Turning

Marc Ricourt creates vessels out of beech and oak he harvests near his home in Burgundy France. He begins each piece with chainsaw work before refining the shape at the lathe. He completes the piece with carving, sanding, and finishing.

Matt Monaco creats a bowl with a clean, classical simplicity of shape that he sees as wooden pottery.

Peter Follansbee gives us a fascinating glimpse into his turning process—as though it were 1684.

Darryl Jones shows how easy it is to turn a wooden sphere without a commercially available jig. He lays out the process using scrap wood to make simple shop-made cup centers used to mount, turn, and finish a wooden sphere.

Turn a sleek pepper grinder without visible hardware using Matt Monaco's design.

Adding texture, design, and color to turned bowls

Darryl Jones shows an example of how a jam chuck can overcome work-holding challenges at the lathe.

Seri Robinson demonstrates how to overcome the challenges of working with spalted wood to reveal the beauty within.

Learn when to use each tool for precise shaping and efficient roughing.

Andrew Finnigan put six midi lathes through a series of performance tests, designed to evaluate them thoroughly both for spindle turning and face work.