Elementary Turning, for Use in Manual Training Classes (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Frank Henry Selden

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333717377 ISBN 13 : 9781333717377

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master hands-on wood turning with clear, practical guidance you can apply in class or at home.

This nonfiction guide delivers step-by-step instructions, safety notes, and technique tips for turning with a lathe, shaping beads and coves, and creating bowls and goblets, all while using common tools found in school shops.

From setup and tool care to finishing touches, you’ll learn how to choose and use chisels, gouges, and scrapers. The book emphasizes steady technique, proper control, and avoiding common mistakes so you can build fast, smooth, and accurate results.

• Hands-on lessons on shaping beads, coves, and bowls with gouges and chisels.
• Guidance on lathe setup, tool sharpening, and maintaining sharp, safe edges.
• How to use special tools like ring tools, sizing tools, and parting tools for complex pieces.
• Practical tips for turning goblets, planes of multiple workpieces, and finishing methods.

Ideal for students, hobbyists, and instructors seeking solid, real-world turning techniques.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Elementary Turning: For Use in Manual Training Classes

Each piece should be turned with care and in the order given, and the exercise should not be repeated.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333717377
• ISBN 13: 9781333717377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 199
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