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Safety Assessment A comprehensive workshop safety checklist.
Wood Shrinkage This article discusses wood shrinkage in detail and lists the radial and tangential shrinkage for about 80 North American wood species. An interesting graph is included that helps you estimate the likelyhood that a turning will crack as it dries.
Finishing Products Bill Sproul turned a set of cherry bowls and finished each one using a different commonly used finishing products.
Photo Pens Gray Craig describes how photos of personal significance can be printed, glued to a pen tube, and embedded with an acrylic or other resin to create a pen blank. The blank is turned to create a pen with special meaning. His full demonstration is here
Ellsworth Gouge instructions, demonstration by Mike Cope.
Jamieson deep hollowing system instructions,demonstration by Bob Nickell.
McNaughton coring system
instructions, demonstration by Cliff Baker
Bowlsaver manual coring system
instructions. by WVWA, a chapter of the American Association of WoodturnersReturn to the home page