Woodturning Tips & Techniques: What Woodturners Need to Know
Both new and experienced woodturners will appreciate this guide to woodturning, which covers everything from using a lathe and wood-making tools to planning designs. Carol Rix is a woodturning expert: her years of experience enhance a discussion which covers everything from setting up a workshop and choosing and maintaining tools to basic turning techniques and projects - all packed with color photos throughout to illustrate each step. Any newcomer to woodturning, as well as crafts-oriented libraries, will want this.Rix goes from setting up, to basic tools, to advanced work. All along are beautiful pieces to inspire, and a gallery of ideas under 'planning and design.' There are practice projects for end grain and face grain work, with detailed action shots so the reader can view the sequence of cuts in the author's procedures. She outlines the uses of each tool, with cautions and tips to avoid trouble. She discusses grain direction and lathe speeds, reverse chucking, jam chucking, sanding and finishing. She has a chapter on sharpening and one on using shop-built jigs. There is a nice glossary of terms with thumbnail photos to illustrate differnt items.      Rix shows examples of decorated surfaces, carving, piercing and burning. One chapter goes 'beyond the circle' with nested work, off-center turning, natural edged work and cut shapes. The author shows her own work and draws from the work of others to create a book rich with ideas, tips, and a lifetime of woodturning