As you grow in woodturning, you should expand your horizons beyond the woodturning of well formed shapes, sanded smooth and finished well. What pleases us in a piece of Art, a fine woodturning, or even everyday objects? Shape, size, color, weight and balance, and texture add to an instinctive reaction to a woodturning we encounter: ...
A woodworking lathe is the most difficult of all the woodworking machines in the shop to learn how to use correctly. This doesn’t mean that you should for go purchasing one. With proper instruction and a lot of practice you can do some very amazing things with a wood lathe. The big advantage of a ...
Choosing the right wood turning lathe depends on what you plan on turning now and in the future. A lot of people purchase a lathe solely on price without fully investigating the capabilities of the machine. In almost all cases the cheaper lathe will be replaced with a more capable machine and the cost will ...
Do you have Cherry trees in your yard, or on larger tracts of property? If so I’d heartily encourage you to take note of their locations and do a monthly walk-around checking on their condition. I doubt many of you need to be told that Cherry hardwood holds value as a lumber. I’m not advocating ...
Because wood turners make use of thick pieces of lumber, often acquired ourselves in log form, we are often faced with wood that is still high in moisture content, if not soaking wet. This poses quite a problem if the goal is to end up with a clean wood turning project free of cracks and ...
Prior to being a woodturner, Super Glue was an obscure tube rarely seen or used, stuck in a kitchen drawer. When I became a woodturner I was surprised to see myself going through bottles of the stuff. Prior to discussing the wonders of Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue) in woodturning, I’m going to go through a list ...
As I sit here contemplating the Nature of the Universe, as well as a McDonald’s Sausage, Egg, and Cheese McGriddle and Orange Juice, I ponder a greater mystery that afflicts those of us that practice woodturning. God works in mysterious ways, and there is nothing ever so mysterious as . . . how in the ...
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