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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. Depth Gauge

    Gerald,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  2. Shop Built Texturing/Spiraling Tool

    Gerald,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    lew
    lew

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

    Gerald,
    • 21 replies
    • 5.8k views
    PostalTom
    PostalTom

  4. Sanding On the Lathe

    lew,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  5. Cutting Blanks on the Bandsaw

    Gerald,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    FlGatorwood
    FlGatorwood

  6. Build Your Own Texturing Tool

    Gerald,
    • 17 replies
    • 4k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  7. Stabilizing Green Wood

    Gerald,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    lew
    lew

  8. Filling holes in a hollow form

    Gerald,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Cal
    Cal

  9. Tracking/filing all my sanding disks

    Bob Hodge,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  10. Craftsman collector item

    oldwoodie,
    • 2 replies
    • 986 views
    HandyDan
    HandyDan

  11. Lathe measuring tips

    lew,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Cliff
    Cliff

  12. Chuck installation

    Gerald,
    • 2 replies
    • 953 views
    lew
    lew

  13. Belt Sander Sharpening Rig

    HandyDan,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
    John Morris
    John Morris

  14. Centering and Balancing an Awkward Piece on the Lathe

    lew,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    lew
    lew

  15. More Turning Tips From Mike Peace

    lew,
    • 0 replies
    • 695 views
    lew
    lew

  16. Plastic Storage Container for Turning Accessories

    lew,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  17. Glue Blocks by Capt. Eddie

    lew,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    lew
    lew

  18. Work Area Sawdust Shield for Lathe

    Ron Altier,
    • 1 reply
    • 934 views
    Monkey Paws
    Monkey Paws

  19. Gouge sharpening

    Gene Howe,
    • 5 replies
    • 985 views
    Gene Howe
    Gene Howe

  20. Loose Screws

    lew,
    • 2 replies
    • 992 views
    Stick486
    Stick486

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