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Turning Green Wood (Paperback)

by Michael O'Donnell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd (27 Jul 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861080891
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861080899
  • Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.8 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 195,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A guide to the art of turning delicate bowls and goblets from freshly felled, unseasoned wood. Using "green" timber enables you to choose and cut your own wood. The author explains how to harvest and store timber, and how to make the best use of the grain patterns and other properties. Six projects are described and illustrated: a cross-grain translucent bowl; a cross-grain natural-edge bowl; an end-grain bowl; a natural-edge end-grain bowl; a natural-edge end-grain goblet; and a part-turned bowl.

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An inspiring and thought-provoking guide the art of turning delicate bowls and goblets from freshly felled, unseasoned wood.

Using 'green' timber allows you to choose and cut your own wood. Michael O'Donnell, one of the foremost exponents of the technique. explains how to harvest and store timber, and how to make the best use of the grain pattern and other properties.

Six popular projects are described and illustrated in full:

Cross-grain translucent bowl
Cross-grain natural-edge bowl
End-grain bowl
Natural-edge end-grain bowl
Natural-edge end-grain goblet
Part-turned bowl

'Green' turnery can be made so delicate that it is acturlly translucent, and the thickness of the wood can be gauged by shining a light through it as you work. Using clear text and spectacular photographs to show exactly how it is done, this book demystifies one of the most admired techniques used by woodturners today.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Green Turning Explained, 5 Nov 2000
Are you fed up with the exhorbitant prices being demanded by suppliers for turning blanks and squares? Green timber can be obtained for next to nothing. The author takes us through the mechanics of the living tree and explains how to obtain, use and store unseasoned timber. The comprehensive descriptions and illustration of turning projects enable even comparative novices like me to produce quality items. This book fills a gap in the woodturning library.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good wood book, 13 Jan 2003
I really enjoyed this book.
Combining photographs and line drawings in an easy to understand manner enables the reader to get to grips with what the author is explaining very quickly.

As the title suggests the nature of green timber is also explained in a very accesible manner.

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5.0 out of 5 stars As clear as a book can be., 24 Sep 2007
By M. David Farr (France) - See all my reviews
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As a small woodland owner and aspiring wood turner I found this book inspiring. A no nonsense, clear, step by step manual for planning and making a selection of objects from green wood. The information given regarding tree growth is helpfull in enabling the reader to select the best wood for turning and the photographs and associated text are very clear and informative during the entire process from design, planning, material selection, making the piece, sanding, drying and finishing. Six projects are shown in detail from bowls to goblets with some interesting tips and tricks. As a novice wood worker this book gives me hope that I too can make use of this often free resource. Time to go shaving.
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