In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a some green plum logs into a collection of decorative podlets.

Softer woods, such as pine and cedar, are less dense and prone to tearing or splintering when turned on a lathe, so we ...

After 50 years as an artist, Bucks County’s Mark Sfirri has his first solo museum show. And a second simultaneously.

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials ... The lathe is driven by a motor that rotates a blank of wood between two centres – the fork centre and the centre – that hold it ...

With a working replica of this lathe a contemporary artisan has helped to revive these techniques, assisting in the reintroduction of bowl turning to Sweden, the USA, Germany, France, and even Japan.

The high school's state-of-the-art woodshop contains 18 lathes with tools for turning and transforming wood into functional and artistic objects, including candlestand tables, bowls and ax handles.

Peter Bradwick was named an MBE in the New Year’s Honours for his services to the craft of wood turning. He is a founder member of Cwmbran’s Crow Valley Woodturners club which gives people the ...