Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning: Everything You Need to Know to Secure Wood on Your Lathe

Fixtures and Chucks to Make for Woodturning gathers all the essential information about woodturning chucks and fixtures in one place for the first time, making it more accessible. More than merely a reference for dedicated turners, this book is designed to help both beginners and advanced turners improve their skills and broaden the range of projects they tackle at the lathe, by presenting a carefully crafted combination of how to advice and interesting, engaging projects. The book explains how to get the most from commercial chucks, centers, and faceplates. It also shows how readers can make their own tailoring the wood holders precisely to the work they want to do.

Author: Doc Green
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.81h x 8.54w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9781565235199
ISBN10: 1565235193
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork | General

About the Author

Clarence "Doc" Green, a retired community college professor with a Ph.D. in physics, is a member of the American Association of Woodturners and his local turning club. He is an active participant in two woodturning forums, "World of Woodturners" and "WoodCentral." Green has been a woodworker for more than 30 years, but turning wood only since 2004. In that time, however, he has thoroughly researched the field of woodturning and wood-holding techniques for the lathe. He is the co-author of "The Theory and Servicing of AM, FM, and FM Stereo Receivers" (Prentice-Hall, 1980) and the author of "Technical Physics" (Prentice-Hall, 1984).