Like many, I have looked closly at photographs in other books and tried to read between the lines and comprehend what the author is trying to expain; doing my best to figure out how it was done and why it was being done. With just over a year of turning under my belt it was nice to come across this book. It explains various mounting methods for spindles, bowls, and hollow turnings, including the differences between spindle mounting centers, store bought chucks, homemade jamb chucks, face plate mountings, and vaccuum clamping (including making modifications for current vaccuum systems to use with lathes not covered by the vaccuum manufaturer). Also included are several styles of steady rests for bowls, spindles, goblets, and other turnings. Well worth the money! Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning: Everything You Need to Know to Secure Wood on Your Lathe
This should the second book in any turner's collection. Dr. Green does a fantastic job describing the various ways to make stuff on the lathe. The illustrations are top-notch and the directions are astute. This books provides lots of how-to. How to make a goblet with a long thin cylinder connecting the base to the vessel, how-to make your own vacuum chucks, how to place a bowl on a vacuum chuck so it is aligned. The book justly deserves my 5 star review. (BTW- the first book should either be a Richard Raffan or David Ellsworth intro to turning book.)'
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