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Wood Turning Tips

Among the many methods of wood working and carpentry, wood turning done on a wood lathe is the most common. The following are some useful tips for wood turning done with the help of a wood lathe.

A beginner who has just taken up wood turning always has one big difficulty, i.e. what to turn? Here are a few suggestions. The easiest thing that can be turned by any beginner is a simple bowl. To make a simple bowl, one requires a 3.5'' thick piece of ambrosia maple wood in a dry state. The tools that are needed for turning are a bowl gouge and spindle gouge.

A simple bowl is made using the faceplate turning technique. It is always advisable to start turning the bowl from the bottom, which is known as the tail stock of the bowl and proceed upwards. You can easily rough cut the bowl first in what ever shape you want and then add the applicable finishing touches. You carry out the same technique to produce objects like ring boxes and then moving on to lidded and hinged ring boxes. You will need a small square scraper in addition to the spindle gouge to make the ring box.

Oil finish polishes not only protect the wood in all weathers but also tend to improve the finish of the surface of the wood. It is essential to polish the surface of your object with a sand paper before applying the finish to it. The buffing wheels can be easily attached to lathe machines. A wood finish, aided with the finishing touch of a buffing wheel further improves the quality of the surface of the wood. Make use of tools such as measuring tools, shear scrapers and cryogenically treated turning tools. Many new tools such as profile scrappers and versatile Irish grind are also being introduced.

Wood turning with the help of a wood lathe can be a highly recreational and artistic hobby but it is important to follow some safety rules like wearing protective eye goggles or a face shield. While working with a lathe it is also important to wear proper attire and make use of respirators. It is also recommended that one uses the wood conservatively as a whole tree is cut to make available a piece of wood for wood turning purposes. Learn to value the wood. And last but not least, practice as much as you can on waste pieces of wood before taking up a bigger piece of wood of superior quality.

Note: You can view a bigger version of the wood turned items by placing your mouse curser on the image and click. A new window will open with the larger image. When finished viewing, just close the window and come back here to view the others.

Colour and markings may differ in appearance slightly in your finished turning from the one's shown in the photo's depending on wood used at the time they are turned. Each item is handcrafted individually, so slight variances should be expected especially if ordering more than one item. The sizes listed are approximate. They may be a couple of millimetres taller, longer, wider or little shorter, etc.

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Arts and Crafts - Lace wood box woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

SOLD WTBX55 £5.00

Lace wood Box WTBX55 Arts and Crafts - Spalted beach ring box woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

SOLD WTBX56 £8.00

Cherry Box WTBX56  Arts and Crafts - Laburnum lidded box woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 SOLD

WTBX57 £9.00

Laburnum Box WTBX57
A very nice shaped lidded ring box made from Lace wood with a natural finish

Measures approx 3cm x 3cm
Another hand turned lidded ring box made from Cherry wood
 
Measures approx 9cm x 6cm
A unusual shaped hand turned lidded ring box made from Laburnum wood

Measures approx
6cm x5cm

Laburnum lidded ring box

 WTBX58 £5.00

Laburnum Box WTBX58 Woodturned laburnum Ring Box

SOLD WTBX59 £8.50

Laburnum Box WTBX59 Zebrano Ring Box 

SOLD WTBX60 £15.50

Sycamore Pots WTBX60
A dainty hand turned ring box  made from Laburnum

Measures approx 3.5cm x 3.5cm
A very nice lidded ring box turned Laburnum wood

Measures approx 4.5cm x 5cm
A set of 3 storage pots hand turned from Sycamore wood


Measures approx
13cm x 9cm
12cm x 8cm
11cm x 7cm

wood turned ring box

SOLD WTBX61 £13.50

Yew Lidded Box WTBX61 Bubinga ring box

SOLD WTBX62 £14.50

Yew lidded Box
WTBX62
Purple Heart ring Box

SOLD WTBX63 £19.00

Yew Lidded Box WTBX63
A hand turned ring box  made from yew
Measures approx 5cm x 4cm
A dainty hand turned ring box  made from Yew

Measures approx 3.5cm x 3.5cm
A very neat little lidded ring box turned from Yew with an ebony knob

Measures approx 7cm x 7cm
Alibaba lidded jar woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

SOLD WTBX64   £20.00

Yew Lidded Box WTBX64
Spalted beach ring box woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 SOON WTBX65   £12.00

Beach Box WTBX65  

Spalted beach lidded box woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

SOON  WTBX66 £22.00

Beach Box WTBX66
A very nice shaped button top lidded storage box hand turned from yew wood with a natural finish

Measures approx 10cm x 8cm
Another hand turned lidded ring box made from Spalted Beach and finished with a small Ebony finial
 
Measures approx 10cm x 5cm
A muffin shaped hand turned ring box made from Spalted Beach and finished with a small Ebony knob on the lid 

Measures approx
11cm x7cm
Lidded ring box

 SOON WTBX67

Beach Box WTBX67
Woodturned Ring Box

 SOON WTBX68  

Beach Box WTBX68 Zebrano Ring Box 

 SOON WTBX69

Zebrano Box WTBX69
An unusually shaped hand turned ring box  made from old polished Beach

Measures approx 7cm x 6cm
A very nice lidded ring box turned from very old polished Beach wood

Measures approx 10cm x 9cm
A lidded ornamental ring box hand turned from Zebrano wood


Measures approx 9cm x 4cm

wood turned ring box

SOON WTBX70  

Bubinga Box WTBX70 Bubinga ring box

 SOON WTBX71

Bubinga Box WTBX71 Purple Heart ring Box

SOON WTBX72

Purple Heart Box WTBX72
A very nice lidded ring box turned from Bubinga wood from the Camaroon

Measures approx   5cm x 4cm
A slim waisted ring box turned from Bubinga and finished with a Zebrano knob

 Measures approx 7cm x 4.5cm
A lidded ring box hand turned from Purple Heart with a sycamore ringed collar and white infill decoration

Measures approx 9cm x 6cm

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