Most mothers I know love getting presents, cards, and calls on Mother’s day. Their favorite kinds are those made by their children. If you haven’t given your Mom a Mother’s Day gift in a few years now is the time to turn over a new leaf and make her a present. These presents range from …
Sanding Your Wood Turnings
Sanding your turnings can be a chore or an element that sets your turning apart from the ordinary. As I have focused on achieving a smoother finish my turnings look and feel that much better. Sanding is a process that most turnings should go through. Sand Paper and Sanding in General Sand paper or glass …
A Wood Turning Project: Rolling Pin
Wood makes beautiful utensils for the kitchen. They are lovely to look at, to hold, and to use. Made out of a hardwood, the rolling pin will be both beautiful and useful. These rolling pins are a French style of rolling pin where you use the pin by rolling it with your hands rather than …
Coin Bank: A Woodturning Project
You need a place to save your extra change. Whether it is for a night on the town, exotic wood to turn, or for more woodturning tools, you need a coin bank. If you are saving for your turning projects then let’s get busy and turn a coin bank to help you save. The inspiration …
Woodturning: Learning from Mistakes
A project. You know exactly what you want to make. You go to the shop to do some awesome woodturning. For me, I had just looked at a project in Woodturning magazine from the UK. Stuart King turned a coin bank and painted it to resemble an antique money box that he found. I liked …
Shawl Pins: A Turning Project
Wooden shawl pins are a beautiful accessory to handmade shawls. You use the ring and the pin to interlock the overlapping section of the shawl. This keeps the shawl in place and the wearer is not only warm but can show off your turning work as well. Two sizes of shawl pins are turned in …
Needle Case: A Turned Fiber Project
A needle case is a small container to hold needles in. Making the case out of wood protects the needles, won’t get broken like plastic, is nice to look at, and lets you show off your turning skills. Not bad for one little project. A needle case is a great accessory for anyone working with …
How to Build Your Inventory
When moving from hobby to business one of the hurdles is having enough inventory. Each of us has projects that we find pleasure in turning. However, these products may not be the ones that our customers like. That is the challenge of the artisan; how to express the artistry and beauty of your work and …
Sett Gauge: A Turning Project
Sett Gauges – A Turned Fiber Tool This is a little turned tool that fibre artists love. A wooden sett gauge is a great way to showcase wood on a smaller scale. Small and delicate it shows off the wood and your skills as a turner. What is a Sett Gauge A sett gauge helps …
