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… Continued from March 26, 2025 Choosing Safe Materials for Engraving: Wood and Beyond Selecting the right material for laser engraving is just as important as choosing the correct machine settings. While wood is the most commonly used material for woodturners, laser engraving can also be applied to leather, acrylic, metal, glass, and more. However, Read More …
… Continued from March 19, 2025 Newsletter Health and Safety Considerations: Engraving with Confidence and Caution While laser engraving is an incredible tool for adding intricate details and personalization to wood-turned projects, it’s important to recognize that you’re working with a powerful beam of focused energy— essentially controlled fire. That means safety should always be Read More …
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. Read More …
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 version. Parts needed for assembly Parts list ($26 for parts from Tractor Supply): 1” – 8 bolt various lengths (3) 1” lock Read More …
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, Read More …
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 a Read More …
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. To turn a cupcake box, starting with a blank: 3″ X 3″ X 4″ (76mm x 76mm x 102mm) – maple or other Read More …
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 running up my arm. Sat and had a drink and think session , then went to work. The bottom is my large and heavy Manfrotto #268 ballhead for Read More …
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 a pad, put a small amount on then pad, then apply to the bowl. The first step is to color it black. I then use a hair drier Read More …
Here is my chainsaw mill for those who haven’t seen it. I folds up into a small package you can put into your car. 4 pieces total. The beauty of this is I only load the logs once, then leave them on my trailer to cut.
In use, I load the logs on my trailer, then with 2 screws, screw the mill to my trailer. Roll a log in place, Clamp the log down with scrap wood at each end, and cut. There is a pulley system to make the cutting easier. Make all cuts down one side, raising the saw for each cut. Usually it takes 3 cuts for each side to get 2) 5″ blanks. Then slide/turn the log around and cut down the other side lowering the saw as you go.