Here you will find information from the club such as club meeting demonstrations, mentoring, safety, newsletters, project plans, tips and tricks all related to woodturning.
Member only resources
Table of contents
Links are active for logged in members and include demo event videos and resources.
Mentors
1. Mentor List – DAW members that are willing to help others with their woodturning skills including: Bowls, Finials, Hollowing, Boxes, Miniatures, Ornaments, Platters, Spindles, and Texturing.
Demonstrations
2. Burn Texturing and Fire Sanding with Michael Kehs Club Meeting – January 2021
Demo video, Bur Sharpening video and and instructions for Making a Shop Made Burning Pen.
3. Turning a Torus Vase with Craig Timmerman
4. Turning a Lidded Box – Sam Angelo – Club Meeting – February 2021
Public Resources
Workshop Safety
Here are the club safety rules and guidelines for working in any shop, club managed or private shop.
Club Supporters
Project and Technique Videos
Dallas Area Woodturners YouTube Channel
Projects and Turning Tips
Useful Links
| Wood Reference | |
|---|---|
| https://www.wood-database.com/ | Great searchable online reference for wood identification. Info on grain, color, toxicity, hardness and much more. |
| https://www.northernspalting.com/ | Tons of info on spalted wood including making your own from the Applied Mycology Lab at Oregon State University |
| https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/ | Illustrated, step-by-step process to identify a tree by the kinds of leaves it produces from the Arbor Day Foundation |
| Woodturning organizations | |
|---|---|
| http://www.woodturner.org/ | American Association of Woodturners The mothership of the woodturning community in North America. |
| http://www.trinityriverwoodturners.net/ | Chapter of the AAW with board members from Dallas Area Woodturners (DAW), East Texas Woodturners (ETW), Golden Triangle Woodturners (GTW), Hunt County Woodturners (HCW), and Woodturners of North Texas (WNTX). |
| https://www.swaturners.org/ | The South West Association of Turners (SWAT) holds one of the largest woodturning symposiums in the world yearly in Waco, TX |
| http://www.wntx.org | Based in Ft. Worth, the Woodturners of North Texas is an AAW chapter serving North Texas. |
| http://www.easttexaswoodturners.org/ | Based in Tyler, TX the East Texas Woodturners Association is an AAW Chapter serving East Texas |
| http://www.goldentrianglewoodturners.org/ | The Golden Triangle Woodturners is an AAW chapter located in Denton, Texas |
| https://www.huntcountywoodturners.org/ | The Hunt County Wood Turners is an AAW chapter located in Greenville Texas |
| https://dallaswoodturners.com/ | The Dallas Area Woodturners is an AAW chapter located in Dallas, Texas |
| https://dallasmakerspace.org/ | Dallas Makerspace is a shared community workshop and laboratory. We are an organized group of local artists, engineers, makers, and thinkers who work together to provide tools and learning resources to the public. |
| /https://segmentedwoodturners.org/ | The Segmented Woodturners Association is an AAW chapter devoted to the art and craft of segmented woodturning |
| Wood Art | |
|---|---|
| http://www.galleryofwoodart.org/ | Located in downtown Saint Paul, MN, the Gallery of Wood Art is sponsored by the American Association of Woodturners |
| https://centerforartinwood.org/ | The Center for Art in Wood, formerly the Wood Turning Center, has been widely recognized as a valuable resource for the preservation and promotion of the field of art made from wood |
| https://www.thewows.com/ | World of Woodturners, A site where woodturners can post photos and descriptions of their work and engage in discussion about their art. |
| Segmented Turning Reference/Utilities | |
|---|---|
| https://suncatcherstudio.com/woodturning/segmented-wood-turning/ | Segmented Woodturning (Secrets and Tips for the Beginner) |
| http://marleyturned.com/Shop_Utilities.html | Segmented Ring Calculator 1 |
| http://www.delorie.com/wood/segturn.html | Segmented Ring Calculator 2 |
| http://www.delorie.com/wood/revseg.html | Segmented Ring Calculator 3 |
| http://www.delorie.com/wood/compound-cuts.html | Compound Cuts Calculator |
| General Reference | |
|---|---|
| http://www.delorie.com/wood/fractions2.html | Fractions and Millimeter to Decimal Conversion Table |
| http://www.csgnetwork.com/drillsizeconvert.html | Drill Size Conversion Table Fract. (in)/Decimal/(mm)/Wire No. or Letter |
| http://www.csgnetwork.com/wrenchsizetable.html | Wrench Size And Conversion Table |
| https://rechneronline.de/pi/geometry.php | Calculators for geometric shapes (2D) and solids (3D |
| Woodworking Forums | |
|---|---|
| https://www.penturners.org/ | Forum and community dedicated to pen turning |
| https://sawmillcreek.org/ | Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community |
| Vintage Machinery | |
|---|---|
| http://owwm.org/ | |
| http://vintagemachinery.org/home.aspx | |
| https://www.timetestedtools.net/ | |
| http://www.blackburntools.com/articles/rose-tools-catalog-archives/ |