I liked turning the first two tea light candle holder projects. The simplicity of turning a holder out of a branch while leaving some natural bark is very attractive. The second tea light project was making an upside down bowl for the tea light holder. In looking at the upside down bowl I wondered about …
Book Review “Born for This” by Chris Guillebeau
Have you ever been so engrossed in an activity that you lost track of time? Your work was so absorbing that the obstacles simply melted before you? This is when you have flow or you are in the zone. I most often feel this way when I am working at my lathe or preparing a …
Production Planning for the Woodturner
Well, it’s July. Time for us to think about Christmas. That’s right, Christmas in July. Those Christmas craft fairs can start in October or November and the Fall Fairs can start in August! This is the time to do a review of your inventory. What products do you have on hand? Which products sold well …
Tea Light – A Woodturning Project
This second tea light holder project, is an upside down bowl. It is easy to turn because you use the hole for the tea light to enable you to hollow out the bowl. The outside of a bowl is usually quite easy to turn and to make smooth and shiny. For beginning turners the inside …
Tea Lights – A Woodturning Project
Tea lights are small candles that need small but stable holders. Make several of these to have around the house. These candle holders are great to create ambiance or to use during a power outage. You can use all kinds of wood from scrap to exotics and let your turning creativity show. Tea Lights – …
How to Sharpen Your Competitive Edge
When you sharpen your tools for woodturning you shape the tool to cut wood in a specific way. You may have two bowl gouges with slightly different grinds for two different purposes. How you respond to your customers may require you to sharpen your responses to maintain your competitive edge. I’ve had people come into …
Kraut Pounder – A Woodturning Project
Coming from the old world a Kraut Pounder was used to make sauerkraut. This is basically fermented cabbage. To make it properly you need to pound the cabbage in its container and release its juices. While there are many ways to achieve this, a turned wooden kraut pounder makes the job a lot easier. Wood …
Five Common Turning Woods and Their Health Challenges
When we turn wood we recognize the differences between hard wood and soft wood. This has an impact on how we use our tools and what we will turn from the wood. Wood also has other properties that are important as well. This article looks at health challenges that can arise even from the most …
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Wood Turning How to Use a Captive Ring Tool
A captive ring tool is used by turners to create a captive wooden ring that is decorative and / or functional on a turning, and is a puzzle to those who don’t know how it is created. A Captive Ring Tool I have turned Captive rings on numerous spindle turnings which include Honey dippers, crochet …
