Woodturning Tips & Techniques

This comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for both new and experienced woodturners. It covers all aspects of woodturning, from the lathe and tools to preparing wood and planning your designs. The book is divided into three useful parts: Part one is a guide to setting up for woodturning. Part two details basic turning and using tools and part three covers skills and techniques. Woodturning expert Carol Rix answers the questions most commonly asked by turners and will tell you everything you ever wanted to know, such as choosing and buying a lathe; setting up your workshop; sharpening and maintaining tools and identifying and preparing timbers. Also included is a chapter on sanding and finishing turned work; specialist advice for glues, resins, painting and gilding; cut and carved shapes and a useful section on jigs for the lathe.