Threading Wood For Every Day Woodturning

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We have a special guest for this week's video. Frank Young is a master woodturner. He will show hand chasing threads in segmented wood for all sorts of projects.

Why threads in segmented wood?

Usually when someone is chasing threads, they must use very hard, close-grained wood. Typically, these are exotic tropical hardwoods and very expensive. Some, like boxwood, have become scarce and only available in small dimensions.

What makes these hardwoods well suited for chased threads? Their wood is dense and strong to hold threads threaded on end grain.

But, what if we can expand threading to more common and less expensive domestic woods? The problem is that threads in these woods are not strong and quickly break away.

The solution is to only use the side grain in these woods. With side grain threads, the grain structure better supports the threads making them less brittle and well suited to supporting the threads.

How to use only side grain? Simple. Cut the wood into trapezoidal segments and glue them together like segmented vessels. Voila, side grain.

Not only side grain, but side grain of any diameter, any height.

What if my project is of solid wood? Easy, make the threads separately then glue the threaded segments into the near finished project - an insert.

The final advantage. Threading can be separate from the main project. If the threads get messed up, the project is not ruined. Simply remake the threads and continue.

There's more but start and explore the possibilities. Plus, domestic woods are more sustainable than tropical rain forest woods.

My guest is Frank Young.

Enjoy!

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