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Book cover "Leap" by Tess Vigeland

Book Review “Leap” by Tess Vigeland

Have you ever thought about quitting your day job? As a wood turner you may be considering changing jobs or even striking out on your own. That’s what Tess Vigeland did in Leap. But Leap is not a how-to book. Leap shares the feelings and emotions of leaving your job with no plan in place. …

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Sales Training for the Artisan

Craft Fair Selling I’m sure you’ve experienced this. I certainly have. You are standing in your booth at an art show and a customer walks in. The customer looks at your products but doesn’t say anything or look at anything in particular. Your throat goes a bit dry. Your palms get sweaty. What do you …

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5 Reasons That Appearance Matters

Our business was fibre. We had wool hats, angora mitts, silk scarves and turned fibre tools. Handmade and artisan designed and crafted. At a craft market you wore clothes that showed off your goods. Clean jeans or dress pants, of course. How about a hand spun, hand knit, one-of-a-kind sweater? What would be better than …

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Enter the Celebration Giveway – Win a new Kindle

Turning for Profit is Celebrating I’m close to 300 fans on Facebook and my best friend at Joybilee Farm just made it to 5K fans on Facebook, too.  To celebrate we planned a blog draw.  In considering what would be suitable for all of our fans, I thought that the newest Kindle would be an …

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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 …

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Turned tools for the Wood Turner

  A great way to practice your turning skill is in producing tools for your workshop. This week we will look at several tools suitable for a wood turner and others.  The videos show you how to turn a mallet, a hammer, a baseball bat, a garden dibble, tool handles, and a scratch awl.  Enjoy …

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Build Your Inventory Fast with these Quick Wood Turning Projects

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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Artists Always Suffer

Source: gocomics.com via Robin G on Pinterest   Trust Calvin to suffer for making a snowball.  It does point out a truth that we must pick our projects carefully and selecting those that will last long enough for our artistic contribution to be noticed.  We are not all interested in shoddy and quick, except for …

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Welcome to the Turning For Profit Community! I'm Robin. Turning for Profit is about helping you find hope and joy in your woodturning hobby. It's about projects that fill your inventory and inspire your creativity. It's business help to get you set up and making a profit quickly. If you've always wanted to work from home playing with wood, let me help you realize your dream of Turning for Profit. Read More…

Help for Beginner Woodturners

Learn to use 5 different wood turning tools, with confidence, while you turn 7 projects, building your wood turning skills sequentially.  Includes tips and ideas for marketing your wood turning, when you are ready to move forward.


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You don’t have to be good to start.  You just have to START to be good. — Joe Sabah

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7 Gifts for Men Made on the Lathe

7 Gifts for Men Made on the Lathe
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Christmas Ornaments: Build Your Inventory Fast

Christmas Ornaments: Build Your Inventory Fast
Finished Niddy Noddy with yarn.

Niddy Noddy – A Woodturning Project

Niddy Noddy – A Woodturning Project
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