Journal
From the Workshop
Practical notes on wood choice, turning, sealing, care, and what actually makes a wooden dildo safe and worth owning.
- 01
How to Make a Wooden Dildo: Our Complete Workshop Guide
Our full process, from choosing a blank to the final cured seal, written from years of turning wooden dildos in our own workshop. - 02
Why Wood Can Be Body-Safe (When Done Right)
How proper sealing turns porous hardwood into a non-porous, body-safe surface, and how we make sure every piece of ours gets there. - 03
The Best Woods for Wooden Dildos
Walnut, olive, padauk, maple and ebony: which woods we turn, why we chose them, and what we've learned working each one. - 04
How a Wooden Dildo Is Actually Made
From blank to finished piece: the seven stages every one of our dildos goes through in our workshop. - 05
CNC vs Hand Turning for Sex Toys
What each method does better, how we work in our own workshop, and why both still need serious hand finishing. - 06
The Importance of a Flared Base
Why every wooden dildo we make has a flared base, and the design rules we follow for ours. - 07
Sanding: The Step Most People Skip
Why we sand every piece to 1000+ grit and beyond, and exactly how we do it. - 08
Body-Safe Finishes Explained
Which coatings work, which to avoid, and how we tell whether a finish is properly cured before a piece leaves our workshop. - 09
How to Clean and Care for a Wooden Dildo
The simple routine we use on our own pieces to keep the seal intact for years. - 10
Size & Shape: What Actually Feels Good
What we've learned about usable length, diameter, curves and bulbous forms, and how that shaped our five designs. - 11
Why Cheap Wooden Toys Are Usually a Bad Idea
The difference between a properly sealed piece and one that will eventually fail, from what we've seen in years in the adult toy industry. - 12
Grain Direction and Structural Strength
How the way the wood is cut and oriented decides whether a piece lasts, and the blank checks we never skip. - 13
Olive Wood: Beauty and Challenges
Why olive's swirling grain looks incredible, and what working it in our workshop has taught us to watch for. - 14
Ebony: Premium, Dense, and Expensive for a Reason
What makes true ebony special, what it's like to work, and why it sits at the top of our price range. - 15
Maple vs Walnut: Two Reliable Workhorses
Our side-by-side comparison of the two woods we'd recommend to most people, from turning both in our workshop.