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Chainsaw Operation - Courtesy Fox Valley Tech
The Ellsworth Grind - Photos of a 5/8" bowl gouge ground by David Ellsworth, and a jig you can make to put Ellsworth's grind on your gouge.
The Sensational Skew - Handout by "Spindle Jim" Echter. Details the grind Jim Echter uses on his skews and the 3 cuts he does with the skew chisel. Article from AAW Woodturner, April 2019
Ornament Stand - Ashley Harwood Design
Beads of Courage Bags Guidelines
Index Wheel Instructions (February 2025)
For those of you who purchased one of our custom indexing wheels, the attached file is an instruction sheet on making a locking post/pin.
Thompson Lathe Tools sharpening guide for Oneway Vari-grind jig.
Instructions for doing an "Ellsworth grind" on a Wolverine sharpening system (revised December 2024)
Woodturning 101 - Video 4 - Sharpening Your Woodturning Tools
Craft Supplies (Good comprehensive learning video, all different tools are explained, 43 min)
Sharpening a Swept Back Grind or Irish Grind on a Bowl Gouge - How To
The Woodturning Store (18 min)
Ted's Turnings - Vari-Grind Experiments
Ted Ross (the impact of changing the setting on the Vari-grind jig (16 min)
Sharpening Woodturning Tools - Doug Thompson
(Sharpening Bowl Gouges, Spindle Gouges, Detail Gouges and Scrapers. 38 min)
40/40 Grind For Bowl Gouges
Ron Brown (9:46 min)
New and Easy DIY Grinder Angle Jigs for Bowl Gouges
Ruud in the Woods (explaining the simple “platform jig”, 17 min)
Rolling a Burr on a Scraper
Woodturners, this sharpening jig will change the way you work!
Veritas SCRAPER burnisher tool overview and use
April 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Black Walnut
March 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Maple
Off-Center Chuck
Step-by-step instructions for creating Paul Howard's "Off-Center Chuck" as demonstrated at our September 2024 meeting. Note: All measurements are metric but are easily translatable to imperial.
Multi-Axis Star
Step-by-step instructions for turning an 8-point, multi-axis star.
End-Grain Lidded Box
Step-by-step instructions for turning a small end-grain lidded box.
Wig Stand Plans - Simplified
Here is a simplified (1 sheet) version of plans for wig stands, courtesy of the Durham Woodworking Club in Oshawa, Ontario.
Wig Stand Plans
Many of our families have been touched by cancer and our first 2023 summer challenge is making a wig stand for people undergoing treatment for cancer.
Wooden Morse Tapers - January 2021
Jig to make wooden Morse tapers.
Sphere Turning Simplified - (Metric)
Step-by-step instructions for turning spheres.
Dodecahedron - April 2020
Since we are all staying safer at home, here's a project from Pete Schuh to take up some time and build your skills.
Matt Monaco - March 14, 2020
Three handouts from Matt Monaco's demonstration in a PDF file.
Cindy Drozda Finial Box (Added Nov 16, 2019)
Detailed instructions on the Finial Box Cindy Drozda turned during our live video demonstration.
Sanding 101 (Added May 30, 2019)
Detailed sanding routine courtesy of AAW member and woodturning artist Brad Adams.
Sanding 101
Turning Spheres (April 2019)
Here is diagram used to layout a sphere blank, along with links to several articles on sphere turning:
Spheres Octagon Method
Finishing Reference Sheets (March 2019)
Here are 3 reference sheets from our March 9, 2019 demo:
Classifying Finishes
Guide To Finishes
Oil Finishes
Pendant Resources – Alan & Lauren Zenreich (February, 2019)
Here is the resource document Alan Zenreich mentioned during the demo he and Lauren did for us.
Bay Lake Pendant Resources
Basket Illusion (January, 2019)
Here is a resource list and instructions Pete Schuh prepared for his demonstration:
Basket Illusion – Pete Schuh
If you would like to see different patterns and gallery photos of the Basket Weave Illusion go to Pinterest or YouTube and search – Lincoln Seitzman, David Nittmann, David Brazelton and Jim Adkins. You will be able to see their designs. ENJOY!
Saturn Bowl (September, 2018)
Several members asked Lynn Heupel how she made the Saturn Bowl she displayed in the Instant Gallery.
Here is a link to a handout by Jason Clark detailing the process.
Collet Handle – Using Plumbing Fittings
Collets for tool handles using common plumbing fittings (May, 2018)
Turning a 6-Sided Vase (May, 2018)
This project ( Turning A 6-Sided Vase ) was based on an article titled ‘The Lost Wood Process’ by Lowell Converse that appeared in the Spring, 2000 edition of American Woodturner, the journal of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW)
Tower Top (Werner Witek – February 2018)
Resource materials on the Tower Top Warner Witek presented at our February 2018 meeting.
Link to Youtube video of Werner Witek’s demo: February 2018 – Tower Top
Link to Youtube video of some of Werner Witek's work: Werner Witek Slideshow
Chainsaw Operation - Courtesy Fox Valley Tech
The Ellsworth Grind - Photos of a 5/8" bowl gouge ground by David Ellsworth, and a jig you can make to put Ellsworth's grind on your gouge.
The Sensational Skew - Handout by "Spindle Jim" Echter. Details the grind Jim Echter uses on his skews and the 3 cuts he does with the skew chisel. Article from AAW Woodturner, April 2019
Ornament Stand - Ashley Harwood Design
Beads of Courage Bags Guidelines
Index Wheel Instructions (February 2025)
For those of you who purchased one of our custom indexing wheels, the attached file is an instruction sheet on making a locking post/pin.
Thompson Lathe Tools sharpening guide for Oneway Vari-grind jig.
Instructions for doing an "Ellsworth grind" on a Wolverine sharpening system (revised December 2024)
Woodturning 101 - Video 4 - Sharpening Your Woodturning Tools
Craft Supplies (Good comprehensive learning video, all different tools are explained, 43 min)
Sharpening a Swept Back Grind or Irish Grind on a Bowl Gouge - How To
The Woodturning Store (18 min)
Ted's Turnings - Vari-Grind Experiments
Ted Ross (the impact of changing the setting on the Vari-grind jig (16 min)
Sharpening Woodturning Tools - Doug Thompson
(Sharpening Bowl Gouges, Spindle Gouges, Detail Gouges and Scrapers. 38 min)
40/40 Grind For Bowl Gouges
Ron Brown (9:46 min)
New and Easy DIY Grinder Angle Jigs for Bowl Gouges
Ruud in the Woods (explaining the simple “platform jig”, 17 min)
Rolling a Burr on a Scraper
Woodturners, this sharpening jig will change the way you work!
Veritas SCRAPER burnisher tool overview and use
April 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Black Walnut
March 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Maple
Off-Center Chuck
Step-by-step instructions for creating Paul Howard's "Off-Center Chuck" as demonstrated at our September 2024 meeting. Note: All measurements are metric but are easily translatable to imperial.
Multi-Axis Star
Step-by-step instructions for turning an 8-point, multi-axis star.
End-Grain Lidded Box
Step-by-step instructions for turning a small end-grain lidded box.
Wig Stand Plans - Simplified
Here is a simplified (1 sheet) version of plans for wig stands, courtesy of the Durham Woodworking Club in Oshawa, Ontario.
Wig Stand Plans
Many of our families have been touched by cancer and our first 2023 summer challenge is making a wig stand for people undergoing treatment for cancer.
Wooden Morse Tapers - January 2021
Jig to make wooden Morse tapers.
Sphere Turning Simplified - (Metric)
Step-by-step instructions for turning spheres.
Dodecahedron - April 2020
Since we are all staying safer at home, here's a project from Pete Schuh to take up some time and build your skills.
Matt Monaco - March 14, 2020
Three handouts from Matt Monaco's demonstration in a PDF file.
Cindy Drozda Finial Box (Added Nov 16, 2019)
Detailed instructions on the Finial Box Cindy Drozda turned during our live video demonstration.
Sanding 101 (Added May 30, 2019)
Detailed sanding routine courtesy of AAW member and woodturning artist Brad Adams.
Sanding 101
Turning Spheres (April 2019)
Here is diagram used to layout a sphere blank, along with links to several articles on sphere turning:
Spheres Octagon Method
Finishing Reference Sheets (March 2019)
Here are 3 reference sheets from our March 9, 2019 demo:
Classifying Finishes
Guide To Finishes
Oil Finishes
Pendant Resources – Alan & Lauren Zenreich (February, 2019)
Here is the resource document Alan Zenreich mentioned during the demo he and Lauren did for us.
Bay Lake Pendant Resources
Basket Illusion (January, 2019)
Here is a resource list and instructions Pete Schuh prepared for his demonstration:
Basket Illusion – Pete Schuh
If you would like to see different patterns and gallery photos of the Basket Weave Illusion go to Pinterest or YouTube and search – Lincoln Seitzman, David Nittmann, David Brazelton and Jim Adkins. You will be able to see their designs. ENJOY!
Saturn Bowl (September, 2018)
Several members asked Lynn Heupel how she made the Saturn Bowl she displayed in the Instant Gallery.
Here is a link to a handout by Jason Clark detailing the process.
Collet Handle – Using Plumbing Fittings
Collets for tool handles using common plumbing fittings (May, 2018)
Turning a 6-Sided Vase (May, 2018)
This project ( Turning A 6-Sided Vase ) was based on an article titled ‘The Lost Wood Process’ by Lowell Converse that appeared in the Spring, 2000 edition of American Woodturner, the journal of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW)
Tower Top (Werner Witek – February 2018)
Resource materials on the Tower Top Warner Witek presented at our February 2018 meeting.
Link to Youtube video of Werner Witek’s demo: February 2018 – Tower Top
Link to Youtube video of some of Werner Witek's work: Werner Witek Slideshow
