• Having trouble with chatter when turning or parting on a lathe? Turn the cutting tool upside down and reverse the machine’s spindle rotation. This creates a pulling force against the machine’s ...

Woodturners often see potential where others see waste. A flawed log full of cracks or voids might look like firewood, but ...

Wood lathes can be intimidating to purchase, especially if you’re new to wood turning. To ensure you purchase the best option for you, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the different types, ...

Believe it or not, until recently I had never done any turnings. I have been messing with wood for a solid twenty years and never once have I even turned on a lathe. I’ve seen Norm do it a bazillion ...

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Mini-lathes are designed to turn bowls, table legs, and posts, but they are much too large for turning very small wood pieces. The YouTuber Scrap Wood City didn't let that stop him, though. He built ...

A seasoned woodturner approached what seemed like a plain, rough log — but as the lathe began to spin, the first layers revealed a mesmerizing grain unlike anything he’d seen before. The ...

Woodcraft stores throughout the country, including the one on Bethel Road in Columbus, plan to take away any excuse servicemen and -women stationed abroad have for not writing home. The more than 70 ...

PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc (www.delcam.com), has released version 8.6 of its PartMaker CAD/ CAM software for CNC mills, lathes, wireEDM, turn-mill centers and ... PartMaker Inc., a ...