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Woodturning with Ray Key: Techniques, Tools & Projects
Author: Ray Key

Ten step-by-step projects including a chopping board, pepper mill, salad bowl, pestel & mortar & more. This inspirational source book shows 10 woodturning projects all with color photos and the detailed process that it takes to master those projects. You will get a close-up look from start to finish each and every project discussed. Projects include a chopping board, mortar & pestle, pepper mills and Ray even discusses shape and design. 128 pages 100 color illustrations.

201038 Price: $19.95

Woodturner’s Workbook
Authors: Tim Ashby & Ray Key

Guidelines and advice for tackling anything from batch production items to unique display pieces. Great for the beginner or experienced turner. If you are wanting to begin producing work with your own personal style, then this book is for you. From production turning to one-of-a-kind display pieces the techniques that you will learn from Ray Key will give you the right guidelines to do so.
112 Pages

201039 Price: $19.95

Woodturning with Ray Allen: A Master’s Designs & Techniques for Segemented Bowls and Vessels
Author: Dale Nish

Covering techniques popularized by master woodturner Ray Allen, this manual moves beyond basic woodturning with the segmented woodturning technique. This creative approach is demonstrated in one complete step-by-step project that effectively guides woodturners through the complicated process of creating geometric, repeating patterns with a Southwestern feel. Detailed, illustrated instructions make this seemingly elaborate technique approachable. Additional information on common problems helps avoid mistakes along the way. A full-color photograph gallery provides inspiration for future projects. Written by Dale Nish.

144 Pages
201064 Price: $24.95

Turning Guides
Author: Richard Raffen
Turning guides is a 3 book set which comes in a slip case. It consists of the latest versions of Turning Bowls, Turning Boxes & Turning Wood. This set is a great reference & collectors piece. Valued over $75.00, this special price won’t last forever.

201066 Price: $59.95

Richard Raffen: Turned Bowl Design

Turned Bowl Design is a 176 page book of bowl designs and fundamentls of woodturning. Richard discusses what makes a good bowl, different chucking options and he shows you the different bowl designs and what make that design a well designed piece.

201051 Price: $21.95

Turning Wood with Richard Raffan - Revised: Completely Revised & Updated
Author: Richard Raffen

Richard Raffen demonstrates the moves that are eccential to woodturning. You will learn six different projects that will teach you how to use the tools properly. He touches on sharpening, stance and movement, gouge excercises & skew exercises to just name a few. Projects include tool handles, light pulls, scoops, box, bread board & a bowl.

201067 Price: $24.95
880109 Video...$21.95
111001 DVD....$19.95

Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning
Author:  Richard Raffen

Covers essential turning techniques including both spindle & faceplate methods. Detailed, hands-on instructions. 256 pages

201075 Price: $39.95

Turning Bowls - Raffan
Author: Richard Raffen

Detailed text & step-by-step photos take you from planning to completion. Includes advanced techniques.

201022 Price: $24.95

Turning Boxes with Richard Raffan
Author: Richard Raffen

One of the premier box makers in the world. Watch and learn how he turns boxes then incorporate your own style in some of his designs. From basic to advanced. Features basic and challenging boxes in a variety of styles. Includes decorative techniques & finishing.

201023 Price: $24.95
880111 Video $21.95
111004 DVD....$19.95

Turning Projects
Author: Richard Raffen

Richard Raffen, a master at the lathe will deffenitly show you speed and control with all the tools that you need. You will learn which wood is best suited for your projects. He demonstrates skews, gouges & parting tools to produce the hole repertoire of woodturning cuts. You learn face plate turning, between centers and end grain and much more.

201065 Book price $21.95
880108 Video $19.95
111003 DVD $19.95

Wood Lathe Projects for Fun & Profit
Author: Dick Sing

In this book Dick takes you through 8 projects that will challenge the beginner and excite the novice. With Dick’s experience in craft shows, these items will surely be a hit with all the spectators. Detailed text & over 200 descriptive color pictures, this book is a must for woodturners. There are tips in each project for wood selection, finish & design. Comprehensive gallery is also included with many of his creative designs and shapes. 64 pages

201013 Price: $12.95

Useful Beauty: Turning Practical Items on a Wood Lathe
Author: Dick Sing

This is truly a excellent book for the beginner woodturner. Six practical projects that will test your turning ability. Step-by-step instructions & pictures to go along with them. These projects make the ordinary into extraordinary. With just a little practice you will be turning these great gifts and wonderful craft show items. With 250 color pictures you will be turning 3 variations of wine stoppers, weed pots, baby rattles, spinning tops, a mirror & lidded jar. 64 pages

201012 Price: $12.95

Pens From the Wood Lathe
Author: Dick Sing

This is one of the first pen turning books on the market with the extensive instructional information that pen turners need to turn pens. All you have to do is read & follow the instructions & you will be able to complete any of the 12 styles shown. Over 270 color pictures that will aid you in turning each pen. He also teaches you little tips that will help you in turning pens. There has a 9 page color gallery of his work. 64 pages.

201007 Price: $12.95

Projects for the Mini Lathe
Author: Dick Sing

With the invention of the mini lathe & for all of you who have purchased one or will in the near future, this book is for you. Dick has put together a wonderful variety of small projects & challenges for anyone who likes to turn. These projects will enhance your turning skills & stir up your imagination. Projects such as a bola slide tie, matching earrings, magnets, switch knobs that attach to lamps and a handy little brush are are all demonstrated in this book. Dick focuses on various techniques for holding your work. You will learn how to add embellishments like beads, contours & chatter to just name a few. 64 pages

201004 Price: $14.95

Turning Ornaments & Eggs
Author: Dick Sing

Dick teaches you how to hollow out he globe for a ornament, turning a very delicate icicle for the bottom of the globe & putting captive rings on them. Dick provides insight on selecting appropriate wood, using the tools to their best advantage & making new tools out of ordinary material. Also he shows you how to turn eggs the right way. Dick will show you the in’s & outs of that perfect shaped egg. There is even a bonus project in the book to make your life a little easier. 64 pages
 
201005 Price: $14.95

Turning Bowls with Dick Sing
Author: Dick Sing

Dick illustrates turning one-of-a-kind bowls from green and dry wood. There is 350 color photos that will walk you through step-by-step natural edge bowls, preparing bowls from green wood and roughing them for drying. Sanding and finishing techniques are discuss along with many other topics for turning bowls. The finished gallery of bowls are displayed to help your creativity. For the novice woodturner this will fine tune you turning skills. A great reference guide for any library.

201019 Price: $14.95

Dick Sing Turns Miniature Birdhouses
Author: Dick Sing

All of Dick Sings books are really good, but this one will blow you away. This is Dicks best book every. Dick discusses turning bird houses from many different types of wood. Many different shapes and styles that will just... words can’t describe it. A fantastic gallery of finished birdhouses is also shown in this book. Dick takes you through ALL the steps that it takes to make miniature birdhouses. From inlays to branches to rejected smoking pipe blanks the creative juices have over flown. This is the most phenomenal book he has done yet. There are 96 pages of color photos and instructions.

201016 Price: $14.95

Turned Boxes
Author: Chris Stott

50 projects will appeal to turners who have mastered the basics of the craft & wish to expand their range of techniques & abilities.
 
201070 Price: $19.95

Elegant Finials
Cindy Drozda is one of the most popular woodturners for turning finials for her boxes. Cindy has been working with wood since she was 19. Now at the age of...over 19, she still enjoys woodworking and her main love, woodturning. Her experience in other medias like metal & plastics has enabled her to advance in her woodturning career as a professional woodturner. Cindy has demonstrated at some of the largest symposiums in the United States and some of the smallest woodturning clubs around the world. In this DVD you will learn everything, nothing left out. From her process of designing and fitting lids to vessels, different spindle turning techniques, the Four Secrets to Successful Finials and sharpening along with other great tips for successful turning.

100011 Elegant Finials...$26.95

Vessels of Illusions
Trent welcomes you into his Fort Collins, Colorado studio and takes you through all the steps and processes that he goes through in creating his Vessels of Illusion. This is a process which Trent has developed and refined throughout his woodturning career. He takes you from the wood lot, to bandsaw, to the lathe, through the carving and woodbending process, revealing all the procedures he has refined through explorations of these techniques. 83 minutes

100012 Vessels of Illusions...$24.95

Decorative Utility Bowls
In this DVD trent takes you through all the steps and processes in creating a decorative utility bowl. He starts with preparing the block of wood and then Trent discusses and demonstrates rough turning a bowl, drying techniques for green wood, returns the dry bowl to it’s final shape and shows numerous decorative techniques and finishing options. Woodturners of all levels are certain to enjoy. 89 minutes

100013 Decorative Utility Bowls...$24.95

Sculpting Wood
Trent shows you in detail all the tools and techniques he uses to sculpt his work after it is removed from the lathe. From large roughing tools, which allow you to remove the wood quickly to fine detailing tools giving the most subtle effects. This video is sure to inspire the wood sculptor inside every woodturner. 85 minutes

100014 Sculpting Wood...$24.95
All 3 DVD's $69.95

Over 7 hours of the finest videos on the Art of Woodturning.

DVD Features 14 titles:

• David Ellsworth (29mn)
• Giles Gilson (26mn)
• Rude Osolnik (28mn)
• Frank E. Cummings III (25mn)
• Jean-Francois Escoulen(28mn)
• Gianfranco Angelino (27mn)
• Christian Burchard (28mn)
• Hans Weissflog (25mn)
• Ron Kent (27mn)
• Emma Lake Event (29mn)
• Lipton Collection (28mn)
• Bohlen Collection (50mn)
• Wornick Collection (57mn)
• Perfection in Form (23mn)

111009 Beyond Wood...$59.95

The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter
William Hunter entered the field of contemporary woodturning over 3 decades ago. This DVD is inspiring and informative. His interview teaches knowledge of design of sculpture exploration.

111010 The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter...$15.95

Woodturning with Ray Allen
Woodturner Ray Allen the King of Segmented Turning talks about his life as a woodturner and before. His work can be seen in galleries all over the world. Ray Allen shows how easy it is to do segmented work. If you have ever wanted to learn more about segmented turning this will be a valuable reference.

111011 Woodturning with Ray Allen...$12.95

The Skew Chisel
In this video Alan teaches you how the reduce the fear of the dreaded skew. With this video you will learn how to sharpen & shape the skew chisel. Some of the areas covered are V cuts, Peeling Cuts, Rolling Cuts, Coving Cuts, Pommel Cuts. He also he gives you exercises to try to get you sufficient with the skew chisel.

Running Time 90 minutes
111016 The Skew Chisel...$34.95

The Son of Skew
The second DVD on the skew chisel. This DVD has 11 different projects: Lathe Tool Handle, Spinning Top, Honey Dipper, Duck Call, Fishing Lure, Lace Bobbin, Letter Opener, Egg, Wine Stopper, Door Stops & Duplicating Furniture Legs & Spindles.

Running Time 2 Hrs.
111015 The Son of Skew...$34.95

Woodturning: Getting Started Right
In this video you will learn the history of the lathe, lathe components, types of lathes, help and guidelines on buying lathes & lathe tools. Shaping and sharpening tools and some projects you can make.

Running time 105 minutes.
111017 Woodturning: Getting Started Right...$34.95

Mike Darlow's: The Taming of the Skew
This DVD is a complete education of the use of the skew. Subjects covered include blade and tip geometry, sharpening, the cutting process, planing, V-cutting and bead rolling. This DVD banishes the fear of the skew through clear explanation of the how and the why. Running

ime 185 minutes
100008 Taming of the Skew...$39.95

The Practice of Woodturning
This DVD teaches yourself the basics of woodturning. In this DVD you will learn about the lathe, lathe tools, Sharpening, Safety, Spindle turning, Cup chuck turning, Faceplate turning & Bowl turning. This 2 DVD set is full of information that will bring your knowledge of woodturning to a higher level.

Running time 7 hours.
100009 The Practice of Woodturning... $69.95

Mike Darlows Sharpening Woodturning Tools
This 2- DVD Set is designed as a guide to teach yourself how to sharpen quickly and easily. The 12 chapters include: How woodturning tools cut, Tool steels, Grinding jigs, Grinding on a tilting platform, Grinding freehand, Pivoting jigs, Grinding using a handle end jig, Honing and buffing. Also included with the DVD set is a 16 page booklet that has templates used to set grinding angles. This is the most detailed DVD on sharpening turning tools available.

Running Time 180 minutes
100010 Mike Darlows Sharpening Woodturning Tools...$45.95

Richard Raffen: Turning Boxes
Shows step-by-step the techniques & tricks to make elegant turned boxes with perfectly fitting lids with matching grain . Includes fixing cracks & splits & finishing. If you want to learn how to turn boxes this DVD is for you.

111004 Turning Boxes...$19.95

Turning Projects with Richard Raffen
Learn to select wood best suited for a variety of turning projects including: hollow vessels, coasters, spatulas, mallets, bowls, and spheres & beads. He teaches the ins-and-outs of sanding and finishing on the lathe.

Run time 87 mins111001
Turning Projects...$19.95

Turning Wood with Richard Raffen provides an introduction to the lathe and to turning techniques in this internationally acclaimed video that has helped 1000's learn to turn wood. This DVD teaches Sharpening, stance & movement at the lathe, securing stock on the lathe, turning spindles & making a simple bowl. Great for fine tuning you skills. Run time 114 min.

111003 Turning Wood ...$19.95