If you’re in the market for a Dust Extractor or Industrial Vacuum Cleaner, you’ll likely come across two common terms. Dust Extraction and Dust Collection. This raises the question, “Do you need one, the other, or both?” Let’s get into...
Tools Tungsten Carbide shafts and Tips (Inserts) for Woodturning In this second article in a two part series on wood turning tools we are going to look at tools that use tungsten carbide inserts. During the past 10 years there...
Choose your weapons - Wood Turning Tools Part 1
In this first of a two-part series I will be introducing the basic woodturning tools to you. I will focus on traditional tool steel turning tools in this article and on carbide wood turning tools in the second part.
Once you’ve decided what kinds of projects you want to turn on your lathe, you need to start looking at the most important accessories you will need to get under way. Most lathes come with a spur drive, faceplate and...
Woodturning has its roots in the production of furniture parts such as table and chair legs, household treen ware (items made of wood) and decorative turning. Over the past 25 years the creative artistic development of the craft especially in the USA and Britain prompted manufactures re-design and produce new more versatile woodturning lathes and tools.
As a professional piano restorer, conservator and woodworking specialist, having the right tool for each job is essential to an efficient and quality workflow. However; there is one tool which I carry all the time which is neither specialist nor...
