Woodturning
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Build Skills by Turning a Sphere
The American Association of Woodturners’ Kip Christensen helps build skills and trains your eye with his technique for turning spheres.
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Tuning Up a Bench Grinder
The calm surface of the wine in this glass, placed on the tool-rest of a running grinder, demonstrates how a properly tuned grinder should operate.
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VIDEO: Turning Three Sizes of Bowls Using Vacuum Chucks
Learn how Ernie finishes turning these three bowls using a combination of vacuum chucks and multiple jaw chucks.
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PROJECT: Turn a Windsor-Style Footstool
Janet A. Collins of the American Association of Woodturners goes step-by-step through the process of turning an entire footstool, including the drilling, on your lathe.
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Harvesting a Burl
Abnormal growths offer hidden treasure that grows on trees.
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VIDEO: How to Core Several Bowls from One Blank
In this instructional video, Ernie Conover explains the process for coring multiple bowls from one burl blank.
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Closer Look at Sheer Scraping
Shear scraping with the wing of a bowl gouge is an effective way to remove tool marks and tearout. This gentle, refining scrape is done without bevel contact on the wood and with the cutting edge presented at a steep angle.
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How to Turn a Simple Tray
Richard Raffan of the American Association of Woodturners explains the process he uses for turning a small, simple tray on the lathe.
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VIDEO: Harvesting Burls for Woodturning
Follow the process of how a tree with a burl was harvested from the forest and how to use a chainsaw to remove a burl from a log.
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Ten Principles of Clean Cutting Woodturning
Kip Christensen of the American Association of Woodturners gives his checklist for the ten things every woodturner needs to know to make clean cuts.
