After rejecting a couple of ideas about how to project a pattern onto the work while turning, I came up with this idea - make a jig to hold two copies if the plans, one cut along the finished contours and the other uncut, so that you can use the...
Reverse Chucking of Bowls is now much simpler with the aid of Button Jaws and their variants, and even Natural Edge Bowls can now be reversed with the advent of the Vacuum Chuck but I found Hollow Forms, Vessels and Deep Pots were not so well...
A couple of weeks ago I asked about making your own sharpening jig. You all pointed me to several resources. I put all that together and came up with this version. All I did was take scrap pieces of walnut, a couple cherry plywood shorts, and some...
Mount the wood blank and spacer bushings on the mandrel. Tighten the knurled nut on the mandrel. Do not overtighten or the mandrel may be damaged or might not run true. Bring the tailstock up to the end of the mandrel, lock it down and then turn...
An earlier article in More Woodturning on turning wine stoppers got me thinking about collet chucks. I wondered if I could make one entirely out of wood. I thought this would be just an exercise to see if I could do it, but it surprised me with...
