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‘Woodturning’

The list below shows the articles I have written for Woodturning magazine, with the most recent ones first. As later ones are printed I will add them to the top of the list.

WT10

’Oak and padauk spinning top box’ My less detailed title for this piece was simply ‘Spinning top box’. After all, they can be made from any combination of timbers you like.

May 2010
pp 23-27

WT9

’Sycamore bunny box’ Inspired by a ‘cut up and rejoined bowl’, and not a little by Playboy, This shows how I made a whimsical little box with a fluffy tail!

April 2010
pp 63-67

WT8

’Roll-rimmed platter’ When Steve Dutton came down from Stranraer for a lesson with me, this is what he made.

March 2010
pp 63-67

WT7

’Coffee stirrer bowl’ A bowl made entirely from delegates’ coffee stirrers from the AWGB seminar, Loughborough in 2009, where I was one of the five UK demonstrators.

Feb 2010
pp 69-73

WT6

’Sycamore ‘super nova effect platter’ My less detailed title for this project was  simply ‘Supernova’. The platter uses nails and washers to good effect.

June 2009
pp 48-53

WT5

’Plywood bowl’ Originally titled ‘Playing with plywood’, this pair of bowls share some features with DNA. I later got to use my title for a different project in Woodworker

May 2009
pp 73-76

WT4

’Using lamination and spikes’ After being misheard saying ‘Singapore ball’, I decided to make a ‘Singapore bowl’.

November 2008
pp 55-59

WT3

’Going Full Circle’ shows how I made the piece I call ‘Standing Circles’, which came third in the woodturning competition at Alexandra Palace in February 2008.

April 2008
pp 36-40

WT2

’Pretty Platter’ I found a use for the trimmings from my privet hedge in this piece which I originally called ‘Twiggy Bowl’.

March 2008
pp 36-40

WT1

’The choice is yours’ This article describes how I made the piece I call ‘Married Quarters’, and which I demonstrated to the AWGB seminar at Loughborough 2007.

January 2008
pp 48-53

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