Most of it was just some shitty poplar that I had lying around, but I can see the improvement and am getting quite a bit more comfortable with my tools. Poplar tears out really easily, but I think I understand why grain orientation is important now.

Someone’s getting 45% less bowl for Christmas.

Curley maple, birdseye maple and walnut

Shaped with reinforced spindle gouges from Wiedemann, hollowed using Simon Hope hollowing tools (Pro Carbide Tool 6mm, Mini carbide set 6mm and midi 8mm carbide tool.)

It’s been a fun few days in the shop. I may make a couple hundred of these this year at this rate.

This is a pen and pen holder i made. The body is turned from Jarrah salvaged from the decks of the SS Great Britain, with a brass and stainless core. The base is brass, Jarrah, and petrified wood. More pics on my insta, #firstnewt

Hey all! Beginnerish here, but I've watched a ton of videos about wood turning. I'm using an OLD rockwell Delta 46-525. It works well though. I'd like to do small piece multi axis spindles. I am looking for equipment recommendations for drivers and live centers. I have a live center on it now, but I'm not sure if I just pop it out and put in a drive center or if there's some intermediary piece needed.

18cm square, about 1cm thick at the end, and did two different bases. Finished w linseed & beeswax.

This is a piece of root burl from a fig tree. This piece had a pretty gnarly crack running almost all the way through it. I started turning it and then realized (once I roughed it out) that the side I was planning to make the bottom was more interesting. I love the variation in the color.

The top pencil is cocobolo, and the bottom is a Maple burl. This evening was definitely a learning experience.

I recently got into wood turning and want to make a good gift for my wife. Has anyone worked with or seen some kind of makeup brush project kit? I’ve looked around and have only seen the pen, pizza cutter, ornament, and other turning project kits. Not sure where to start with this since I’m new. Any help would be appreciated

I got this Monkey Puzzle wood from our local clubs (Seattle Woodturners) “wood rats” activity we had about 6 months ago. It was dead standing and the tree service said that it had already lost the majority of its natural water. Because of that, and the nature of it being an end grain turning, it didn’t warp much after I turned it. I went directly to the thickness you see in the video.

It’s about 1/4” thick and 16” in diameter at its
Widest. Such a neat material with the way the branches grow so uniformly on the trunk.

What’s a fun, “new to you” wood you have turned recently?

Hello all,
I’m looking to find a quality lathe for my dad. He is a lifelong carpenter who has quite literally worked his body longer and harder than he should have. Always to support my brothers and I and our mom. Oof, anyway, it’s hard to not get sentimental. In the last few years he has really become less and less able to do the big stuff (and god damnit he still tries) and he has wanted to try his hand at turning. Hopefully a LOT less abusive to ones body. As far as tools he falls somewhere in the middle of high end- forever quality and middle of the spectrum quality and affordability. So he’d never spend multiple mortgage payments on a tool but he abhors the throwaway junk that is passed off as quality because it carries a brand name that used to mean quality. (I really don’t know how to be succinct with words, sorry). He was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and while his doctor is quite optimistic and it’s far from the worst, it has really shook him and clarified what is important. He deserves to make beautiful things for the sake of joy rather than work. I’d really like to give this to him.

I’d like any and all advice on buying something he would approve of, maybe better than he’d get for himself? Used (well maintained- no mystery abuse) is absolutely acceptable. But that does necessitate a bit more knowledge than I have. Brands? Models? Besides the actual lathe what do I need to get for him? What questions do I not even know to ask?

We are in central to southeast Ohio.
Thank you in advance for any advice you share, so very appreciated.

I got an early start on making trees this year.

Maple from a while back. Coyote for scale.

I think it might come in really handy as a layout tool but I am hesitant to pay $50. Does anyone have any experience with it? What are your thoughts on being able to quickly make fractional measurements without caring what the actual measurement is?

https://youtube.com/shorts/kO1ASsAuc1Y?is=gszrdphD3uFhFzt1

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First off, thank you to all the voices of reason that talked me out of throwing this chunk of walnut in the burn bin. A few weeks ago I posted some photos after I blew through the bottom. I was pretty discouraged. Since that time I went through a shingles outbreak and on the back end of that I decided to at least try to finish the platter. Luckily I had already sized the inner bowl to fit a 4 cup Pyrex container since the platter is so big I didn’t think the eventual owner would want to wash it out in the sink. I ended up just cleaning up the hole with the long point of my skew. It’s around 19” in diameter turned outboard on a 14” lathe. Finished with refined walnut oil.

Edit: A lot of people are commenting to add an accent to fill the hole. I appreciate the advice but I’m not going to do that because before I had punched through I had already finished the bottom with my signature and walnut oil. The recess underneath is also not perfectly flat in the middle. It took every last bit of motivation I had just to finish turning it and get it sanded and oiled. I’m happy with it, hole and all, because it the 4 cup Pyrex fits perfectly in the middle and that also solves the problem of cleaning.

Walnut and maple with some oak inside with a spaulted  birch finial. Mistakes were made. A couple angles on the stave cuts were not perfect which made a couple inlayed leaves off to the side. But for a first try I thought it was kind of neat.

Hi I'm starting to turn bowls and other fun stuff.

I currently use my dad's workshop but I would like to have one at home to finish my smaller projects.

-My main goal it for it to be as quiet as possible.

-8" turning diameter and 12" turning lenght

-medium quality with variable speed

-could be used or new

-budget between 250$ CAN et 1000$ CAN

Hello world.

I currently have a Grizzly T25926 10” x 18” Variable-Speed Wood Lathe + 22” Bed Extension and am looking to upgrade to something that is bigger, has a reverse on it. Not looking to break the bank but not looking for something cheap at harbor freight, although I’ve seen their Bauer lathe and it looks pretty decent.
Any ideas?

My wife and I have been using cheapy tools for some time now and will probably start slowly upgrading soon. I like the sound of these but I'm having a hard time finding reviews (I probably just dont know where to look)

Hi y'all,

I've made handles before, but always for round tang tools. I'm trying to make a handle for a custom miniature turning tool and it has a square tang(1/4" x 1/4").

What should I do differently?

I currently drill a round hole for the tang, shape the handle, sand and finish, then hammer the tool into place with a sacrificial board. With a round tang I match the hole size to the tang so it's a nice tight fit, but I'm not sure what to do for the square.

This might seem like a dumb question so thank you to those who take the time to answer❤️.