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Using a lathe to turn pens and bowls from spalted maple wood blanks

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The art of woodturning originated centuries ago, in European countries where spindle and bowl lathes were driven manually, with pedals like a bicycle. They were much larger and more complex to operate than the convenient, electrically-driven machines of today, and had a variety of purposes. However, these ancient devices usually operated at low RPM compared […]

Turning natural figured wood into beautiful handcrafted pens

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Here you’ll find infomation that will help you to create a beautiful writing instrument with inlaid wood accents. Handmade pens make beautiful gifts, and do a great job of displaying the quality of figured wood, not to mention your own skills as a craftsman. Creating a spindle-turned pen from a raw block of wood is […]