Make Your Own Small Chisel for Detailed Woodworking Projects. ... You'll need a lathe to turn the wood handle for the chisel, and you can add as little or as much detail as you'd like.

Start with a 3 x 1 piece of scrap wood and a sharp chisel. Select a drill bit that is slightly more narrow than the chisel and drill halfway into the center of the wood at a 35 to 45 degree angle.

You can use chisels, gouges, and knives, to create patterns, shapes, ... With some practice, these tools are all you need to create decorative figurines, spoons, and wooden bowls.

Melvin Dunlap holds a chisel up to a piece of wood spinning on a device that resembles a sewing machine, slowly chipping away ...

Offering numerous classes, including pen and bowl turning, box making, and dovetailing, the wood shop requires all patrons to attend a safety class before they are permitted to use the facility.

Armed with a turning chisel called a bowl gouge and dressed in a green Big Bud Press jumpsuit, Jackson proceeds to mold a rough-hewn piece of black walnut similar to a potter forming a vessel on a ...