Useful Info
YouTube is great for woodturners. Some of the better YouTubers include:
Richard Raffan
Mike Waldt
Turn A Wood Bowl
Martin Sabin-Smith
Rocky Mountain Woodturners
The South Auckland Woodturners Guild Inc has some great how to instructions. There are links to some of their fabulous woodturning challenges below. Click the links titled ‘kiwi instructions’.
This is a Huon Pine emerging bowl with lattice work by one of our highly skilled members. Here are the kiwi instructions
A green bowl in the process of final turning by an expert in working with green wood. Here are the kiwi instructions
You can get some fabulous textures from different timbers or try turning West Australian Banksia Grandis. If you’d like to turn a Bud Vase here are the kiwi instructions
With birthdays and easter what better than to create an egg cup with egg. The South Auckland Woodturners Guild has some kiwi instructions for you.
The Club has copies of George Hatfield’s book ‘Woodturning Tips for Beginners’ for sale for $6 for Members ($10 for non-Members). It is a compilation of articles he has written throughout his 64-year woodturning career. We highly recommend it.
Member Articles
A number of our Members have also contributed useful articles and suggested publications.
Setting up a small lathe workshop
How to turn a handle for woodturning tools
If you’re interested in making toys there’s plenty of inspiration here.
Keeping Safe
We have a supervisor on duty whenever the workshop is open to assist and advise Members on the safe operation of machinery.
When using a lathe or any other machinery, you must have either safety glasses, or a face shield to protect your face and head. You should bring your own safety glasses, or you can use one of the face shields at the workshop.
Be careful not to wear loose clothing; remove necklaces, bracelets, etc and tie back long hair so loose items don’t get caught in the machinery. Wear comfortable, closed shoes, preferably leather. You don’t need safety work shoes/boots, but many people do wear them. While the workshop has an excellent dust extraction system and room air filters, we also recommend you wear a disposable face mask (N95 or P2 or similar) to protect your lungs from fine particles.