WoodTurners Wonders Blog

Good lighting can make a big difference in the quality of your woodworking, especially hand-tool work. It is also key in evaluating a surface finish and countless other tasks in the shop.

Basically, the properties of lighting are intensity, distance from source to the object, angle of incidence, and quality. The Super Nova lamp from WoodTurners Wonders delivers big time on all counts. Developed by woodturner and inventive guy Ken Rizza for use with a lathe but is just as useful for general woodworking.

Most people start with too fine a grit of paper, and then sand and sand until they are tired and discouraged. One of the problems is that on most woods the scratches are white and blend in until the finish is applied and then they turn almost black.