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What’s My Volume
If you’re looking to find what volume urn you will need, check this link. If you know what volume urn you need, stay right here and find out if the urn you plan to turn will have that volume. This article was created for folks that want to estimate the volume that can be contained ...
Notes on Project Finishing by Doug Miller
I found this excerpt in American Woodturner, Vol. 11, No 2, June 1996; “Finishing Overview; Understanding the Choices”, by Alan W. Hollar. Mr, Hollar closes his lengthy article about finishes with these words concerning the pre-finish process, sanding. He states: blockquote:after { content: "\201C"; display: block; font-size: ...
Ebonizing Solution with Susan Jilek
This is an article about creating and using an ebonizing solution on a wood project. To start, let’s consider what you need for ebonizing: A tea bag Water Lacquer thinner or other type of solvent White vinegar Some jars #1 steel wool We’re going to use an iron vinegar solution as the ebonizing solution. However, many types of woods don’t ...
Knurled Nut Cover (updated) by Tom Clark
(Click for zip file of 3D printing files referenced in this article.) I really like using a collet system on tool handles. You can remove the tool steel from the handle for sharpening rather than dancing around the handle. Also, when you buy new tool steel, you don’t have to wait until you ...
Designing Your Shop Air Lines to Control Water by Tres Lennep
Are you in the process of building a shop? Are you interested in minimizing the water in your shop air lines? Check out the attached PDF. The PDF, written by Tres Lennep, explains how you can reduce the moisture at the end of the air hose by designing your plumbing ...
Collet Handle – Using Plumbing Fittings by Gerald Jensen
You can use ordinary brass plumbing fittings to make your own collets for tool handles. The advantage of using this type of collet is that there are no set screws to damage the shanks on your tool shafts. Collet from Pipe Fittings I use these Thompson Lathe Tools … unhandled tools from other toolmakers should work. I found ...
Make your Own Indexing Wheel
On 02/17/2021, Gary Blankenbiller offered us the opportunity to get some SVG files to create indexing wheels on our CNC machines. If you own a CNC machine, probably, you recognize the significance of the SVG files and that they must be processed to use with your CNC machine. However, along with the ...
Rit Dye in Woodturning by Dane Chandler
(Click for the origin pdf on Rit Dye by Dane Chandler.) On about 7/15/2020, Dane Chandler provided a demo about using Rit Dye for coloring when finishing. Recently, he provided an article to go along with his Demo on using Rit Dye. The demo is embedded in a longer video. ...
Blackhawk Gauge
In the 01/06/2021 meeting of the World Wide Wood Turners, one of the members asked how to correctly position the Wolverine Grinding Jig consistently every time. The problem: when removing or moving the 27″ ‘V’ Arm Attachment between uses, if not returned to the same orientation each time, the grind will not ...
Longworth Chuck … The Right Holding Power by Cap’n Eddie Castelin
If you are into chucking like I’m into chucking, then you already know about the Longworth Chuck. I have heard that the developer of the chuck, Leslie Douglas Longworth, of the Hunter Valley Woodturners, introduced the project in the late 1980s. Being a wood turner, and a very creative person, Leslie created ...

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