Spinning rainbows: adding colour to your work
The only thing more enjoyable than watching feathery shavings fly off your turning project is when some of them are brightly coloured.
Turning / Carving / Intarsia
Canadian Woodworking turning and carving articles explore lathe projects, hand-tool techniques, sharpening tips, wood selection, and creative approaches for shaping expressive, finely detailed wooden forms.
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Solid wood inlay gives you a lot of flexibility to create a unique piece of furniture with a very strong focal point. It can be a small but powerful addition to your next project.
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With a few offcuts, a few dollar store dowels, a little colour and some glue you can make a beautiful bouquet of tulips to give to that special someone, and they’ll last forever.
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A lidded chalice is an interesting switch in the production of vessels on a woodturning lathe. It expands the process of hollowing, as well as lid fitting. It also allows a box to be made with a decorative finial.
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You may have seen these turned pens made from pencil crayons before, but you’ve probably never seen one that’s so easy to make. Forget about resins, casting and pressure pots. All you need here is plenty of CA glue.
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Great for measuring ground coffee or mixing up a few ingredients, this spoon has enough curves to also catch everyone’s eye.
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Using this straightforward approach and a few basic hand and power tools will leave you with a great-looking wooden spoon.
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A Löfftel is a spatula / spoon hybrid that’s sort of the multi-tool of cooking. Make one today and you’ll forever wonder what you did without it.
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Adding some contrasting, figured wood to a piece is sometimes all that's needed in order to make it stand out from the crowd.
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Use your lathe to turn an offset platter with wave-like undulations on its surface. It’s easier than you’d think.
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This fun and functional project can be made by any novice wood turner.
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Turn a four-sided hollow vessel
If you want to take your hollow turning to the next level to create something unique this approach will intrigue you. And don't stop here – try your hand at creating an eight-sided vessel, or possibly cut the turning across the grain, rather than with the grain.
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Power carving is a woodworking technique that not many woodworkers know much about. With a bit of knowledge and a healthy dose of practice, you can add this to your arsenal fairly easily, and it will open up a brand new door for you.
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Turn a Salad Bowl with a Textured Band
A large salad bowl is one of the most sought after woodturning bowl designs. Here’s how to turn one that you can be proud of.
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If a stunning centerpiece, or a unique gift, is what you’re after, look no further. This turned and shaped piece of wood art is a lot of fun to build, and can be modified in many different ways to suit your taste.
