with Del Stubbs
You can start with dry lumber or with green wood you cut yourself. The camera zooms in close to see the careful contact of edge on wood and then moves back so you can study various tool positions, grips and stances.
You will learn about: Cutting tool types and modification of standard tools Grinding and honing chisels Gripping various turning tools Mounting bowl blanks and roughing out the shape Modifying a standard lathe Controlling warp in the thin wall of a bowl Cutting into end grain Designing bowl forms Del Stubbs turns everything from architectural spindles and classic vases to miniatures and translucently thin bowls. His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad.
120 minutes, VHS.

with Del Stubbs
You can start with dry lumber or with green wood you cut yourself. The camera zooms in close to see the careful contact of edge on wood and then moves back so you can study various tool positions, grips and stances.
You will learn about: Cutting tool types and modification of standard tools Grinding and honing chisels Gripping various turning tools Mounting bowl blanks and roughing out the shape Modifying a standard lathe Controlling warp in the thin wall of a bowl Cutting into end grain Designing bowl forms Del Stubbs turns everything from architectural spindles and classic vases to miniatures and translucently thin bowls. His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad.
120 minutes, VHS.

In sumptuous illustrations, see how a renowned turner developed a range of impressive techniques for doing just this. Try carving or charring, sandblasting, pyrography, painting with oils and acrylics, wire brushing, bleaching, marbling, gold leaf, inlay, routering, and more. The drawings show, in detail, precisely how each design evolved-many of which use marine imagery, such as birds and seashells, as a point of departure. The results give unprecedented insight into the creative process. 8 1/4 X 10 7/8. all in color
The Maker's Eyebr> LizO'Donnell and MichaelO'Donnell Guild of Master Craftsmanb>
192 pages PB-Trade Paperback Pub Year : 2002 ISBN: 1-86108-204-5

A collection of 36 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine. Experts reveal the secrets of production turning and share information on decorative folk turning, spindle turning, and sharpening and honing tools. Includes photos and illustrations.
127 pages, soft cover.

A collection of 36 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine. Experts reveal the secrets of production turning and share information on decorative folk turning, spindle turning, and sharpening and honing tools. Includes photos and illustrations.
127 pages, soft cover.

Dick Sing
Size: 8 1/2'' x 11''
Illustrations: 273 photos
Pages: 64
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 wealth of tips and techniques for twelve different styles of pens. Advice on selection of materials, set-up, turning, and finishing techniques, and tips for final assembly of the pens make this book the ultimate reference for the field.

Dick Sing
Size: 8 1/2'' x 11''
Illustrations: 273 photos
Pages: 64
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 wealth of tips and techniques for twelve different styles of pens. Advice on selection of materials, set-up, turning, and finishing techniques, and tips for final assembly of the pens make this book the ultimate reference for the field.

Generously illustrated in color, the user-friendly instructions are filled with guidance from the author, a noted woodturner. Most of the projects can be completed in one day, some in a few hours. Make a fruit bowl, lidded box, candlesticks, mug tree, and more.
ChrisChild Guild of Master Craftsman
128 pages PB-Trade Paperback Pub Date: 03/2003 ISBN: 1-86108-269-X

DavidWeldon Batsford
128 pages PB-Trade Paperback Pub Date: 03/2003 ISBN: 0-7134-8139-0

In this 90 minute video Alan will cover the following areas in detail:Shaping, refining and tuning the skewSharpening, hand and power honingPreparing the lathe for skew workReducing the fear and working saferModification of the dead centerPlaning and roughing cutsV cut, saucer, parting and pommel cutsPeeling cutTwisted grain and end-grain scraping cutRolling cutCoving cutSuggested exercisesAlan Lacer has been active in woodturning since 1976 as a turner, demonstrator, instructor, writer, curator and organizer. He is past president of the American Association of Woodturners. In 1999 he was name "Honoray Lifetime Member" by the AAW for his contributions to the field of woodturning.
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By: Patrick Spielman
Thirty-one top lathe turners share their styles, preferences, and techniques. Amazingly detailed photos of wood turners in action show precisely how techniques are executed. Personal biographies and philosophies of many turners, along with instructions on making select projects from each of their repertoires, allow you to create professional-looking pieces. Art blends with utility in objects like rolling pins, bowls, cutting boards, candlesticks and earrings that make extraordinary visual treats.
160 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

By: Patrick Spielman
Thirty-one top lathe turners share their styles, preferences, and techniques. Amazingly detailed photos of wood turners in action show precisely how techniques are executed. Personal biographies and philosophies of many turners, along with instructions on making select projects from each of their repertoires, allow you to create professional-looking pieces. Art blends with utility in objects like rolling pins, bowls, cutting boards, candlesticks and earrings that make extraordinary visual treats.
160 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

Ernie ConoverSoftcover, 8 X 10 in., 192 pages, with color photos and drawingsPublished 2001
A complete guide to the machine and its accessories.
No other book gives you such valuable information on the essential turning tool. Completely revised and updated, The Lathe Book is the comprehensive guide to woodturning machinery, incorporating the many innovations in the lathe and its accessories.
This book covers every aspect of the lathe, including how to choose one, how to select tools and accessories, how to maintain and repair the machine, and basic techniques. You will get:expert advice on choosing a lathetips on maintaining a lathe for optimal performanceeasy-to-follow basic techniques that help build lathe skillsmore than 220 color photos and illustrations"...a comprehensive guide to wood lathes..." -- Woodshop News

Ernie ConoverSoftcover, 8 X 10 in., 192 pages, with color photos and drawingsPublished 2001
A complete guide to the machine and its accessories.
No other book gives you such valuable information on the essential turning tool. Completely revised and updated, The Lathe Book is the comprehensive guide to woodturning machinery, incorporating the many innovations in the lathe and its accessories.
This book covers every aspect of the lathe, including how to choose one, how to select tools and accessories, how to maintain and repair the machine, and basic techniques. You will get:expert advice on choosing a lathetips on maintaining a lathe for optimal performanceeasy-to-follow basic techniques that help build lathe skillsmore than 220 color photos and illustrations"...a comprehensive guide to wood lathes..." -- Woodshop News

An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Designing and Making RayKey Batsford 112 pagesPB-Trade PaperbackPub Date: 03/2003ISBN: 0-7134-8679-1

Turn a Bowl
by Ernie Conover
Getting Great Results the First Time Around
Making a bowl may look daunting, but with the expert guidance of veteran teacher Ernie Conover, even someone who's never turned before can create a beautiful bowl. Step-by-step photo essays show every part of the process. Detailed drawings show how to sharpen tools and make the correct cuts. Includes information on how to find wood, prepare bowl blanks, and correctly chuck them.
'' Ernie Conover's real gift is that he can express in words what most wood turners cannot. His book will guide you past the pitfalls that can trap a turner. I highly recommend this book for novice and advanced turners alike.'' ¡Rude Osolnik
Getting Great Results the First Time Around Table of Contents Foreword by Rude Osolnik Acknowledgments Introduction Lathes and Chucks The ideal bowl-turning lathe Improving your lathe Holding the work Turning Tools The bowl gouge The combination gouge Scrapers Sharpening Wood for Turning Buying wood Gathering wood Tiling Basic Turning Techniques How to use a bowl gouge The simplest way to turn a bowl: One-time chucking A better way to turn a bowl: Work-and-turn chucking Reverse chucking Re-turning a bowl Advanced Turning Techniques Cone separations Natural-edge bowls Bird's-mouth bowls Hollow forms Tiled bowls Surface treatments Finishing Touches Sanding Buffing Making repairs Finishing Engraving Spinning Pewter Pewter for spinning Tools and equipment The dynamics of spinning Metal finishing Appendices Index
Soft cover, 8 X 10, 160 Pages, 200 Color Photos, 30 Drawings,

Turn a Bowl
by Ernie Conover
Getting Great Results the First Time Around
Making a bowl may look daunting, but with the expert guidance of veteran teacher Ernie Conover, even someone who's never turned before can create a beautiful bowl. Step-by-step photo essays show every part of the process. Detailed drawings show how to sharpen tools and make the correct cuts. Includes information on how to find wood, prepare bowl blanks, and correctly chuck them.
'' Ernie Conover's real gift is that he can express in words what most wood turners cannot. His book will guide you past the pitfalls that can trap a turner. I highly recommend this book for novice and advanced turners alike.'' ¡Rude Osolnik
Getting Great Results the First Time Around Table of Contents Foreword by Rude Osolnik Acknowledgments Introduction Lathes and Chucks The ideal bowl-turning lathe Improving your lathe Holding the work Turning Tools The bowl gouge The combination gouge Scrapers Sharpening Wood for Turning Buying wood Gathering wood Tiling Basic Turning Techniques How to use a bowl gouge The simplest way to turn a bowl: One-time chucking A better way to turn a bowl: Work-and-turn chucking Reverse chucking Re-turning a bowl Advanced Turning Techniques Cone separations Natural-edge bowls Bird's-mouth bowls Hollow forms Tiled bowls Surface treatments Finishing Touches Sanding Buffing Making repairs Finishing Engraving Spinning Pewter Pewter for spinning Tools and equipment The dynamics of spinning Metal finishing Appendices Index
Soft cover, 8 X 10, 160 Pages, 200 Color Photos, 30 Drawings,

The definitive book on woodturning -- completely revised and updated. Thousands of novice turners have learned to turn with Turning Wood with Richard Raffan. Completely revised and updated, this classic is the definitive book on turning. With new techniques and up-to-date information on tools, this book is a great resource for every turner.
This book covers the tools you'll need and how to select the best wood for bowl tuning. Detailed text and step-by-step photos take you through the turning process, from planning to completion. For more advanced turners, there are chapters on advanced techniques, decoration, form and balance. Extensive appendices include troubleshooting charts and advice on selling bowls. Turning expert Richard Raffan's easy-to-follow instructions show you how to: choose the right chucks and tools for the jobsharpen and maintain your tools for the best resultshandle tools safely and efficientlylearn basic techniques with ease
Richard Raffan is internationally acclaimed for both his turning and his teaching. He is also the author of the best-selling book Turning Wood with Richard Raffan, as several other books. He lives in Tharwa, Australia.
Softcover, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in., 208 pages, with color photos and drawings, Published 2001, ISBN 1-56158-417-7, # 070542

Mike Cripps
Size: 8 1/2'' x 11''
Illustrations: 221 color photos
Pages: 64
Once deposed by mass produced ball points, the fountain pen is making an elegant return through the wood turner's art. Michael Cripps takes the reader through every step necessary to create elegant pens (fountain and ball point alike) with turned hardwood outer surfaces in a variety of shapes and sizes. Each step is illustrated from the turner's perspective with detailed color photographs.
Additional instructions are provided for creating desk accessories including letter openers and magnifying glasses with beautiful hardwood handles. Ladies' pens and perfume applicators round out the text. A gallery provides a view of the finished products. This book is wonderful for turners of all skill levels.

Mike Cripps
Size: 8 1/2'' x 11''
Illustrations: 221 color photos
Pages: 64
Once deposed by mass produced ball points, the fountain pen is making an elegant return through the wood turner's art. Michael Cripps takes the reader through every step necessary to create elegant pens (fountain and ball point alike) with turned hardwood outer surfaces in a variety of shapes and sizes. Each step is illustrated from the turner's perspective with detailed color photographs.
Additional instructions are provided for creating desk accessories including letter openers and magnifying glasses with beautiful hardwood handles. Ladies' pens and perfume applicators round out the text. A gallery provides a view of the finished products. This book is wonderful for turners of all skill levels.

By: Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham, foreword by Dale Nish
''Christensen and Burningham...have perfected the art of turning finely made pens and pencils. What is more, they have also perfected the craft of written and illustrated instructions; every process is accompanied by color photographs that, alone, explain well the techniques of cutting blanks, gluing in the brass tubes, and sanding, among other steps. Beginning with a good historical survey of writing implements, they first tackle equipment and basic pens and pencils, then cover style, methodology, and material variations. Some of the more unusual inclusions are pens of antler or checkered polymer clay, and instruments embellished by inlay and wood burning. The last chapter offers selling tipsà''--Booklist.
176 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 10 3/4.

By: Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham, foreword by Dale Nish
''Christensen and Burningham...have perfected the art of turning finely made pens and pencils. What is more, they have also perfected the craft of written and illustrated instructions; every process is accompanied by color photographs that, alone, explain well the techniques of cutting blanks, gluing in the brass tubes, and sanding, among other steps. Beginning with a good historical survey of writing implements, they first tackle equipment and basic pens and pencils, then cover style, methodology, and material variations. Some of the more unusual inclusions are pens of antler or checkered polymer clay, and instruments embellished by inlay and wood burning. The last chapter offers selling tipsà''--Booklist.
176 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 10 3/4.

By Richard Raffan.
Raffan shows 23 woodturning projects ranging from simple to complex, complete with step-by-step instructions, detailed photo-essays and drawings.
169 pages, soft cover.
Raffan also has books on Turning Wood, Turning Boxes and Turned-Bowl Design.

By Richard Raffan.
Raffan shows 23 woodturning projects ranging from simple to complex, complete with step-by-step instructions, detailed photo-essays and drawings.
169 pages, soft cover.
Raffan also has books on Turning Wood, Turning Boxes and Turned-Bowl Design.

By Richard Raffan.
This book features complete chapters on centerwork and faceplate turning, as well as the work area, lathe, tools, stock, abrasives and finishes. Includes detailed photos and drawings and projects to help develop your skills as you learn.
165 pages, soft cover.
Raffan also has books on Turning Projects, Turning Boxes and Turned-Bowl Design.