WikiWOOD:WikiCommunity Woodturning
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Welcome to the WikiCommunity Woodturning. This collaborative resource and group is dedicated to improving WikiWOOD's coverage of woodturning and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other editors interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.
If you have questions or comments about this project, please use the discussion page.
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Goals
- create an extensive library of information related to all aspects of woodturning
- create a community who will work as a team to achieve these goals
Scope
This project will cover all topics of interest to woodturners, such as tools, machines, suppliers, techniques, skills, materials, finishes, projects, notable woodturners, woodturning organisations etc.
Guidelines
- See also: WikiWOOD:Community Portal
For guidance on writing articles, please see: WikiWOOD:Writing quality articles
If pages need further work, add appropriate WikiWOOD:Maintenance templates.
Add all pages to Category:Woodturning or relevant sub-categories (but generally not both).
You may only contribute content that is free of copyright.
Open tasks
Here are some tasks that you can do:
- Requests for articles: bandsaw, bowl lathe, bowl turning, chainsaw, choosing a lathe, Dust control, faceplate, glueblocks, ornamental lathe, Ornamental turning, pen turning, pole lathe, safety in woodturning, reaction wood, reverse turning, treadle lathe, vacuum chuck, woodturning chisels, woodturning scrapers, Detail Gouge, woodturning books, woodturning chuck, woodturning videos, woodturning blogs, Woodturning scrapers, woodturning videos online.
- Lists of Woodturning Organizations: List of regional woodturning organizations in Australia, List of regional woodturning organizations in Canada, List of regional woodturning organizations in New Zealand List of Woodturning Organizations in Other Countries "(The lists of organizations and publications are an easy way for newcomers to start editing)
- Requests for Biography: David Ellsworth, Jerry Glaser
- Articles needing Expanding and/or Improving: Bowl gouge, Copy turning, faceplate turning, Glue Blocks, Glossary, lathe, List of national woodturning organizations, Skew chisel (woodturning), woodturning gouges, History of woodturning, List of regional woodturning organizations in United Kingdom, List of regional woodturning organizations in United States of America,, Schools, segmented turning, spindle turning, Tool Steel, woodturning periodicals
- Articles needing continued Improving: Spindle gouge, woodturning, History of woodturning
- Articles needing Clean up:
- Articles needing Photos: (Most articles benefit from good photographs. Even if there is no appropriate article yet, by uploading and categorizing your photos they will be ready when needed.)Preparing Green Wood
- Articles needing illustrations: (Sometimes and illustration or annotated photo is a better way to communicate than a simple photo.)
- Add to this list: (If you see something that needs doing, but can't do it yourself, make a note of it here.)
Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. If you haven't created an account, you may do so here. Login
- Derek Andrews (talk · contribs) (founder)
- Joel Zysman (talk · contribs) (founder)
- John Nicholas (talk · contribs) (founder)
