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Turn a Mexican Train Dominoes Hub Even If You Are a Beginner

Turn a Mexican Train Dominoes hub and make dominoes more fun.  This wood turned domino train station is a little challenging because it involves some refinement after the lathe.  You’ll need some face-plate turning experience for this project, but it’s suitable for the advanced beginner.  I played dominoes when I was a child.  I don’t …

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Easy to turn and easy to play - make a set of fidget sticks today

Turn a Fidget Stick for Kids 5 to 85

A fidget roller, flip toy, or fidget stick is an easy turning project.  A set of two allows two people to fidget at the same time or you can do tricks as well.  While there are a lot of embellishments that can be done, a plain wooden fidget stick still works to relieve tension. Design …

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A turned Baby Rattle with three captive rings.

A Wood Turning Project: Baby Rattle

I’m not sure which is more amusing.  Watching a baby with a rattle or an adult trying to figure out how the rings were put on the rattle in the first place.  Captive rings are a woodturning trick and I use captive rings on this baby rattle. Wooden Baby Rattle with Captive Rings Wooden toys, …

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Wooden Puzzles Featured

Wooden Puzzles that are Quick to Make: The Tower of Hanoi

Wooden puzzles always attract lots of attention at craft fairs and shows. The Tower of Hanoi is easy to make with a rectangular base and turned discs as the pieces. Made from wood, the pieces and the base are attractive to our tactile and visual senses. This is a quick project and will give you …

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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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wooden scoop

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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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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project on the lathe

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…

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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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