by Craig Villarrubia | Jan 3, 2021 | Tips and Guides
If you’re like me and have watched a woodturner create a beautiful bowl or any other item while turning a block of plain wood on a wood lathe, it may have been inspired you to learn more about the craft. While it takes skill and creativity to do this, learning the...
by Craig Villarrubia | Jan 3, 2021 | Tips and Guides
The confusion around different centers on a lathe is not exclusive to newcomers. The difference between live vs. dead center has always been less than a cut and dry. It is understandable because naming conventions in the woodturning community are not entirely...
by Craig Villarrubia | Jan 3, 2021 | Tips and Guides
Woodturning lathes are used for everything, from making baseball bats to furniture parts. The lathe’s spinning allows the woodworker to shape the piece of wood using different types of woodworking tools. These different tools usually have long handles. Woodworking...
by Craig Villarrubia | Jan 3, 2021 | Tips and Guides
Whenever a new style or method comes out, there is always a debate about whether the new or old way is best. The same can be said for carbide woodturning tools. Since the carbide invention in 1938, high-quality, durable tools have been made from carbon-based material,...
by Craig Villarrubia | Jan 3, 2021 | Tips and Guides
Woodturning can be a gratifying and rewarding hobby, with the bonus of creating useful and beautiful end products that you can often use around the house. With the variety of tools out there to make that happen, you may be debating whether a bowl gouge is a necessary...
by Craig Villarrubia | Dec 27, 2020 | Tips and Guides
Using tools that are ill-suited for the job you are doing can be the undoing of the project. If you are a woodworker, you know that there are best for certain things. Using a lathe makes the process of chiseling a piece of wood go faster, but if you don’t have the...
