By Ted Heuer on March 28, 2022
A Little Bit About Me I have had an interest in photography since my grade school days. I also love wildlife and wild places. In fact, I spent a 30-year career working for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Wildlife Refuge System. Beth (my wife) and I lived on a couple of […]
By Ted Heuer on January 14, 2021
A client contacted me recently about a special order salt and pepper mill set. She was interested in my “dizzy mill” design. I adapted my process in creating a spiral mill set using walnut, maple, and cherry — woods that will complement the color theme in her home. Step 1: Lamination I laminated (glued) five […]
By Ted Heuer on May 10, 2019
Recently I’ve been making a number of segmented spheres. For my most recent, I took photos to demonstrate the process of turning a segmented sphere. Planning First I decide how large I want the sphere to be — this one is a little over 8 inches in diameter, about the size of a volleyball. I […]
By Ted Heuer on April 3, 2015
This is the third and last installment of my article on turning a custom pool cue on a wood lathe. For me the shaft was the hardest part because it’s a smaller diameter than the butt and is more prone to vibration when turning. Here the shaft has been turned and sanded to its final shape. […]
By Ted Heuer on March 31, 2015
The custom pool cue shafts are glued up, so let’s work on the cue butts. Here’s a butt made with walnut and figured maple being glued up. Here are a couple of butts rough turned to about 1.5 inches in diameter. Next, on some of the shafts and butts I added accent rings. On this […]
By Ted Heuer on March 28, 2015
A relative recently asked me to make him a custom pool cue. I was pretty reluctant at first and tried to get out of it by offering a series of excuses like I don’t have a cue lathe, or he could buy a quality production cue cheaper than I could possibly make one for him. […]
