By Alan Lacer…
This beautifully turned recycled elm side table is minimally finished to honor the small flaws and decorative grain of the environmentally friendly material. Any knots, gouges, cracks and nail hole are a part of the allure of the piece, and why no two will be identical. Dimensions: 20D x 20W x 28H Material: Old Elm Weight: 29lbs Finish: Waxed Fabric: N/A Country Of Origin: China Prop 65 warning for CA customers
DIY Carbide Lathe Tools for Cheap: I recently got into wood turning, and I wanted to have a nice set of tools. Most lathe gouges and chisels are high speed steel (HSS), but they require constant sharpening and leave something to be desired. The premium wood turning tools use replacea…
Handmade writing instrument by Adam Liebowitz Pen Description This light walnut pen uses a twist mechanism and a Cross style refill available at any office supply store. Material Black Walnut (although this piece of wood has a beautiful light brown hue) Method Turned on my lathe and shaped using a variety of hand-held gouges, each pen is painstakingly crafted to ensure a beautiful feel and finish. After the pieces are sanded, four coats of a high quality wood turners’ finish are applied. Finally, the forth coat of finish is polished to a high luster using a series of micromesh sanding pads with the final pad being 12,000 grit. Owning and using a one-of-a kind handmade writing instrument is a true pleasure. Whether you choose to purchase this pen or one of my other handmade pens, you will be glad you did, and I will be sincerely thankful for your patronage. What you get: - The exact pen pictured - An ink cartridge already installed - A velvet box perfect for storage, display, or gift giving - A hand signed description of your pen on a small card – perfect for gift giving - Instructions for changing the refill cartridge Guarantee 100% No-Questions-Asked Guarantee: If you don’t love your purchase, send it back to me in new condition within 14 days for a full refund. Shipping I will pay for your USPS mail delivery within the continental US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!
DIY Carbide Lathe Tools for Cheap: I recently got into wood turning, and I wanted to have a nice set of tools. Most lathe gouges and chisels are high speed steel (HSS), but they require constant sharpening and leave something to be desired. The premium wood turning tools use replacea…
By Alan Lacer…
Woodturning chisels and gouges are a bit confusing when you’re first starting in woodturning. Let’s clear up some confusion. To turn a wood bowl start…
Most new woodturning bowl gouges need to be shaped to form the new bowl gouge profile you desire. In order to shape a bowl gouge profile, you will need to…
Bowl turning is a blast! Thanks to advances in lathes and tooling, lots of woodworkers have now discovered how fun it is to turn a hunk of green wood into a beautiful bowl. Start to finish…
Homemade Carbide Wood Lathe Tool: I purchased a Carbide Insert Lathe Tool which can be seen in the top of the photo and decided that I wanted to make a better one using hard woods and Stainless Steal
If you are using the Oneway Wolverine sharpening system to grind your detail, spindle, roughing gouges, and skews, the V-arm setup can be a bit of a fussy process of trial,…
Lathe Chisel Rack: Hi everyone! There are lots of designs out there for lathe chisel racks and various types of carts that you can build to hold all of your lathe scrapers and gouges. I made this particular design as easy to build as possible and used only scraps of …
By Alan Lacer…
Robert Sorby Spindle Gouge 3/8" Tool Steel Only These are detailing tools used on between-center work, where the grain is running parallel to the lathe bed. Spindle gouges are used to create coves, beads, and other profiles on goblets, vases, bed posts, candlesticks, and other spindle projects. This High Speed Steel (HSS) blade is the exact same as the one offered in the Sorby handled tools. This blade is compatible with the Sorby Sovereign System Modular handles.
Wood lathe maintenance is a routine and essential practice will keep your wood lathe up and running for years to come. Seve wood lathe areas to maintain.
Small Hand Turned Wooden Animals, Perfect Gifts for all Occasions. These wooden animals are called woodies, I make them myself in my small workshop in Shropshire. I Turn them on a wood turning lathe and burn the detail on with a pyrography machine. These little woodies have a lot of character and are ideal for all animal lovers. With being handmade no two will be identical. Made To Order.
The Easy Start™ Rougher makes rough turning bowl blanks quick and easy. Unlike traditional bowl gouges that can be difficult to control when shaping an out-of-round blank, the Easy Start™ Rougher is designed to direct cutting pressure downward into the lathe so your lathe "takes the beating" for you. There’s no need to sharpen, simply rotate the cutter to expose a fresh cutting edge as needed and replace when dull. Includes premium Ci2 square carbide cutter, mounting screw and wrench.What makes the Easy Start Rougher so affordable?The Easy Start Rougher features a carbon steel shank, oiled Maple handle and steel ferrule making it easy on the pocket. But don’t worry, the Easy Start Rougher is supplied with same premium carbide cutter that’s supplied on the Mini Easy Rougher. Made in USA. For small to medium size work on standard and mini lathes Carbon steel, black oxide finished tool shaft 9" oiled Maple handle Includes premium Ci2 square carbide cutter Tool shank- 3/8" x 4", overall tool length- 13"
Make Your Own Carbide Lathe Tools: I purchased my lathe second-hand about a year ago. It came with a set of alright traditional tools, but nothing special. Since then, I've wanted to try replaceable carbide lathe tools. However, at a price of more than $100 per tool, I couldn't justi…
By Alan Lacer…
DIY Carbide Lathe Tools for Cheap: I recently got into wood turning, and I wanted to have a nice set of tools. Most lathe gouges and chisels are high speed steel (HSS), but they require constant sharpening and leave something to be desired. The premium wood turning tools use replacea…
wood turning tool lathe turned wooden bowls and cups. pen turning chisel lathe turning tool woodturning gouge for wood turner. Size of wood turning semicircular chisel: hardness of metal is 60 HRC, woodturning tool made of 65G steel (G15660 in USA classification of steel), diameter of wood turning gouge is 31 mm. All length of wood turning chisel is on a scale 288-297 mm, metal thickness is 3mm in lathe turning tool. Also in my store availabale other lathe turning tools particulary gouges with other sizes, and many different woodworking lathe chisels. Moreover in stock wood turning blanks, wooden blanks for carving and strops for sharpening chisels. Additionally available in store other wood turning supplies.