Exposed joinery has its own aesthetic appeal, but you can achieve an entirely different- and equally valid- effect by striving to hide all evidence of how the piece fits together. Such is the...
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A live center (or revolving center) is a free turning lathe center used at the non-driven or tailstock end of the lathe. Because it turns on its own bearing, it allows higher turning speeds...
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Here's an old article dealing with the sharpening of ornamental turning cutting tools: Introduction Ideal brilliance of cutting in ornamental turning depends entirely upon the excellence...