Moses teach you how to turn a customizable baseball bat to fit your preferred parameters, including league requirements and weight specifications. You’ll never want to buy a baseball bat again after George Vondriska and veteran woodworker A.J. This woodworking class provides tips for hollowing the narrow, deep interior, creating decorative chatter on the lid and using a specialty chuck for the entire turning process. They make great gifts and are easy to create using basic turning skills. Turning a lidded box is a great lathe project. My wife just shakes her head and often accuses me of buying scraps! I’ve turned those piles of scrap into lots of fun projects like cribbage boards, serving trays and napkin holders. Important aspects of…Īs I’ve stated in earlier articles, my shop (like many others) generates a lot of small pieces of wood, each one precious. We’ll provide you with what you need to know about special requirements for turning large wooden bowls. In this instructional video the bowl blank started as a log, which is then mounted on a four-jaw chuck for turning. Turning large wooden bowls is a blast! However it requires some special set up. Lathe work Learning how to make a dibble… A dibble is used for planting it’s very helpful for producing a hole for a bulb or seed, and getting the hole just the right depth. If you, or someone you know, dabbles in gardening, you need to learn how to make a dibble for the dabbler.
How to Make a Dibble for Gardening Using a Lathe.If you have some rescued firewood or off-cuts… That’s because this intermediate level turning project can be done in an afternoon at a cost that can be next to nothing. This turned lidded box has the power to make your sweetheart smile on Valentine’s Day, or any other day for that matter. The project features stave construction,… This custom wooden travel mug project scores a bullseye on that front, providing a highly coveted item that will be useful to any person on your list. Woodworkers are constantly on the lookout for good projects that can be built quickly and given as gifts to friends and family members. Custom Wood Travel Mug Using Stave Construction.It’s a great place to fall asleep on a moonlit night listening to the cooing owls and the foxes rustling through the brush. Some friends of mine have a cabin in the north woods with an out building for extra overnight guests to bunk up for the evening.