- Laser Engraving for Wood Turners (Part 2) – Todd Fipps
… Continued from March 19, 2025 Newsletter Health and Safety Considerations: Engraving with Confidence and Caution While laser engraving is an incredible tool for adding intricate details and personalization to wood-turned projects, it’s important to recognize that you’re working with a powerful beam of focused energy— essentially controlled fire. That means safety should always be a ... - Create a Shortcut to the WorldWideWoodTurners MeetingCreate a Shortcut to the WorldWideWoodTurners Meeting
- Laser Engraving for Wood Turners (Part 1) by Todd FippsGetting Started with Laser Engraving Woodturning is a craft rooted in tradition, but that doesn’t mean it can’t benefit from modern technology. For generations, woodturners have used chisels, gouges, and fine carving tools to add embellishments and details to their work. While these methods produce stunning results, they also require years of practice, steady hands, ...
- Using a Steady-Rest While Turning Large, Flat Pieces By Howard KingUsing a Steady-Rest can be used to help turning large plates and platters. Most times, turning a flat piece to a very thin thickness (less than a quarter of an inch or 6 mm), such as a disc or platter, is not much of a problem. Especially if it is a small diameter around ...
- Delta Lathe 1642 Steel Bed 46-745 VFD controllerIf you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here In the event that you have a Delta Lathe 1642 46-745 and need to set up a Series 15P Inverter Control for the lathe, David Liss offers a copy of the controller manual. Using this information, you should be able to setup ...
- Turning a Cupcake Box with Ron PollmannThe following documents were provided by Ron Pollmann to accompany his demonstration on 2025-03-05. The documents include 2 PDFs. One contains a graphic description, the second is a detail instructions list. Enjoy. ...
- Coloring Process On A Live Edge Bowl with Dale SlaughterThis is a natural edge bowl sanded to 320 grit. Using Hampshire Sheen intrinsic colors, I apply the colors by folding a piece of paper towel into ...
- Woodturned Lidded Box with Grain Matching by Matt HarberIf you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here Steps (page 1): Mount the wood blank between centers. Turn the blank round. Turn a tenon on BOTH ends. Mount the blank in ...
- 3520B VFD-S Inverter ConfigurationIf you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here Powermatic 3520B lathe VFD-S Inverter Delta VFD015S21U Below is the configuration information for the Powermatic 3520B Lathe VFD-S Inverter as provided by Billy Burt. Feel free to grab a copy of the PDF containing this information. Identity ...
- Creating Inside-Out Ornament with Matt HarberIf you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here 4 Posts 360° (full circle) / 4 = 90° (cut angle) Assume radius (R) = 2" Then side ...
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