There is something intoxicating about the process of turning — part by-the-book technical, part a fluid freestyle dance. Join Keith Cruickshank on one of his WoodTreks videos, where he visits The Irion Company Furniture Makers, and films Johnathan Sanbuichi, an accomplished cabinetmaker and turner. In this video, Johnathan demonstrates his approach to the turning
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Uphill or downhill. Cutting with the grain or against the grain. Understanding how the grain is orientated on the lathe and which direction to cut in order to get the smoothest cuts possible can be confusing. Brian Clifford has a great article on his site The Woodturners Workshop which illustrates these concepts very clearly. A recent comment by a reader made me think it might be helpful to describe some of the features here on my blog. I’ll start with a definition of a blog: From Wikipedia: “A blog (a contraction of the term “weblog“) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” To put it in simple terms, it is a list of entries that have been made with the latest entry at the top. My blog currently has about 75 entries and displays the latest 5 entries on the home page, so when you get to the bottom of the page feel free to click on “older entries” and you will see the next five on the list.  Use this button to search the entire blog. Simply type your search term in the box and hit "enter" Because of the way a blog is structured finding certain information can be difficult. I am working on an index of entries but until then you can search the entire blog by using the search button found in the top right hand corner of each page.  Subscribe via RSS or e-mail Because the content of a blog is updated every couple of days it’s often convenient to subscribe to a blog and have the latest content delivered to you rather than having to revisit the site. You can subscribe by clicking on either of the three buttons in the top right of each page. Clicking on “Posts” will subscribe you via RSS. RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. I’m no technical guru, but basically you use a feed site (I use Google Reader) and that site will collect the latest content from all the sites you have subscribed to and deliver it for you to read in one place. It works really well if you follow a couple of blogs, as you can just go to your Google Reader page and any new content from the sites you subscribe to will be waiting there for you. A lot more convenient than having to go to a bunch of different sites. Clicking on “By Email” will allow you to subscribe via e-mail. You simply enter your e-mail address. You will receive an email asking you to click on a link to confirm your subscription. Once you do that your subscription is activated. You will receive an e-mail with the latest content each time it is posted on the blog. If you wish to cancel the subscription there is a link in each e-mail allowing you to do so. A recent article I wrote on Making a Board Game on the Lathe is the featured article for this month at Woodturning Online. Another article, Turn a wooden mallet with an oval handle has been added to the Turning Projects. For those of you who are not familiar with Woodturning Online, it is What this guy is doing with the bandsaw can only be described as magic! A very cool video by Stuart King showing how he turns a wooden flower on a foot powered lathe. A while ago I wrote about how I made an end grain cutting board. One of the difficulties was trying to visualize what the final pattern was going to look like. Well I was looking around on The Wood Whisperer blog and came across a link to a great piece of software that really A nice photo slide show of Chris Ramsay turning a cowboy hat at the Georgia Association of Woodturners.
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