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Shop notes are a great aid in your woodturning projects

Woodturning Shop Notes

Shop notes are an often neglected tool of the woodturner.  Planning your project helps you avoid mistakes and reduces your turning time.  Keeping shop notes is easy with this template.  Add them to your toolbox today. I can recall several occasions where I had turned a wonderful project.  One was a seed pot maker and …

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Pricing: Remembering all the details.

Pricing your Turnings: The Nuts and Bolts

You’ve been turning for a little while, you like to turn, and most of your projects, those that avoided the fireplace, have been polished up and given to friends and relatives.  Joe has visited you and the discussion turns to your hobby.  “Here Joe is the bowl I turned last week!”  Joe likes your work …

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Production Planning for the Woodturner

Well, it’s July.  Time for us to think about Christmas.  That’s right, Christmas in July.  Those Christmas craft fairs can start in October or November and the Fall Fairs can start in August!  This is the time to do a review of your inventory.  What products do you have on hand?  Which products sold well …

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Sanding Your Wood Turnings

Sanding your turnings can be a chore or an element that sets your turning apart from the ordinary.  As I have focused on achieving a smoother finish my turnings look and feel that much better.  Sanding is a process that most turnings should go through. Sand Paper and Sanding in General Sand paper or glass …

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How to Build Your Inventory

How to Build Your Inventory

When moving from hobby to business one of the hurdles is having enough inventory.  Each of us has projects that we find pleasure in turning.  However, these products may not be the ones that our customers like.  That is the challenge of the artisan; how to express the artistry and beauty of your work and …

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Book Review: The Creative Woodturner

I am inspired by a quote from Pablo Picasso, “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” In my woodturning I think I’m mostly at the “learn the rules” stage rather than being a creative woodturner. But every once in a while I try something different and am usually …

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4 Steps for Easier and Faster Wood Turning Production Runs

A little preparation will give you great benefits in your wood turning. These four steps will help you out. In a production run you need a source of wood and a breakdown of the specific processes of the product being turned. Each step of the project gives you a chance to increase your effectiveness and …

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Wholesale or Not Wholesale That is the Question.

  At some point you will be approached to sell your work wholesale.  It will usually be applied to your lower priced items, the price value will be 50% or half of retail, and the person is going to want large quantities of your work.  For this post I will use my wine bottle toppers …

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Artisan Craft: Finding a balance with mass production

Balancing the need for repeat production with artisan aesthetics Tupperware is famous for its storage utility, and its ubiquitous presence in every home.  Tupperware is cheap, easy to make, convenient to use, toxic, and stack-able.  A wooden bowl reflects character and charm.  It is a joy to use and to look at.  There is the …

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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
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Niddy Noddy – A Woodturning Project

Niddy Noddy – A Woodturning Project
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