Articles on Ornamental Turning

Woodturning magazine articles on ornamental turning

Woodturning magazine is devoted to woodturning in general and, over the years, has featured several articles pertaining to ornamental turning, as listed below.

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• "Eastern Promise." Issue No. 39, Feb. 1996:54-55.
• "Notes from a Turning Shop." Issue No. 35, Sept 1995:16-17.
• "Low Cost Lathe" by Geoff O'Loughlin. Issue No. 31, Apr 1995:58-62.
• Issue No. 32, May 1995:50-52.
• "Craft Crusader" by Nigel Gardner. Issue No. 27, Nov. 1994: pp. 50-54.
• "Build a Universal Cutting Head." Issue No. 16, Oct 1993:39-41.
• "Build a Decorative Turning Lathe—Part 3." Issue No. 14, May/Jun 1993:50-56.
• "Build a Decorative Turning Lathe—Part 2." Issue No. 13, Mar/Apr 1993:36-39.
• "Build a Decorative Turning Lathe—Part 1." Issue No. 12, Jan/Feb 1993:8-10.
• "A Lathe in Trust." Issue No. 11, Nov/Dec 1992:36-37.
• "Make an Index Plate" by Ray Levy. Issue No. 10, Sep/Oct 1992:8-10.
• "Restoring & Sharpening OT Cutting Tools." Issue No. 9, Jul/Aug 1992:62-65.
• "Notes from a Turning Shop, part 7." Issue No. 9, Jul/Aug 1992:16-17.
• "Notes from the Turning Shop" by Bill Jones. Issue No. 8, May/Jun 1992:68-71.
• "Adapting Plain Lathes for Ornamental Turning" by Mike Foden. Issue No. 8, May/Jun 1992:28-31.
• "A Focus on Hidden Talent—The Ornamental Turning of Jon Sauer" by Albert LeCoff. Issue No. 7, Mar/Apr 1992:20.
• "The Lathe of the Ornamental Turner" by Cecil Jordan. Issue No. 1, Autumn, 1990:11-14.