Wood lathe and wood turning lessons and plans designed for high schools students Item Description
This ebay listing is for the sale of one CD ROM titled: Wood Lathe Manual this publication is originally published in the early 1900's.
Presented in easy to view PDF file format.
Allows Zoom-in up to 300% to enlarge sections of the pages for easy reading.
Allows Printing of pages on your own printer.
Allows Copy and paste page image to other applications like word processor or image editors.
Contains 100 pages with numerous illustrations and plans.
Contents
Originally published by G. Ross in 1909 prepared for the use of students in manual training high schools, technical schools and colleges.
Introduction Primitive lathes and their development The speed lathe and its parts The Rules for obtaining and diameters and speeds of pulleys Motor head and gap lathes Tools used in turning Grinding and sharpening turning tools The gouge The skew chisel The round-nose scraping turning tool The square-nose scraping tool The diamond-point tool The cut-off or parting tool The sizing tool Tools used for measuring Tools used for sharpening Sizes of chisels and gouges
Lathe-tool practice Cylinder Cylinder, Stepped Socket chisel handle Teapot stand Candlestick Mallet Napkin Rings Small Box Smokers’ set Towel Rails Rolling Pin Potato Masher Card receiver
Supplementary exercises Policeman’s Club Indian club Bowl Picture frame Powder Box Cup Dumb-bell Gavel Turning tool handles Towel Rings Vase Lamp standard Stocking an glove darner Parted or split work Miscellaneous turned moldings
Appendix Finishes Fillers Stains Aniline Stains Miscellaneous recipes Cement wax used in turning Methods of refinishing varnished surface.
Review:
This is a very nice practical guide to wood turning, with a bit of history of the craft and machinery thrown in for good measure.
In fact, a careful read of this will equip the reader with the knowledge to do wood turning without motorized machinery at all, undertaking easy and practical to implement methods of our ancestors, yet also educate us in the use of modern tools, cutting methods, rates, angles and tradecraft.
Nice set of learning demonstration projects that build the skills necessary to make most anything in the world of wood turnings from desk legs to vases.
Simple, fun, easy to understand and very practical.
An old friend is always making wood turnings from bowls for gifts to tubes for telescopes and now we know why … this is fun !
Makes us want to go out and get a lathe and start making stuff right away!
Whether you want to undertake wood turning for commercial purposes, or just want to have a great time making stuff … this is a great book to make sure you have the competencies and knowledge to do as you want.
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