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Wooden spinning tops

Mini-Lathe – Wooden Top

Mini-Lathe – Wooden Top This project is turning a wooden top out of cherry wood.  A quick project for my new mini-lathe using a one way chuck.  For specific instruction on turning tops here’s an earlier post on Turning Toys – Wooden Tops. This project will see how the mini-lathe handles a heavy multi-jawed chuck …

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Turning Toys – Wooden Tops

This is a quick and easy project.  A spinning top can be made from some of the smaller pieces of wood lying around the shop or from local wood.  The top needs to be an inch in diameter, or larger, to have good inertia.  The handle should be a narrow diameter so that it can …

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9 surprising things you can make out of local wood

  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 …

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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

Christmas Projects Title

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
Turning Blanks: How to cut dimensional lumber on your table saw to make turning blanks

Turning Blanks from your Table Saw

Turning Blanks from your Table Saw
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