If you have a passion for woodworking, you would have spent hundreds of dollars or more on woodworking projects. It will take you a lot longer than you thought or you might have quit because you got your measurements all wrong! I understand your...
A few people have asked me to show step by step how I do segmented woodturnings. So here it is. This project is a segmented vase with 2 segmented rings and a staved neck added to a hollow form.
It might be a good project for a beginning...
The pages in this Section will describe how I make this most basic of pens. We will refer back to these pages during the discussion of the Russ-Line, Fat-Line, and Long-Line pens.
The 7mm slimline twist pen is one of the simplest pens to make because of the straightline turning and ease of assembly. This article will explain through diagrams and instruction on how to turn and assemble this pen.
A series of ladles or spoons from 64mm diameter down to 20 mm may be produced from almost any type of wood... Branches of appropriate size are easily found. Fruit tree wood is probably the best and may be turned whilst green as the article being...
Step by step baseball cap woodturning project tutorial. Since I do not live where maple grows wild for the taking I am using magnolia this cap. Magnolia warps and goes oval so it will work for the cap. This tree was cut about 6 months ago and left...
Turning fruit on the lathe is easy once you learn a few tricks and then practice your technique. No two pieces of fruit are exactly alike (not even peas in a pod) so do not worry about making exact copies of your apples, pears etc., near enough is...
Freehand turning of a near perfect wooden sphere without flat spots or bumps is a wonderful challenge for a turner. Whether it is for croquet, furniture drawer knobs or simply as a decorative object, the wooden sphere is a wonderful exercise in...
