Articles tagged: "wood carving tool"

1: Choosing the Right Wood for Turning

I can well remember my first approach to woodturning, and the subsequent visit to the timber yard in search of a few suitable pieces of wood. All I knew was that I wanted some hardwood suitable for turning and that it had to be well seasoned.

2: How to Set Up A Workshop

Setting up a workshop usually takes a long time and it is not easy to plan beforehand to suit everybody 's needs and circumstances. All I can hope to do is to pass on the knowledge I have acquired from messing about for some years.

3: History and Origin of Woodturning

If you refer to your dictionary, you will find it defines "turnery" as the art of shaping wood or ivory by means of a lathe, and that a lathe is a machine for shaping wood or ivory.