6 Classic Wood Turning Course Woodwork Text-books on CD

PDF Reprint #1

108 Pages

The Art of Wood Turning

A Classic Textbook for Woodworking Students

This textbook is intended primarily for the use of students in schools or colleges and for lovers of all things useful and beautiful in wood turning. It aims by means of text and illustrations to give such facts about The Art of Wood Turning as are needed by students and teachers. In giving these facts, whenever there is a question between two methods of procedure, the one being the method of the factory expert in wood-turning, and the other the method of the art craftsman in the school, the latter has been employed. As a result it is sometimes true that a less direct method is recommended than is employed by the commercial turner, but this is justified on the ground of the purpose of the book, which is fundamentally educational.

Please note: This excellent PDF Reprint is a high-quality, electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in 1920s.

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The Shop
Tools and Equipment
Grinding and Sharpening
Starting Spindle Work
Roughing With a Gouge
The Parting Tool and Calipers
The Skew Used for Smoothing Cylinders
The Skew Chisel for V's and Beads
The Gouge Used for Turning Coves
Design
The Darning Ball
Sandpapering
Finishing
The Potato Masher
Indian Clubs
Dumb Bells
Screwdriver Handles
The Mallet
Gavels
The Rolling Pin
Bowls
The Napkin Ring
Picture Frames
Boxes
Combination Turning -- Candlesticks
Lamp Standard
Lathe Boring
Segment Work
Serving Tray
Collar Box
Button Box
Cheese and Cracker Dish
Sewing Set
Nut Set
Clock Casing
The Tea Wagon Wheel
Croquet Set
Long-Piece Turning -- The Four-Post Bed
The Floor Lamp
Woods Used In Turning
Don'ts
Shop Discipline
The Exhibit

PDF Reprint #2

82 Pages

Elementary Woodwork

Wood Turning

A classic textbook
prepared for the manual training
of students in technical schools and colleges

The object of this textbook is to place before students such information as will be of practical help to them in their work in wood turning.

It has been the writer's experience that students lose confidence and become nervous because of the mishaps that are sure to occur, especially in attempting certain forms often presented early in courses of this character; and for this reason these exercises have been arranged in such a way that the turning of beads and similar work is left until such time as the confidence of the pupil is fully established; in fact, until he has had considerable experience on the lathe in handling the principal tools in connection with the simpler forms.

The course and problems are those which students in elementary woodwork at the Lewis Institute are required to complete during the first course in shop work, and are so arranged that each successive lesson contains a new principle closely related to those in previous exercises.

The book is intended for class work, and should be supplemented by instructions and demonstrations given by an instructor in charge.

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PDF Reprint #3

205 Pages

A Practical Course in Wood Turning

A Practical Course in Wood Turning was a classic textbook for woodworking students in the early 20th century.

The ultimate aim of this book is to give, through the exercises and problems, a thorough understanding of the principles of wood turning by gradually developing the confidence of the student in the complete control of his tools, at the same time suggesting harmonious lines in design which will lead to other ideas in designing problems.

Stress is laid upon the proper use of tools, and the problems are presented in such a way that each exercise, or project, depends somewhat on the one preceding. The drawings show exact dimensions and are tabulated in the upper right-hand corner in such a way that they may be used in a filing case if desired.

The book has been divided into two parts: (A) Spindle Turning, and (B) Face-Plate Turning. The same order is followed in each part; the related information is supplied where required as the pupil progresses.

Part A takes up the following: (I) Exercises; (II) Models, involving the same tool processes, only in a somewhat different degree; (III) Oval Turning, explaining the use of two centers; (IV) Duplicate Turning, where identical pieces are turned.

Part B is arranged as follows: (I) Exercises; (II) Models, which are an application of cuts in exercises that involve only face-plate work; (III) Models, which require chucking; (IV) Assembling Exercises, involving spindle turning, face-plate work and chucking; (V) Spiral Turning, showing the method of turning a spiral on the lathe.

Please note: This excellent PDF Reprint is an illustrated e-text version of the actual book published in 1900s.

Contents Covered

• Introductory
  • Commercial and Educational Values of Wood Turning
  • Elements of Success
• The Lathe
  • Care of the Lathe
  • Speed of the Lathe
  • Method of Figuring the Diameter of Pulleys
  • Rules for Finding the Speeds and Sizes of Pulleys
  • Points on Setting up the Lathe and Shafting
• Wood Turning Tools
  • Grinding and Whetting Turning Tools
  • The Gouge
  • The Parting Tool
  • Scraping Tools
• Spindle Turning
  • Centering Stock
  • Clamping Stock in the Lathe
  • Adjusting the Tool Rest
  • Position of the Operator at the Lathe
  • Holding the Tools
  • Use of the Tools in Spindle Turning
• Tool Processes in Spindle Turning
  • The Roughing Cut
  • The Sizing Cut
  • The Smoothing Cut
  • Testing for Smoothness
  • Measuring for Length
  • Squaring Ends
  • Cutting Off
  • Shoulder Cuts
  • Taper Cuts
  • V Cuts-Concave Cuts
  • Convex Cuts
  • Combination Cuts
  • Chisel Handles
  • Mallets and Handles
  • Vise Handles
• Oval Turning
  • Tool Operations
• Duplicate Turning
  • Use of Measuring Stick
  • Use of Templets
• Finishing and Polishing
  • Ordinary Cabinet Finishing
  • French Polishing
  • Method of Applying French Polish
• Face-Plate and Chuck Turning
  • Methods of Fastening Stock
  • Small Single Screw Face-Plate
  • Large Surface Screw Face-Plate
  • Gluing to Waste Stock
  • Lathe Adjustments
  • Position of Tool Rest
• Tool Processes in Face-Plate and Chuck Turning
  • Straight Cuts
  • Roughing Off Corners
  • Calipering for Diameter
  • Smoothing Cut
  • Roughing Cut on the Face
  • Smoothing the Face
  • Laying Off Measurements
  • External Shoulders
  • Internal Shoulders
  • Taper Cuts
  • V Cuts
  • Concave Cuts
  • Convex Cuts
  • Combination Cuts
  • Use of Scraping Tools
  • Internal Boring
  • Turning a Sphere
• Spiral Turning
  • Single Spiral, Straight Shaft
  • Tapered Shaft
  • Double Spiral, Tapered Shaft
  • Double Spiral, Straight Shaft
  • Double Groove Spiral, Straight Shaft

PDF Reprint #4

77 Pages

Woodwork for Beginners

Fourth Edition

Written by a university Professor of Industrial Education, this classic woodworking textbook introduces all the basics about woodworking you will start with, using a great number of photo illustrations.

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Lumber Terms, Working Drawings and Estimating Stock

Laying-out Tools and Their Uses
The rule
Pencil and knife
The try-square
The framing square
The bevel
The marking gage
The dividers

Saws and Their Uses
Hand or crosscut-saw and rip-saw
Sawing with hand or crosscut-saw and with rip-saw
The back-saw

Planes and Their Adjustment; Face Side and Face Edge
Squaring-up Stock
Mill-marks
Methods of squaring-up stock
Squaring-up mill-planed Stock, first method
Squaring-up mill-planed stock, second method
Squaring-up rough stock
Planing a chamfer

Boring Tools and Their Uses; Chisels and Chiseling
Brace or bitstock
The auger-bit
The drill bit, awls and the gimlet bit
Countersink bit and screwdriver bit
Chisels
Chiseling
The gouge
Whetting Chisels and plane irons

Additional Tools and Appliances, and Their Uses
Sandpaper
Hammer and nailset
Nails and nailing
The screwdriver, screws and Fastening with screws
Clue and clamps
The spokeshave and working curved edges

Simple Joinery
Joinery and general directions
Directions for making a dado
Cross-lap joint
Directions for cross-lap joint

Wood Finishing
Materials for wood finishing
General directions for using brush
Simple finishes for close grained woods
Simple finishes for coarse grained woods
Painting

PDF Reprint #5 & #6

366 Pages in total

Elementary Woodworking Textbook

Original published in 1910s, this 2-volume-set woodworking textbook was "adapted to the needs of students in manual-training schools, or in any institution in which elementary woodwork is taught, whether as purely educational handwork, or as preparatory to a trade school course in carpentry". Even after a century, it remains an excellent reference book for anyone who wants to learn elementary woodworking.

Volume 1: Elements of Woodwork

This volume introduces the knowledge which every woodworker should possess regarding the care and use of his tools and the material upon which he employs them.

Whether an amateur, apprentice, or skilled workman, whether a carpenter, boat builder, pattern maker, or wood carver, the elementary knowledge of the construction of tools, of sharpening them, and of their adjustment and manipulation is practically the same. The structure of wood, and the necessity of applying its peculiarities of grain and texture to the advantage of the work in hand, also is the same upon all branches of woodwork.

While innumerable tools and cutting devices have been invented to enable the woodworker to accomplish special results economically both as to time and material, a study of them will prove that they all operate upon a few simple principles, a knowledge of which is not difficult to acquire, though skill and judgment in the application of the tools can be attained only by continuous and properly directed practice.

The actual use of tools may be considered the ABC of woodwork, as it bears the same relation to the finished product of the workman as the alphabet bears to literature, the space between the mere mechanical facility in the use of either tools or alphabet, being the result of the judgment, skill, and individuality of either the workman or the author.

Thus, if a student acquires the facility to use the tools described in this volume, he will have little difficulty in using other and more complex tools; and when he has mastered the principles of construction involved in the exercises explained in the next volume, Elements of Construction, and the correct use of the tools involved in making these, together with their applications and combinations, he has acquired the fundamental knowledge of all construction in wood.

Volume 2: Elements of Construction

This volume deals with the use of the common woodworking tools, the simple forms of construction used in fastening wood together, and the reading and understanding of simple drawings - all of which will be found of indispensable value, not only to the student of manual training, but to those who, either as amateurs or professionals, have anything to do with work of a mechanical nature.

The problems in elementary construction are intended to familiarize the student with their various uses, and one or more of these problems, bearing upon the work he is to do, should precede the undertaking of any really important work.

Students should be encouraged to create new models or exercises for themselves, following those shown only as a guide to the degree of difficulty or for suggestions as to methods of construction.

Please note: This excellent PDF Reprint is a high-quality, electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in 1910s.

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