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Cutting Wood Threads on a Lathe by Hand

In Uncategorized by Jason Van Duyn

Several years ago I learn the process of cutting wood threads on a lathe.  This allows me to make sealed hollow vessels and is one of the quality features on my urns.  I make wood finials out of Blackwood and Persimmon to seal the urn vessel opening.  Sometimes the cutting of threads in wood is called thread chasing.  I do …