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 …
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 …
Heart Vase: A Turning Project
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 …
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 …
Wooden Key Chain Project
A turned wooden key chain, easy and quick, just follow these steps. I found seven whistle wooden key chain kits in my workshop. So I decided that it was time to turn some key chains. This is not a large project and small pieces of wood from other projects would be suitable. The challenge with …
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 …
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 …
