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.

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.

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)

Coloring Wood (PDF)
(Joe Fleming's Demo February 2010)

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)

Coloring Wood With Dyes (PDF)