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Demo Handouts / Tips
April 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Black Walnut

March 2025 "Wood Of The Month" - Maple

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. Click: ​Index Wheel Instructions

Sharpening (January 2025)

Click: ​Sharpening Slide Show
{Note: The slide show will be downloaded to your computer, and should appear in your computer's 'downloads' folder)

​Links to sharpening videos and PDF files ...
Click: Woodturning 101 - Video 4 - Sharpening Your Woodturning Tools
Craft Supplies (Good comprehensive learning video, all different tools are explained, 43 min)

Click: Sharpening a Swept Back Grind or Irish Grind on a Bowl Gouge - How To
The Woodturning Store (18 min)

Click: Ted's Turnings - Vari-Grind Experiments
Ted Ross (the impact of changing the setting on the Vari-grind jig  (16 min)

Click: Sharpening Woodturning Tools - Doug Thompson
(sharpening  Bowl Gouges, Spindle Gouges, Detail Gouges and Scrapers. 38 min)

Click: 40/40 Grind For Bowl Gouges #woodturning #woodworking #woodlathe
Ron Brown (9:46 min)

Click: New and Easy DIY Grinder Angle Jigs for Bowl Gouges
Ruud in the Woods (explaining the simple “platform jig”, 17 min)

Click: Rolling a Burr on a Scraper
Woodturners, this sharpening jig will change the way you work!

Veritas SCRAPER burnisher tool overview and use

PDF of the instructions for the Ellsworth sharpening jig (on the Craft Supplies website/Ellsworth jig)
Click: Ellsworth Grinding Jig Instructions

Thompson Lathe Tools sharpening guide for Oneway Vari-grind jig. 
Click: ​https://devnet1.com/tool/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sharpening.pdf

Instructions for doing an "Ellsworth grind" on a Wolverine sharpening system (revised December 2024).
​Click here to download


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. - Click here to download
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Multi-Axis Star
Step-by-step instructions for turning an 8-point, multi-axis star - Click here to download
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Turners Warehouse Ornament Auction and Contest 2023
Official entry form for 2023 - Click here to download
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End-Grain Lidded Box
​Step-by-step instructions for turning a small end-grain lidded box. Click here to download.
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. Click here to download 
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. Click here for detailed instructions on how to make the wig stand. 

Wooden Morse Tapers - January 2021
Jig to make wooden Morse tapers. Click here to download the handout.
Sphere Turning Simplified - September 2020
Step-by-step instructions for turning spheres, as shown by Gerald Jensen in September 2020 virtual meeting. Click here to download the handout.

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. Click here to download Pete's project.

Matt Monaco  - March 14, 2020
Three handouts from Matt Monaco's demonstration in a PDF file.

Ornament Stand (inspired by Ashley Harwood) (Added December 21, 2019)
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Ornament Stand (Harwood Design)

Cindy Drozda Finial Box (Added Nov 16, 2019)
Detailed instructions on the Finial Box Cindy Drozda turned during our live video demonstration.
Finial Box Prep

Sanding 101 (Added May 30, 2019)
Detailed sanding routine courtesy of AAW member and woodturning artist Brad Adams.
Sanding 101


Lyndal Anthony Demo (May 2019)
Here is a link to Lyndal’s website​, where he posts updated versions of the various checklists and informational documents referred to in his May 18, 2019 demonstration.

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:
  1. ​Classifying Finishes
  2. Guide To Finishes
  3. ​Oil Finishes

Pendant Resources – Alan & Lauren Zenreich (February, 2019)
Here is the resource document Alan Zenreich mentioned during the demo he and Lauren did
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!

Sharpening (November, 2018)
Gerald Jensen’s notes on using the Ellsworth Jig on your Wolverine

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. Here is a photo of the 2 pieces he makes in his demo.

Collets for tool handles using common plumbing fittings (May, 2018)
Collet Handle – Using Plumbing Fittings

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
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