The award-winning American Woodturner journal is a premier benefit of membership in the AAW. Published bimonthly, it offers inspiration, education, information, and organization to members of the woodturning community and those who aspire to turn wood. The publication serves amateur and professional woodturners, broadly ranging in age, skill level, and interests, and seeks to attract more youth and women members. Its content encompasses all woodturning-related information, and includes instructional material, feature stories, process articles, artist retrospectives, and profiles of innovative turners.

Features Inside the August 2023 issue

•  Shopmade PVC/Wood Collet Chucks - Need a creative workholding solution for small items? Leon Olson offers a solution using off-the-shelf and shopmade components.
  
• Turn an Etui-Inspired Box - Sam Angelo guides us in the making of an elegant and timeless small, tube-shaped box, used for holding any number of items.
  
• An Endgrain Bowl in Aromatic Cedar - To turn a sidegrain or endgrain bowl? Gary Miller discusses the options and walks us through the making of an endgrain bowl with distinctive flair
  
• Turning Threaded Inserts - If a friction-fit lid won’t do, learn to make threaded inserts for a more secure top, by Walt Wager.
  
  
  

• Adding Leather to Turned Work - Leather, whether flat insets or thread, can enhance the look of wood, by Denis Beauchesne.
  
• Explorations in Steam-Bending Turned Work - Keith Tompkins shows us how he turns and then steam-bends wood for dramatic artistic effect.
  
• Pottery Insights for Woodturners - Tim Heil is a woodturner who also collects pottery. He shares insights about form that can cross artistic genres.
  
• Ash & Plumb: All in Good Time - D Wood profiles a dynamic woodturning partnership making use of classic forms and effective social media marketing.