How To Articles – World Wide Wood Turners

Beginners Guide to Airbrushing with Matt Harber
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here Introduction: This demonstration ...
Camera Setup for filming or live demonstration
By Jeff Walters There is this myth that if you want to do an online demo or make a YouTube video, that you need lots of expensive camera and computer gear. Well that is simply not true. Many of us that have done online demos for Worldwide Woodturners or for our respective clubs and groups have ...
Avoiding Barrel Distortion in Photographs
If you’ve ever been bothered by your camera changing the shape of a piece, you may be experiencing barrel distortion. Barrel distortion is caused by the shape of the camera lens, which compresses light waves in order to focus them on the image capturing plane. Below, I intentionally held the camera very close to the subject. ...
Laser Engraving for Wood Turners ( Part 3 ) – Todd Fipps
… 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, ...
Segmented Basket Illusion Vase Demonstration with Bob Grinstead
Bob Grinstead demonstrated his techniques for making a basket illusion segmented vase, and a basket illusion carved vase during our meeting March 19th. Video of that meeting and the separate videos of the demonstrations can be found on our YouTube channel, @worldwidewoodturners1. This is my try at Ross McClelland’s woven vase. He posted it on the ...
Laser Engraving for Wood Turners (Part 2) – Todd Fipps
… 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 a ...
Create a Shortcut to the WorldWideWoodTurners Meeting
Create a Shortcut to the WorldWideWoodTurners Meeting
Laser Engraving for Wood Turners (Part 1) – Todd Fipps
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, ...
Using a Steady-Rest While Turning Large, Flat Pieces By Howard King
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 ...
Delta Lathe 1642 Steel Bed 46-745 VFD controller
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here In the event that you have a Delta Lathe 1642 46-745 and need to set up a Series 15P Inverter Control for the lathe, David Liss offers a copy of the controller manual. Using this information, you should be able to setup ...

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