Woodturning 385 (July 2023)

In issue 385 of Woodturning magazine we have lots for you to enjoy, beginning with our Guest Edi-tor, Mark Palma, who introduces the issue; experiments with casting resin pen blanks; meets former AAW frontwoman Linda Ferber; recalls a lesson in humility learnt from a stubborn blank; and shares his secrets for taming workshop dust.

In Projects, Andrew Potocnik creates a vessel with a pierced rim of leaves; Mike Stafford turns ort bowls for his wife’s needlepoint projects; Andy Coates turns an unusual candle holder with a thread-ed stand; Alan Holtham spices up his cooking with a bespoke peppermill; Sue Harker shows how to turn a handy container for a kitchen sponge; and Les Symonds starts a new series on sources of inspiration with a cradled bowl.

In our Techniques section, Kurt Hertzog answers readers’ questions; and James Duxbury makes an eccentric wooden chuck.

In Features, Emiliano Achaval and Pat Carroll recount their recent trip to Alaska; Rick Eastman con-cludes the story about woodturner Lionel Thain’s ambitious project to build the ultimate woodturning workshop; Colwin Way and Nick Agar set out on a seven-week woodturning adventure around Ameri-ca; Greg Kent presents his lace oak teapot, which will be exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; Richard Findley talks jigs and production work in his latest workshop diary; and Pete Moncrieff-Jury wrestles with the moral dilemma of copyright.

Plus we have the latest news from the woodturning community and a sneak peek of our next issue.

All this and more in Woodturning 385!