technique

In recent threads, I've heard a couple of people saying that you can turn a pen sanded-smooth, without actually sanding, with the RIGHT skew technique. I know John (@jttheclockman) shared some photos of his work demonstrating how good this can be. The one tool, I am not good with, is the skew...

Will I follow orders - Jeff's intro email direct new members to this forum & ask them to do their first post. I have turned 3 wood pens and enjoyed doing it ... My technique is very crude but I'm working on it. Have a used Jet mini lathe - the one that requires you to change belts for...

Read in a book at b&n a technique for transferring images from magazines onto packaging tape. Think this might work similar to decals. pick image from glossy magazine. place packaging tape sticky side up on table. place image side down on packaging tape being careful not to have bubbles. rub...