Woodturning on lathe, creating wood shavings.
Techniques

Turning Beyond Wood

With more than 100,000 species of woods in the world, most turners shouldn’t have a need to look to other

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Colorful pencil sculptures: vase, cylinder, and bangle.
Techniques

Turning with Pencils

Bob Chapman experiments with turning pencils to make various forms Making objects from glued-together pencils is not a new idea,

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Assorted crafting tools and materials on a white background.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Methods of Sanding

Philip Greenwood talks about how to sand work to a fine finish. For such a simple sounding part of the

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Blue wooden bowl with iridescent interior design.
Woodturning

Opal Blue and Silver Bowl

Kim Gowney tells us about how his experimentation led to this beautiful bowl. Kim’s ‘Opal Blue and Silver Bowl’ made

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Decorative wooden bowls with unique designs.
Projects

Moonlight Bowl

Colwin Way makes an out of this world moonlight bowl. So we are in the darker months of winter when

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Wooden hand crank gear mechanism with connected chain.
Techniques

Rope Making

Colin Sullivan looks at making rope. Both Chatham and Portsmouth dockyards have massive purpose built rope walks, showing how important

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