Turning Tune-up
I can’t stand throwing away good wood. When I’m turning a goblet or any other object, I don’t leave the waste areas blank. I pick up a gouge or a skew and use the waste to perfect my turning techniques. …
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Category Archives: Turning
Spindle turning basics
Lock in the foundational skills of spindle turning.
Read moreTurning the Corner: Segmented Porch Post Column Base
For the February 2022 issue of Wood News Online, Temple Blackwood shared his process for turning a replacement porch post column. One of my regular contractor customers came by some time ago with an interesting problem that he decided I would be the perfect person to help him with. An elderly customer of his had […]
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Read moreTurning the Corner: Carriage Seat Spindles
For the March 2022 issue of Wood News Online, Temple wrote about a project where he had to turn twenty-four replacement spindles for a horse carriage seat: One of my new customers wrote to me and explained that he is in the process of rebuilding an antique horse carriage and needs to replace twenty-four white […]
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Read moreBetty Scarpino’s inner journey
Betty Scarpino’s turned pieces are explorations of what lies beneath the surface.
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