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Classic Projects & Smart Techniques Every Turner Needs to Know.
There's a lathe in your shop, stock at arm's length, and you're ready to spin some wood. The Essential Woodturner features classic "go-to" projects that every woodturner should know how to make-either for themselves or as gifts. With over thirty projects ranging from pepper mills and bottle stoppers to pens, mallets, rolling pins, and duck calls, these projects are ideal for anyone looking to expand their turning knowledge and skill while creating handsome crafts?and having a lot of fun. With helpful drawings, step-by-step photos, and expert guidance, each project can be successfully completed in a few hours or a couple of days.
The Essential Woodturner includes:
Over 30 classic projects that guide you through essential woodturning techniques.
Expert know-how on choosing and using the right tool for each turning.
A wide-ranging selection of projects that make great gifts for family and friends.
Smart and simple techniques for finishing turned work.
List of contents
Small Projects & Gifts
- Pen Turning 101
- Pen Presentation Box
- Spiral Turned Box
- Inside-Out Ornament
- Lady’s Purse Mirror
- Tree Ornament
- Pen Turning Made Easy
Bowls
- Stylish Salad Bowl Set
- Turning a Calabash Bowl
- Live-Edge Bowls
- Hollow Turned Vessel
Furniture & Home
- Classic Candlestick
- Shop-Made Shaker Knobs
- Turn a Showy Finial
- Turn & Weave a Shaker Stool
- Golden-Glow Oil Lamps
- Pencil-Post Bookshelf
- Turned Bookends
- Bamboo-Style Stool
Kitchen
- Turned Bottle Stoppers
- Pepper Grinder & Salt Cellar
- Woodturner’s Travel Mug
- Graceful Pepper & Salt Mills
- Rockin’ Rolling Pin
- Big-Wheel Pizza Cutter
- Classic Cake Stand
Sports & Outdoors
- Shop-Made Baseball Bat
- Picnic-Perfect Croquet Set
- Quick & Easy Duck Call
- Garden Tool Handles
Tools & Shop
- Shop-Made Collet Helps You Get a Grip
- Shop-Made Mallets
- Lathe Dust Collector
- 10 Tips for Turning Tricky Wood
- Six Finishes for Woodturners
Summary
Classic Projects & Smart Techniques Every Turner Needs to Know.
There’s a lathe in your shop, stock at arm’s length, and you’re ready to spin some wood. The Essential Woodturner features classic “go-to” projects that every woodturner should know how to make—either for themselves or as gifts. With over thirty projects ranging from pepper mills and bottle stoppers to pens, mallets, rolling pins, and duck calls, these projects are ideal for anyone looking to expand their turning knowledge and skill while creating handsome crafts—and having a lot of fun. With helpful drawings, step-by-step photos, and expert guidance, each project can be successfully completed in a few hours or a couple of days.
The Essential Woodturner includes:
- Over 30 classic projects that guide you through essential woodturning techniques.
- Expert know-how on choosing and using the right tool for each turning.
- A wide-ranging selection of projects that make great gifts for family and friends.
- Smart and simple techniques for finishing turned work.
Foreword
- Targeted comp mailing to national craft & lifestyle magazines, including Popular Woodworking (circ. 150,000), Fine Woodworking (circ. 220,000) This Old House (circ. 960,000), Mother Earth News (500,000), Family Handyman (circ. 1,150,000), and Popular Mechanics (1,200,000).
- Targeted comp mailing to key woodworking/woodturning podcasters, bloggers and clubs.
- Targeted social media campaign to audiences of woodturning contributors
- Hashtag #EssentialWoodturner
- Advertising and social media campaign to audience of American Woodturning magazine. (Circulation 100,000)
- Digital and email promotion to 500 AAW woodturning clubs and 35,000 members
- Social media promotion through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest
- Publicity to attendees of national AAW Symposium and AWFS Woodworker conferences
