Woodturning is a specialized type of woodworking. Woodturners use a lathe to turn a piece of wood while they cut and shape it with gouges, chisels, scrapers, and other special tools. Some items that are commonly made by woodturning include bowls, platters, furniture legs and spindles, pens, tool handles, and ornaments.
General Woodturning
Woodturning Online: Offers projects, articles, community, and products.
Around the Woods: Projects grouped by difficulty level, tips, news, and tools.
Woodturners Resource: - Woodturning message boards, art galleries, featured artists, and videos.
Woodturning Resource Site - Woodturns.com: Learn about design and finishing techniques, jigs, tools, and types of wood.
Woodturning School: Located in Maine, this school offers courses for professionals and beginners.
Introduction to Woodturning: Free 15 chapter book to print or read online, written by Brian Clifford.
Woodturning Information: Great jumping-off point to find information on a wealth of subjects of interest to woodturners.
Wood Turned Dreams: features woodturning gallery, videos, and other information
Woodturning: Great resources for those seeking to build their turning skill level.
Segmented Turning.com - Home of the Segmented Project Planner: Offers plans, tips, kits, and other information.
WOODTURNING WORKSHOPS: Russ Zimmerman offers workshops from his Punta Gorda, Florida woodshop.
School of Wood Turning ~ David Ellsworth: Woodturning school based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Craft Supplies USA: - Woodturners Catalog, with supplies, courses, downloads, and weekly specials.
LaymarCrafts Woodturning: Hints and tips, techniques, and recommended books.
A Course in Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers: Download this book for free.
Club Associations & Guilds
Woodturners Guild of Ontario: Located in Canada, this guild offers newsletters, special events, and a photo gallery
Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild: Guild for Woodturners in Vancouver, Canada.
Canadian Woodturners Association: This association works to promote woodturning throughout Canada.
North West Woodcraft Guild Inc: Located in Tasmania, Australia, this guild has a gallery that is open to the public, as well as an annual exhibition and sale.
Sydney Woodturners Guild Inc.: Read newsletters, view gallery of members work, or work a woodturners jigsaw puzzle, from this guild in Sydney, Australia.
IWG- Irish Woodturners Guild: The guild has over 800 members and 16 chapters spread throughout Ireland.
Israel Association of Woodturners: Information for Israeli woodturners, written in Hebrew.
Woodturning with the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain: National organization offering education, support, seminars, videos, and many more perks to its members.
The American Association of Woodturners: Excellent resource for American woodturners, offering special events, health insurance, help finding local groups and schools, and exhibitions.
Carolina Mountain Woodturners: Western North Carolina group that meets monthly at the Folk Art Center.
Beaver State Woodturners: Based in Eugene, Oregon, this group welcomes all interested parties to their monthly meetings.
Mid-South Woodturners Guild: This international, non-profit organization is based in Memphis, Tennessee and dedicated to the advancement of the woodturning craft.
Central New England Woodturners: This group meets in Worcester, Massachusetts.
AWA Home: The Adirondack Woodturners Association from the Capital Region of New York State was founded for any and all people interested in turning wood.
Gulf Coast Woodturners: For woodturners of all levels that live in and around Houston, Texas.
Woodturning Gallery
Woodturning Design Designers Showcase: photos from artists featured in the Designer Showcase section of Woodturning Design magazine.
David Ellsworth: Works in Wood: Online exhibit of bowls, pots, and vessels turned by David Ellsworth.
Woodturning Gallery: Fine Art and ornamental woodturning gallery by Gary Scarpulla.
Marvin Landis Woodturning Projects: Gallery containing a variety of turned items such as Christmas ornaments, pens, and a jewelry box.
THE GALLERY: Large collection of bowls made from domestic and exotic woods, as well as miniatures and palm nut or seed turnings.
More Recent Turnings: Huge collection of photos of works created by Paul Porter.
Gallery: Woodturnings by Carole B. Valentine: Beautiful collection of turned bowls, wine stoppers, sculptures, boxes, and vessels.
Ornaments by Kurt Hertzog: Unique collection of turned ornaments, including birdhouses, eggs, and spindles.
Gallery: Vessels and platters made from mahogany, cherry, maple, and walnut.
A Gallery of Turned Pieces by Rob Wallace: Turned wooden forms made by a professor of botany.
Del Mano Gallery: Beautiful turned artwork from the del Mano gallery in Los Angeles, California.
Woodturning Gallery: Interesting collection from Marty Mande.
Mike Mahoney Salad Bowl Gallery: Turned salad bowls in a whole spectrum of shades and patterns.
Jackson Woodturning Gallery: View this gallery from Jeremy Jackson, an architectural woodturner.
Gallery 1a: One-of-a-kind pieces by Edric Nalani Florence.
