July 2023: TURNING A WIG STAND
by Richard Pikul of the Woodturner's Guild of Ontario
March 2018: Some Generic Lathe Maintenance Guidelines
by Brent English of Robust Tools
September 2019: Photo Transfer Demo for CRW Woodturners Club.pdf by Jack Fitzpatrick
February 2017: Tool Geometry And the Cutting Edge by Lyndal Anthony
January 2016: Needle and Thread Holder by Kris Clough
April 2014:The Fire Piston with Jack Fitzpatrick - 3 handouts:
Fire Piston handout.pdf A 3 page basic outline of the process.
JF pistons.pdf A 36-page, well-illustrated presentation by Jack on making fire pistons.
Also, a single-page Fire Piston diagram.
March 2014: Sphere demo with Duane Hill handout: Sphere Demo Handout.pdf
September 2013: Duane Hill on turning Christmas Tree Ornaments.
September Handouts (PDF and Word documents)
August 2013: Tips and Tricks by Wendell Ziegler
Wendell's Handout (PDF document)
April 2013: Dyeing and Coloring Wood with Duane Hill
Coloring Your Woodturnings (Word document)
November 2012: Making a Flute with Joe Hemmerich
Handout for printing:
The image in the above pdf file is almost unreadable so here is the original image (click to see full size):
Flute Making Continued.pdf (Addendum)
Tuning the Flute (Additional handout distributed at the meeting)
April 2011: Duane Hill's handout for the April meeting:
Three Ways of Threading Wood - D Hill (PDF file)
March 2011: A Visit from Mike Hunter, Sat. 3/19/11
No pictures so far but here are his handouts for printing or viewing with Acrobat Reader or any pdf reader:
Christmas Ornaments Part One
Christmas Ornaments Part Two
Christmas Ornaments Part Two Additional
January 2011: Segmented Turning Demo By Phil Miller, at Aline Tools in LaCrosse (link to Gallery images).
Links to handouts that Phil prepared for the demo, PDF files for printing:
A Segmented Turning Project For Beginners 6 Sided Bowl By
Dennis Daudelin
A Segmented Turning Project For Beginners Polka Dot Bowl
By Dennis Daudelin
The Basic of Stave Segment Turning By Jim Rodgers
January 2010 meeting: Winter Tree Identification by Sarah Felicelli
NEW--Turning Bottlestoppers by Charlie Cadenhead (PDF file, 124 kb)
Christmas Ornaments with the Inside-out (Reverse Turning) method, tutorial by Ken Grunke (PDF file, 53 kb)
American Woodturner, Dec. 2011
Offered with permission from the AAW & the American Woodturner.
ALCOHOL SOAKING GREEN BOWL BLANKS IN A NUT SHELL by Dave Smith Posted on Woodcentral Forums, Nov. 2004
Turning Bocce Balls by Alan Lacer. Alan gives complete instructions on how to make wooden balls for the ancient game of bocce ball.
Saving Rotten Wood: A White Glue Solution to the Rescue A method used by Wally Dickerman on the Grey-Bruce Woodturners Guild website.