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Latest Articles
Pencil Holder Posted February 2021	Sphere Alignment Center Posted February 2021	Rim Wire Hanger Posted November 2020

Sharpening Articles
Sharpening Article (634kb) February and March Issue of More Woodturning	Honing Disk Summer 2000 issue of The American Woodturner	Sharpening System Download
Adapting a wet/dry grinder by Ray Lanham	Very Sharp This article was published in the Spring 2006 edition of Woodturning Design.

Tools and Techniques
Semi-Shear Beading Tool ( 216kb)	All Wood Collet Chuck (366kb, from More Woodturning)	Shear Scraper (178kb) September 1999 issue of The American Woodturner
One-Way 1018 Lathe Review (259kb) September 1999 issue of More Woodturning	SpindleMaster Review More Woodturning	Detail Gouge December 2001 issue of More Woodturning
Pyramid Point Tool More Woodturning November 2002	Simple Photos More Woodturning December 2002	Wooden Faceplates Article from More Woodturning January 2003
Pen Sled	Vacuum Rip Fence This article was published in the Summer 2004 edition of Woodturning Design.	Mini Cove Tool This article was published in the Fall 2005 edition of Woodturning Design.
MagSteady Published in Summer 2002 AAW Journal	Ornament Stand Using two of four jaws to turn eccentrically.	Adapt-A-Sled This article was published in the Summer 2006 edition of Woodturning Design.
Mostly a Project, included here because it tells how to make laminated pen clips. Laminated Pen Clip This article was published in the Summer 2005 edition of Woodturning Design. Mini Article describing another way to make the Pen Clip Block.	Backup Plate This article was published in the Spring 2007 edition of Woodturning Design.	NutFaceplate Another way to make faceplates by Walt Thies
Foam Ball Sander This article was published in the Spring 2008 edition of Woodturning Design.	Sphere Template	Mounting Eccentric Trees
Wooden Jaws Unpublished	Beading Tool This article was published in the Summer 2009 edition of Woodturning Design.	Auxiliary Pen Blank Jaws See also Wood Auxiliary Pen Blank Jaws
Printer Friendly pdf format Shear Spear This article was published in the Fall 2009 edition of Woodturning Design.	Blue Bowl Reversing This article was published in the Spring 2010 edition of Woodturning Design. Extending the technique with Bondo	Square-In-Circle Inlay This article was published in the Summer 2010 edition of Woodturning Design.
Indexing This article was published in the Fall 2010 edition of Woodturning Design.	Spiral Layout Three Ways This article was published in the February 2011 (#29) edition of Woodturning Design.	Drill Guide This article was published in the April 2011 (#30) edition of Woodturning Design.
Direct Reading Caliper This article was published in the June 2011 (#31) edition of Woodturning Design.	Triangle Diamond Rip Sled	Split Sleeve Drive Center This article was published in the August 2011 (#32) edition of Woodturning Design.
Wood Auxiliary Pen Blank Jaws	Matching Tapers This article was published in the April 2012 (#36) edition of Woodturning Design.	Shadow Sphere Jig This article was published in the October 2012 (#39) edition of Woodturning Design.
Diamond Rip Fence Supplement to Diamond Ornament	PVC Clamp Supplement to Diamond Ornament	Foam Cone Center Supplement to Diamond Ornament
Foam Cone Sander This article was published in the February 2013 (#41) edition of Woodturning Design.	Wood/PVC Chucks This article was published in the April 2013 (#42) edition of Woodturning Design.	Variable Eccentric Cup Chucks This article was published in the August 2013 (#44) edition of Woodturning Design
Sliding Eccentric Sphere Chuck This article was published in the October 2013 (#45) edition of Woodturning Design	Collet Adaptor	Make Your Points This article was published in the February 2014 (#47) edition of Woodturning Design.
Lathe Drill Depth Stop Posted April 2015	Magnetic Zero Clearance Plate Published in the July 2015 edition of More Woodturning	Disc Sander Published in the December 2015 edition of More Woodturning
Whistle Jigs Posted October 2016	STO-Gauge Published in the March 2018 edition of More Woodturning	Inlaid Rings Published in the July 2019 edition of More Woodturning
Paper Towel Patterns Using Printing Patterns on Moderately Curved Surfaces	Rim Wire Hanger Posted November 2020	Sphere Alignment Center Posted February 2021

Projects
Magnifying Glass/Needle Threader (394kb, from the May 1999 issue of More Woodturning)	Making a Drop Spindle Article Making Drop Spindle Hooks Winter 2000 Spin-Off	Christmas Ornaments November 2001 issue of More Woodturning
How I make Tatting Shuttles	Offset Turning Turning Human Figures on the Lathe by Brian Rosencrantz	Coffee Grinder This article was published in the Spring 2004 edition of Woodturning Design
Snowman Pendant Pen This article was published in the Winter 2004 edition of Woodturning Design.	Two Jaw Chuck and Business card Case This article was published in the Winter 2004 edition of Woodturning Design.	Towel Hook This article was published in the Spring 2005 edition of Woodturning Design.
Laminated Pen Clip This article was published in the Summer 2005 edition of Woodturning Design. Mini Article describing another way to make the Pen Clip Block.	Ornament Stand Using two of four jaws to turn eccentrically.	Tube Ornament Tube Ornament Addendum This article was published in the Winter 2005 edition of Woodturning Design.
Ants This article was published in the Fall 2006 edition of Woodturning Design.	Inside-Outside Angel Ornament & Angel Addendum This article was published in the Winter 2006 edition of Woodturning Design.	Notebook Cover This article was published in the Spring 2007 edition of Woodturning Design.
Wine Rack This article was published in the Summer 2007 edition of Woodturning Design.	Whisk This article was published in the Fall 2007 edition of Woodturning Design.	Spiral Wire Ornament This article was published in the Winter 2008 edition of Woodturning Design.
North Coast Variations Variations on North Coast Ornaments: Star and Angel Finials, and branded "Ornaments".	Tissue Box Cover This article was published in the Summer 2008 edition of Woodturning Design.	Spatula This article was published in the Fall 2008 edition of Woodturning Design.
Scoop Ornament This article was published in the Winter 2009 edition of Woodturning Design.	Eccentric Trees This article was published in the Winter 2008 edition of American Woodturner Eccentric Trees Variations	Knitting Needles This article was published in the Spring 2009 edition of Woodturning Design.
Recess Ornament This article was published in the Winter 2009 edition of Woodturning Design.	Snowflake Ornament This article was published in the Winter 2011 (#28) edition of Woodturning Design.	All Turned Crochet Hook This article was published in the October 2011 (#33) edition of Woodturning Design.
6 Window Ornament This article was published in the December 2011 (#34) edition of Woodturning Design. An addendum for adding veneer between segments: Veneer Problem	OutHollow Ornament This article was published in the February 2012 (#35) edition of Woodturning Design. Jaw Jig	Needle Case This article was published in the June 2012 (#37) edition of Woodturning Design.
Necklace with 4 videos This article was published in the August 2012 (#38) edition of Woodturning Design.	Diamond Ornament Supplementary Articles: Diamond Rip Fence PVC Clamp Foam Cone Center This article was published in the December 2012 (#40) edition of Woodturning Design.	Scissor Holster This article was published in the June 2013 (#43) edition of Woodturning Design
Sphere Ornament This article was published in the December 2013 (#46) edition of Woodturning Design.	Face Balls This article was published in the April 2014 (#48) edition of Woodturning Design.	Magic Wand This article was published in the June 2014 (#49) edition of Woodturning Design.
Earrings This article was published in the August 2014 (#50) edition of Woodturning Design.	Fish Published in the June 2015 edition of More Woodturning Fish Addendum	Sky Box Published in the August 2015 edition of More Woodturning
Secret Santa Ornament Published in the November 2015 edition of More Woodturning	Dragonfly Published in the February 2016 edition of More Woodturning	Hemisphere Ornament Stand Published in the July 2016 edition of More Woodturning
Whistling Top Published in the August 2016 edition of More Woodturning	PVC Launcher Published in the September 2016 edition of More Woodturning	Top Playground Published in the October 2016 edition of More Woodturning
Warbling Whistle Published in the November 2016 edition of More Woodturning	Cap Ornament Published in the December 2016 edition of More Woodturning	Bag Clip Published in the April 2017 edition of More Woodturning
Stacking Coasters Published in the July 2017 edition of More Woodturning	SnowPeople Published in the November 2017 edition of More Woodturning	Birds Published in the October 2018 edition of More Woodturning
Rainbow Peg Dolls Posted April 2020	Overlay Ornament Published in the November 2019 issue of More Woodturning	Pencil Holder Posted February 2021

Reviews, et cetera
One-Way 1018 Lathe Review (259kb) September 1999 issue of More Woodturning	SpindleMaster Review More Woodturning	2002 AAW Symposium More Woodturning September-October 2002
Writing an Article A Plea, a Pep Talk, a Plan	Welderhostel Describes my week long class at the Folk School Snow Farm	JT Tailstock Manager This article was published in the February 2013 (#41) edition of Woodturning Design.
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