Techniques – Page 14 – Woodworkers Institute

Are you struggling to plane a straight edge? Is your wood plane ‘biting’ the wood? Want to know more about

No guillotine? No problem. Ramon Valdez uses a dedicated crosscut jig to trim square edges ready for assembly straight off

Jason Townsend looks at knife skills in the context of working in-the-round. Knife carving is on the increase as far as

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

The author takes a look at holding work on the lathe securely. Holding work securely is very important. Get this

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

Kurt Hertzog looks at using various types of shell in his turned work. As we’ve been exploring materials and colouration

Faceplates still have a place in every wood turner’s workshop. I remember this was once the main way for holding