Veneered Nest of Tables
Veneered Nest of Tables This nest of tables was made some years ago to complement a client’s existing furniture. Designed…
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Tips for Carving Otters
Tips for Carving Otters When I was a boy, my playground was the water meadows around Winchester in Hampshire, through…
Alterations after Turning
Alterations after Turning Taking your nearly completed piece and intentionally altering it may seem like heresy. Carving, piercing, painting, pyrography,…
Identifying Shapes in Turning
Identifying Shapes in Turning I have looked at the techniques of turning various different shapes into timber, whether that be…
Super Powers
Super Powers Over the years, I have used or developed many tricks or shortcuts on my shop machines for quicker,…
Making a Packet out of Marquetry
Making a Packet out of Marquetry Several months into my course, I have already garnered a notebook full of useful…
Tablesaw Magic
Tablesaw Magic Recently I have become less dependent on making measurements and marking cut lines on boards. They are time-consuming,…
Hand Skills
Hand Skills Continuing on from an article on the dovetail housing joint used on our students’ tool racks, some of…
Carving a Figure: the Female Form
Carving a Figure: the Female Form Britain’s leading carver, Ray Gonzalez offers his thirty years of experience to carvers who…
What You Need to Know about Hollowing Rigs
What You Need to Know about Hollowing Rigs There are many ways to create hollow woodturnings, ranging from the very…