Promotion of you and your work These five steps will help you move your hobby to a business, in a way that will allow you to continue enjoying your hobby and earn some money as well. Promotion of you and your work These five steps will help you move your hobby to a business, in …
How to Turn a Canning Lid Lifter
Turn a Canning Lid Lifter Canning season is upon us. Here’s a quick wood turned solution to safely get those canning lids out of hot water. Turn a few extras and save them for the ladies at the farmer’s market who make jams, jellies, and pickled garlic during canning season. They make really good barter …
Wood Turning Safety Tips
Safety Tips to Increase the Safety of your Turning Wood turning involves spinning wood and sharp tools. Spinning wood can lead to dangers and injury. But observing some simple rules can help you avoid common injuries associated with wood turning. I wanted to introduce this blog with an exciting do what I say not what …
Build your Inventory Fast: Turned Bowls
Every wood turner needs a collection of turned bowls in his inventory to prove his skills to the public. Bowls are easy sellers at craft fairs and galleries. They are useful, decorative, and can really showcase the creative skill of the turner. Bowls are also good practice pieces to warm-up at the lathe. At one …
Turning Toys – Wooden Tops
This is a quick and easy project. A spinning top can be made from some of the smaller pieces of wood lying around the shop or from local wood. The top needs to be an inch in diameter, or larger, to have good inertia. The handle should be a narrow diameter so that it can …
Four Foundational Sanding Techniques to get you to the Finish Line
Different projects require different approaches to sanding. With an emphasis on shop safety, this article will give you four techniques of sanding to take your turnings to the finish line. No need to take your turning off the lathe to sand. When sanding on the lathe you just keep the lathe running. You sand on …
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Getting started in Turning without breaking the bank
How I Started Turning Too many years ago, in my first year at university, I was allowed to turn on a lathe. I was given a lovely wood blank and I turned a chunky but respectable candlestick in one night. The host let me loose on his lathe and didn’t even stick around to provide …
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