Tips Articles – World Wide Wood Turners

What Makes an Urn by Brenda Thornton
My name is Brenda Thornton, also known as Band Aid Brenda. This name was given to me by Capt. Eddie because, for quite awhile when I first began coming to Wednesday meetings, I had a band aid. After going to a woodworking symposium where I turned a pen, I’ve been turning about 5 yrs now. ...
Carving Station with Bob Grinstead
During the 2025-03-19 meeting of World Wide Wood Turners, Bob Grinstead showed us his homemade carving station. Here is some information about the station, allowing your to use it to create your own ...
Laser Engraving for Wood Turners by Todd Fipps
Getting 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 King
Using 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 ...
Turning a Cupcake Box with Ron Pollmann
The 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. ...
A Carving Vise by David Swain
After being warned about burrs eating fingers. I decided to make a carving vise to use with my Kutzall burrs. I didn’t want a 1" (25mm) burr ...
Coloring Process On A Live Edge Bowl with Dale Slaughter
This 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 ...

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