This book is a collection of new woodturning projects - candlesticks, a lamp and shade, sets of plates and bowls, even a turned duck call. The projects range from simple to complex, and Richard Raffan provides instructions with step-by-step photos and drawings. These projects will lead the reader through a skill-building course in woodturning.
Features projects that can serve as a base for almost limitless variation, so you can put your own stamp on each object you create. This title offers plenty of practice when small kids can't have too many peg dolls, things on wheels, wands, or arches for creating buildings, farmyards, and so on. It also includes photos and drawings.
The appeal of woodturning is simple: with only a few hand tools and a lathe, remarkable results can be achieved, including bowls, boxes in the round, lamp bases, and furniture parts. This edition covers topics from the lathe - how it works and how to choose the right model - to fixings, cutting tools, safety, measuring, centerwork, and more.
This beautiful volume from Richard Raffan is dedicated to the art of creating aesthetic forms in your turned bowls. More about design than about technique, The Art of Turned Bowls displays a wide range of bowls ― by a host of experienced turners―with analysis that will help you create more artful bowls with a sense of balance and proportion. As you flip through the pages, you'll discover how the subtle form and shape of a well-turned bowl is one that's also a delight to hold and use.
The worlds pre-eminent woodturning teacher provides everything you need to know to turn bowls. Richard Raffan draws upon his 30 plus years of experience to lead you through the key elements -- from planning to completion.With the help of detailed text and step-by-step photos, Raffan covers wood and tool selection, design advice, surface embellishment and finishing techniques. For the more experienced turners, there are chapters on advanced techniques, decoration, and form and balance. Youll also find extensive appendices, troubleshooting charts and advice on selling bowls. Perhaps best of all, Raffans contagious respect for the craft comes through on each page, and it will stir you to do your best work.Turning Bowls gives
Turning is a special brand of woodworking. Only a lathe and a few cutting tools are needed to shape pieces of wood into delicate pieces of sculpture or practical household objects. Considered the turning primer, Raffan's book covers all the basics, from tools to techniques. This edition incorporates new technologies.