Learn to Turn: A Beginner's Guide to Woodturning from Start to Finish (1565232739) - Prices and Reviews

Editorial Review:

Written for true beginners, this approachable and enjoyable instructional guide teaches the art of turning. Readers receive advice on every step of the turning process, including selecting the right lathe, basic safety and woodshop setup, an overview of the proper tools and how to use them, and the basics on sharpening, sanding, and finishing. Step-by-step instructions for eight projects such as a birdhouse, a simple bowl, and a pepper mill are included. This guide also features a special chapter that addresses and reveals surprisingly simple solutions to common beginner mistakes.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Enjoyment:

My 10 year-old son and I love to use our wood lathe. Learn to Turn is a great book for beginners and have helped my 10 year-old to become a very good woodturner, as well as refreshing me on things I had forgotten.

Great beginner book:

A very good well written book for the beginner covering diffrent projects and types of turning types spindles and faceplates etc.... A great buy!

wood truning:

My husband is just geeting into wood turning, he love this book. It is very helpful.

Learned to Turn with "Learn to Turn":

I received a wood lathe at the beginning of this year as a gift and was unsure of how to use it safely, let alone what kind of tools to buy to use it. I found this book, and read it thoroughly form cover to cover. From it I learned not only what kind of tools to get for a beginner, but the author also had very detailed steps of how to setup and use each type of chisel and covers all the bases for basic turning. Once you follow his guide for learning the tools, he has included detailed steps for many... more info

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