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Wood Turning Tips

Use this sub-forum for Wood Turning to submit your tips and tricks related to turning.

Tips Rules

Please read and follow these guidelines before submitting your tips:

  • Please stay on topic related to the original tip submitted.
  • Please do not submit another tip within the same tip topic that was created by another member.
  • Please do not get into the back n forth, regarding how you would've performed the same operation, in other words please stay away from, "what you should of done", "what I would have done", "here is my method" etc etc. It defeats the purpose of individual tips created by each unique woodworker.
  • If you have a different way, or improved way to perform a tip that was already entered by another woodworker, please submit your own version in a separate tip topic.
  • Title your tips accordingly, the title should reflect what the tip is.
  • In addition to the tags you will be using for your tip, please always include a tag "tip".
  • Please submit images with your tips.

  1. Between Centers, A Better Steady Rest?

    calabrese55,
    • 5 replies
    • 256 views
    Fred W. Hargis Jr
    Fred W. Hargis Jr

  2. Wall Thickness Caliper Mod

    calabrese55,
    • 14 replies
    • 448 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  3. Just off the lathe TWICE!!!!

    calabrese55,
    • 9 replies
    • 821 views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  4. Lathe Chuck "GO - NO GO" Gauges

    calabrese55,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  5. long reach bowl calipers

    calabrese55,
    • 5 replies
    • 741 views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  6. Identifying Wood with Fluorescence

    kreisdorph,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views
    DeVere
    DeVere

  7. Foam Donuts Protect Work Pieces on Cole Jaws

    calabrese55,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  8. Bowl Drying

    PatriotWoodturning,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.2k views
    lew
    lew

  9. Long Video About EZ Wood Scrapers & Making A Bowl

    smitty10101,
    • 1 reply
    • 857 views
    lew
    lew

  10. Center finding

    Gerald,
    • 15 replies
    • 6.2k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  11. WoodWorm Screw Chuck

    lew,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Bill Blasic
    Bill Blasic

  12. Jam Chuck

    Gerald,
    • 11 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  13. Burn Lines

    HandyDan,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Joseph
    Joseph

  14. Straighten Spindle Blank in Chuck

    HandyDan,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    HandyDan
    HandyDan

  15. Mike Peace Finishing Tips

    lew,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  16. Collection of tips from Mike Peace

    PostalTom,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
    lew
    lew

  17. Sanding Disc holder

    Gerald,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  18. Depth Gauge

    Gerald,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  19. Shop Built Texturing/Spiraling Tool

    Gerald,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    lew
    lew

  20. Wood Turning 101 - What You Need to Know to Get Started on the Lathe

    Gerald,
    • 21 replies
    • 5k views
    PostalTom
    PostalTom

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