Matt Jordan Woodturning

This one's been in the making for a while now, initially it was a smaller project that just seemed to grow with ideas as it went. The stick is made from Black Palmwood, the handle or snake is made from American Walnut, the Scarab is sourced from a sustainable seller and cast in clear resin. All the metal parts are made from Pewter. My website - mjturning.com

This weeks project, (which was supposed to be last weeks project but never got finished in time) is a Speaker made from Oak, the piece was removed from a much larger piece of oak as I thought it might make an interesting project. The wood has been drying in the work shop for the last several months, however it still wasn't dry enough to finish without a little help from the oven. The speaker used is made by TangBand, the T2-2136SA speaker was selected as its a totally self contained unit featuring its own passive radiator, meaning no calculations for me! Which allows the freedom to create whatever shape you want and only have to consider the mounting hole size. The speaker is finished with Danish Oil coated several times over a week and left to dry for 24 hours between each coat. My Website - mjturning.com

This has to be my most requested project both on and off YT, so here it is...a coffee mug, with a handle. The mug is made from a small apple log with plenty of burl, the handle is also made from burl but with a Pewter centre piece. The mug is finished with Pure Tung oil, this oil is food safe and provides a very good water proof coating, the only downside is the time taken to apply in at least 5 coats and then around 4 weeks to fully cure, however once done it provides a very durable water proof coating that can sustain hot drinks etc and hand washing. My Website mjturning.com

This weeks project is something I have been working on for a while, the wood has taken longer than expected to dry out allowing the resin pour. The root was saved last year following the removal of a hedge. The amount of resin used in the project was approximately 4kg. Although not shown in the video, the root was rough turned then placed in an over for several hours to speed up the drying, even then it still took a further 4 weeks to dry out and reach a state of equilibrium. The initial rough turn was a little more shaky on the lathe than I would have liked and not something I would recommend doing for any extended period, however it was only a few minutes before it was balanced up enough to turn the speed up a little. Unfortunately the minimum speed on the lathe is only 500rpm, which is a little too fast for out of balance rough turning of things this size. Hope you enjoy the final piece! My website - mjturning.com

This weeks project is something I started a couple of months ago, the wood was taken from a Red Delicious Apple tree. The epoxy mix was a bit of an experiment which I thought turned out pretty good. The mix was two colours of carbon silver and a bronze / copper. After the initial rough cut the wood was returned to the drier to loose the last of its moisture ready for casting. Large amount of Burl within this piece which makes it extra nice. This will be available on my website soon - mjturning.com

Little extra video today, I was contacted by a subscriber and asked if I could make something for a special event coming up. Made from a nice apple log with bits of burl all over. My website - mjturning.com

These have quickly become my most popular item requested, they all start out as wood felled from trees during normal maintenance work, the process then starts of drying, rough turning, further drying and then finishing. These 8 were started a couple of months ago. My website mjturning.com.

This weeks projects are made from a Dragon Skin resin blanks and burl to finish it off. The Shaving Set is available to buy here - https://mjturning.com/collections/shaving The Pen is available to buy here - https://mjturning.com/collections/pens

Apple wood log to vase. Inlay and filler is a mixture of all sorts, coffee, mica, glitter, crushed stone with clear and black CA glue. The Vase is on my website mjturning.com

Made from American Walnut and English Sycamore. Wood is bought so has been kiln dried. Finished with Danish oil. My light box is a bit small for this but you get the idea! Designed to be displayed on a wall if anyone was wondering.. My Website - mjturning.com

Large burl from some maintenance work to a Cucumber Tree, hollowed out. Infill is a mixture of used ground coffee and CA. Burl was part dried in my low temperature kiln, then rough turned, hollowed out to an approximate 1" thickness. It was then fully dried over a period 8 weeks in the kiln again before finishing the hollowing out. The burl is finished in Danish Oil. This will be available on my website from tomorrow. My Website - mjturning.com

Just a little project for the festive season, I would personally like to wish all my subscribers a very merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! The wood is an off cut from a previous project, but I can't remember which one now, its been hanging around the workshop for a while. My website - mjturning.com

I've been asked a few times to make a lamp with a light inside, while I like the idea there is still an issue with dissipating heat (I'm still working on that), so I came up with this idea, I ordered a bag of phosphorus glow powder (which took a lot longer to get through customs than I expected) to put into the epoxy resin. The idea is the UV lights are inside the hollowed out lamp, you only have to turn the power on for a couple of minutes to re-charge the lamp, it then lasts for a few hours with a nice glow. I should have really made a purpose built mould to cast the whole lamp at once, there was a small amount of settlement within the powder while the resin cured that's left a slight line around the lamp. The powder also dulls normal tools within minutes if you are trying this, it acts as an abrasive as you turn. You have to use Carbide ;)... My website - mjturning.com

This project was started in September this year and I've been trying to finish it off for some time now. The design originally was to use 3 similar pieces of wood so they all matched as one, then I decided I wanted the piece to follow its name of a 2.1 speaker system, so I changed the wood I was going to use for the sub woofer. The sub woofer is made from Holm oak, the top two speakers are made from apple wood. My website mjturning.com Massive thank-you to Martin from the Wintergatan Channel for allowing me to use his music at the end of the video - here is a link to his channel https://www.youtube.com/user/wintergatan2000 If you want to see the marble music video this is the direct link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

I've been working in the back ground on a much larger project, as I haven't posted for a couple of weeks I thought I would post a quick project today. I've kept away from the blue / turquoise resin in this one and gone with a copper filler, so should please some people! Large project out next Friday so look out for that one! My website mjturning.com

Bit of history behind each piece. The fragment of hull piece from the R.M.S Titanic belonged to the former Vice President of the RMS Titanic inc who dived to the wreck 22 times. In 1996 an attempt was made to bring up a section of the hull, but this failed when the cables snapped. Two years later the same section of hull was fully recovered. The fragment in this video which is set in resin, came from the restoration before the section of hull was put on display at the Luxor Hotel Exhibition in Las Vegas. The piece of oak from the HMS Victory is also from a recent renovation of the Victory where damaged sections of the hull was removed, and the reclaimed oak was sold off. This pen and many more will be available soon on my website mjturning.com. Each piece comes with its own certificate of provenance. My website - mjturning.com

Well it is Halloween! Wood is apple. Inlay wood is from a grapevine. Slight error on my part when casting the grapevine into the Chalice, I forgot to stabilize the grapevine, so it created a few pockets of small bubbles, those was drilled back out and filled with embossing powder. My website mjturning.com

This weeks project is two candles turned from Olive Wood. Where you can find some of the things I use - https://kit.com/MattJordan My website mjturning.com

This weeks project is to show what can be done with what most people would consider a piece only fit for the fire. This was a small off cut from one of the previous projects. Small amounts of Burl in the wood. The idea of the dye was to leave some small areas of blue, the camera does not pick them up that well but they are there enough for me. My website mjturning.com

This week I make a plasma ball lamp, wood is apple with lots of burl. My website mjturning.com

This weeks project was is more of an experiment of colour than anything else, I've been after a vibrant blue wood stain wood for some time, so I dragged out a bit of fire wood to see how it would turn out, think I've found it but you can give me your thoughts in the comments. I lost some footage filling the cracks in the wood, but nothing else! Filler was red Mica Powder with CA glue, the black is Starbond black CA. My website mjturning.com

This weeks project was not supposed to turn out like this, I knew there was a bit of rot in the wood, but not to the extent it ran all the way through to the centre. After a bit I gave in and just worked with what was there, picked and ground out the real soft stuff and stabilized the remaining with CA glue. Certainly never had time this week to break out the resin so its finished as nature left it. Sanded to 400 and finished with Danish oil. Wood is Apple. My website mjturning.com

Got me a new lathe! Quick un-boxing and assembly to show how easy the lathes are to assemble. Started turning this large burl on my old lathe, but never got round to finishing, thought it would be nice to Christen the new lathe with it. Links to the lathe can be found on my kit page. Specifications of the Scheppach lathe are as follows - - 1hp Induction Motor - 10-Speed 500-2100 rpm - 180 Swivelling Headstock - Forward & Reverse Turning - Weight - 92kg - Max. distance between centres: 1050mm - Max. diameter over bed: 355mm - Spindle head thread: M33 My website mjturning.com

Apple log turned into a bluetooth mono speaker. See comments for giveaway! My website mjturning.com

Bought a bag of Camel Thorn Firewood (Kameeldoring) for the garden burner, some of it looked too nice to burn, here you have the end result. Probably one of the harder woods to turn, dulls HSS tools in minutes (and that wasn't a cheap tool either). Moisture content of the wood is only around 1%, apparently its left to dry in the African sun. My website mjturning.com