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TURNING sa BOWL -- TURNED sa BOX -- TURNED sa GEMSTONE TURNING sa GOBLET -- TURNED sa TURNING BLANK sa VASE -- TURNED x LATHE TURNING x WOOD TURNING xx WOODWORKING Surface ornamentation. Four articles look at techniques for decorating lathe-turned objects. Ideas include adding silver and stone accents, sewn accents, "carved" designs, etc. Wood turning and carpal tunnel syndrome. Includes advice for turners to either help prevent or manage CTS. Spindle turning. Duplicating existing spindles without a duplicator. General guidelines to make hand duplication quick, effective and competitive. Transverse turning. What you see is what you get. Techniques for selecting the right piece of "found" wood (spalted, wormy, or with burls, etc.), measuring and marking reference points, attaching to the lathe, and turning. Tip suggests wetting endgrain or another soft area to eliminate tearout when turning or scraping. Advice on turning pre-drilled blanks. Three articles on design theory and considerations for wood turners. Starting wood turning on a budget. A description of what can be accomplished with a simple, low-cost lathe, a faceplate and a few basic tools. Tip describes how to get a line right where you want it when using a wire to burn blackened lines on a turning. Turning casualties. A look at injuries that occur during work on a wood turning lathe and tips for avoiding them. A method to lessen the problem of wood turning tearout uses lacquer sanding-sealer. Tips on working with green wood. Techniques for turning miniatures. A discussion of believability, detail, wood selection and equipment. Tips on turning a large diameter or out-of-round piece on a lathe. Chatterwork. Technique for decorating the surfaces of small spindle turnings with intricate geometric patterns without using a Holtzapffel lathe or doing any hand carving. Don't get caught. A professional wood turner shows how to avoid common lathe turning mistakes. Avoiding a catch, minimizing scraper catches, etc. Adventures in hollow turning. A master turner's two-tool technique for creating thin-walled vessels. Turning table legs that match without using a duplicating jig. These simple techniques also apply to turning chair spindles, balusters, etc. Faceplate turning. How to master proper use of the bowl gouge and scrapers. General guidelines for determining turning speed. Abrasive finishing of faceplate turnings. Some tips. Reverse sectional wood turning technique is illustrated by this candlestand. Safe wood turning. Seven "rules" to prevent accidents. A wood turner's feast. The Stewart System of turning, that uses a slicer to remove an interior wooden cone, makes it easier to remove a large volume of wood from a vase interior. Using tools. How to achieve first-rate results when using a wood lathe. Tips for the beginner. Jig for cutting uniform cylindrical shapes using a router. Turning conference. Notes and information on a wood turners get-together in Newton, PA. Turning spalted wood. Rough turning is done with conventional turning tools, while the finishing is done with abrasive body sanders and disc sanders. Technique for turning long tapers on the lathe. Turning full circle. How to cut apart circular turnings and reassemble them into new shapes. Offers a technique for achieving unique designs in bowls, sculpture, etc. The sketchbook as a design tool. The serious wood turner must learn to maintain a sketchbook/journal in which many ideas are tried with pencil and paper before a few are selected for actual turning. Turning small, thin, spindles (such as bobbins for lacemaking) requires special lathe techniques. Tip: Use a curved cabinet scraper for the final shaping of bowls and other faceplate turnings. Sanding and finishing wood turnings on the lathe. Twist turning. Traditional method combines lathe and carving. Tip: How to reproduce the pattern for a large turning by using a camera and a slide projector. Movement and support at the lathe. A steady hold improves your turning. Tips on stance, holding the tool, cutting, supporting the wood, and the attitude of the wood turner. How to make a long cylindrical turning without a lathe. Requires only a simple cradle and a hand plane. Tips for turning irregular pieces such as burls. Tips that make short production runs of spindle turnings easier and faster. Chatterwork . A technique for decorating small spindle turnings with three-dimensional surface texture. Turning mostly air. Finding the hidden shapes in rotted logs. How to turn hollow vessels which have as little as 20% wood in their sides. Turning without a lathe. Making round legs using ordinary hand tools. A "lathebox" jig is used to hold the work securely. Spindle turning. Fine points for the beginner. Turning accurate tapers on a lathe. Decorative folk turning (wood turning) techniques from the "ore mountain" section of East Germany. (1) Hoop turning, in which the ring has the continuous profile of an object within it. When the ring is split into radial pieces, the hidden shape is revealed. (2) Shaving curls produces little trees and flowers. (3) Stripe burning and knurling. Production tips from an architectural turner. Working fast without sacrificing quality. Two-handed lathe technique for production turning of small pieces. Turning large vessels. Coping with weight and wood movement. Tools and methods developed specifically for turning large, deep wooden vessels. A new light on turning. Using a stroboscope to "stop" your wood turning and reveal progress without actually turning off the lathe. Technique for turning multiple small wooden spheres on a lathe. Efficient spindle turning. Tricks for speed and consistency. Looks at improving your lathe, steady rests, lathe tools, jigs, etc. Wall sculptures. Advice on turning large, irregular burls. Technique for turning oval-shaped spindles. A basic course in wood turning. Wood turning lessons. Part 5. Tips on decorating your turnings with carvings which add interest or serve to personalize the object. Wood turning lesson. Part 8. Tips on turning lids to fit the opening of bowls, boxes, humidors, etc. Wood turning. A look at the basic cuts, including shoulder cuts, V-cuts and concave cuts. How to turn oval-shaped spindles. Involves the use of three pairs of centers on the work. Homemade toolrest, dead center and drive center lets your drill press double as a wood lathe. The secret that make you a wood turning expert. How to master faceplate and spindle turning. Great woodworking jigs for your shop. Part 2. (1) Drill press turning jig to produce small "lathe" turnings on a drill press. (2) Drill press auxiliary table. Turn small-diameter decorative finials and spindles on a drill press. Becoming a wood turning expert. Part 1. Fundamentals. The lathe, lathe tools, turning a cylinder, turning a square-shouldered spindle, lathe speeds, etc. Becoming a wood turning expert. Part 2. Advanced techniques. Face plate turning, large post blocking, turned box with lid, log turning, wood ball, cabriole leg, extra long turnings, split turnings, small post blocking, etc. Jig allows lathework on a table saw. How to get started in wood turning. Seven smart tricks to do on a lathe. Creative log turning. Techniques for having fun at the lathe while making beautiful objects from found wood (firewood, green wood, etc.). How to turn long thin spindles on a lathe using simple shop-made accessories, extended tool rest, and a steady rest. Beading on a spindle. How to cut satisfactory bead shapes when doing spindle turning. Step-by-step photos, required tools, tool sharpening, etc. Turning between centers using a spindle gouge. How to rough out, cut a cove and cut a bead. Wood turning basics. Turning between centers. Laying out, preparing the stock, mounting the stock on lathe, rounding down, turning, and finishing the project. Secrets of a production turner. Bert Thompson shares wood-turning techniques. Includes information on making your own tool handles, a "decent" center finder, etc. Tips for turning small-diameter spindles without having them break. Includes a homebuilt steady rest. Faceplate turning. A technique that offers rewards and challenges. Tip: A light coat of finish (from an aerosol can) will help you see minor scratches and other faults during the final stages of sanding a turning project. Technique for turning wooden objects with large holes down the center involves drilling the hole first, inserting tapered wood centers and then turning. Green-wood turning. A hands-on guide. Turning tagua nuts. Tips on using dental tools and shop-made scrapers. Includes ideas on items to make. Turning between centers. Pointers for better turning of spindle projects (rounding down, smoothing, making beads, cutting coves, transitioning from square section to cylinder, cutting square shoulders, pattern layout and transfer, sanding and finishing. Tip on improving the lighting and visibility when making lathe turnings by using a white paper reflector behind the turning. Spotlight on lathe safety. Tips for accident-free wood turning. Checking out chatterwork. How to decorate your turnings by deliberately using controlled chatter to apply spiral designs to turnings. Safe starting with a gouge. Correct procedure for using a gouge on between-centers turning. Router turning jig. Turn the ends of small wooden projects (kaleidoscope, salt shaker, ...) by twisting the work piece slowly against a fast-turning router bit using this jig. Technique for "turning" small tapered legs or cylinders on a router table instead of a lathe. Duplication, or copy turning. Some tricks to help you along. Advice about turning bone and ivory for bobbins and cabinet knobs. The use of fillets in wood turning design. Tip on turning simple rosettes on the face of a rectangular piece of wood. Carving on turning. Part 5. How to turn barley twists. Tip on using clothes-dryer lint (fluff) to polish wood turnings on the lathe. Turning from the left. Description of a two-handed method developed in Germany for low-cost batch production of slender, long-grained items (lace bobbins, columns, ...) and other small and thin components (musical instrument parts, figurines, ...). Uses a full-length toolrest and no tailstock. How to turn polyester resin, the alternative to ivory. Tips on both tools and techniques. Inside out (involuted) turning. A look at the do's and don't of this unusual technique. Selecting a suitable rotational speed (RPMs) for turning wooden objects. Back to basics. Outline of a simple teaching system for beginners to the wood turning craft. Getting started in wood turning. Part 1. A checklist to guide you, selecting a good wood turning instruction course, finding a place to work, and selecting a lathe. Getting started in wood turning. Part 2. Laying out a workshop. Equipment you will need and where to position it in your workshop. Getting started in wood turning. Part 3. The growth of trees, how different figurings are created, and what these features mean to the turner. Getting started in wood turning. Part 4. Tools and techniques necessary for cutting wood cleanly. Getting started in wood turning. Part 5. Tools and techniques necessary for cutting wood cleanly (continued). Turning rotten wood. How to use it to create weird and wonderful forms. A description of how to do involuted (inside-out) turning. Tips on turning alternative ivory (polyester resin). Lifting the veil. A look at the confusing terminology used in wood turning. Rule of thumb. A project involving turning of several identical gallery spindles is used to reflect on the "bending of rules" in wood turning. Part 1. Rule of thumb. A project involving turning of several identical gallery spindles is used to reflect on the "bending of rules" in wood turning. Part 2. Tool truths. Part 22. Workshop tips for a wood turner. Tool truths. Part 23. Questions to ask before taking a course in wood turning. Tool truths. Part 24. Questions to ask before taking a course in wood turning (continued). Tip on turning Corian. Advice on choosing equipment for those starting out in wood turning. Tips on lathe, accessories, tools, chucks, and wood. Tears to souvenirs. Some tips on saving flawed wood or broken turnings by incorporating the defect into the final design. Tool truths. Part 29. How to improve your turning designs and enter competitions successfully. Tool truths. Part 30. More advice on how to improve your turning designs. Tip on turning a round box, bowl, or other hollow object without using a faceplate. How to turn knobs, finials, newel-post tops and other small items which require repetition of the pattern. Includes profiles of 9 common patterns for wooden knobs. Wood turner's corner. Off center turning. Some tips. Wood turning from A to Z. Mounting the work piece and roughing down. How to turn a pointed finial on a lathe. How to turn a tapered leg on a lathe by using a hand plane instead of a broad skew chisel. How to lathe-turn unique pieces of wood which have serious defects (such as large knots with multi-direction splits). The preparation of a hollow salt shaker is described. Suggested turning speeds for various diameter spindles and bowls. Tip on turning an ellipse using the off-center lathe mounting technique. Ornamental turning. Part 1. Introduction to "ornamental" lathe turning which is never a "solid of revolution". Also known as "eccentric" or "complex" turning. Superb decorated box, made from a section of ivory tusk, is an example of how to do "ornamental turning". Ornamental turning. Part 2. How to adapt a plain lathe to ornamental use. Richard Raffan, one of the world's best-known wood turners, talks about stance and cutting practice. An excerpt from his new book "Turning Wood". Wood turners share some of their favorite sanding and finishing techniques. Turning without a lathe. How to make the basic traditional wood turning tool, the rounder. Used to convert square-section or uneven wood into even cylindrical stock. Includes a table of entry- and exit-hole sizes. Turning without a lathe. Make the rounder's big brother, the trap. The trap is used for smoothing, for tapering, and for convex shaping. Turning without a lathe. Power to your elbow. Various hand cranks and engine setups to turn work pieces while you use a rounder or a trap. Inside job. Technique to conquer the challenges of inverted turning. Turnings are quartered and reassembled with the outside profile on the inside. The outside is then turned to shape. Wood turning supplement. Adding hand-carved spirals to a turning. Approaching a lathe. Advice on the height of the toolrest and the angle between chisel and work piece when using a wood lathe. Turning on a shoestring budget. Tips on getting started in wood turning with an inexpensive lathe and various shop-built accessories. Recommended turning speeds for wood lathes. How to avoid "dig-ins" when turning large diameters. Copy turning (duplicate turning) of small parts by hand. Bevel support. Understanding the relationship between the bevel on a turning tool and the circular work piece in order to get the best possible cutting action. Spindle hollowing. Techniques for cutting hollows using a spindle detail gouge. Making quartered turnings on a lathe. How to prepare the turning blank so that it can be separated later, turn the cylinder, split the blank, and remove the excess glue. Spindle turning. Step-by-step instructions for using the cutting method of wood turning on a lathe. Faceplate turning. Basic techniques are described and illustrated. Tip on coating spalted wood with shaving cream when making the final cuts in order to help prevent tearout. Start turning. A series of articles which will cover the full range of wood turning techniques. The first articles are aimed at the absolute beginner. Part 1. Getting started using scrap wood. Start turning. Setting up a turner's workshop. Part 1. Choosing lathes, accessories and dealing with sawdust. How to turn wooden cones without leaving center marks. Start turning. Setting up a turner's workshop. Part 2. What tools you will need and where to put them for optimum ease and safety. Start turning. Setting up a turner's workshop. Part 3. Useful hand tools and turning tools. Start turning. Setting up a turner's workshop. Part 4. Useful power tools. Start turning. Wood turning design. Part 1. Basic concepts and principles. Start turning. Wood turning design. Part 2. How the intended purpose of a turning will affect its looks and some basic guidelines on form. Start turning. Wood turning design. Part 3. Dynamic symmetry. A final look at design. How to turn duplicate wood turnings. The ABC's of lathe work. Includes a speed chart for wood, plastic and nonferrous metal of varying diameters and the recommended rpm's for roughing, shaping and finishing. Also included are diagrams for tool handling, work piece mounting and comments on design and layout. Square plaque or frame is turned on a lathe to produce a slightly convex curved face, and grooves cut around the circular hole in the center of the plaque. Can be used for barometer frame or a picture frame. Project is presented as good turning practice for the lathe enthusiast. How to produce "turned" shapes on a radial arm saw. All about making spiral spindles. Shows how to make them by hand, on a lathe, and with a router. How to make twisted pedestals for use as lamp bases or table pedestals. Requires a lathe and drill press for rough shaping, followed with hand chiseling, filing and sanding. Wood turning without a lathe. How to laminate "doughnuts" of wood to form lamp bases, bowls, jars, etc. You need only a saber saw, electric drill and belt sander. How to turn tall, slender objects which are hollow, such as vases, etc. Three projects using technique of oval lathe turning. (1) Salt and pepper shakers. (2) Napkin ring. (3) Bud vase. Tip on turning perfectly centered candlesticks or other hollow core spindles by drilling the hole before turning and using a step-up collar to grip the hole. | |||||||||
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