This week's project encountered unexpected challenges due to extensive rot in the wood, necessitating modifications to the ...

Eric Helland said he has a hard time calculating how long a piece takes him to create because there's a lot of waiting time ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Q. We take squares and turn them into round pieces. These pieces must follow the grain To ...

As kids, cousins Luke and Edmund Couture spent a lot of time in the woodshop on Luke’s parents’ farm, in Benton. They taught themselves to carve spoons, spatulas, and coasters, and they started ...

Have you ever had a tree fall in your yard and wondered what to do with the leftovers? In Southwest Florida, some artists see that wood as the start of something special. The Southwest Florida Wood ...

Twisting wood on a lathe brings unique challenges. Grain changes, voids, tear-out and tool catches become more likely when carving spirals. The description outlines how the turner anticipates and ...

Local master carpenter and artist Henry Kulczyk will be hosting a Wood Turning Demonstration at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at his studio on 1953 Girl Scout Road. Kulczyk will show a transformation ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rather than developing joinery methods and planing boards down to support furniture builds or other projects (see: Beginner-friendly ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

Imagine if all the wood waste left over from home construction zones, furniture manufacturing, landscaping projects, or lumber mills could be turned into a substance as strong as steel. That is the ...

Jason "Mayhem" Miller has fought just as many battles outside the cage as he has inside of it. The former UFC middleweight was once one of the bigger names in MMA, a fan-favorite personality, host of ...