Useful Techniques for Woodturners: The Best from "Woodturning" Magazine (Guild of Master Craftsman)

by WoodturningMagazine (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.76

  Comprising 28 articles selected from the pages of Woodturning magazine, and aimed at all levels of competence, this title includes labour-saving ideas from experts. This book will show you how to make a simple low-cost lathe, a complete set of accessories for your scroll chuck, and how the skewchigouge and 9-in-1 Multi Tool were invented. The text also demonstrates how to make paper joints for turning, age a bowl with a blow-torch, and sketch potential shapes before turning. Other techniques include: modifying your lathe; making lathes more versatile; an amateur's guide to chasing threads; inside out turning; producing ornamental turned items on any lathe; save money by making a lever-operated tailstock; and a rest to make hollow turning easier.