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The only thing that is more satisfying than successfully turning a project that looks decent is woodturning projects that sell.

It’s quite a milestone to reach a point where you finish a project and the end result looks pretty damn good. It makes you really reflect on how far you’ve come, comparing what your first finished workpiece looked like compared to what they consistently look like now. It is a night and day difference.

It is significantly more reassuring of your skill set when a person wants to purchase what you’ve made.

Sure, being able to make a living off of creating things is fun, but that first purchase means more than any other purchase thereafter.

Of course, finding what people WANT to buy is a bit of an obstacle. Whether you’re wanting to create something from scratch, or modify current things that are being sold (furniture, decor, etc.), you’ll need to know two very important things:

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I was gathering a lot of research recently on 3D wood carving CNC machines that would help helped tremendously when I first starting using getting into them. The machine itself is a whole different story, and the bits themselves deserve their own separate analysis. I recommend getting 4 different styles of bits/end mills that will accomplish all of your wood projects, nothing fancy, but certainly reliable.

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A set of bits can help with the initial learning curve since you aren’t completely sure with what kind of bits you will need. Eventually, you’ll find that purchasing bits individually is the preferred method. Single pieces are made with higher quality, last longer, and you end up spending less money in the long term anyway.

Straight/spiral cutter – Either type is fine, however HOZLY has one of the best spiral cutters available
Surfacing bit – A 3 wing bit for resurfacing and spoilboard work, Sugelary has a quality option
V groove – Quality 1/4″ shank V tool with 4 different cutting diameters by Yakamoz
Ball nose – SpeTools 1/4″ shank that works great for side, end, and finish milling.

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Turning wood is a specialized form of wood crafting, and while some people merely learn to do it to expand their overall woodworking skills, it is not necessary for one to have prior experience in order to be successful at it. The best mini wood lathe for turning wood will depend on more than one factor which will be covered in this post.

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I don’t have any problems with decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving. At the rate that time is passing, both holidays will be gone tomorrow, so the best time to start putting up decorations was yesterday. I’ve included some wonderful resources for adding to your festive aesthetics.

Christmas Wood Burning Patterns

All of these decorative patterns all pretty much use the same assortment of materials: a wood burning tool, wood piece, pencil for tracing, and string to hang it with.

1. Simple As That Blog

Simple As That has a great tutorial for several types of Christmas ornaments, and free downloadable templates to follow right along. Although the method they used is a faux wood burning technique, you can acquire the same result if you actually have a pyrography pen to do it.

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After playing around a bit with wood carving dremel bits, I had the opportunity to develop some familiarity with rotary tools, and eventually found myself using them for all of my carving projects. It’s good at speeding up the carving process, which is notorious for being time consuming with hand tools. However, power carving itself is an art form, and has a bit of a learning curve, and requires some time before you can effectively use it. For one reason or another, finding any sort of wood carving ideas with dremel, resources, or outlines to use as a guide are few and far between.

Sure, workshops help plenty, but I found some free online alternatives that have designs, are easy to follow, demonstrate useful techniques, and have detailed explanations to help new comers.

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