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Woodturning Basics: Tips for Beginners

Bob Puetz started woodturning when he was 10. He stood on a peach crate in his dad’s shop to reach a good quality lathe. He ...
Turning a bowl on the lathe is a fun and rewarding experience, which helps to explain why woodturning has become the fastest-growing sector of woodworking in the United States in the new millennium.
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...
“There’s a certain misconception that you have to be really strong and muscular,” says Ashley Harwood, a woodturner creating stunning handmade wooden bowls out of her shop in South Carolina.
In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a log into a natural edge bowl, the outcome was a little more than i had planned. Woodturning can be very dangerous and as the title ...