Turning a bowl may seem daunting, but woodworkers can create beautiful bowls with the expert advice and instructions in this book. Richard Raffan walks them through the process -- from wood selection and design advice to surface embellishment and finishing techniques. With step-by-step photos and detailed drawings.
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This review is from: Turning Bowls with Richard Raffan (Paperback)
This book, and a couple others (I bought a set of 3) catapulted my turning abilities from novice to salable in a just a few projects. More importantly, as I improved, I've saved many hours and sheets of sandpaper. His explanations, photos, and diagrams combine to make lathe turning very understandable and even more fun than I expected. Even some of the techniques that gave me some trepidation I now find routine. If you have a lathe or thinking about it, this book and others by the same author (Turning Wood is the basics) are highly beneficial.
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I found the DVD of Raffan to be very helpful and i found the book to be very complex. It is useful and full of alot of information but as a new turner it can be overwhelm...still i perfer the DVD with demonstrations and use the book only for sectional reference......good buy and you may want it with the DVD
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Richard Raffan's books are just excellent. I have 3 of his books now, including 'Turning Bowls', and I am constantly re-reading them. I'll always get something new to ponder - from wood choices to turning techniques, from his explanations of 'good' shapes to his feelings for natural finishes. It is refreshing that he has been doing this for almost 40 years and really encouraging for him to say that he has made some items that he won't even show people! Highly recommended as a book that every wood turner should have.
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"When you turn a wooden bowl, you are continuing a long tradition." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oncoming wood, roughed bowl, skewed scraper, shear scraper, bark intrusions, arcing cuts, bowl jaws, screw chuck, bowl blanks, bowl profile, turning green wood, completing the inside, shallow gouge, bowl turners, edge into the wood, expanding jaws, lathe axis, torn grain, completing the profile, turning bowls, steep bevel, tail center, chuck jaws, lathe speed, long bevel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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oncoming wood, roughed bowl, skewed scraper, shear scraper, bark intrusions, arcing cuts, bowl jaws, screw chuck, bowl blanks, bowl profile, turning green wood, completing the inside, shallow gouge, bowl turners, edge into the wood, expanding jaws, lathe axis, torn grain, completing the profile, turning bowls, steep bevel, tail center, chuck jaws, lathe speed, long bevel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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