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What Type of Turning Tools Should You Purchase?
By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, TX
My students often ask what type of tools they should buy. Specifically, should they buy inexpensive tools or go straight for the expensive ones? I think this question deserves a bit of discussion and does not have a single best answer that fits everyone, but this does not mean one should sink into analysis paralysis.
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Woodturning a Lidded Box - Part 1
By Temple Blackwood
Castine, ME
One of the typical quandaries of woodturning matched-grain, lidded boxes begins with the initial decision of whether to turn and part off the top in its upright vertical orientation or whether to turn the top inverted. Like many such woodturning puzzles, the answer lies in the wood and the artisan's vision of the completed box, but the actual decision must be made as a beginning step in the process and actually does make a difference.
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Tormek Bench Grind Mount
Tormek's BGM-100 Bench Grinder Mount allows users to apply any of several Tormek jigs to a dry grinding wheel, including the SVD-185 Universal Gouge Jig, SVS-50 Multi-Jig (for skews and traditional grinds on gouges), the SVD-110 Tool Rest (for scrapers)and is also compatible with the TTS-100 Turning Tool Setter and the TNT-300 Woodturner's Instruction Box. Now owners of traditional dry bench grinders can achieve the accuracy of a Tormek machine while shaping profiles on turning gouges, skews and scrapers as well as many carving tools.
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Woodturning - A Foundation Course
With DVD
Woodturning: A Foundation Course W/ DVD
thoroughly teaches basic turning skills and knowledge, with copious illustrations and succinct text, laid out in progression from timber to tools to turning. We strongly recommend this book for any beginning turner looking for a solid foundation in the craft. This is the book we most often recommend to our beginning turners, as well as the experienced turner.
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