Project Articles – World Wide Wood Turners

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 ...
Turning a Cupcake Box with Ron Pollmann
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. ...
Turning Zig-Zag Accent Bowl with Roger Wollam
This project begins with planning. Draw your intended design for the bowl or vessel, then make a cut list for the segments to match the drawing. ...
Grain Matching Lidded Box by Joaquin Juatai
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here One of the challenges of turning a lidded box in spindle orientation is aligning the grain from the top of the piece to ...
Turning a Magic Salt Shaker with Matt Harber
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here Sources and Examples: Tomislav Tomasic – YouTube – Fruit-Like Shakers. Alan Stratton – Youtube (As Wood Turns)- Volcano Salt Urn. Dane Chandler – Detailed and precision methods. Notes: The Magic Salt Shaker is turned in ...
Turning a Sphere by Matthias Beer
If you would like your own hardcopy of this description, click here This is a photo summary of the steps used by Matthias Beer to turn a perfect sphere in his World Wide Wood Turners demonstration on 5/29/2024. Watch the video, then, you can use this as a quick reference. ...
Making a 4 Column Spiral Finial by Howard King
Story and photos by Howard King Most of this process is based on work by Stuart Moritimer. Start with a ...

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