David Rodgers MSDC

I recently acquired a Damson Tree through connections within Bucks Art Weeks, and am cutting the wood up and starting to dry it.

Proportion is an important part of my working practice, using Classical Root Proportions & 1/3s and 1/5s.

I first started splitting timber in about 2011 - it's a process that fascinates me - although not one I do that often (see end of...

February is always a hard month. It's the month that brings bugs to our family, and usually for me, a lot of time off. Happened last...

Within Wood Turning, when I've finished shaping an item using my gouges etc., whilst the surface will be pretty good, it generally needs...

Over the past 14 years I've had various sites that have showcased my work - this was important particularly when I was involved with...

Within Wood Turning, there are various different ways to securely hold the wood on the lathe, so it can rotate. This often involves the...

The timber I use for my wood turning generally comes in 2 forms: large planks (say 2m long) or locally felled trees that I've split into...

I describe how I use wood turning glue chucks, and why.

When I'm using my wood turning tools (gouges, scrapers, skews etc.) on my wood turning lathe to shape the wood, the tools need to be...