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Turning Bowls with Richard Raffan
Contributor(s): Raffan, Richard (Author)
ISBN: 1561585084     ISBN-13: 9781561585083
Publisher: Taunton Press
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2002
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Annotation: With over 300 color photos with step-by-step instructions, this book provides thorough advice on all aspects of wood turning. Detailed text and photos cover the process from planning to completion. For skilled woodworkers, the author discusses advanced techniques, decoration, and form and balance.
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BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork - General
- Crafts & Hobbies | Furniture & Cabinetry
Dewey: 684.08
LCCN: 2001054013
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 9.14" W x 10" (1.38 lbs) 192 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

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 you:

  • thorough coverage of tools, wood selection and design
  • advice on how to avoid and solve common turning problems
  • information that ranges from the basic to the advanced
  • expert-level instruction in an easy-to-understand format

Contributor Bio(s): Raffan, Richard: - Richard Raffan is an internationally respected woodturning artisan and teacher. Collectors prize Raffan's gallery-quality production pieces, and he is the author of "Turning Wood, Turning Boxes, "and "The Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning,"