Steve Freeman

Woodturning Projects For Beginners - Turning A Pen As a beginner deciding which woodturning project to try first is sometimes confusing. I decided to keep it simple and try to perfect my pen turning first before going on to a larger project. In the image below I will try to turn this Yew Wood Pen Blank into a finished pen. … [Read more...] about Woodturning Projects For Beginners – Turning A Pen

Woodturning Projects For Beginners Turning An Apple Then A Pear In this series of woodturning projects for beginners I aim to describe my attempts as a complete beginner to turn particular items and learn from my mistake. This post will describe my first efforts to turn a wood apple and a pear. In earlier posts on woodturning projects for beginners I have described my … [Read more...] about Woodturning Projects For Beginners Turning An Apple Then A Pear

Wood Turning Project By A Beginner - Jewellery Display. I have recently ordered a selection of Swarovski Elements together with the silver fixing bails and silver chains to sell at antique fairs where we display our antique silver. Whilst these items are not antique they are small cheap impulse buys for those who browse these fairs but who do not have the money to … [Read more...] about Wood Turning Project By A Beginner – Jewellery Display

Woodturning A Bowl By A Beginner Having decided to try something bigger than turning a wooden pen the next project for me was to try and turn a wooden bowl from a blank. Now a blank is a piece of wood  prepared for wood turning on a lathe. In this case mine was a circular piece of wood kindly donated by my brother Mike (Who knows a thing or two about these things) to get me … [Read more...] about Woodturning A Bowl By A Beginner