Popular Woodworking Magazine » Turning http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Turn a Roorkhee Leg with One Toolhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/wood-turning-made-easy http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/wood-turning-made-easy#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:22:36 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=233811
Turn a Roorkhee Leg with One Tool

I am the last person in the world who should teach wood turning. I stink at it. I’m slow. I don’t do it enough to become proficient at it. But even I can easily turn a leg for a Roorkhee chair using just one turning tool – a full-size Easy Rougher from Easy Wood Tools. … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/wood-turning-made-easy/feed 13 Total Tool Mastery, Head to Toehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/total-tool-mastery-head-to-toe http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/total-tool-mastery-head-to-toe#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:48:01 +0000 Steve Shanesy http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=113077 Many of us have a shop-full of tools and some of us are pretty darn good with them. But what could you make if you had just one tool? And what if you had to make a living using that tool? And what if that tool was one of the most basic hand-tools, no power? … Read more »

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'Easy Wood Tools' Do Make Turning Easier

It is a darn good thing that Craig Jackson didn’t need any footwear during one fateful shopping trip in 2001. Jackson and his wife, Donna, had driven to Evansville, Ind., from their home in Owensboro, Ky., that day so Donna could go shopping for shoes. “I didn’t need any dang shoes,” Jackson says with a … Read more »

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