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Explore diverse woodturning topics at AAW’s 2020 International Symposium

January 21, 2020

This year’s event, expected to draw as many as 1,500 attendees, will be held at the Kentucky Expo Center, in Louisville, Kentucky, June 4-7.
Bulk Up Your Benchtop Lathe

November 29, 2019

A sturdy stand with a bed extension and sand for ballast lets a bantam lathe function like a heavyweight.
Make a Long Tool Rest for Your Lathe

November 6, 2019

If you plan to turn chair or table legs, Tim Manney’s shopmade long tool rest allows you to make fluid, full-body motions that yield consistent, smooth, flowing turnings.
7 Things I Learned While Doing Youth Turning Workshops

September 9, 2019

At the 2019 American Association of Woodturners (AAW) Symposium in Raleigh, N.C., I got to participate as an instructor in the Youth turning workshops area. My first demonstration was a…
From The Bench: The Rugged Journey of 600 Mallets

August 1, 2019

How the nonprofit GreenWood helped bring woodturning skills and bicycle-powered lathes into Honduras, sparking the creation of some 600 mallets that will be sold by Lee Valley. It's just one…
Turning For Furniture Makers: Turn a carving mallet – Conslusion

May 14, 2019

David Douyard ditches the amateurs, and demonstrates one of his favorite practice projects, a carving mallet.
Turning For Furniture Makers: Accurately Sizing Parts and Tenons

May 7, 2019

Now that Anissa and Ben know how to shape parts, they need to be able to size them correctly and create accurate joinery
Turning For Furniture Makers: V-Grooves and Beads

April 30, 2019

Things start to get real as David Douyard teaches Anissa and Ben how to use the skew chisel to start adding decorative v-grooves and beads
Turning For Furniture Makers: The Skew Chisel

April 23, 2019

The skew chisel is another woodturning multi-tool in the hands of an experienced turner. But what about in the hands of Ben and Anissa?
Turning For Furniture Makers: Roughing from a riven blank

April 16, 2019

David demonstrates how to find centers on a riven blank and start the process of safely shaping a rough piece of wood

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