We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

Wood turning can be a lot of fun, and there are some pretty amazing things that you can make once you have the proper tools. But you're going to need access to a lathe before you can get started.

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 ...

On the shortlist of dream tools for most metalworkers is a waterjet cutter, a CNC tool that uses insanely high-pressure water mixed with abrasive grit to blast sheet metal into intricate shapes. On ...

If you’d custom-order a wood-turned bowl made from scratch by craftsman Robert Nelson, it likely would take nine months before he’d start working on it. It has nothing to do with Nelson’s talent or ...

There is a decent learning curve involved with operating a wood lathe, and they’re not exactly cheap, but if your idea of woodworking involves raw power and flying wood shavings, it could be worth the ...

When we enter the Mather House Woodturning Studio on a Friday evening, Jack B. Smith ’19 accosts us with a small slab of Hawthorn wood. “Smell it!” he insists. Smith has been a regular at this studio ...

A wood lathe is an invaluable tool for serious woodworkers. But if you don't turn wood regularly, then you're got a rarely used tool taking up a lot of space. Woodworker John Heisz, who is adept at ...

MAKAWAO — Curled wood shavings flew through the air as British woodturner Stuart Batty guided a long-handled tool across the surface of a block of koa. As the rough, squarish block transformed into ...

Woodturning is magical and so much fun! Learn the keys to spindle & faceplate turning. Woodturning is magical and so much fun! Learn the keys to doing both kinds – spindle turning and faceplate ...

f you’d custom-order a wood-turned bowl made from scratch by craftsman Robert Nelson, it likely would take nine months before he’d start working on it. It has nothing to do with Nelson’s talent or ...