Highland Woodturner, No. 81, January 2018 Welcome to Highland Woodworking - Fine Tools & Education Learn more about Highland Woodworking View our current woodturning classes and seminars Woodturning articles and solutions Subscribe to the Highland Woodturner
Customer Commissions

Customer Commissions
By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, TX

Occasionally, I receive a commission where the customer gives me a wide range of creative control. These jobs are always fun but also a bit nerve racking not knowing if the customer will like what I make. A customer contacted me about turning a few items from wood collected from family property. My instructions were to see what I could create from the available material. They needed to be ready before Christmas.

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Tuning the Skew: Practice the Essential Skills

Tuning the Skew: Practice the Essential Skills
By Temple Blackwood
Castine, ME

I recently taught a demonstration class on spindle turning to the Chesapeake Woodturners at their woodturning room in Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland. The overriding messages of the class were to create projects that inspire meaningful practice with the conventional tools and to enhance each turner's comfort level and confidence as a demonstrator and teacher.

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Show Us Your Woodturning

Show Us Your Woodturning

This month we're featuring a variety of woodturning projects made by Don Johnson, whose workshop we featured in the May 2017 issue of Wood News Online.

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Highland's Upcoming
Turning Class Schedule

Woodturning Classes
Many classes fill up quickly, so please register now to make sure we hold a spot for you.

Feb. 24 Beginning Turning
Feb. 26 Intro to Pen Turning
Feb. 28 Taming the Skew
Mar. 14 Sharpening for Turners

Phil's Turning Tip

Turning Wooden Spoons on the Lathe

Turning Wooden Spoons on the Lathe

This month, Phil shares his method of how he makes wooden spoons on the lathe.

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Featured Turning Products
Woodpeckers NEW Ultra-Shear Carbide-Tipped Turning Tools

NEW Woodpeckers Ultra-Shear
Carbide-Tipped Turning Tools

Carbide-tipped insert turning tools provide unique advantages for woodturners. They make it easier to start woodturning and eliminate the chore of sharpening your tools - a revolution in woodturning. With their new Ultra-Shear tools, Woodpeckers has taken carbide-tipped turning tools to the next level.

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Arbortech Ball Gouge

Arbortech Ball Gouge

The spherical shape of the Arbortech Ball Gouge grinder attachment allows you to rapidly hollow out small, concave surfaces in your woodworking projects. The ball-shaped cutter is 30mm in diameter and allows for carving smooth hollows in small bowls, wooden spoons, and more, with accuracy, precision, and control.

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More Turning Tools and Books for your Shop

Easy Wood Tools

Woodturning made easier!


Bodger Set of 6 HSS Turning Tools

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Rotary Texturing Tool for Woodturners

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Carter Axe Carbide Turning Tools

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Woodturner's 3/8 inch Bandsaw Blade

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Tormek T-8
Sharpening System

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Rikon 70-220VSR
12-1/2 inch Midi Lathe

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Flex Arm Magnetic
LED Work Light

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Woodturning with
Ray Allen

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Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning

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Turn a Bowl: Getting Great Results the First Time Around

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Woodturning - A Foundation Course
With DVD

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Slimline Pen Kit

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Pen Turner's
Abrasive Kit

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Shop Smock

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Woodturners Mini-Texturing Tool Hardware Parts Kit

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