Bob's Burnt Offerings was put together if for no other reasons than to cure boredom, and perhaps a need to learn at least a little about computers. This site is just me showing some of my work. There is nothing for sale here.  My hobbies have changed over the years I won't bore you with the details, I have a lot of pictures so I will try to stick with that.
Don't be afraid to check the other pages out, every picture is a thumbnail if you click on them they will get bigger.
Hope you enjoy! Bob Hryhoriw

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Above you'll find a couple of  pictures of the coffee table that started my adventures into pyrography. My brother Wally made it for me. You can find a couple links to his site on this page. The top is, broken floor tile, polished rocks, amber, quartz, and even an Indian arrow head. All glued down then grouted (lipstick red.) The molding is ebonized oak. There are also 15 separate woodburnings on this table. I poured a high gloss two part self leveling finish to level off the top. I used a polymerized Tung oil/satin varnish mixture for the rest. You can also find 3 more pictures of that table on the bottom of this page.
The workbench? All done by me check out the rest of it here.

Here's some more of my work. The weather station is on a piece of Elm that was rescued first from the dump then from the firewood pile. I finished it with orange shellac and wax and added a homemade wooden pen & a leather pouch for a notepad holder. And the pens you ask?... well  I bought myself a lathe for Christmas 2005.

   I'll add more pages as I go here's some extra links incase you missed them.
 My workbench, some of my turnings, some more turnings.
  
In the meantime I can leave you with some great links here's a few of my personal favorites.

Here's a link to one of Calgary's Canada's most exciting new artist http://sarahholtom.com/
     Here's a link to my you tube channel  My you tube channel
If you or anyone you know are looking for fine furniture you'll want to check this site out  ewallywood.com
   If your into hunting, fishing, ATV'ing, or anything outdoors then try this great link to Shewchuk's Outdoor Supplies.
  Here's a link to a friend's site, he's got some really nice antler carvings there - I mean really really nice... really, well just go check it out. http://www.antlercarving.8m.com/index.html
   I better put in a link to my tool supplier lee valley tools. http://www.leevalley.com/home/Main.aspx
And where did I learn what I know about woodworking you ask? Well basically I did a lot of reading and some practicing. growing up on a farm helped a lot too. It's not that I know a lot but I manage to get along slowly. Try this link  http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/index.asp it's a magazine called Fine Woodworking get your hands on as many issues as you possibly can & start reading and practicing.
   Here's a link to the plans I used for my Traditional Workbench, mine is very similar to the one you'll find here, there's also a 60 page download able pdf file there for those who might want the plans for this. For material I used Birch that we cut a couple of years ago. pages.friendlycity.net/~krucker/Bench/index.htm

   And for those interested in making copies of their audio cd's, for your car or tractor or whatever these links will get you pointed in the right direction. Exact Audio Copy - The only audio ripper worth using  http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/
   Monkeys Audio (lossless audio compression) ----> http://www.monkeysaudio.com/
   Or flac if you prefer, it too is lossless here's a a link   http://flac.sourceforge.net/
   dBpowerAMP Music Converter - a super easy no hassle music converter http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
Don't forget to visit codec central while your there simply because imho mp3 isn't really the best thing out there, go ahead give it a try you'll soon see what I mean http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm
   OK here's a link to the best radio station on the planet but please not everyone at once, leave a bit of the stream for me, TV is not an option. http://www.ckua.org/ err umm you'll have to click the "live on air" button when you get there.

If you would like to e-mail me you can reach me at hryhoriw@hotmail.com and if you put burnt offerings in the subject line it'll even make it into my inbox.