Easy Woodturning Projects E-Book

Steve Adams

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 17

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

The more we like to touch an object, the longer it can be found in our household. Nowadays, these wooden objects often are replaced by plastic resulting in a limited lifespan as a standard. How delightful it is when an old chisel finds its way into your hands at a garage sale, its handle polished by touch and its frayed end telling of heavy use. That is exactly the feeling this book wants to convey - to recall and revive forgotten utensils!

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Foreword

Wedge

Mallet

Hammer

Stakes with cord

Dibber

Candlestand

Tealight

Windlight

Kite spindle

Clothespeg

Tray

Potato masher

Mushroom masher

Croquet

Ninepin

Pyramid game

Wobble board

Darning egg

Thimble

Buttons

Pepper and salt shaker

Eggcup

Chopping board

Mezzaluna chopping board

Handles

Mortar

Espresso tamper / Stamp

Rolling pin / Dough roller

Shovel

Coffee spoon

Bowl

Vase

Caddies / Boxes

Japanese tea caddy

Cigar case

Foreword

Woodturning - An old craft is becoming more and more popular

It all started with an elastic long piece of wood. A belt attached to it to turn the workpiece clamped between two centers, the other end attached to a seesaw-like foot switch. Finished was the seesaw lathe, which still finds enthusiastic followers today. Not least because of the low speeds and forces involved, a seesaw lathe is often a first lathe for children, who can thus learn woodturning in a fairly harmless way. It allows you to try out chisels and scraper and learn which tool angle allows you to cut the wood effectively.

In the past a pole lathe was used to produce everyday items right in the forest. The lathe was assembled and disassembled on the spot and the waste wood from the still fresh and green logs remained on the forest floor. It is hard to imagine woodturning in a more ecological way than that. These first woodturners cut the wood with axes and hatchets and turned it into chair legs, struts, and other needed utensils. Furniture from that time that survived to this day bears witness to the accomplished skills of these craftsmen, who still were turning their piece of wood by power of their own muscles.