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Turning a Bird Seed Scoop
By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, TX

Recently, my son and I built a small bird feeder. The small size of this feeder required a small scoop to refill the seed. So, for this month's article and turning video, we are going to make a bird seed scoop. This is a good project for your first end grain hollowing exercise and can be scaled up to suit your needs.

Let's see how it's made:

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Turning with Temple:
Woodturning Classes and Demos

By Temple Blackwood
Castine, ME

Recently featured in the July 2013 Highland Woodturner's Show Us Your Shop column, we brought Temple Blackwood back to discuss his unique teaching philosophy and methods that he uses within his woodturning classes and demonstrations.

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Show Us Your Woodturning!

This month we are featuring the shop of woodturner, Doug Pinney, and his beautiful turnings.

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wood turning Quick Measure Repetitive Cut Bandsaw Table

I needed a way to make repetitive cuts on the bandsaw without measuring each piece. Precise cuts are not a requirement for turners since we turn in the round, but size is.

Here is the explanation to my quick measure method:
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