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My first woodturning commission
This week a colleague approached me to ask if I could make something for him. His house, which he’s been renovating, still had an original doorbell from whenever it was built. The door bell was … more →
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My first woodturning commission
danielwould wrote 1 week ago: This week a colleague approached me to ask if I could make something for him. His house, which he … more →
Turning a burr
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danielwould wrote 2 weeks ago: Burrs are very interesting bits of wood. They are odd growths that occur on the surface of tree trun … more →
Pen turning
danielwould wrote 1 month ago: Well it had to happen eventually. Given a lathe for enough time eventually you’ll give in to t … more →
The Mallet of many mistakes
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danielwould wrote 2 months ago: In last months woodturning magazine there was a project-in-a-day feature for making a mallet. I caug … more →
Making a chess set part 2 - The Bishop
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danielwould wrote 3 months ago: Feeling good about how the king had gone, I set to work on the bishops. I decided that the thing to … more →
Making a chess set. Part 1- The King
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danielwould wrote 3 months ago: As a geek and a wood turner. One of the most obvious things to attempt to make on the lathe is a che … more →
Streptohedrons
danielwould wrote 4 months ago: A couple of months ago David Springett came to the Hampshire woodturners monthly meeting and gave a … more →
HWA July meeting
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danielwould wrote 4 months ago: Last week was the July meeting of the Hampshire wood turners association. I’ve already written … more →
DIY lathe dust extractor hood
danielwould wrote 5 months ago: Last year I bought myself a serious dust extractor for use in the workshop. It has a huge dust colle … more →
HWA June 1st - Fancy Turning with David Springett
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danielwould wrote 5 months ago: Last Monday I went to this month’s wood turning group. For the first time in ages I didn … more →
Captured ring rattle
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danielwould wrote 6 months ago: Update: – Have updated where I talk about regulation, unfortunately the choice of wood here is … more →
Most improved novice
danielwould wrote 7 months ago: At this months HWA meeting we had the AGM. And I got a bit of a surprise. It was the AGM containing … more →
Artistic aspirations...take 2
danielwould wrote 8 months ago: Recently I wrote about a challenge I’d been set to let go of the idea that my wood turnings sh … more →
Using an indexing ring
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danielwould wrote 8 months ago: Back when I started wood turning, one of the first things I invested in was a 4 jaw self-centering c … more →
Unique art or uninspired copy
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danielwould wrote 8 months ago: Normally at this point in the month I would be blogging about my latest HWA challenge. Unfortunately … more →
HWA January project - Wine bottle coaster
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danielwould wrote 9 months ago: Whilst it may seem a little late, due to the snow the February wood turning meeting got canceled and … more →
New tools!
danielwould wrote 9 months ago: At the weekend I took a trip to John Davis Woodturning This was my first time in a real wood turning … more →
My kind of holiday
danielwould wrote 1 year ago: Last week Kat and I went on holiday to visit her father’s house in France. He has a lovely hou … more →
Hampshire woodturners - September
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danielwould wrote 1 year ago: This month’s wood turning group was a pretty good one, both for the demo and for my ‘hau … more →
