Ready, Set, Turn! Weekend Woodturning Projects: 25 Simple Projects for the Home is the best way to start your woodturning and woodworking pursuit. This book will build your woodturning skills and your confidence.
Ideal for beginner and intermediate turners. This book presents clear, step-by-step instructions accompanied by over 600 photographs and finely detailed drawings (with dimensions for further guidance) – here’s all the hands-on knowledge you'll need to start your woodworking projects.
25 fabulous and functional projects are quick to make. Projects will take from a couple of hours to only a few days to complete. Using a limited number of tools and types of equipment, these are stress-free projects ideally suited to a beginner or intermediate turner. The fun, practical projects for household items include:
About the Author Mark Baker helped set up an industrial workshop for autistic adults and previously worked for some of the major manufacturers of woodturning tools in the U.K. He is now the editor of Woodturning magazine and the group editor of all GMC Publications woodworking magazines.
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This is a 3-book set of general knowlege and reference for the woodworker. Over 2400 photos and 800 pages. The set includes The Complete Illustrated Guide (CIG) to Finishing (item 8-119), CIG to Sharpening (item 14-463), and CIG Using Woodworking Tools (item 14-464). Regular Price $120.00 Special $78.95 Save 35%.
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This step-by-step reference provides quick access for learning this essential woodworking process. More than 750 photos and drawings illustrate the equipment available for sharpening and the methods for getting sharp edges on all types of tools -- from basic chisels to molding planes and jointer knives. Among the subjects covered: •Choosing a sharpening system •Sharpening planes and saws •Touching up blades and bits •Shaping turning gouges •Honing carving tools
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MICHAEL O'DONNELL. Green woodturning is turning fresh lumber straight from the tree. The author tells how to harvest and store green wood, anticipate the natural changes in green wood as it dries, and reveals the mysteries of the most admired skills in the craft. Six projects are offered including a very thin, almost transparent cross-grain bowl and a fine natural edge end-grain goblet.
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Written by a professional woodturning instructor with over a decade’s teaching experience, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning is a systematic, skill-building introduction that helps beginning woodturners master basic woodworking techniques on their own.
A Lesson Plan for Woodturning provides a complete, self-directed course in woodturning safety, tools, and techniques that will help any beginning woodturner learn the basics on his or her own time. Using methods proven in the classroom, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning provides the equivalent of three semester-length classes in one book.
Designed to give readers a thorough grounding in every essential woodturning technique, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning is systematically organized to teach basic skills that are building blocks for mastering more complex tasks. Each lesson features projects designed to develop the specific skill discussed. The structure, order and specific exercises are based on classroom-tested experience in teaching woodturning to both adult and younger students and are well tested in the classroom.
Each project is thoroughly documented with step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photographs, showing the specific tasks, positions, and cutting motions needed to successfully complete the project. The projects are simple, direct, and focused on skill development. Readers can easily develop their own similar projects following the same general steps.
A virtual training course in one book, A Lesson Plan in Woodturning is the next best thing to having your own personal woodturning instructor. This is the most practical book for the home hobbyist who wants to thoroughly master the fundamentals of woodturning.
About the Author: The founder and senior instructor at the Mount Diablo Woodturning Center, Jim Rodgers is a professional educator who has been teaching woodturning to both adults and youths for over a decade. Rodgers lectures throughout the United States and has published many articles on woodturning.
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Describes and illustrates all of the classes of structural carpentry known to the author in England, from Royal works to Vernacular buildings. Joinery techniques are illustrated as are structural devices and timber moldings. Hewett has developed and proved his theory from the 1960's regarding the identification and dating of historic buildings from their joinery techniques. This is the definitive book on the subject. 12 plates, 382 figures.
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Learn the art of intarsia from the #1 expert, Judy Gale Roberts! Youll be amazed at the beautiful pictures you can create when you learn to combine different colors and textures of wood to make raised 3-D images. Features 8 projects and expert instruction. Great for beginners!