Michael Allison is a wood-turner, a guy who hauls a block of wood onto a lathe and then, through the steady application of muscle, patience and will, turns it into something artful — a bowl, … ...

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 ...

Dickey, 74, of Davidsonville, uses a lathe and chisels to transform wood into all kinds of bowls, boxes, platters and planet-like spheres. Some are dyed various colors, others are left natural.

Here is Alan Holland performing his craft: woodturning. He takes a big chunk of wood, spins it on a lathe and shaves and cuts it down into something much ...

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a bowling pin into a platter. When woodturning a piece I find it important to nibble away at it until I see what shape the wood wants to be, ...

Wood-turning not just for men Stereotypically, the art of wood-turning has long been defined as a male-dominated hobby, but the Collie group has attempted to cater to a broader demographic.

What started as a "Saturday boys' club" in Barrow has become a profitable business on the Kenai Peninsula, where the climate and shipping costs are both friendlier to woodworkers.