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.

NOTE: Some of these links require the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have Acrobat Reader you can get it by using the link at the bottom of the page and following the directions.

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)

Coloring Wood With Dyes (PDF)

3M Scotch Brite Equivalents (PDF)

"Wood Dust & Your Health" (PDF)

Sharpening Your Woodturning Tools (PDF)

Eccentric Circles (PDF)

Turning a Calabash Bowl (PDF)
(Joe Fleming's 2009 Mini-Symposium Demo)

Photographing Your Work (PDF)
(An article by Neal Addy)

How to Photograph Your Work
(From a club presentation by Phil Stivers)
Ten Elements to Improving Your Photographs (PDF)
A lighting "how-to" (PDF)
The Phrugal Foto Booth (PDF)