Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning, Revised and Expanded Edition: Everything You Need to Know to Secure Wood on Your Lathe

Get a grip on your turning!

• Excellent resource for every level, whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced woodworker
• Essential information on spindle turning, bowl turning, DIY jam chucks, and specialized holders for all sizes of workpiece
• Projects include a scoop, plate, top, goblet, tree ornament, box, collet chuck, rolling pins, and more
• How-to tutorials on flattening irregular blanks and mounting thin blanks without the use of a waste block
• Expanded edition includes updated tool specs, instructions for mounting a Beall buffing system to your lathe, and 5 additional projects

What's the key to safe, successful woodturning? Simple: Make sure the wood is properly secured to the lathe before you turn it on!

This book will help you save money on woodturning, expand your abilities, and master new challenges, giving you more success and confidence at the lathe, so you can pursue any style of woodturning you can imagine!

Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning, Revised and Expanded Edition gathers all the essential information about woodturning chucks and fixtures in one place, making the subject accessible and easy to understand. Inside, you'll find all the expert tips and techniques you need to optimize your use of the lathe. Whether you specialize in bowls, spindles, scoops, platters, or pens, you'll gain the skills to prepare the blank, mount it in the machine, and confidently troubleshoot any problems that arise.

Chapters include:

• Drive Centers and Live Centers
• Faceplates and Screw Chucks
• Scroll Chucks
• Handy Shopmade Chucks
• Jam Chucks
• Collets and Mandrels
• Cole Jaws, Doughnut Chucks, Longworth Chucks
• Vacuum Chucks and Vacuum Systems
• Steady Rests
• Turning Projects
• Assembled Pieces

Updated information in this edition includes 5 new projects — two types of rolling pin (traditional and French), a whimsical doughnut turned on a doughnut chuck, a jumbo screw chuck, and a lidded box — instructions for mounting a Beall buffing system to your lathe, new high-quality photos, a fresh layout, and newly updated information by author Doc Green.

More than merely a reference for dedicated turners, this book is designed to help you improve your skills and broaden the range of projects you can tackle at the lathe — whether you just started or have been making sawdust for years — by presenting a carefully crafted combination of how-to advice and interesting, engaging projects. With this one-stop shop for all things turning, you'll continue to sharpen your turning skills throughout each chapter.

Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning clearly explains how to get the most from commercial chucks, centers, and faceplates. But it also shows how you can make your own, allowing you to tailor your wood-holders precisely to the work you want to do!

Clarence "Doc" Green, a retired community college professor with a Ph.D. in physics, is a member of the American Association of Woodturners and his local turning club. He is an active participant in two woodturning forums, "World of Woodturners" and "WoodCentral." Green has been a woodworker for more than 30 years, but turning wood only since 2004. In that time, however, he has thoroughly researched the field of woodturning and wood-holding techniques for the lathe. He is the co-author of The Theory and Servicing of AM, FM, and FM Stereo Receivers (Prentice-Hall, 1980) and the author of Technical Physics (Prentice-Hall, 1984).