Devon Wood Turner

me on lathe

Starting Woodturning

Woodturning is a new hobby to me but I have been working with wood for years, in my late 20's I was making wooden toys, wall clocks, birdhouses, ect! In a small garden shed fitted out with an industrial fretsaw, my second hobby was keeping birds; over the years I have built a few big aviary’s, sheds and all the breeding cages, nest boxes and other bits & bob’s. Now my children have grown up I was looking for a new hobby as I have a bit more time on my hands woodturning has always appealed to me but I never got around to doing it, now I have started and got the bug I can not get enough of it, one of the best things I did was to join our local wood turning club where I found out about the do's and don’ts of woodturning. The lathe I went for is a JET 1642 this is classed as a trade lathe and is powerful enough for what I want to use it for.

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WOODTURNING TORBAY: WOODTURNING PAIGNTON:
The craft of woodturning can be traced back as far as 1000 BC and has been practiced ever since by both professional and amateur woodturners. Not only a rewarding and relaxing hobby, woodturning is a widely respected art form that gives rise to beautiful and unusual pieces of woodturning.
With woodturning lathes, tools and timbers more readily available than ever before, and the number of clubs, associations and literature dedicated to woodturning increasing year after year, woodturning is one of the most practiced crafts around the world.
One of the many pleasures of woodturning is that satisfying results can be obtained with little experience, but to truly master this craft can take a lifetime.
Woodturning creates a very close and intimate relationship with wood, and it is for this reason why few people know wood as well as woodturners!
In addition, woodturning encourages analysis of the aesthetics of each turned object. For these and many other reasons, woodturning is an exciting and challenging craft.

The 4 photo's above are showing some wedding presents I made, Oak Cheese Board with Mouse and a Yew Bowl.