Turning

Make small pulls with a modified pencil sharpener
January 28, 2025

If you're making a project such as a spice box that requires lots of small pulls but you don't have a lathe, a modified cheap pencil sharpener works great.
Made You Look: Easy router sled for your lathe
October 24, 2024

Turning has always been a bit intimidating for me. My lathe currently sits in the corner of my shop, unused, because I can't seem to find the time to add…
Turning a Southwestern Bowl
October 21, 2024

Matt Monaco creats a bowl with a clean, classical simplicity of shape that he sees as wooden pottery.
Easily Turn a Sphere on a Lathe Without a Jig
July 15, 2024

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.
The Leviathan Lathe
June 14, 2024

Fred Schattauer had his heart set on a big lathe, and made it happen.
Easy angled holes on a drill press
April 17, 2024

Beth Ireland's jig eliminates the need to make multiple angled drilling platforms for your drill press.
Using Jam Chucks at the Lathe
January 30, 2024

Darryl Jones shows an example of how a jam chuck can overcome work-holding challenges at the lathe.
Tool Test: Midi Lathes
October 27, 2023

Andrew Finnigan put six midi lathes through a series of performance tests, designed to evaluate them thoroughly both for spindle turning and face work.
Designer’s Notebook: The art of turning
May 14, 2020

Max Brosi uses texture, contrast, and the distortion of the wood to bring his ideas forward. Once he knows what the piece is going to say, making it is an enjoyable and often automatic process.
From the Editor: Partnership revolves around turning
April 3, 2020

Fine Woodworking and the American Association of Woodturners launched a content partnership in February 2020.

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