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pete ryalls
12-30-2008, 6:17 AM
I found this book "A Course In Wood Turning"
The Bruce Publishing Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1919


thought people might be interested

the plans are very detailed
would sure help with some of the designs for bowls,boxes and candlesticks


http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15460

Jeff Nicol
12-30-2008, 6:31 AM
Pete, I for one am a very fond of old books about mecanical and building! It looks like if the rest of the layouts are as nice as the posted pic it will help you in your designs and turning techniques! Great find!

Have a geat New Year!

Jeff

Rick Prosser
12-30-2008, 8:50 AM
Nice find - and it's free!:)

Pete Jordan
12-30-2008, 9:00 AM
Thanks Pete!

It looks interesting.

Peter Lamb
12-30-2008, 9:40 AM
A couple of months ago I was lucky to purchase one from Amazon. Great piece of turning history to say nothing about the authors.

Jack Gaskins
05-06-2010, 7:23 PM
Thanks for the link.

Robert Parrish
05-06-2010, 7:43 PM
Thanks, Pete. I just downloaded the book.

Bill Bulloch
05-06-2010, 7:43 PM
I think they sell that on ebay. Oh, and I always take my suit coat off too, while turning.

Steve Vaughan
05-06-2010, 10:00 PM
Thanks for the link. Loved chapter IV Figure 3. However, I have to admit, that as a pastor, I have actually sneaked in a brief turning session between places to be almost dressed like that :cool:!

Bert Solis
05-06-2010, 10:48 PM
Great looking material, and best of all is free to download, HTML, made it to my favorites, will look closely and learn from this.
Thanks for sharing

Paul Atkins
05-07-2010, 1:06 AM
I've been asked to make 5 gavels and I wasn't sure 2" material was thick enough - now I know how 'they used to do it'.

Steve Schlumpf
05-07-2010, 9:14 AM
Nice find Pete!

For those of you interested in old-school turning, check out these links for more free books. Some great history as well as ideas!

http://books.google.com/books?id=Z5gBAAAAYAAJ

http://books.google.com/books?id=jNw3AAAAMAAJ

http://books.google.com/books?id=fto5AAAAMAAJ

http://books.google.com/books?id=I7ZAAAAAIAAJ