r/turning

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The Reddit corner for all things woodturning. If you have questions, projects, updates, gripes, or any other spiny wood, resin, or metal related thing, here is the place to post it.

Check the /r/turning wiki for answers to some of the most frequently asked questions, including which lathe NOT to buy.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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Funky lidded bowl

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Scraps projects.

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Just finished up this funky little dish. Scraps project!

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Scraps box

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Advice for repetition

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A few hybrids today.

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Sycamore

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A little hybrid action

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A little vertex bolt action

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Small portable dust collectors?

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How would you utilize TWO Rikon slow speed grinders?

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New Herald not powering up!

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Is this brand new 8-piece HSS tool set a good buy for $175 from a private party? I’m in California.

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The beginning of my all-M42 quiver.

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Record Power Coronet Herald spindle height with bench feet?

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Record Power Coronet Herald lathe bench recommendations?

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California Record Power Coronet Herald retailers?

in Herald, CA

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How Do you store your bushings?

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Another everything is wrong bowl

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Almost 🤦‍♂️ start over.

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There is no scrap wood, only wood that hasn't started a second project yet

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Woodworking never gets old.

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Firewood pile save.

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First bowl since middle school shop (I’m now 49)

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BBQ pigtail turners

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