Tips, Techniques, Tools, and other Documents

Tips and Techniques​

Steve Wilson 
Inlayed OffsetRings inlaid_offset_rings.pdf

Bowl Layout for Burn Lines bowl_layout_for_burn_lines-_test_.pdf

Cantenary Curve Bowl catenary_curve_bowl_with_pics.pdf

​Platter Project platter__project_with_pics.pdf

Creating a Radius Template radius_template_with_pics.docx

 Jerry Bufalini's articles of interest and links to turning bowls

• Bowl Gouge Problems
  
• Mastering The Pull Cut
  
• Methods and Jigs for Reverse Turning Bowls
• Woodturning Sites on the Internet
  

• Functional Wooden Bowls
  
• A Complete Guide to Bowl Making
  
• Simple bowl tutorial
  
• Start Turning
  

• Designing Rims
• Adding a rim
• Around the Rim
• 15 Tips for Basement
• Beautiful Bowl Bases
• Let There Be Light

• AAW article on the Shop made Hook tool - I'm Hooked
  
• "Prayer Nuts" Submitted by Pete Connors
• Shop-made Wood Burning Pen  Submitted by Jack Parmenter 
• Wall thickness calipers by Avelino Samuel, Submitted by Roger Meeker
• Make your own wood-burner video Submitted by Roger Meeker
• Calculators - Estimators - Template Generators at blocklayer.com Submitted by Bob Hammond
• Chart for holding power of vacuum chucks Submitted by Roger Meeker
• November 2014: Hollow Form Turning Systems Submitted by Steve Rohr
• December 2013: How to make a Steady Rest by Dennis Nagle
• October 2012: Outside the blank; Steve Wilson's ideas for the Decenber contest
• Wayne Warren's Tool Bin construction instructions. 
• January 2006: Tippy Tops, by Eugen Schlaak
• January 2006: Geometry of Turning a Sphere, by Al Hockenbery
• King Heiple's Shop-Built Jig for grinder sharpening.
• Jerry Glaser - notes on sharpening.
• USDA - Finishes for wood items used for food.
• April 2004: Shopmade steady rest.
• Bill Johnson's tool from the AAW 2003 symposium in Charlotte.

Videos - DAW Demonstrations

• ​​Exciting Mike Sorge video
• Metal Coatings by Roger Meeker
• Casting Resin by Ben Shipman
• Square Bowls by Bob Daily
• Rudy Lopez Demonstration
• Spiral Carving by Jim Scarsella & Alfred Schembri
• Flowers by Mike Leneway & Paul Neuburger
• Woodburning by Craig Drozd & Matt Harber
• The Skew by Ray Frase
• 3 - Point Tool by Alfred Schembri
• Hollow Forms presented by Steve Rohr

       Small Holiday Gifts by Mike Foydel

•    Do Nothing Stick
•    Balancing Nails
•    String pulled Top
•    Spinner and Snapper
•    This Will Blow Your Mind
•    Fun Snot
•    Kendama
•    Door Stoppers
•    Tower of Hanoi


• Winged Bowl presented by Jerry Bufalini
• Off Center Jigs presented Chuck Lobaito
• Turning Finials presented by Matt Harber

• A Bowl from a Board presented by Roger LaRose

• Off Center Turning presented by Jerry Bufalini.

• Ray Frase demonstrates the basics of how to turn your first bowl.   Click Here to Watch Bowl Turning Video 

• Tips and techniques for turning a train whistle by Paul Neuburger.   Click Here to Watch Train Whistle Video

• Tips and techniques for designing and turning a lidded box by Jim Scarsella.   Click Here to Watch Lidded Box Video

• Demonstration was on turning Birdhouse Ornaments by Alfred Schembri.   Click Here to Watch Birdhouse Ornament Video

• Techniques for turning a footed bowl by Gary Clay.   Click Here to Footed Bowl Turning Video 

• Demonstration on turning bud vases by Greg Smith   Click Here to Watch Bud Vase Video 

• Demonstration on turning spheres by Bob Daily   Click Here to Watch Turning Spheres Video 

Tools, and other Documents

• ​How to sharpen Drii Bits 1 Submitted by Mike Leneway
• ​How to sharpen Drii Bits 2  Submitted by Mike Leneway
• CBN Wheels Submitted by Don Doyle
• This beautiful advert was created by Japanese agency Drill Inc. who built a giant wooden xylophone (reportedly over 1 mile long) in the middle of a forest.  Giant Xylophone in the Forest
  Submitted by Pete Connors
• Make your own wood-burner video Submitted by Roger Meeker
• Al Stirt platter demonstration for a North Carolina Club    Click Here to Watch the Al Stirt Video 
• Ray Frase demonstrates the methods for appling his  3-2-1 woodturners finish  Click Here for the Video
• How to Make a Spiral Ribbon Finial by Phil Stevens.   Click Here to Watch Spiral Finial Video
• Making a Christmas tree video submitted by Pete Connors   Click Here to Watch Christmas Tree Video​


• March 2014: Ringmaster Calculator (A Bowl from a Board)     Click Here to Download Calculator
• May - June 2013: Golden Ratio Calipers  by Craig Drozd
• June 2013: How to make a  Longworth Chuck
• March 2013:  Bandsaw circle cutting jig (plans)  by Steve Rohr