Doug started out by opening Doug Wilson Construction with his wife back in 1977. Here he honed his skills as a custom woodworker. Over the years of building fabulous homes in the Lake Tahoe area, his custom woodworker skills advanced. His custom woodworker skills were then turned into a new hobby of creating beautiful custom woodturning masterpieces. He is now a custom woodturner, and he and his wife live in Riverside, CA, where they have started a company specializing in custom woodturning. With Doug as a custom woodworker with a great eye for detail and the experience of being a custom woodworker for over 40 years, you can not go wrong in having Doug's Woodturning working on your next masterpiece.

In woodturning, you use a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around an axis. Like the potter’s wheel, a wood lathe is a simple machine that lets you create a variety of forms limited only by your imagination.

Many things formerly created in turning shops have been supplanted by automated industrial production. Today, small-scale turning enterprises and individual artisans create one-of-a-kind art pieces as well as useful spindle and faceplate turnings in limited quantities. In many regions of the world, lathes are tiny and portable, allowing turners to travel to the source of the wood or set up in a temporary work location. A talented turner can create a vast range of items with just five or six simple tools. The tools can also be flexibly altered to fit the work at hand.

The best way to contact us would be to send us a message via our contact form on our website or by emailing us at wildoug@msn.com. Please include your name, number, and email with your message, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. You can also try calling us at 951-318-4495. Thank you for your time and please contact us for any additional information. We will get back to you quickly and courteously.

There are many dangers to woodturning. With proper training and sharp tools, it can be a safe and fun way to spend your time. You will be working with powerful machines and very sharp tools, so the potential for serious injury is very real. Taking your time to make sure your shop is orderly and safe takes time, but pays off in the long run. One of the most dangerous parts is that many wood particles or wood dust can be very toxic to your skin, especially if you breathe them in, so proper face masks at times and superb ventilation are a must when woodturning or working with wood in general. For the most part, you can take precautions to make woodturning as safe as it can be, and the joy of your finished product is worth all the hassle of making it as safe as possible.