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Candle holders

February 26, 2021

Best/easiest wood for turning candle holders.
Best wood for inlay

January 15, 2021

Best wood to use as a base to inlay marquetry designs into? Basswood aspen?
Long spindles turned on short lathes

September 20, 2020

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to turn a 50" spindle using a 36" bed lathe?
Parting tool question

July 7, 2020

I'm a neophyte turner. I bought the Woodriver basic turner set when thinking of getting a lathe 8 or 9 years ago. It was on sale and I was there.…
turning metal on a wood lathe

June 28, 2020

I'm interested in using a wood lathe (Laguna Revo 18-36, 220 V, 2 HP) to turn metal parts on occasion. I don't expect to have to turn metal parts often,…
How is wood engraving done?

June 6, 2020

Wood engraving is a form of relief printmaking. Cutting away areas of the block produces areas that will not print.The engraving process involves the utilization of burins, composed of a…
Strange Phenomenon

February 22, 2020

Warning: we may have wander off the map - literally. I have a family member who is a wood turner and he has recently moved to Connecticut from Ulster County…
Casting and turning resin

January 27, 2020

I've wandered this FWW site and cruised the internet and found a few bits on how to make casting molds and do a bit of turning, but I really haven't…
The rugged journey of 600 mallets Oct 2019 Issue

December 15, 2019

Perhaps in the future the editor can locate a more locale turner to support? This article was an abject failure from any perspective, environmental or otherwise.
How to bore a turned lamp

November 7, 2019

I have tried to find an article on turning lamps and boring for the lamp cord. I have searched the archive cd I have for 1975 to 2014 and can't…

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