San Diego Woodturners - Techniques & Tips

Woodturners have ideas. We all experiment and try new things. Sometimes we come up with a good idea. This page offers some tips and techniques that our members and others have offered to share.

Also available to members is the list of dvd's owned by the club library. Download the list here and borrow a DVD at the next club meeting.

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Timber Wolf Bandsaw Blades
PDF Catalog for Group Orders
Contact Roman Scheidel

Coloring Wood – Presentation (PDF)
By Joe Fleming (updated)

Coloring Wood – Resources (PDF)
By Joe Fleming

Project: Inlaid Box With Chatterwork (PDF)
By Kip Christensen

Guide to Oil Finishes (PDF)

Choosing a Finish (PDF)

Comparitive information about various types of finishes.

From Tom Edwards

Eccentric Turning (jpg image)
Roman Scheidel's handout for turning a multi-axis statuette.

Chainsaw Bench (PDF)

Here are directions for building a chainsaw bench for safe cutting while using your chainsaw. Minnesota Woodturners Assoc. has offered these directions to our members.

Cyanoacrylate (CA) Glue Finishing (PDF)

By Brian Saunders from SDWT Take-A-Turn 2012

Eric Freedus - A Real Swinger (PDF)
Written by Eric this article talks about tilt-away tail stock methods

Turning a 3 Legged-Stool (PDF)
This is the handout for Joe Flemings club demo.

Hollow Globe Ornaments (PDF)
These documents were from Phil Stivers' August 2012 club demo about making Hollow Globe Ornaments. There are two different files:
Making the Globe & Making the Icicle

Richard Spencer - Segmented Turning (PDF)
This document is was written by Richard. Used for his demo on July 21, 2012.

Turning Wooden Elements for Jewelry (PDF)
From Sally Ault -following her club demonstration.

Two Nick Cook Projects (PDF)
These documents are directions for turning Nick's Coffee Scoop and Mystery Salt Urn.

Allen Driver's Straight Hollowing Tool
This document contains detailed information for making Allen's
hollowing tool. The sources for the materials are included.

Cindy Drozda-Finial Box (PDF)
Finial Design (reprinted from AAW magazine)
Finial Box -as done in her demonstration
Finial Box -as done in her workshops
Cindy's List of Suppliers

Cindy Drozda-Triangle Box (PDF)
The Triangle Box layout
The Triangle Box -Step by step directions
Cindy's List of Suppliers

Bowl Coring Tutorial (PDF)
(By Joe Fleming - Discussing the McNaughton,
Oneway, Woodcut and Stewart systems)

Tool Making Resoure List (PDF)
(From Tom Edwards & Allen Driver Demo January 2011)

Turning Pens (PDF)
(Scott van Hoften's Pen Turning Demo November 2010)

Rules for Creating Good Forms (PDF)

Tips & Techniques about Finishing

Turning Tips

Using a Kirsten Kone by Oskar Kirsten (PDF)

"The Internet Really Works!"

Tips on turning Small Vessels (PDF)

3M Scotch Brite Equivalents (PDF)

"Wood Dust & Your Health" (PDF)