Turning Green Wood

Author: Michael O'Donnell
Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Limited
ISBN: 9781861080899
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
An inspiring introduction to the art of turning bowls and goblets from freshly felled, unseasoned wood. There is information on how to harvest and store timber, how to cut it into workable sizes and how to make best use of the grain. O'Donnell also gives advice regarding tools and materials and offers a selection of projects for you to try yourself.

Turning Green Wood

Author: Michael O'Donnell
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781784945589
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A guide to the art of turning delicate bowls and goblets from freshly felled, unseasoned wood

The Art of Turned Bowls

Author: Richard Raffan
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9781561589548
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With a unique talent for making even the most abstract ideas accessible, the world's most admired turning teacher offers an invaluable wealth of design advice. Practical, informative and undeniably inspiring, this title also explores form and developing profiles. Along with a good lathe and a reliable set of tools, The Art of Turned Bowls belongs in the shop of every serious bowl turner.

Turned-bowl Design

Author: Richard Raffan
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9780918804822
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
Tells how to select wood for turning, describes the qualities of a well-shaped design, and demonstrates special turning techniques

Living Wood

Author: Mike Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954234560
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
First published in 2002, Living Wood is both a practical manual and an inspirational guide, updating much of the information included in Mike's best-selling book Green Woodwork. Living Wood covers: • Becoming a green woodworke--Mike's story, from playing in the woodlands to owning a share in a woodland in Herefordshire • Buying, managing, and harvesting a woodland; • Developing woodland facilities, including tracks, steps, huts, a barn, a kitchen, and a compost toilet • Setting up a woodland workshop--plans for a shelter and updated designs for a shaving horse, a pole lathe, and other green wood-working tools and devices • Making ladder-back chairs, including cleaving, steam-bending, and techniques for ultra-tight joints without glue • Seating chairs with bark and with cord • A comprehensive list of suppliers, woodland organizations, and books Now in its fourth edition, Living Wood includes a selection of photographs of Mike’s latest workshop at Brookhouse Wood.

Drying Hardwood Lumber

Author: Joseph Denig
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lumber
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Drying Hardwood Lumber focuses on common methods for drying lumber of different thickness, with minimal drying defects, for high quality applications. This manual also includes predrying treatments that, when part of an overall quality-oriented drying system, reduce defects and improve drying quality, especially of oak lumber. Special attention is given to drying white wood, such as hard maple and ash, without sticker shadow or other discoloration. Several special drying methods, such as solar drying, are described, and proper techniques for storing dried lumber are discussed. Suggestions are provided for ways to economize on drying costs by reducing drying time and energy demands when feasible. Each chapter is accompanied by a list of references. Some references are cited in the chapter; others are listed as additional sources of information.

Bowl Turning Techniques Masterclass

Author: Tony Boase
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781861081179
Category : Bowls (Tableware)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A survey in words and photographs of the art of making wooden bowls on the lathe, featuring ten of the best makers working today.

The Woodturner's Project Book

Author: Ellis Hein
Publisher: Linden Publishing
ISBN: 9781933502236
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Surpassing the conventional ""cookbook approach"" to woodturning, this remarkable collection of eight projects highlights the important roles that passion and state of mind play in woodturning projects. Each project--accompanied by step-by-step photos and a bill of materials--is not only designed to help woodworkers improve their skills, but also to act as a starting point for them to brainstorm more effectively about their own pieces. The exercises gradually increase in difficulty, building towards the ""Inside Out Vase,"" a sleek and elegant project pierced by four lancet windows. Along the way, turners will learn about gouge orientation, turning hollow forms, turning a ball, and many other essential woodturning techniques.

The Wooden Bowl

Author: Robin Wood
Publisher: Stobart Davies (Acc)
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
The first authoritative account of the history of the wooden bowl.

O'Donnell's Woodturning Techniques

Author: Michael O'Donnell
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565234055
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Learn the process of turning from an internationally renowned turner with this practical guide that covers materials, equipment and machinery, how to store timber, safety, tools, sanding and much more. Step-by-step projects include a bowl, lamp, goblet, box and more. Even complex techniques are made simple with O'Donnell's logical manner of instruction.