
Now you can get detailed information on the machines and goodies.
Click around on the images to see what happens...
August 11th
 July 8th
Lots of cutting and sanding for eight hours.
The end result is 16 diamonds made of bloodwood, green diamondwood, and maple.
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 Made Photo of the Day on the AAW website on August 11th
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 July 14th
Cut more segments, glue up and some time on the lathe. Now includes walnut, and curly maple.
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 July 15th
Added a few more layers
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 July 21st
Added more layers and turned
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 July 21st
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 This is a Ray Allen design
click picture to see more
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 Total Pieces of wood 374
Size is 10" W by 5.25" H
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July 8th
Updated the Workshop photos
July 6th
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Made a Disk Sander and jigs needed to make my Current Project
See How I made it...
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June 12th, 2007
New machine in the house.
 Jet / Performax 16-32 Plus
Drum Sander
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A segmented turners dream tool. Quickly sands glued up rings, smooth and parallel.
does a nice job on thin veneer layers as well.
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June 3rd, 2007
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Added a guest book for you to say hello.
Be gentle...
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May 27th, 2007
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New Goblet
with a twist
Click to see more
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April 15th, 2007
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Made some pens...
Left is Cherry with an
inside-out top
Center is turned plastic
Right is made of reclaimed Rosewood
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March 24th, 2007
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New Video
How to make a
Hollow Egg
or
How to make breakfast in
5 easy minutes!
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March 11th '07
 Smaller version of Cherry Southwest
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January 21st, 2007
New Segment Cross cutting sled with Adjustable stops
 Click to see
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January 20th, 2007
Voting Results for next video are in.....
1. Hollow Egg
2. Pen
3. Solid Bowl
4. Mallet from Bowling pin
5. Fitted Goblet
6. Top
Thank you to those who participated!
December 2nd '06
New machine in the house.
 Rikon 10-345
18" Bandsaw
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October 26th was the one year anniversary hosting with GoDaddy and creating the video section. Since this day we have had over 74,000 page views.
October 6th '06
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New Video,
just in time for Christmas.
Make an "inside-out" ornament.
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May 17th '06
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The WoodWorking Channel is
featuring my videos:
check schedule for date and times...
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January 7th '06
New machine in the house.
 Powermatic 3520B
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 Gave it a test drive today.
Here is a walnut bowl cut from a small section of crotch wood.
It will be stored for a couple months until it dries a little more. Then it will be final turned and polished.
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Nov 22nd '05
I have been awarded " Favorite Tip" in the Tips&Tricks section of the January 2006 issue of Woodcraft Magazine.
The Tip was on how to safely resaw veneer layers from thicker stock.
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July 9th '05
Here are a couple things I turned at the Laguna Tools " Mini Las Vegas" Open house.
 Click to See this bowl in the Gallery
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 Action Photo
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Oct 26th '05
MarleyTurned is now hosted on a faster and larger server. This allowed me to add a video section.
Check them out and let me know if there is something you would like to see.
July 2nd '06
 Make a Mallet from a old bowling pin.
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June 18th '06
 "Inside out" turning
Santa Christmas ornament
Made of Cherry
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May 28th '06
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New Turning Cabinet
Is complete. This will be included in new shop photos coming soon.
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April 30th '06
 sponsored a challenge to come up with a long stem goblet.
Here are the results
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January 28th '06
 See the updated video showing this bowl being made.
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Sept 17th '05
 Little Sophie chewed up part of my chair
So I had to do a little spindle work.
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 How can you be angry at a face like this?
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