In the Turnery I work almost exclusively with the wood lathe, making wine related items, ring boxes, bocce sets, paperweights, conducting batons, magic wands, and other related items.
Click on an image to go to that type of item.
I make cutting boards from the smallest cheese board up to 24”X24”X3”. They can be flat sawn, edge grain, end grain, or natural. All my boards are finished with ShopDog Turnery Board Cream a mix of Mineral Oil or Walnut Oil and Beeswax that I make here at ShopDog. They can be made with or without feet, with or without grooves, and with or without custom engraving.
As a logical offshoot of cutting boards, I also make coasters in various woods.
Visit the full Cutting Board Store HERE , or click on any image.
ShopDog Signs is a sister to ShopDog Turnery, and shares a portion of the larger ShopDog site.
These are signs from the door-hangers for hotels and resorts, to personalized signs, and elegant award-type pieces.
Visit the full Sign Store HERE, or click on any image.
Chess, Backgammon, Scrabble, Bao, Mancala — all require boards.
I have made game boards since I was a young man, and have found the process to be a great deal of fun. Perhaps he oddest I have made is a chess set where each piece is a pipe, in honor of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado.
Visit the full Game Board Store HERE , or click on any image.
I use the Smith & Co Oak & Teak Epoxy Glue™ on a regular basis here in the Turnery.
The Oak and Teak Epoxy is an epoxy made from wood products rather than petrochemicals and, as a result, is pretty much impervious to oils in woods. Thus I use it any time I am joining oily woods, including the oaks and most of the hard tropical woods.
If you have questions, or if you want one of the Smith & Co products other than Oak and Teak Epoxy, get in touch with me and I will either get it for you or direct you to a source.
Email: jim@shopdogturnery.com Phone: (336) 584-4228
Buy Smith’s Oak & Teak Epoxy HERE, or click on any of the images.
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If you have arrived here directly via the smithsepoxy.com URL, welcome. This is a page in the ShopDog family of sites. I am a very small dealer of Oak and Teak Epoxy, one of several products manufactured by Smith & Co.
Mercury Adhesives were introduced to me by a friend who taught Aerospace at a local High School. As part of the curriculum he had his students building balsa gliders. After a few years of experimentation with various CA glues, he found Mercury CA to be the best glue for adhering the wooden parts in these aircraft. I tried it out and I agree with him. When I found that Mercury Adhesives are made and packaged in the United States, and that they unconditionally guarantee their product from spoilage, I was doubly sold. Thanks Mike.
If you have any questions please get in touch with me and I will either answer your question or will put you in contact with the folk at Mercury Adhesives.
Email: jim@shopdogturnery.com
Phone: (336) 584-4228
Buy Mercury Adhesive Products HERE, or click on either of the images.
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If you have arrived here directly via the mercuryca.com URL, welcome. This is a page in the ShopDog family of sites. I am a very small dealer of Mercury Adhesives. Visit the manufacturers site.
I spent much of my youth as a photographer, both still and motion. I have continued, but purely as a amateur. These are a few images I have available for sale.
Go to my Photo site HERE.
Following this link will take you away from the ShopDog site, to the Fine Art America site.
