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Carving Texture & Patterns into Turned Bowls
Woodturner Ernie Conover shows options for adding decorative carving to turned bowls, including fluted carving and the use of a veining chisel. The Woodworker’s Journal contributor also discusses the best bowl shapes for carving, grain direction concerns, and vise attachment options.
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Sliding Dovetail Joints
The sliding dovetail joint has many applications, from case construction to leg-and-rail joinery.
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Sanding Your Turned Work
While you might be able to avoid sanding a cleanly cut spindle turning, a certain amount of sanding is inevitable with most turning projects. Expert woodturner Ernie Conover shares some of his time-honored strategies for smoothing spindles, vessels and bowls with abrasives.
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Google SketchUp Design Contest Winners
These are the category winners of our SketchUp contest, including the overall winner, who received the honor of having his project built by Woodworker’s Journal staff and featured in the magazine.
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Turning a Three Leg Stool
Noted turning expert and teacher Ernie Conover demonstrates the process for creating a three leg stool using standard turning techniques. Faceplate and spindle work with a multi-axis turned stretcher create a cool footrest.
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Ultimate Planer Cart
Here’s the perfect companion project for a portable thickness planer. Field Editor Chris Marshall offers a quick video tour of its key features.
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Turning Salad Forks
Noted turning expert and teacher Ernie Conover demonstrates the process for creating a simple but elegant set of salad forks on the lathe and band saw.
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Oak Leaf Trivet
This trivet pattern was used by Chris Marshall for testing scroll saws. The pattern is complex enough to make the project fun, but simple enough so that you don’t have to invest hours in the project.
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Drill Press Maintenance Tips
It doesn’t take a lot of time or effort to do a few basic maintenance tasks that help keep your drill press running smoothly.
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Multi-Axis Woodturning with Mark Sfirri
Jeff Day talks with Mark Sfirri about his unique style of woodturning. Mark’s work has been featured at the Smithsonian Institute’s Renwick Gallery.
