The first question that comes to our mind right after adding a professional wood lathe to the workshop is, “what woodturning tools/chisels should we use”? In this case, the best practice would be to start with tools that allow you to do most of the general tasks and then go for the premium tools for …
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When I started my journey, I had close to zero knowledge about buying a wood lathe. But fortunately, my first lathe was Rockler Mini- A great piece of kit and served me very well for a good few years. But as my skills improved and ambitions grew, I found it just didn’t have a powerful …
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Midi lathes are the second most preferable wood lathes among the woodturners after full-size because of their adequate motor power in a comfortable price range and size. As my survey went when writing about the wood lathes of every category from mini to full-size (check here), it showed about 40% of the woodturners I talked …
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As the intention was to affirm what mini wood lathe can give a woodturner the best output without being stalled in the middle of the road, I extracted the info I needed from my recent survey while forming a compact list of best wood lathes for different level turners. What I found was 13.33% of …
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There is a large community of beginner woodturners around the country, and no matter the experience, we all share this common ground. I also struggled to choose the opening wood lathe that can grow with me on my woodturning journey. As soon as I was outgrowing my skills, I felt that I needed to upgrade …
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