Spinning rainbows: adding colour to your work
The only thing more enjoyable than watching feathery shavings fly off your turning project is when some of them are brightly coloured.
Woodturning
Canadian Woodworking woodturning articles explore lathe projects, hand-tool techniques, sharpening tips, wood selection, and creative approaches for shaping expressive, finely detailed wooden forms.
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With a few offcuts, a few dollar store dowels, a little colour and some glue you can make a beautiful bouquet of tulips to give to that special someone, and they’ll last forever.
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A lidded chalice is an interesting switch in the production of vessels on a woodturning lathe. It expands the process of hollowing, as well as lid fitting. It also allows a box to be made with a decorative finial.
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You may have seen these turned pens made from pencil crayons before, but you’ve probably never seen one that’s so easy to make. Forget about resins, casting and pressure pots. All you need here is plenty of CA glue.
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Great for measuring ground coffee or mixing up a few ingredients, this spoon has enough curves to also catch everyone’s eye.
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A Löfftel is a spatula / spoon hybrid that’s sort of the multi-tool of cooking. Make one today and you’ll forever wonder what you did without it.
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Adding some contrasting, figured wood to a piece is sometimes all that's needed in order to make it stand out from the crowd.
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Use your lathe to turn an offset platter with wave-like undulations on its surface. It’s easier than you’d think.
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This fun and functional project can be made by any novice wood turner.
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Turn a four-sided hollow vessel
If you want to take your hollow turning to the next level to create something unique this approach will intrigue you. And don't stop here – try your hand at creating an eight-sided vessel, or possibly cut the turning across the grain, rather than with the grain.
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Turn a Salad Bowl with a Textured Band
A large salad bowl is one of the most sought after woodturning bowl designs. Here’s how to turn one that you can be proud of.
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If a stunning centerpiece, or a unique gift, is what you’re after, look no further. This turned and shaped piece of wood art is a lot of fun to build, and can be modified in many different ways to suit your taste.
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Turn an Eccentric Pedestal Bowl
Follow the steps properly and you will open your eyes to the wonderful world of eccentric turning. Once you finish this piece, and have a good command of the process, you’ll be able to design all sorts of interesting and unique eccentric turnings.
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Turning spin tops is easy, highly productive and lots of fun. And if you’re into craft shows, they’re good sellers.
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The great thing about box making is that it can be a good way of using up a small piece of wood, even an offcut, that might otherwise end up being discarded. It can be transformed into a thing of beauty, using your imagination, originality and skill.
