Turning Bowls With Richard Raffan

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.

Introduction

2

(2)

Turning Bowls: An Overview

4

(12)

Attitude

5

(1)

Weight and Balance

6

(2)

Curves

8

(1)

As Work Proceeds

9

(1)

Basic Tool Handling

10

(2)

Practice

12

(1)

Support and Advice

13

(3)

Tools For Turning Bowls

16

(26)

Lathes

16

(10)

Choosing a Lathe

26

(2)

Equipment for Health and Safety

28

(3)

Fixings: Chucks, Faceplates, and Drives

31

(1)

Tools

31

(2)

Sharpening

33

(5)

Saws

38

(3)

Ancillary Tools

41

(1)

Wood and Bowl Blanks

42

(20)

Wood

42

(9)

Converting Logs, Boards, and Burls into Blanks

51

(7)

Seasoning

58

(1)

Rough-Turning

59

(3)

Rough-Turning The Profile

62

(24)

Fixing a Blank on the Lathe

62

(9)

Roughing the Profile

71

(11)

Preparation for Hollowing

82

(4)

Rough-Hollowing

86

(18)

Remounting the Bowl for Hollowing

87

(2)

Hollowing

89

(7)

Saving the Center: Bowl-Coring Techniques

96

(8)

Completing the Profile

104

(24)

Remounting Roughed-Out Bowls

104

(4)

Truing the Profile

108

(3)

Final Decisions Concerning the Profile

111

(2)

Completing the Base

113

(3)

Completing the Profile

116

(5)

Scrapers and Shear-Scraping

121

(4)

Working the Angles

125

(2)

Final Inspection

127

(1)

Completing the Inside

128

(16)

Remounting the Bowl and Truing the Form

128

(4)

Initial Cuts and the Rim

132

(2)

Cutting the Midsection Wall

134

(3)

Across the Bottom

137

(1)

Scrapers inside Bowls

138

(4)

Green-Turned Bowls

142

(2)

Completing The Base

144

(12)

Jam Chucks

146

(5)

Rechucking between Centers

151

(2)

Mechanical Chucks

153

(1)

Vacuum Chucks

154

(1)

Finally

155

(1)

Sanding and Finishing

156

(10)

Abrasives

157

(2)

Hand-Sanding

159

(1)

Power-Sanding

160

(2)

Rotary-Sanding

162

(1)

Oil-and-Wax Finishes

163

(3)

Decoration and Surface

166

(14)

Beads and Grooves

166

(5)

Rims

171

(2)

Texture

173

(4)

Color

177

(1)

Holes, Bark Inclusions, and Recut Forms

177

(3)

Afterword: Design, Form, Balance, and the Marketplace

180

(5)

Index

185

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Turning Bowls With Richard Raffan

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