Basic Bowl Turning with Judy Ditmer

By Judy Ditmer

In this full color, beautiful new work, Judy Ditmer shares her extensive knowledge of bowl turning with the novice turner. Beginning with the preparation and seasoning of the bowl blank, Judy takes the turner step-by-step through the finished product. Along the way she covers the proper use of tools, design considerations, and safety considerations for the turner. The techniques she shares will have an immediate impact on the readers understanding and practice of woodturning. While addressed particularly to those who are new to turning, Judy's years of experience come through and will be valuable to turners of all levels. The project in the book is a beautiful salad bowl. Step-by-step photographs cover the process from beginning to end, including the construction of necessary jigs for the lathe. A gallery will spark the imagination of the reader and begin to reveal the possibilities of turning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887406270
• ISBN13: 9780887406270
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Intemediate bowl turning, from log to finished bowl

64 full color pages, 5 page gallery. Color step-by-step directions for making 1 big bowl. I don't think this is for the beginner, it still scares me (even without the bleeding finger safety tips). Good techniques and I learned a lot, but it was too involved for my first bowl. I'll keep it in my library for later. Contents: Sharpening, Starting from a log (chain saw required), roughing out green wood, [wait while wood drys], turning the bowl, sanding with discs using a drill, building a jig for turning the foot, finishing (includes Judy's Low-tech, fun-n-easy-to-make, so-nontoxic-you-could-eat... finish recipe).