PLAIN turning is carried out in an ordinary lathe by revolving the work and operating on it by tools held in the hand or in a slide-rest. In ornamental turning, an object already subjected to plain ...

• 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 ...

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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 ...

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WE do get a lot of wood working tools come in for auction, usually from a house clearance, but recently a set of 13 Holtzapffel & Co wood turning chisels with rosewood handles and brass ferrules came ...

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.

Don't have a lathe you can work metal on? The next best thing is just watching it happen. Here's one cutting a spiral pattern into a workpiece, much like the texture on metal stairs used to increase ...