wood turning
Rotating timber craft
Wood turning is the craft of shaping wood on a lathe, where the piece spins while cutting tools are applied to create rounded, symmetrical objects.
Woodturners produce bowls, spindles, table legs, and decorative pieces.
The term covers both the technique and the finished products: She took up wood turning after retirement.
Also spelled as one word: woodturning.
- latheRotating shaping machine
- tool restLathe-mounted steadying bar
- spindleRotating rod for thread
- chiselEdged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
chuck · bowl · grain · end grain · shavings · walnut · maple · oak · faceplate · sandpaper · polish · burl · skew · parting · mandrel · finishing · bark · heartwood
- woodworkingsaw, hammer, drill, chisel, nail
- handicraftssewing, knitting, pottery, weaving, embroidery
- traditional craftspottery, hand sewing, weaving, blacksmithing, basketry
- furniture craftsupholstery, woodcarving, refinishing, reupholstery, furniture painting
- woodcraftcarving, whittling, joinery, spoon carving, hand planing
- wood industrysawmill, lumber mill, veneer, plywood, flooring
wood turningwood carving
Sculpting with timber
whittling · hand carving · relief carving · marquetry · fretwork
wood turningmetalworking
Shaping raw ore industrially
pottery · ceramics · glassblowing · machining · glass blowing
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