Heart Vase: A Turning Project A heart vase makes a great gift for Valentine’s Day. The trick to this vase is the heart shape turned on a thinner piece of wood. Because you do not turn the entire blank round you have the indentation for the heart at the top of the vase. To emphasize …
Bird Feeders – Turning Project Part II
Bird Feeders – Turning Project Part II This is the second part on how to turn bird feeders. Part I showed you how to turn the central dowel that will support the two bowls. Part II is about turning the feed bowl and cover bowl to complete the bird feeder. Put the two together and …
Bird Feeders – Turning Project Part I
Bird Feeders – Turning Project Part I Bird feeders are a great way to watch birds. They can be simple or fancy and made out of many different materials. This turned bird feeder is made out of three wooden parts that fit together to allow the smaller birds access to the food while keeping the …
Course Review: Craftsy Woodturning Basics Course
WOODTURNING BASICS: Seven Handy Kitchen Items Woodturning is fun. It is even more fun when you can make a turning that someone else likes to use. You get the pleasure of creating and the pleasure of seeing it in use. Everyone needs basic kitchen utensils like a rolling pin and a citrus juicer. These are …
Garden Ornaments: A Mushroom Box
Mushroom Box – A Turned Garden Ornament Turned mushrooms make great garden ornaments. You can turn them in a variety of shapes and sizes. These mushrooms are perfect compliments to a garden gnome or a water feature. Made out of wood they are not harmful to the environment and no one is likely to eat …
Gardening Row Markers
Gardening Tools: Row Markers – A Turned Garden Implement Turned gardening tools combines two great hobbies: turning and gardening. Row markers can be turned and they will make laying out your garden a breeze. It seems so simple. Mark a row in your garden to plant the seeds in. If the row is longer than …
Turning for the Garden: A Garden Dibbler
Garden Dibbler – A Turned Garden Implement What can measure the correct depth to plant and how far apart to space the seeds? A turned garden dibbler can. This tool is designed to measure the correct depth for seeds, make a hole for transplanting, and can measure the distance between plantings. While one tool can …
Woodturning Projects: Christmas Trees
Christmas Trees – A Turned Christmas Ornament & Decoration It feels ironic to select a piece of wood, from a tree, and turn a tree out of it. We can’t exactly move the firs and cedars into our house, so these decorations are a great alternative. Christmas trees are good woodturning projects especially for new …
Woodturning Projects: A Knitting Nancy
Are you looking for easy woodturning projects? As a kid I spent hours doing spool knitting with a homemade knitting Nancy. At one point I was making a rug from the cord. It sure took a long time to make it. A knitting Nancy is a small hand held tool that enables one to knit …
