Highland Woodturner, No. 36, March 2014 Welcome to Highland Woodworking - Fine Tools & Education Learn more about Highland Woodworking View our current woodturning classes and seminars Woodturning articles and solutions Subscribe to the Highland Woodturner
Turning for Furniture Makers Turning for
Furniture Makers


By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, Texas


I have always found it interesting how woodworkers are generally divided into two camps. Flat woodworkers and round woodworkers with only a small percentage of makers working in both crafts. I happen to be one of the few woodworkers at the intersection of both groups. I find aspects of both crafts very appealing. The woodworker in me enjoys hand tools and watching a project emerge from a stack of lumber. I also experience the level of satisfaction when I turn an object from a log I harvested months before.

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Turning Multiple Spindles Turning with Temple:
Turning Multiple Spindles


By Temple Blackwood
Castine, Maine


Setting out to turn a series of multiple spindles requires a number of helpful preparations. In this how-to article, Temple goes over the three rules all turners need to know when turning spindles, as well as the step-by-step process of completing your spindles.

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This month we are featuring the projects of Peter Fabricius who has been turning since 1960, but has made it a regular hobby since retiring in 2006.

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woodturning tips A "Nut" Case

This month, Phil has come up with a tip using a 15/16 OD nut that will help make hollowing and drilling on the lathe into a much easier process!

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