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What Happens When You Turn the World’s Priciest Wood?

This project features African Blackwood, often ranked as the world’s most expensive turning timber. Dense, heavy, and ...
Before 2.75 million years ago, the Namorotukunan area featured lush wetlands with abundant palms and sedges, with mean annual precipitation reaching approximately 855 millimeters per year. However, ...
Wood lathes are built for timber—but what if they could do more? This daring project puts that idea to the test by turning solid brass using standard woodturning tools. With careful setup, low speeds, ...
BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) - One man’s barn is another man’s sanctuary. For Will Adams, the woodshop nestled in a small barn behind his Barre home is a little slice of heaven. “Despite the noise of the dust ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rather than developing joinery methods and planing boards down to support furniture builds or other projects (see: Beginner-friendly ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...
MARSHFIELD − Joe Centorino knew he'd have no problem keeping busy in retirement. An engineer, he'd been a "hobby carpenter" for many years and made tables, beds, bars for family rooms. After he ...
Ideal chisel kit for turning pens pepper mills spindles bowls and lots more woodturning projects of all sizes Each chisel measures 16-1/4" in length with a 6-1/4" M2 High Speed Steel blade and a 10" ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the late spring, working with a new tool in his Somerset studio, sculptor Max Bainbridge astonished himself.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — They are a unique group of people who turn pieces of small wood into beautiful and meaningful products that they donate to others. They call themselves the Siouxland ...