
Woodturning, Scrolling, and Carving
Learn more about the specialty branches of woodworking: woodturning, scrollsawing, and carving. We talk lathes and turning tools; scrollsaws, blades, and patterns; and carving knives, gouges, and chisels.

“I wish someone had shown me one of these when I first tried to turn beads.” — Phil Brennion, professional woodturner

Build the fundamentals you need for a lifetime of woodturning success.

Since taking early retirement in 1995, Paul Hamler has done a lot of downsizing of his own, turning his han made scale models of rare and antique hand tools into a small fortune.

Arizona woodturner Galen Carpenter uses rich color and spectacular grain to entice customers to his bowls

An inexpensive kit makes the job nearly goof proof.
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Magnetic fence closes the gap

The split fence on many mortisers leaves a gap where small pieces aren’t supported. This scrapwood... read more