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Christmas Ornaments: Build Your Inventory Fast

Sometimes it is the right time of year for certain turning projects.  September and October seem to fit for Christmas Ornaments.  Its that time of year.  Early fall, the children are back in school, and you’re still working at harvesting the garden.  It might be a bit early to think about your personal Christmas, but …

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

Turning Blanks from your Table Saw

Getting wood to turn on you lathe can be a challenge.  However the off cuts from a building site have great potential as practice turning blanks.  Off cuts of commercial 2 x4s make good turning blanks for beginners.   The wood is usually fir, spruce, or pine.  These are soft woods rather than hard woods.  The …

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Wooden Kitchen Trivets are easy to turn and love to use.

Wood Trivet – A kitchen turning project

Turning a wood kitchen trivet is a great project to practice your bowl turning skills.  You make the face of the trivet flat and shape the profile of the edge to suit your project.  The end result is a wooden trivet you can be proud of. Kitchen trivets are used to protect surfaces from pots …

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This cup holder extension will help you hold larger coffee cups in your car

Cup Holder Extension

Turning a cup holder extension I have an awesome coffee cup.  It keeps the coffee hot for a long time.  But it does not fit into the cup holder in my car.  In order to solve the problem of not being able to use an extra-large coffee cup in my car’s cup holder, I had …

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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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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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A Turned Wooden Christmas Bell

Turned Wooden Christmas Bell

Bells are a traditional Christmas ornament.  They are part of the Christmas narrative.  Jingle bells, sleigh bells, silver bells, I think you get the idea.  A turned wooden Christmas bell will be a lovely ornament on the tree. A bell shape is fairly straight forward and a quick search through my Pinterest board, featurning 100+ …

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How to Turn a Wooden Snowman

Turned Wooden Snowman

It is December and there is snow on the ground.  Do you remember trying to make your first snowman?  I can recall thinking the snow was perfect and running out to make a snowman.  Then as I rolled the snowball and accumulated snow all of the leaves that hadn’t been raked were sticking to the …

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5 Tips for a Positive Attitude at Shows

5 Tips for a Positive Attitude at Craft Shows

5 Tips for a Positive Attitude at Craft Shows I’m writing in the middle of Christmas craft fair season.  It is November 17th and Christmas is still a month away.  This is after the big Fall fair in Rock Creek, BC, Canada, and the small community Christmas craft fairs are starting up.  Doing so many …

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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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7 Gifts for Men Made on the Lathe

7 Gifts for Men Made on the Lathe
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
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