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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or process of shaping wood into forms on a lathe.
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- noun The
craft ofturning wood on alathe to make useful or decorative objects.
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View full sizePHOTOS BY ELIOT KAMENITZ/THE TIMES PICAYUNE Over the years, Bobby Franks has learned numerous specialty skills, such as woodturning, gilding, leatherworking and French polishing.
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He got into the furniture crafting and restoration business, and has acquired a variety of specialty skills, such as woodturning, gilding, leatherworking and French polishing, because he likes to do things on his own terms, without having to rely on a boss or a subcontractor to get the job done.
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Lathe demonstration, members of the Capital Area, Chesapeake and Montgomery County woodturning groups demonstrate their craft.
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Just on my 3rd life…law and woodturning having been the first two!
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The company was founded by Alexander Newton, who in 1855, at the age of 33, invented a kind of automated woodturning lathe that could mass-produce small wooden items like checkers, spinning tops, buttons, and other parts for toys.
Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law's House: Kid Stuff ewillett 2008
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"EXPLORING FORM AND FUNCTION" EXHIBIT, etchings by Roger Frey and woodturning by Bob Horowitz. 11 a. m.-5 p.m. daily, through Sept. 6, Artists 'Undertaking, 309 Mill St.,
Prince William County community calendar, Aug. 5-12, 2010 2010
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LATHE DEMONSTRATION, members of the Capital Area, Chesapeake and Montgomery County woodturning groups demonstrate their art-making process.
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The woodturning tool set comes with the following items:
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Somewhere in the beautiful enclosed garden, you will find Richard King basket making and Richard Bates working his pole-lathe demonstrating green woodturning.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Somewhere in the beautiful enclosed garden, you will find Richard King basket making and Richard Bates working his pole-lathe demonstrating green woodturning.
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