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 …
Which Honey Dipper Shape is Best?
Once I had turned some honey dippers I started to see them all over the place. There were many variations on the simple theme of a honey dipper. The very simple versions were straight with 4 or 5 grooves. I enjoyed turning ones with a bit of a shape, sort of like a rain drop …
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 …
Wooden Utensils: Spurtles
Wooden utensils have been around for ever. They are easy to make and great in the kitchen. Wood is super in the kitchen and won’t scratch those non-stick pots or pans. A spurtle is the Scottish name for a stick to stir porridge. Why Spurtle? I haven’t a clue, but it’s what I’ve always called …
Wooden Icicles – A Turned Christmas Ornament
I love wood and wood grain. A wooden Icicle 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. Wooden Icicles are easy to turn. I used only three tools, a roughing gouge, parting tool and a skew chisel. Utilizing …
Wooden Puzzles that are Quick to Make: The Tower of Hanoi
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 …
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