The world of wood lathes is a complex one, offering everything from small benchtop models designed to turn intricate pens, to large commercial tools for making chair legs and giant platters. We’ve ...

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 ...

Mini: These bench top lathes are the smallest options, and their 8- to 10-inch swings (Swing and other terms are detailed more below) are convenient for working with smaller projects like pens, ...

Photo by Doug Loyer of Woodcraft Mike Collins, an accomplished woodturner who works at the Woodcraft store in Parkersburg, sands the wood smooth on a pen he is making on the lathe. He also is applying ...

Woodcraft stores throughout the country, including the one on Bethel Road in Columbus, plan to take away any excuse servicemen and -women stationed abroad have for not writing home. The more than 70 ...

The pens Michael Hughes creates are something to write home about. Working with a lathe in the workshop he built above the garage at his Grandview home, Hughes uses traditional materials such as wood, ...