After a while, I decided to make another pencil project. This time, I made a vase by placing the pencils diagonally. It was a pretty simple project, and I finished it with high-gloss spray.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the soothing process of chisels gliding through wood, perfect shavings curling away, and a masterpiece coming to life. This is woodturning at its most satisfying!

Driving past the wood-clad houses of Livingston Manor in the Catskills seven years ago, David McGillivray noticed one ...