Spindle turning techniques are used to make a wide variety of projects, including furniture legs, railing balusters, cooking utensils, baseball bats, tool handles, columns, and many more objects. In this episode, you’ll learn the basic techniques of turning a spindle. You learn how to turn a square shoulder, turn a round spindle, turn coves, and turn beads.
Watch more videos from the Getting Started in Woodturning Series:
1. Woodturning Safety [4:00]
2. Basic Woodturning Tools [5:07]
3. Parts of the Lathe [4:14]
4. Spindle Turning [10:05]
5. Preparing a Billet for Spindle Turning [11:14]
6. Faceplate Turning [1:58]
7. Mounting a Faceplate [2:23]
8. Mastering the Bowl Gouge [1:57]
9. Turning a Bowl [11:56]
10. Sanding on the Lathe [3:33]
11. Finishing on the Lathe [2:15]
12. Sharpening Woodturning Tools [2:04]
