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Wood Lathe Projects for Fun & Profit (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers)

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There are few books on this subject that present the material so clearly. The author uses very sharp, color pictures to illustrate what should be done, every step of the way. He purposely dose not employ sophisticated, high end equipment to produce the projects, but assumes that the beginner has not acquired them yet. By so doing, he encourages the beginner to not wait until that day when he has all that expensive stuff, to produce beautiful work. The book does not spend time instructing in sharpening tools, but concentrates on projects the kits for which, are available in most every woodworking store.

One criticism that I have is, that he only presents four or five projects to be made, so you can be done with this book in a hurry. It probably is not a book for the turner who's been turning for a year or more.

Just down the the earth and honest instruction with pictures etc. He does a good job with his books. I'm not a lathe type person but I like to mess around with it. Dick Sing makes a good effort to teach even dummies like me. I buy a lot of his books. It's straight forward stuff and easy to follow. Now if I could just get my technique to follow!!