13 Wood Lathe Project Ideas for Beginners: As Easy as It Gets Done

Wood turning being a new hobby for me is turning fuh to be both rewarding and frustrating. It comes with a comprehensive video and is the information I should have had right at the start!

It has a number of wood lathe project ideas but not many, so Funn thought I would record here my own easy lathe projects. So what have I been up to in the man cave, well the pictures below are of the beginners projects I have played with recently.

Below are 23 plus wood turning projects for beginners. Lath bowls is probably the most wod project to start on but is not necessarily the easiest of things to get right. The first bowl pictured now resides on our dining room table. Its about 8 inches in diameter and made from a Bubinga wood blank.

It is not as deep as I would have liked but that is because I was conscious of not going too deep and hitting the screws holding it to the back plate!

Toblerone miniatures are soo addictive! Note the visible screw projjects in the base. Below you will see a series of my own Wood Turning project photos. Another bowl this time in Cherry wood but with a limited edition Charles Dickens coin inserted in the centre. I have covered the base of this one with red felt. Screw holes are not visible but the red felt is difficult to cut in a a perfect circle.

This time I have cracked the felt base issue buy cutting a grove around lxthe base and feeding the excess felt into the grove thus producing the perfect circle — result! The only problem with this one is I did woo fun wood lathe projects 01 a food safe finish inside and the vinegar oil is stripping away the polish so I will need to return it fun wood lathe projects 01 the lathe.

I also have made a salad bowl with proper food safe finish. I have another blog post on wooc bowls with a useful video you can see here Turning A Bowl.

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I have managed to bag myself projecrs bargains which is really important whilst I am learning and experimenting otherwise mistakes can be costly!! I have lqthe two of these. One from Tambootie South African hardwood which is very dark in colour which I like but Karen does not. The other was made from Goncalo Alves Mexican Tigerwood and is really striking late the one Karen prefers. Note I made these two early on and I had not perfected the bases.

These are simple Wood Turning ideas. My first attempt at making a box with a lid went fairly well all things considering. It was made in Bubinga wood which I seemed to have bought too much of first time around. Making the right sized collar lath fit the lid with is one area I will work on in my next box.

It is a crude design but for a first effort it looks like a gavel and feels like one. Only mistake was to put a shade too much glue into the hole where it inserts the handle into the body. You can see a small ring of epoxy glue but I was keen it should hold and not fly off at first aood Useful Tip. If you live in the UK and have not changed lathd supplier then click my link for a free energy quote. Free Energy Quote Click Dood.

Never feel guilty about turning on that lathe ever again!! I am glad I switched. I bought a number of the Craft Pro kits from Axminster tools. I have made several of the pen kits, bottle stopper,secret compartment kit and magnifying glass kit and a tambootie paperweight with clock insert. I am now experimenting with as many different wood types as I can.

Tea Light Holders. I have just made a series of tea light holders in spalted beech which do look very nice when polished. Tea light holders can be easy to practice on projecta I have tried ufn variety of different shapes.

Wood turning a pen can be a hobby all in itself. I really do enjoy making pens and you can turn the bodies from wood, acrylic and other man made materials. I tend to projefts the slimline stylus pen kits from axminster tools as they have proved to be of good quality. I have written a more detailed blog post layhe Wood Turning a fnu which has a useful video if you have woox seen a pen turned before.

Below are some images of pens I have made. You can view a selection of hand turned pens I have made — these are fun wood lathe projects. Jewellery Display Stand.

Read the description here Jewellery Display Stand. I have also had a go at turning an Apple and a Pear — click the link to see how it Fun Woodworking Projects Intermediate World went. Another good idea is to use up fun wood lathe projects 01 bits of wood and turn some Christmas Decorations such as this Christmas tree.

They are a great way of using up odd bits of wood as fun wood lathe projects 01 can see from the images below.

I made a large variety of different sizes and wood types and was surprised at how popular they were. I hate wasting wood so any opportunity to make use of off cuts and odds and ends is to turn small items such as this cute little ring tree I made out of a Bubinga end.

I lathr also purchased from Axminster Tools a couple of their clock mechanism kits. Below you will see a very crude first attempt by me to create a clock for my kathe out of a Tulip Wood Blank and some red drawing pins I had found in a desk drawer — waste not want not.

It is pretty crude as I did not buy the numerals to fuh with it but hey ho its now ticking away in the shed nicely. A Wenge Doughnut Shaped Dish. I tried to make a doughnut shaped dish. It proved a lot harder than I thought. Getting the two faces to match the fun wood lathe projects 01 shape was not too successful as you will tell from the images below.

Not an actual Wood Turning project but great fun none the less. Take a look at my blog post where I describe how I made Rudolf Here. I tried to get technical and bored out the centre. I then made a plunger type holder for the toothpicks. The body was made from a spindle blank late birch and I turned a little finial from tulip wood I had left over.

The idea is that you pull up the lid which raises the toothpicks to make them accessible. I think its quite cool and a really good project for any beginner. Click the link to see the full details of how it was fun wood lathe projects 01. Fnu is another interesting project for a beginner.

Bear Claw Salad Servers. This Goncalo Alves rolling pin was her Snowman present. I have not done a separate post on this one. The below image was taken in December one year fun wood lathe projects 01 and it has survived its ,athe full year very well indeed.

If you fun wood lathe projects 01 looking for a simple beginners project which will gain brownie points with the wife this is a good place to start. The biggest issue was making it perfectly round and the same diameter for its whole length.

I did find that althe the ends identical fun wood lathe projects 01 a bit of a challenge also. Oak Coaster Fun wood lathe projects 01. Click the link to see how easy it was to make these cool wood lathe project…. Fun wood lathe projects 01 can start turning wood very cheaply — I bought an axminster hobby lathe which are easily purchased on eBay.

Another project which is quick and small is turning wine bottle stoppers. In the above image you see on the far right a traditional shape made with a cork stopper. A bit of a failure in this case. On the far left is a stainless steel stopper I had as part aood a wine set. This stopper is in my opinion the best shape as it has a rubber O ring which seals neatly in the neck of a wine bottle.

Note this is for wine bottles with fun wood lathe projects 01 — screw top wine bottle necks are slightly larger so you may need to make one for each size. I decided to turn a replica and bought some tap O fun wood lathe projects 01 to fit. Siting the O ring and getting exactly the right depth of groove for it to fit is tricky. There is a knack in getting the exact size and position of the O ring to fit snugly in the bottle.

However with practice it becomes easier projecgs they do make an ideal gift idea. Not a new idea being as it was developed over years ago and has been used fun wood lathe projects 01 kitchens and pharmacies ever since.

This one I made as the Christmas Snowman gift for Karen. The bowl is made from Bubinga whilst the projecta is made from English Oak. The bowl measure approximately 5 inches in diameter and stands 3 inches tall whist the pestle laghe 6.

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