Connecting Turners Across the Globe
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here In this demonstration I will turn a platter, marble the rim, and show how the platter is finished. The demonstration will be staged with some pieces pre-prepared because some steps require drying overnight. However, the audience will see every step in the process Read More …
Here is a decorating elf tool I made for embellishing tops and boxes. It uses a standard 1/8” cutter ofany shape. A ball cutter works great. I bought: 1/8” id x 3/8” od x 5/32” bearings (you need two, Amazon). 3/8” x 3/8” rare earth magnet (Amazon). 1/4” x 3” brass nipple (Home Depot). 3/4” Read More …
As shown during the July 3rd meeting of World Wide Woodturners, here is Paul Hannaby’s Morse Taper stand. The stand can be free standing or could be mounted flat on a wall if the protruding corner at the top left was cut off. My version was intended to hang on the end of a cabinet. Read More …
Here’s the Cap’n when he as just little Eddie…. you can tell he is already thinking about Big Guy Productions [1950]. “Who am I, and how did this all get started?”, was the question presented me by the Administrative team of WorldwideWoodturrners. I think I can either give the credit, or the blame, to my Read More …
I started with a piece of laminated plywood from an old cabinet. It was only slightly larger than the round piece in the photos. I took a 1-1/2″ x 5″ block of oak and turned it round, making sure both faces were flat and parallel. Then I drilled a 21/32″ hole in the center of Read More …