Helping woodturners make more money
Birch is an excellent wood for turning because it’s close grained and finishes well. I like to use local wood whenever possible in my woodturning and since our ranch is 140 acres of forest, it seems natural to harvest our own wood for turning. Mostly I look for wind-downed trees for turning. While I’ve seen …
Finding Birch for Woodturning Projects For the Local MarketRead More
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 …
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 …
Local woods for turning – Part I. Buying wood for wood turning is expensive. Local wood is often free if you can find it. How many of you can relate to this? You purchase a new car and in your eyes it’s unique. It is just what you wanted and needed. It fits you perfectly. …
How I Started Turning Too many years ago, in my first year at university, I was allowed to turn on a lathe. I was given a lovely wood blank and I turned a chunky but respectable candlestick in one night. The host let me loose on his lathe and didn’t even stick around to provide …
Getting started in Turning without breaking the bankRead More
