When turning wood on a lathe, each workpiece is mounted between ... like a chair leg or spindle. With the help of calipers, a parting tool can carve these indicator grooves to a precise diameter ...

If you plan on turning wood bowls, you may need a larger lathe than someone who simply wants to turn items on a spindle and make tool handles and salt and pepper shakers. Look for a lathe that is ...

Woodturning is the art of making wooden objects on the lathe. While I can`t claim to be an expert ”turner,” which is a profession unto itself, I know what a furniture maker must do to turn ...

Purchasing the best wood lathe for you can be intimidating ... you need to get started on a range of turning projects, with chisels and gouges for spindle work and a ⅜ inch gouge and scraper ...

Spindle and bowl turning for everyone ... and then it's over to the wood lathe. True to form, since I am cutting spalted wood, I want to be wearing an N95 dust mask and have good dust collection ...

Mini-lathes are designed to turn bowls, table legs, and posts, but they are much too large for turning ... wood blocks. He carved a head and tailstock from a 2 x 4 and sharpened and carved a ...

And today we're turning a work of art ... I use the wrenches to secure and snug that face plate onto the drive spindle of the wood lathe. And I make sure it has clearance with the tool rest.

Over the past century, as demand for functional hand-turned wooden items — chair legs and back spindles ... There he found a wood-turning lathe. “Things on a lathe move fast — you don ...

The lathe is a simple enough tool to understand, but requires much practice to truly master. During the turning process, it’s often necessary to inspect the workpiece. This generally ...

Here is Alan Holland performing his craft: woodturning. He takes a big chunk of wood, spins it on a lathe and shaves and cuts it down into something much more detailed. It’s painstaking work but ...

On exactly nobody’s list is this attachment that turns a waterjet cutter into a lathe, and with good reason ... uses an electric drill to rotate a wood blank between centers on the bed of ...