Throughout June / July 2016 I am gradually adding a list of turning related books that adorn my shelves. I try to give a short review and content details with each one. If there is any specific details that you would like to know about a book or its contents, just ask!
Listed in no particular order, click the book covers below for full details:
Book Review: All Screwed Up by John Berkeley
I have a love-hate relationship with All Screwed Up by John Berkeley. However it is definitely more love than hate! Berkeley's ...
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Review: Turning Green Wood – Michael O’Donnell
Turning Green Wood by Michael O'Donnell When I first saw Turning Green Wood advertised on Amazon and at retailers, I ...
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Book Review: Turning Boxes with Threaded Lids – Bill Bowers
I hate to admit it, but this is one of two books in my collection that fail to impress me ...
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Book Review: Turned Boxes (50 Designs) – Chris Stot
Superficially this is a very simple book. 50 designs are presented with all the project details required to create the ...
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Book Review: Woodturning Design by Derek Hayes
Like many other turners, design for me used to mean waiting to see what would happen with the piece of ...
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Book Review: Ellsworth on Woodturning – David Ellsworth
The two biggest names in the world when it comes to woodturning have to be David Ellsworth and Richard Raffan ...
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Book Review: Woodturning, A Foundation Course – Keith Rowley
First published in 1990, but reprinted and updated many times, this is the defacto bible on Woodturning, especially in Europe, ...
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Book Review: Woodturning Wizardry – David Springett
Woodturning Wizardry is a book to blow your mind and stretch your imagination. David Springett is the master of mind ...
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Book Review: Woodturning Evolution – Nick Agar and David Springett
This book may confuse you. If it doesn't then it will likely change your view of turning hollow forms for ...
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Book Review: Woodturning Jewellery – Hilary Bowen
A 150+ page book, packed full of jewellery ideas and methods. Hilary Bowen is a British female turner, of most ...
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Book Review: The Art of Turned Bowls – Richard Raffan
Possibly one of the best bowl turning books ever published. Richard Raffan, a British turner now living in Australia, was ...
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Book Review: Turning Hollow Forms – Mark Sanger
This is a wonderful introduction to turning hollow forms. Though known for some quite modern pieces, here Mark Sanger introduces ...
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