Several attractive projects with variations: bottle stoppers, jar lids, a weed vase, a small mirror, a spinning top, and baby rattle. Instructions for each project along with step-by-step photographs make these fun projects easy to learn and fun to do. Variations provide a challenge for the more experienced turners, and a gallery with numerous examples encourages the adventurous to experiment.

Woodturning enthusiasts looking to advance their skills will delight in this collection of 50 challenging and diverse projects. Some of the featured designs include boxes: cylindrical, diabolo and clamshell; bowls: round-bottom, flared and winged; and platters: minimalist, handled and roll-rimmed. Each project is accompanied by diagrams, wood and tool requirements, and even suggestions for alternative designs. Beginners who wish to build skill by approaching these projects at a simpler level will benefit from the thorough sections on safety, tools and equipment, finishing products and types of wood. More seasoned turners hoping to test their expertise might take the designs found here and create even bigger, more elaborate constructions.

It's the classic introduction to woodturning, revised and updated, and filled with facts on fundamentals, tools, techniques, and projects! Lathes, chisels, gouges, bowl turning, flat work, turning between centers, drilling, chuck selections, high-speed steel tools--you'll find them all here, fully illustrated. Fifteen practical and ornamental projects include tool handles; goblets; egg cups; a peppermill; an automatic tea dispenser; a chopping board; table and standard lamp bases; jar lids; dishes; round containers; and napkin rings. Decorate them--even work with laminated and checkerboard designs.