A timber blank mounted on an old lathe, with turning tools racked on the wall behind.

For anyone who needs a turned part made

Turned in Birmingham, to your drawing.

Legs, columns, finials, spheres, domes, formers and one-off objects, turned to a profile you send us — in one, or in a run. This page is the work itself; the detail pages below carry the sizes and the prices.

Send a drawing → See the work
  • Minimum orderOne piece. A single replacement leg is a real order.
  • On the lathe700 mm between centres, 250 mm diameter; 450 mm on short work.
  • In stockOak, walnut and pine. Any other species bought in for the job.
  • Made inBirmingham, England, at 9 Milk Street.

What comes off the lathe

The same lathe, whatever the job is called.

Most of what leaves this workshop is turned: a bun foot for a cabinet maker, a newel cap matched to a Victorian stair, a hat block for a milliner, a bored oak sphere for a joinery contractor, a lamp base for a designer. Different pages, one bench.

Send the drawing, a photograph with a rule in it, or the original part. You get a fixed written price, normally within one working day, and a free rendered visualisation before anything is cut. Turned work typically runs two to three weeks from approval.

For cabinet makersLegs, feet, columns, plinths and finials to your carcass dimensions.Cabinet components → Stair and interior partsNewel caps, finials, balusters and corbels, matched to what is already there.Architectural interiors → Formers and patternsHat blocks, leadwork formers and patterns, turned to a drawn radius.Formers → One-off objectsLamp bases, awards, sculptural forms and prototypes to your drawing.Objects → Spheres and domesSolid turned spheres to 300 mm and domes to 450 mm, bored or socketed to your detail.View spheres → Stock turned legsIf a standard profile does the job, it may already be a product.View legs →

Recent work

Turned work that has left this bench.

Photographs of pieces turned at 9 Milk Street, and of the turning being done.

A timber blank mounted on an old lathe, with turning tools racked on the wall behind.
On the latheA blank between centres, being brought to round before the profile goes on.
A tall turned vessel form on a lathe, with turning tools racked on the wall behind.
A vessel form on the latheTurned between centres and finished on the lathe, tools racked behind.
A large pale turned sphere held on a lathe chuck.
A sphere on the chuckTurned in stages and re-chucked to finish the poles.
A large cylinder mounted on a lathe, its surface freshly turned with fine lines showing the cut.
A cylinder, freshly turnedA blank brought to round before the profile goes on.
A large softwood blank with a domed end being turned on a lathe, pencil lines still visible.
A dome blank, half turnedThe layout lines are still on it. The shape is checked against a template as it goes.
A kendama turned at furniture scale, standing on the workshop floor in front of a strip curtain.
A kendama, at furniture scaleBall, cups and handle turned separately and assembled.

Send the shape.

A drawing, a sketch with dimensions on it, a photograph next to a rule, or the original part. Any of those is enough to price from.

  • Fixed written price, normally within one working day
  • A free visualisation before you commit — no charge, no obligation
  • Minimum order one piece
  • We tell you at quote stage if it cannot be turned as drawn
Start a turning enquiry → Trade & volume enquiries

Farwinger Limited, 9 Milk Street, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5TR. Registered in England and Wales, company 16047814.