Woodworking. Basic Course in Wood Turning

This book is an understandable basic course in wood turning: from preparing the lathe for work to manufacturing products. Sequential lessons, visual diagrams, practical techniques, and analysis of typical mistakes will help quickly move from theory to practice: safely organize the workspace, securely fix the workpieces, read drawings, make clean and confident cuts, and then correctly sand and finish.

The author's methodology is based on a step-by-step approach and a three-tier structure of each lesson, which will allow for the rapid mastery of key techniques and achieving stable quality results.

The book covers topics such as:

- Choosing quality equipment and materials.

- Basic turning techniques and the correct sequence of all operations.

- Step-by-step lessons and the making of specific products: learning face turning while working on a wooden goblet and planing without tear-out when processing a bowl.

- Safety techniques in turning work and correct tool settings.

Andrey Gromov is a practicing woodturner, head of the Russian Turning School in Moscow, and the author of over 150 articles on wood turning. His methodology has been tested on more than two hundred students.