Woodturning: Two Books in One: Two Books In One: Projects To Practice and Inspire Techniques to Adapt to Suit Your Own Designs by Phil Irons

Learn various methods of sharpening; preparing woo more...2 points

Learn various methods of sharpening; preparing wood; roughing, spindle, and bowl gouges; planing and V-cutting; using hollowing tools; decorating and texturing; sanding and polishing. %u201CThe upper half contains the various projects, and the lower half the skills required to complete them....the photos are most important. I...recommend the book for beginners and as a refresher course.%u201D%u2014<i>Fine Woodworking</i>.<br />2 points

Turning Green Wood by Michael O'Donnell

%u201CCovers the process of turning fresh lumber s more...2 points

%u201CCovers the process of turning fresh lumber straight from the log without previous processing... teach[es] the reader how to work with the wood and make use of its many characteristics and features. It explains how to harvest and store timber, make the best use of grain patterns and provides tips for planning a turning project....Offers step-by-step instructions for six projects.%u201D %u2014<i>Woodshop News.</i><br />2 points

Basic Bowl Turning With Judy Ditmer by Judy Ditmer

In this full color, beautiful new work, Judy Ditme more...2 points

In this full color, beautiful new work, Judy Ditmer shares her extensive knowledge of bowl turning with the novice turner. Beginning with the preparation and seasoning of the bowl blank, Judy takes the turner step-by-step through the finished product. Along the way she covers the proper use of tools, design considerations, and safety considerations for the turner. The techniques she shares will have an immediate impact on the readers understanding and practice of woodturning. While addressed par...2 points

Segmented Wood Turning (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers) by William Smith

Here is a new and exciting aspect of wood turning, more...1 point

Here is a new and exciting aspect of wood turning, similar to traditional style turning except for gaps left between each segment. Step-by-step instructions and color photographs illustrate a basic vase project that can be completed in a weekend. You won't need any special turning equipment or tools other than an easily constructed jig. Wood selection and preparation, jigs, glue, turning tools, finishes, and advanced techniques are all explained and illustrated. Combine various woods and pattern...1 point

The Art of Segmented Wood Turning: A Step-by-Step Guide by Malcolm Tibbetts

Woodturners learn how to cut and combine pieces of more...0 points

Woodturners learn how to cut and combine pieces of wood to produce multicolored geometric designs in turned bowls and vases in this highly illustrated book. Techniques are provided to achieve the accuracy required in segmented work, and professional tips reveal how to create preliminary blueprints. Step-by-step instructions and hundreds of color photographs explain how to accomplish the often-complicated tasks involved with sphere turning, building a porthole-style ring, and inserting diamonds a...0 points

Richard Raffan's Turning Guide: Turning Wood, Turning Boxes, and Turning Bowls (Three Books, Boxed Set) by Richard Raffan

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Tops: Making the Universal Toy by Michael Cullen

From selecting materials and tools to applying fin more...0 points

From selecting materials and tools to applying finishes and shellacs, this handy guidebook provides complete instructions for creating 16 unique toy tops. Economical and simple to produce, each project includes step-by-step photographs and many can be made without a lathe. Designs include a top that flips over, the classic dreidel, and the amazing Benham%u2019s top that produces colors when spun, despite being painted black and white. Quick and fun, these projects appeal to woodworkers and toyma...0 points

Useful Beauty: Turning Practical Items on a Wood Lathe (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers) by Dick Sing

Dick Sing has directed his creative wood turning s more...0 points

Dick Sing has directed his creative wood turning skills to the design of six attractive projects with variations. Three variations of bottle stoppers and decorative jar lids can transform the practical into the beautiful. The weed vase and the small mirror can make charming gifts; the spinning top and baby rattle will delight any young child. Instructions for each project along with step-by-step photographs make these fun projects easy to learn and fun to do. Variations provide a challenge for t...0 points

Pens from the Wood Lathe: Step-By-Step Instructions for the Wood Turner by Dick Sing

Pens and pencils made at the wood lathe are becomi more...0 points

Pens and pencils made at the wood lathe are becoming increasingly popular. These unique writing instruments are fantastic sellers at art and craft shows, cherished treasures for family, and fabulous gifts. Kits to make a variety of styles are widely available, but the techniques to make a pen which works well and looks spectacular are harder to find. This book fills the need with 273 step-by-step color photos and helpful text. Skilled wood turner Dick Sing provides detailed instructions and a we...0 points

Turning Wood with Richard Raffan by Richard Raffan

Turning is a special brand of woodworking. Only a more...0 points

Turning is a special brand of woodworking. Only a lathe and a few cutting tools are needed to shape pieces of wood into delicate pieces of sculpture or practical household objects. Considered the turning primer, Raffan's book covers all the basics, from tools to techniques. This edition incorporates new technologies.0 points

Unique & Unusual Pens: From the Wood Lathe (Schiffer Book for Woodturners) by Dick Sing

Once again, Dick Sing makes his mark with his high more...0 points

Once again, Dick Sing makes his mark with his high quality, beautiful pens and pencils. Sharing his skill and expertise at the wood lathe, he teaches you how to make something more than a mere instrument for writingthis is art, a keepsake, a great gift, something to make the turner proud. In his first book on pen turning, Sing provided basic instructions and lots of helpful tips. This book also provides the basics, adding new kinds of pens and variations on some of the old favorites. Tips are gi...0 points

The Lathe Book: A Complete Guide for the Wood Craftsman by Ernie Conover

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Wood Lathe Projects for Fun & Profit (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers) by Dick Sing

Wood speaks to Dick Sing. With his skill as a wood more...0 points

Wood speaks to Dick Sing. With his skill as a woodturner, and his keen understanding of both the lathe and the wood, Dick has created a number of projects which offer something a little different. In this new book, he leads the turner through four projects which are easy enough for the beginner and fun enough for someone with experience. They also are very successful at craft shows. With step-by-step instructions illustrated with clear full-color photographs, he helps the turner discover the sha...0 points

Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture (Schiffer Design Book) by Dona Z. Meilach

This idea-packed compendium presents the work of t more...0 points

This idea-packed compendium presents the work of todays top wood artists in over 500 photos. More than 130 artists from nine countries are showcased, including furniture makers, turners, and sculptors who borrow ideas and techniques from one another to create their art. Their disciplines have blurred as furniture makers use sculpture and turnings in their work, as turners make furniture and sculpture, and as sculptors throw purism to the winds and use anything and everything to further their exp...0 points

Decorating Turned Wood: The Maker's Eye by Liz O'Donnell, Michael O'Donnell

%u201CZero[es] in on ways to transform the plain w more...0 points

%u201CZero[es] in on ways to transform the plain woods of sycamore and beech into strikingly handsome vessels. Elegant illustrations.%u201D%u2014<i>Booklist</i>. %u201CThis title is vital for comprehensive woodworking collections.%u201D%u2014<i>Library Journal</i>. %u201CNot your typical how-to book. The projects and techniques include carving, sandblasting, charring, pyrography, wire-brushing.%u201D%u2014<i>Woodshop News.</i><br />0 points

Turning Wood into Art : The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection by Suzanne Ramljak, Michael Monroe

The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection is one of the more...0 points

The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection is one of the world's premier collections of lathe-turned wooden objects. Comprising more than 125 extraordinary works by 43 craft artists, the collection ranges from bowls and vessels to abstract sculptural pieces, many made from exotic or unusual woods. The artists represented include most of the major figures in the field of wood turning from 1960 to the present-such as Virginia Dotson, David Ellsworth, Ron Kent, Mark and Mel Lindquist, Ed and Philip Moult...0 points

Turning Miniatures in Wood by John A. Sainsbury

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Wood Turning for the Garden: Projects for the Outdoors by Mike Cripps, Jeffrey B. Snyder

Using over 230 color photographs, an introductory more...0 points

Using over 230 color photographs, an introductory text about basic wood turning techniques, and step-by-step instructions, Mike Cripps guides his reader through the turning of bird houses, planters, and bulb planters known in England as garden dibbers. The bird house and planter projects are turned from unseasoned lumber. New hobbyists and seasoned professional wood turners alike will enjoy this book and the freedom they will derive from turning unseasoned timber, which is free from dust and nee...0 points

Fabulous Turned-Wood Projects by John Hiebert, Harm Hazeu, Tim Bergen, Henry Bergen

Today%u2019s woodworkers seek to develop new forms more...0 points

Today%u2019s woodworkers seek to develop new forms that capture their own individual vision. Using 22 of their finest projects, four masters of the lathe reveal the creative possibilities offered by turned woodwork, and provide innovative techniques and graceful designs to follow. Find out how these experts envision the form a piece of wood should take just by looking at its grain and color. Discover the secret techniques and tools they use to create special effects. The projects range from rela...0 points

Wood Turning (Art of Woodworking) by Time-Life Books

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A Course In Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton, Otto K. Wohlers

<em>from the </em><strong>PREFAC more...0 points

<em>from the </em><strong>PREFACE:</strong> <p>The related matter on the care of the lathe and tools, the grinding of chisels, the polishing of projects, and the specific directions and cautions for working out the various exercises and projects with the drawings, make the book not only valuable for reference, but also as a class text to be studied in connection with the making of projects. The drawings show exact dimensions and are tabulated in the upper right-hand corner in such a way that they may be used in a filing cas...0 points

The New Turning Wood with Richard Raffan by Richard Raffan

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Christmas Carvings from Commercial Turnings (A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers) by Kelley Stadelman

In hobby stores around the country there are resou more...0 points

In hobby stores around the country there are resources for woodcarvers that are often overlooked. A great variety of shapes are turned from sugar pine, which make perfect blanks for woodcarving creations. In this new book, Kelley Stadelman transforms these blanks into Christmas figures. Illustrated with step-by-step color photographs, she carves a rotund Santa and stately tree. In addition she includes a gallery with several of the other possibilities that can be wrought from the turned blanks....0 points

Wood Turning in North America Since 1930 (Wood Turning Centre) by Wood Turning Center and Yale University Art Gallery

Exhibition Catalogue<br /><br /> This more...0 points

Exhibition Catalogue<br /><br /> This survey exhibition and publication of modern American wood turning, a joint venture of the Wood Turning Center and the Yale University Art Gallery, is testimony to the belief that lathe art has come of age. As this book shows, pictures of lathe-turned objects are worth a thousand words.<br /><br /> The curatorial team's early discussions and selections were informed by the Wood Turning Center's library and achives. Reviewing 500 turned objects, selceted from over 20,000 slides, hund...0 points