"Compiled from articles that originally appeared in Fine woodworking magazine"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Contents
Part one. Tools -- Skew chisels -- Scrapers -- Gouges -- Four-jaw chucks -- Sharpening gouges -- Part two. Techniques -- Turning furniture parts -- Learn to turn spindles -- Duplicate spindles by hand -- Tips for hollowing end grain -- Go beyond the lathe for beautiful vessels -- Faceplate turning is fun -- Secrets of segmented turning -- Making split turnings -- Fixing turning mistakes -- Colorize your turnings -- Four finishes for turnings -- Part three. Projects -- Turned drawer pulls -- Authentic shaker knobs -- Pens make great gifts -- Get a handle on your chisels -- Turn a hollow vessel -- Turning bowls from green wood -- Turning wooden boxes -- A turned lid from contrasting woods -- Turn a pad-foot leg -- Barley-twist candlesticks -- Secret to a Sheraton leg? Divide and conquer -- Turn a classic floor lamp -- Metric equivalents -- Contributors.