Woodturning is a unique skill in the woodworking world that involves spinning wood on a lathe to create intricate shapes and designs. It can be fun to learn, and a challenge to maste, but any ...

Wood-turning lathes are essential for creating any roughly cylindrical wooden object from pens to large table legs, and everything in between.

How to use a lathe safely, and news on JET Tools’ mid-sized, variable speed wood lathe that maintains torque at very low speeds.

There he found a wood-turning lathe. “Things on a lathe move fast — you don’t need much pre-planning. The unpredictability is what excites me,” he says.