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Hi all,Good to be here. I am new to woodturning and recently purchased a Powermatic 3520C lathe. I bought it to turn large, green logs for my business. For the…

Hi all,Good to be here. I am new to woodturning and recently purchased a Powermatic 3520C lathe. I bought it to turn large, green logs for my business. For the…

Debating on making a wedgie sled bc everyone says they make cutting segments a breeze. I currently use a Miter Set to get the angle set right and then my…

How long do you typically wait for wood glue in between bowl segments to dry before turning? Bottle says 24hrs before stressing joints but that seems like a long time?

In the process of blending out where the octagons meet, I ended up cutting through. The overlap on each octagon layer was about 1/2”.so how do I fix this next…

Getting a ridiculous amount of tear out in a segmented resin and wood bowl I’m turning. The wood is cutting just fine but the epoxy looks awful. I’m using Ecopoxy…

Anyone know how they do this kind of decal in a turned bowl??

Hello fellow woodturners,I'm looking for some recommendations for inexpensive, utilitarian faceplates 3", 4" or 6" to be used for a small, medium, and large home-made disk sander for the lathe.At…

I'm turning live edge bowls, 9 to 10 inches,  from green aspen. I clean off an area for the spur center down through the bark, but even when I'm taking…

Today I was turning a bowl from a piece of very dry cherry using a 5/8 bowl gouge. Although I've been happy with this tool turning green wood, I struggled…