Woodturning – Issue 402

In issue 402 of Woodturning magazine we have lots for you to enjoy, beginning with our Guest Editor, Mark Palma, who welcomes you to the issue; and investigates the important issue of getting the most from your health and safety gear.

In Projects, Andrew Potocnik creates a delicate box and finial from Tasmanian myrtle; Andy Coates continues his series on making a dressing table set; Les Symonds turns a bowl and carves the rim; Mike Stafford adds pinstripes to a turned box; James Duxbury uses his Offset Chuck to add an extra dimension to an offset crescent bowl; John Hawkswell takes inspiration from his holidays to create the Lanzarote vase; Rick Rich makes a practical towel ring; and Sue Harker turns a vase from a bowl blank and decorates it using lace curtains.

In our Techniques section, Kurt Hertzog answers readers’ questions; and Richard Findley increases the difficulty of his skew chisel skills series by turning a matching pair of Victorian-style candlesticks.

In Features, we meet QEST Scholarship winner Barnaby Ash of Ash & Plumb; woodturner, tutor and toymaker Liz Pearson explains the joy of her creative woodturning community on Instagram; we check out the woodworking books to add to your Christmas wish list; and Pete Moncrieff-Jury weighs up different approaches to planning your projects.

We also have a sneak peek at our next issue, plus news from the Worshipful Company of Turners and information about the Mark Baker Woodturner of the Year Award, a competition in honour of the former Editor of Woodturning, with £4,000 worth of prizes to be won.

All this and more in Woodturning 402!