With a molding jig and silicone rubber, you can make a block cushion grainer to suit your needs. For the jig, cut a circular block of 3/2-inch thick wood that will fit on the sanding disk of your electric drill. Screw the block to the disk, then install the disk in the drill chuck. Attach [...]

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To spray all the surfaces of a piece of furniture without having to move your equipment, use the shop-made turntable shown at right. The device consists of two pieces of plywood with a “Lazy Susan” bearing fastened in between. The setup allows a piece of furniture to be rotated at any speed as it is [...]

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Smoothing the contours of a piece of molding evenly without damaging its contours is a difficult task with only sandpaper or a conventional sanding block. However, you can use a short sample of the molding to shape your own sanding block that corresponds exactly to the surface of the workpiece. Fashioning the block requires body [...]

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1.Initial shaping If you are using a glue block and a faceplate to turn a bowl, rather than a faceplate and a chuck, you can shape both the outside and inside with a single setup. Attach a faceplate and glue block to your blank, then mount the faceplate to the lathe. Angle the tool rest [...]

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