In This Month’s Issue:

The May issue of Woodturning shows you how to turn your own ginger jar, Mark Baker explores the possible uses of gilt cream and liming waxes, Bob Chapman creates an oak and paduak spinning top box, Dennis Keeling makes an open-segmented fruit bowl, Michael O’Donnell looks at the various applications and methods for using scrapers, Steven Russell turns a matching pestle and mortar from Olivewood and Paul Loseby creates an Indian rosewood bangle on a pen mandrel.

Features this month include a 20-minute interview with Israeli woodturner Eli Avisera, Tegan Foley profiles bowl turner Dale Larson, we meet the Wheelchair Woodturners and look at a piece entitled ‘On The Fence’ by Dixie Biggs.

Our kit and tools section features three DVDs for you to enjoy, our hot stuff section includes Norton SG Wheels, workshop heating solutions and the new Axminster Tool catalogue. Tests this month see Richard Kennedy looking at the NC1000 Electric File, Stevie Jones tests a number of planet sawtooth cutters, Mark Fish puts the Chester mini lathe through its paces, Matt Long tries the new Five Star HSS brad point brill bits from Colt, Mark Sanger is delighted with the Woodchucker Mandrel and Paul Hannaby tests the Scheppach 2500 wet grinder.

As well as all of the above, we also have all our usual community pages plus a fantastic Trend competition. All this and more in issue 213!