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The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning: Projects, Techniques & Innovations for Today’s Woodturner

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Spin Your Turning in a New Direction!

In  The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning , professional woodturner and woodturning instructor Jim Rodgers provides the most up-to-date guide for any woodturner trying his hand at segmented woodturning.  With an emphasis on visual instruction, The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning  offers the new segmenter with a simple, accessible introduction to the established practices while providing advanced segmenters with all the new techniques that have emerged due to the growing popularity of the craft.

Starting with the basics, The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning  covers the essentials of tools, the steps of construction, and critical technique of accurate segment cutting before moving on to ring segmented and open segmented turning. Also covered for today’s segmented woodturners are simple design enhancements to dress up any project, a bowl-from-a-board project that utilizes lamination to create mind-blowing designs, and fun techniques for simple and fast segmented pens and vessels that utilize scrap wood and can be completed in a small amount of spare time.

Anyone interested in or currently engaged in the satisfying craft of segmented woodturning won’t find a more current, complete, or accessible guide than The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning .

128 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2016

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