Helping woodturners make more money
Turn a Mexican Train Dominoes hub and make dominoes more fun. This wood turned domino train station is a little challenging because it involves some refinement after the lathe. You’ll need some face-plate turning experience for this project, but it’s suitable for the advanced beginner. I played dominoes when I was a child. I don’t …
Turn a Mexican Train Dominoes Hub Even If You Are a BeginnerRead More
A fidget roller, flip toy, or fidget stick is an easy turning project. A set of two allows two people to fidget at the same time or you can do tricks as well. While there are a lot of embellishments that can be done, a plain wooden fidget stick still works to relieve tension. Design …
I’m not sure which is more amusing. Watching a baby with a rattle or an adult trying to figure out how the rings were put on the rattle in the first place. Captive rings are a woodturning trick and I use captive rings on this baby rattle. Wooden Baby Rattle with Captive Rings Wooden toys, …
Wooden puzzles always attract lots of attention at craft fairs and shows. The Tower of Hanoi is easy to make with a rectangular base and turned discs as the pieces. Made from wood, the pieces and the base are attractive to our tactile and visual senses. This is a quick project and will give you …
Wooden Puzzles that are Quick to Make: The Tower of HanoiRead More
Mini-Lathe – Wooden Top This project is turning a wooden top out of cherry wood. A quick project for my new mini-lathe using a one way chuck. For specific instruction on turning tops here’s an earlier post on Turning Toys – Wooden Tops. This project will see how the mini-lathe handles a heavy multi-jawed chuck …
This week’s wood turning projects. Some quick turning projects to help you build up your inventory. Some of these projects do require kits in order to complete them. There is a coffee cup, wooden scoop, coffee scoop kit, turning captive rings, and how to turn a baby rattle with a captive ring. Enjoy. Coffee …
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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 …
Local woods – Part III 9 surprising things you can make out of local wood You’ve found some local wood and it is ready for the lathe. So what to do with your wood? Sometimes walking into your shop feels like shopping on December 24th. So many choices and so little time! One problem …
