Mike undertook the three-year trade course in woodturning at Sydney Technical College between 1976 and 1978. In 1979 he started his woodturning business Mike Darlow Woodturning which grew to employ five turners and a cabinetmaker. In 1994 Mike moved to Exeter in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and concentrated on writing woodturning books and filming videos. He still though continued to produce. This page shows a tiny proportion of the items Mike has produced. If you’d like to order something, please contact Mike.
Spurtles (porridge stirrers).
Stem cups turned from black wattle.
Pepper grinders with a Crushgrind ceramic mechanism.
A monaural stethoscope, copied from one in the Berrima Museum.
Darning mushrooms.
French rolling pins.
Wooden eggs.