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 of [...]
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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. Here is [...] 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, [...] 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 a great [...] What this guy is doing with the bandsaw can only be described as magic! |
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