MAKAWAO — Curled wood shavings flew through the air as British woodturner Stuart Batty guided a long-handled tool across the surface of a block of koa. As the rough, squarish block transformed into ...

Burls are prized for their wild grain, but that same beauty can make them treacherous. This woodturning project exposed the ...

For more than 40 years, Maine Wood Concepts lingered in the background, turning hundreds of thousands of custom wooden Shaker pegs, toy wheels, dowels and other components for major game manufacturers ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

DAVIDSONVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Joe Dickey used to hunt for dead wood. Now, hunks and chunks of all kinds of trees find their way to him. That's what happens when you're a nationally recognized wood turner ...

If you’d custom-order a wood-turned bowl made from scratch by craftsman Robert Nelson, it likely would take nine months before he’d start working on it. It has nothing to do with Nelson’s talent or ...

When we enter the Mather House Woodturning Studio on a Friday evening, Jack B. Smith ’19 accosts us with a small slab of Hawthorn wood. “Smell it!” he insists. Smith has been a regular at this studio ...

The new owners of Buckfield-based Wells Wood Turning and Finishing Inc., whose wooden Easter eggs have amused those attending White House holiday events, plan to expand markets and products at the ...