Watch as we turn a beautiful olive wood root into a unique piece of art, sharing tips, techniques, and insights into ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

If you’d custom-order a wood-turned bowl made from scratch by craftsman Robert Nelson, it likely would take nine months before he’d start working on it. It has nothing to do with Nelson’s talent or ...

For more than 40 years, Maine Wood Concepts lingered in the background, turning hundreds of thousands of custom wooden Shaker pegs, toy wheels, dowels and other components for major game manufacturers ...

Wood turning is among the most popular of craft art techniques today. The 130 works in this exhibit document six decades of wood turning in North America. The show celebrates the variety and beauty of ...

Believe it or not, until recently I had never done any turnings. I have been messing with wood for a solid twenty years and never once have I even turned on a lathe. I’ve seen Norm do it a bazillion ...

Hold a stationary chisel against a spinning piece of wood and good things can happen. This is what turning wood on a lathe is all about. With the proper tools, you can make anything from a wooden ...

When we enter the Mather House Woodturning Studio on a Friday evening, Jack B. Smith ’19 accosts us with a small slab of Hawthorn wood. “Smell it!” he insists. Smith has been a regular at this studio ...

Two clocks are made with a wood lathe. Learn the basics behind face-plate turning. Two clocks are made with the help of a wood lathe. Learn the basics behind face-plate turning. See how to use ...