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Southern States Woodturning Symposium
Consider having some fun in Cartersville, Georgia in March–http://southernstatessymposium.org.
Learn Why Catches Occur and How to Prevent Them
This is some of the most important information related to learning and improving turning skills. Richard Raffan walks you through why tools catch. Your confidence and skill will improve immensely and rapidly once you stop to consider the why. Watch… Read more ›
How to Turn a Basic Bowl
Basic Bowl I don’t see how you can get a better introduction to the basic bowl turning process than this recent video by Richard Raffan. The shots in this video are great because you get clear and close-up views of… Read more ›
A Woodturner’s Guide to Chucks and Jaws
If you haven’t discovered this short video by Richard Raffan then you should take a look. I found this to be a great summary of the important points about chuck selection and use. Here are the take-aways I pulled from… Read more ›
A Treasure of Woodturning and Machining Info
* Updated November 21, 2011 * Updated January 2013 I took some time to build this table for reference. It is filled with machining and woodturning information from Popular Mechanics and Popular Science back issues located on Google Books. I… Read more ›
Nothing New Under the Sun in Woodturning
I ran across this article (“How to Use Woodturning Tools”) in the January 1935 issue of Popular Mechanics (go to page 147). January 1935 Popular Mechanics It seems to be another corroboration of the use of the round-nose chisel in… Read more ›
Thoughts on Grinding a Gouge
Grinding jigs for gouges are good for novice or hobbyist turners who don’t have an overwhelming need to save time. I used the Wolverine jig for my spindle and bowl gouges until recently. I stopped using it as a rule… Read more ›
Spindle Chisels with Specifications (Video #1 Request)
I have received a couple of requests for specifications and pictures of the tools I used in video #1 from the Tri-color Turners. Click on the photos to get a larger view. This is the smaller fluteless gouge (1/4”… Read more ›
First Video from Tri-color Turners
I finally got my first video completed. It was mainly an exercise in determining how the camera would work in our shop and teaching myself how to use our editing software. I have some work to do on camera positioning… Read more ›