Turning Wood with Carbide Tools
Turning Wood with Carbide Tools

Author: John English

Publisher: Linden Publishing

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 161035169X

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Everything a woodturner needs to know about using and implementing the exciting new technology of replaceable carbide cutting tips is included in this guide. Woodturning tools have taken a quantum leap since the recent introduction of these tips that have greatly simplified the task of turning in dry stock. Carbide-tipped woodturning tools are safer, faster, easier, and more efficient than traditional tools that require grinding the end of a piece of fluted steel to one of dozens of subjective profiles. The technology of the carbide cutters is fully explained, as are the various shafts and the function of the handle designs, providing insight into how and why these cutters act as they do, and why they are shaped as they are. Removing the intimidating aspects of turning, the guide explains the elimination of sharpening, addresses the issues of chatter and fatigue, and advises on maintenance, techniques, and usage. A number of projects are included--such as a candlestick, spinning tops, and a basic bowl--that can be completed right away by novice turners, rather than waiting for years to gain enough experience to do the same job with traditional tools.

Woodturning Wizardry
Woodturning Wizardry

Author: David Springett

Publisher: GMC Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781861084224

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A bestseller when it was first published in 1993, Woodturning Wizardry has been thoroughly revised for this new edition, with colour photography throughout. Stunning new 3-D illustrations show cutaway views of the work in progress, thus making the instructions even easier to follow than before. Spheres within spheres, stars within cubes and delicate lattices with no apparent means of support - this book shows you how to turn basic woodturning skills into wizardry. Colour photography throughout and stunning 3D illustrations of the work in progress make these instructions very easy to follow. Thoroughly revised and sure to loose the magic from your fingertips!

The Fundamentals of Woodturning
The Fundamentals of Woodturning

Author: Mike Darlow

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 2001-04-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781565231788

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Expertly guides the novice and the more experienced turner step-by-step through 15 graded exercises and projects.

Wood Turning - The Lathe and Its Accessories, Tools, Turning Between Centres Face-Plate Work, Boring, Polishing
Wood Turning - The Lathe and Its Accessories, Tools, Turning Between Centres Face-Plate Work, Boring, Polishing

Author: E. A. Dinmore

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-03-06

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1447489810

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This early book is a comprehensive and practical guide to the fundamentals of the craft of woodturning using a traditional lathe, and is a must-have for any woodworking or wood-craft practitioner or enthusiast. Illustrated by useful diagrams and photographs, it provides advice on a variety of related topics such as face-plates, bowl turning and the appropriate tools to use. This classic handbook instructs the reader on how to successfully wield and use a shotgun for hunting, and includes guidance on safe and dangerous procedures. Illustrated with instructional diagrams and photographs, it is suited to hunting enthusiasts in addition to those new to the activity, with many details still of practical use today. Contents include: Woodworking - What This Book is About - The Wood-Turning Lathe – Accessories - Wood-Turning tools and Their Use - Turning More Difficult Work Between Centres - Face-Plate Work - Miscellaneous Work Between Centres - Split Turnings, Turned Mouldings, and Square Turning - Floor Lamp Standard and Table Lamp Boring - Simple Lathe Construction - Polishing Work On The Lathe. We are republishing this classic text in a high quality and affordable edition. It features reproductions of the original illustrations and a specially written new introduction.

Multi-Axis Spindle Turning
Multi-Axis Spindle Turning

Author: Barbara Dill

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780764355349

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Master the art of multi-axis spindle turning! This book offers a strategy for understanding multi-axis turning and the many options available to create unique forms. Dill, a self-professed "experimental turner," takes readers step by step through this complex area of turning. Working in multiple axes on a spindle can be confusing, but as Dill teaches the "hows" of turning spindles as systematic building blocks for future work, turners can finally make this skill their own. Hundreds of photos and diagrams offer detailed guidance, and explain the variables--axis placement, profile, orientation of the new axis to the center axis, and so on--and how they apply to each "quadrant" of multi-axis work. Split and thermed turning methods, planning tips, tricks of the trade, and a three-sided cup or vase project help you succeed. Concepts come to life as Dill shows examples of not only her work, but the work of other expert turners.

Woodturning
Woodturning

Author: Keith Rowley

Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Limited

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 9781861081148

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A book for the serious woodturner, which concentrates on the quality of turning designs whilst retaining the element of sheer enjoyment that is at the heart of the craft. Lavishly illustrated with full and clear line drawings. Awarded the Certificate of Excellence by the British Crafts Guild.

Making and Using Turning Tools
Making and Using Turning Tools

Author: John Kelsey

Publisher:

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781939662101

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Master turning tools, and make new tools for yourself...you'll save money and build your skills at the lathe. Here are 21 practical, skill-building technical articles for woodturners of all skill levels-expert, shop-tested insight and advice from the pages of American Woodturner, journal of the American Association of Woodturners. Turning tools are expensive but the good news is, you can make most of them for yourself. That's because once you have learned how to sharpen turning tools, you've also acquired the skill and technology you need to make them for yourself. There's a knack to using every kind of turning tool, a set of skills and moves to cut the wood the way you want. This book shares a wealth of hard-won tool-using information developed by contemporary wood turners. This book will show you how to: Save money and build skill by making your own turning tools from rods and bars of tool steel. If you know how to sharpen, you already know how to do it Use the spindle roughing gouge for both roughing down and detailing Make and use every kind of flat-bar tool, including skews, round-nose scrapers, and negative-rake scrapers Make a set of cove tools from round steel rod, and use them to cut perfect coves What steels to use and why, and how to recognize good steel in salvage and scrap How to grind, harden and temper steel tools How to make a point tool for detailing, a thin-kerf parting tool, a plug-and-inlay tool, and micro tools for small work Why many bowl-turners prefer the side-ground gouge How to make and use a traditional hook tool Why carbide-tipped tools have taken the turning world by storm and much more.