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The basics of woodturning and the joy of it

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Image source: carloserikmalpicaflores.net The quarantine period has had people falling in love with different DIY projects and hobbies, including woodworking and woodturning. Stay-at-home orders prevent individuals from attending physical woodturning classes, offering them the next best thing: online woodworking courses. How exactly can one get started in the hobby with just the bare basics? Steve Sorensen Select Staffing. Beginners in woodturning are not advised to purchase top-of-the-line lathes but rather to settle for ones that cost around $400. With this reasonable amount, an aspiring woodworker can have a lathe that is smaller in size and lighter in weight than most lathes, yet still possess that versatility needed for woodturning. The essential tools needed for the job can be stripped down to only five pieces which are the parting tool, skew, ½” bowl gouge, ½” spindle gouge, and spindle roughing gouge. Steve Sorensen Select Staffing . Image source: thesprucecrafts.c...