On My Bookshelf
A review of the turning related books that adorn my bookshelves
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Hello, I’m Tom Stratton and welcome to TOMTURNS.COM.
A number of years ago I stepped out of my ‘comfort zone’ and started making YouTube videos to document my journey through the world of woodturning. I quickly found others that were making a similar passage and who found benefit in my experiences. These were not How-To videos, in fact some could definitely be seen as How-Not-To! You can read a little more about how I got to this point on the ABOUT page.
Now, from April 2016, I am starting to bring you further content here on TOMTURNS.COM. I hope you find something of interest.
Video #30 – Carbide Burrs and Discs Used in Woodturning
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Carbide Rotary Tools and Discs
During my video of the Three Footed Bowl I promised a short video on the carbide rotary tools and cutting disks that I had used, along with links to the ...
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Three Footed Bowl
Following on from my 'Four Footed Bowl', I have recently produced a three footed version. This should have overcome the 'rocking' issue with the first one as it moved slightly ...
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Laburnum ‘Twig Pot’
I turn pieces of all shapes and sizes and naturally favourites arise. These aren't always the biggest pieces though. This little Laburnum 'Twig Pot', or 'Bud Vase', demonstrates that often ...
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Spalted Beech ‘Pot’
This represents one of my favourite woods - FIREWOOD! This piece of Beech was rescued from our firewood stock in 2012 and left to dry. There were only a few ...
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‘Moorish’ Box
This little walnut box was inspired by the wonderful work of Richard Raffan. I deliberately turned the piece with a tenon on the lid, as apposed to the usual tenon on ...
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Video #26 – Simple Photography for Woodworkers
For a few years I watched woodworkers produce wonderful pieces that they had worked tirelessly to finish and then try to show those pieces to the rest of the world ...
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Video #22 – Off Centre Egg Plate, Part 1
This was the first time I experimented with using the Ruth Niles Off Centre jig on anything but bottle stoppers and jewellery pieces. It was a fun piece to turn ...
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