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Turning W Techniques & Projects From the Editors of Fine Woodworking Turning W Techniques & Projects From the Editors of Fine Woodworking T Text © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. Photographs © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. Illustrations © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Pp The TAunTon Press, Inc. 63 south Main street, Po Box 5506 newtown, cT 06470-5506 e-mail: [email protected] edITor: christina Glennon coPy edITor: seth reichgott Indexer: Barbara Mortenson cover And InTerIor desIGn: carol singer | notice design LAyouT: susan Lampe-Wilson Fine Woodworking® is a trademark of The Taunton Press, Inc., registered in the u.s. Patent and Trademark office. The following names/manufacturers appearing in Fine Woodworking’s Turning Techniques & Projects are trademarks: Abralon®, dico®, Lee valley®, Lin-speed®, Masonite®, Micro-Mesh®, Minwax®, Plexiglas®, Tormek®, Titebond II®, Tru-oil®, Watco®, Waterlox®. Library of congress cataloging-in-Publication data Turning techniques & projects / editors of Fine Woodworking. pages cm “compiled from articles that originally appeared in Fine woodworking magazine”--Title page verso. Includes index. e-Book IsBn 978-1-62710-405-0 1. Woodwork. 2. Turning (Lathe work) I. Fine woodworking. II. Title: Turning techniques and projects. TT201.T869 2013 684’.08--dc23 Printed in the united states of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is compiled from articles that originally appeared in Fine Woodworking magazine. unless otherwise noted, costs listed were current at the time the article first appeared. ABouT your sAFeTy: Working wood is inherently dangerous. using hand or power tools improperly or ignoring safety practices can lead to permanent injury or even death. don’t try to perform operations you learn about here (or elsewhere) unless you’re certain they are safe for you. If something about an operation doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. Look for another way. We want you to enjoy the craft, so please keep safety foremost in your mind whenever you’re in the shop. acknowledgments special thanks to the authors, editors, art directors, copy editors, and other staff members of Fine Woodworking who contributed to the development of the chapters in this book. contents Introduction 3 Part One tools • skew chisels 4 • scrapers 9 • Gouges 17 • Four-Jaw chucks 22 • sharpening Gouges 30 Part twO techniques • Turning Furniture Parts 33 • Learn to Turn spindles 41 • duplicate spindles by hand 49 • Tips for hollowing end Grain 54 • Go Beyond the Lathe for Beautiful vessels 59 • Faceplate Turning Is Fun 62 • secrets of segmented Turning 70 • Making split Turnings 79 • Fixing Turning Mistakes 83 • colorize your Turnings 87 • Four Finishes for Turnings 91 Part three Projects • Turned drawer Pulls 96 • Authentic shaker Knobs 104 • Pens Make Great Gifts 109 • Get a handle on your chisels 115 • Turn a hollow vessel 119 • Turning Bowls from Green Wood 125 • Turning Wooden Boxes 133 • A Turned Lid from contrasting Woods 137 • Turn a Pad-Foot Leg 142 • Barley-Twist candlesticks 147 • secret to a sheraton Leg? divide and conquer 152 • Turn a classic Floor Lamp 159 Metric equivalents 164 contributors 165 credits 166 Index 168 2 Introduction More and more people are too, using the lathe to add beauty to their discovering wood turning, pieces in the form of ornate spindles and drawn to this fulfilling craft for posts and unique knobs and pulls. a variety of reasons. For one, you don’t need Although the craft is growing every day, it a big shop to do it. All it takes is a lathe and is not new to the pages of Fine Woodworking some way to cut up your rough stock, be that magazine. From the beginning, the editors a bandsaw or chainsaw or both. or you can have sought out the best turners and teachers just buy turning blanks in a wide array of to share their practical tips for success. The gorgeous woods, ready to go. second, you get special collection you are holding comprises beautiful results fast. Whereas a furniture the best articles on wood turning from the project might take months, even a beginning last decade. Whether you are wondering turner can make a curvaceous bowl or which tools and accessories make the most beautiful platter in an afternoon, from rough sense or how best to finish your piece, blank to final finish. Most important, like you’ll find the answers here. We’ve included any woodcraft, turning is a journey. you can articles on basic techniques for every major start with pens and other small projects and turning tool, advice on turning a wide end up making amazing hollow vessels, or array of furniture parts, plus a host of other bowls with ornate carving, or a segmented functional projects, including vessels, bowls, turning built up from an array of precisely platters, and more. enjoy the journey. sized pieces. Furniture makers love turning —Asa christiana editor, Fine Woodworking 3 4 TOOLS Skew Chisels RICHARD RAFFAN Many people buy a lathe with a specifi c job in mind. Furniture The skew chisel makers want to turn chair stretchers, drawer knobs, or bun feet. Skew chisels come in a variety of widths, the Hobbyist woodworkers might want to turn most common being 1⁄2 in. and 3⁄4 in. They are used parts for a grandchild’s cradle and make primarily for turning beads and round areas on bowls. But sadly, many novice turners have spindle work. Slight radius their enthusiasm so dampened by the tool Long corner along edge catching and digging into the wood and Bevel on Short both sides ruining the job that they give up turning corner almost before they’ve started. Edges on No matter what you want to turn on your short- lathe, a few days spent turning grooves and corner side of chisel are beads between centers using a skew chisel rounded over. will teach you the basic essentials of turning wood. Th e exercise will help you develop control and gain a feel for how little force is required to remove wood if a sharp edge Begin with a sharp tool is presented at the proper angle. Master the skew chisel, and other turning tools become I grind a skew chisel with a very slight radius comparatively easy to use. along the edge. Initially this was due to ineptitude, but about 25 years ago I found several advantages to this grind, not least of which is that catches are less severe than Good control comes with when using a traditional straight edge. practice. Cutting repetitive Some skew chisels are rounded on the beads with a skew chisel teaches the basic essentials of turning. short-corner side so that they slide more readily along the average slightly pitted tool rest. Th e corners of the chisel can be rounded using a belt or disc sander. I sharpen my chisels using either an electric grinder or a belt sander. My grinder has two wheels—36-grit and 80-grit. Use silicon-carbide wheels when sharpening 5

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