looking for a good woodturning book for advanced skills

pandalover9 | Posted in Turning and Carving on June 9, 2010 12:51pm

I’m looking for a recommendation for a good woodturning book for my husband. He is quite an accomplished general woodworker, has been doing it for 20+ years and has a large, pretty well equipped shop attached to our home. About a year ago, he really got into woodturning after getting a new, old lathe (I guess it was built partially with concrete by some famous woodworker whose name I don’t remember). He has done some beautiful work, especially with bowls, and vessels with “flaws” in the wood.

I’d like to get him a book on turning, particularly bowls and vessels, which would help him take his skills to the next level. I was thinking maybe a book on segmented work? Does anyone have any recommendations for something that isn’t written for beginners to woodworking/woodturning?

Thanks,

Cindy

Replies

Eef | Jun 09, 2010 04:33pm | #1
hi cindy,

google "books

hi cindy,

google "books about segmented turning" and see what you think...

you are quite up on ww terminology, do you dabble in the shop?

a cement wood lathe-what!?!

eef
BruceS | Jun 10, 2010 07:12am | #2
Turning books

Four authors come to mind Raffin, Darlow, Ellsworth and Conover. All are very good, and each has his own little twist and preference. We turners are an odd lot, Personally I love bowl turning. And you can break down bowl turners into two lots, solid stock, which I prefer, and segmented.

Raffins bowl book and His Box book would be good choices. His boxes are small but can be scaled up to any size.
pandalover9 | Jun 17, 2010 05:09pm | #3
book advice

Thanks for the input on a woodturning book. From that, I found a book by Raffin that looks like it would fill the bill.

Don't know if my husband will want to move on to segmented turnings or stay with what he's doing, but we can all always benefit from some additional skills or tips.

I'm not a woodworker myself per se, but having been his #1 helper for 20+ years now, I really do enjoy being involved and have picked up on terminology.

After I give him the book this weekend, I'll ask about the contrete lathe, and post the designers name.

Thanks again!
rmantell | Jul 24, 2010 01:54pm | #4
Woodturning book?

I can't imagine a more comprehensive book on woodturning than David Ellsworth's latest publication. It is encyclopedic in its depth and breadth, teaches, provokes thinking, clarifies, illustrates and comes from an acknowledged fine arts crafts. Also like the work/writing of Ernie Conover.

Rich