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Woodturning is a form of woodworking, that is used to create wooden objects (e.g. a bowl or a table leg) on a lathe using cutting tools.
It differs from most other forms of woodworking, in that the wood is moving while a (relatively) stationary tool is used to cut and shape it.
Types of woodturning tools
- roughing gouge - a wide fluted gouge used to initially round the a wooden spindle, and to roughly shape it
- spindle gouge or detail gouge - a shallow fluted gouge used to create details on spindles, including beads and coves
- bowl gouge - a deep fluted gouge used to turn the outside and inside of bowls and vessels
- skew chisel - a wide, steeply pointed chisel used to smooth flat spindles, cut beads, and add details
- parting tool - a pointed tool used to separate (part off) work from the lathe, and to create a straight edge separating large and small diameter sections - wide parting tools are used to create evenly sized spindle sections
- hollowing tool - many different types of tools used to cut out the deep sections of steep bowls and hollow vessels
- scraper - a tool that scrapes the wood fibers instead of cutting - these are used to smooth off wooden items cut with other tools, and to shape items that are not possible or difficult to shape with gouges
- bowl saver - a tool used to core out the inside part of a bowl, allowing the waste piece to be used to create a smaller bowl
- auger - a drill bit used to drill a hole partway or all the way through a wooden item. For cutting the hole for a lamp cord, or as the first step when hollowing out a bowl or vessel
- chatter tool - a flexible scraper used to add decorative chatter marks to turned items
- there are also several tool types for special purposes, as well as tools that are a combination design of the above tools, i.e. skew/chisel combinations, thread cutting tools, ring cutting tools, medium fluted gouges, etc
Common woodturned items
- Furniture parts - spindles, table legs, stretchers, or other furniture parts
- Bowls - vessels with a large opening on top
- Platters and serving trays
- Pens, mechanical pencils, keyrings and other small items
- Hollow forms - similar to bowls, except usually taller and with a small opening, when compared to the hollow interior
- Pepper mills and candlesticks
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