Here you will find gems of Wisdom dispensed by our wood turning sages over the years. If they don't make you a little wiser nothing else will. You will also find other articles written by our members about wood and turning that are worth reading.
As the wood turns
David Vannier
Carving Station
Nov 2020
Bob Bley
A lesson learned
Sep 2018
Mike Lanahan
Mike's tale
Dec 2016
Gordon Patnude
Take Your Slim Pen Kit To The Next Level
Jul 2016
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
The Marvels of the Latest Technology
Oct 2014
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
Tying shoe laces
Aug 2014
Mike Lanahan
Why go to demos?
May 2013
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
Do you overlook the obvious?
Sep 2012
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
The story of a woodworking tip
Mar 2010
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Mike Pogue
Zen Mind - Part 5: The real cost of tools
Jun 2006
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Mike Pogue
Zen Mind - Part 3: Things most beginners forget about...
Apr 2006
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Mike Pogue
Zen Mind - Part 1: What I wish somebody had told me ...
Feb 2006
Jesus Morales
The techniques of Mexico
Aug 1998
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
In Praise of Mediocrity
Oct 2018
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
Outlaw mystery wood
Jan 2018
The Art of Woodturning
William W. Klenke
Making Gavels
Aug 2016
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
The “M” Factor in Woodturning
Nov 2014
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
Stop downsizing your equipment
Sep 2014
San Jose Mercury News
Mike Lanahan
SV Woodturners create craft items out of scraps
Dec 2013
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
When Is It Time to Stop Turning?
Mar 2013
Colin's Corner
Colin Mackenzie
To Mat or Not to Mat: That is the Question?
Oct 2011
Pepi Waite
Pepi Waite reports on her trip to “the land of the free”
Apr 2009
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Mike Pogue
Zen Mind - Part 4: The thing that ate my time ...
May 2006
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Mike Pogue
Zen Mind - Part 2: What nobody told me about tools
Mar 2006
Phil Roybal
A week at Arrowmont
Aug 2001