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A captive ring tool is used by wood turners to create a captive wooden ring that is decorative and / or functional. It's a great way to add a captivating element to a project and a fun puzzle to those who don’t know how it was created. Learn how to use one here.
Timothy Wurst saved to CAPTIVE RING
The key to successful woodturning is preparing the rough wood, securing the wood on the lathe, and to have the wood stay on the lathe as you turn the wood..
Wood turners like to cut wood right out of the forest and turn them into bowls, plates and the like. But since they start with green wood, there will be a lot of shrinkage and potential cracking before they get to a finished product.Traditionally they debark the wood and then rough turn the shape to an even thickness of about 1 inch all over. Then it would be buried in moist sawdust for up to a year to allow it to dry ever so slowly. Enter the era of microwave ovens. What does a microwave…
Eldon Holmes saved to Wood
Burls and how to turn them into bowls with beautiful grain figuring and natural bark edges, details with images
Tony Marsh saved to Wood turning
Turning & Carving a Burl Bowl: Words: Neil Turner Photos: Suellen Turner Living in Western Australia I’ve been lucky to have ready access to some amazing burl timbers. The injuries or insect infestations that can cause the round knobbly growths you sometimes see on trees…
Marc Greene saved to Wood Turning
The Hart Brothers are experienced Wood Turners in the Greenville, SC area. Follow us for exciting tutorials on Fractal Wood Burning.
Sand Branch Studio saved to Wood turning
Repairing Split Wood: In an otherwise attractive piece of wood, an unsightly split or crack can run deep like family turmoil. Most wood fillers are intended to be little more than aesthetic solutions. Even the hardiest fillers are intended to withstand c…

Ken Raihala saved to Wood
This tutorial shows you how to stain a wood turning blank to make a unique stained bowl using a bench top wood turning lathe and standard wood turning tools.
Christmas Woodturning Projects Christmas is a great time of the year. It is also a time to turn some decorations for your Christmas Tree. The first Christmas woodturning projects, Christmas Trees and Icicles are easy spindle projects. They don’t require special wood or tools. There are no set parameters for the design so you can …
Todd Robertson saved to Wood turning