STOBART DAVIES BOOKS

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BEYOND BASIC TURNING Off Centre, Segmented Coopered & Laminated Work by Jack Cox 0-85442-058-4 £16.95
Here are designs and techniques for producing fine pieces of turned work. It includes delicate patterns on bowls, goblets, pots, platters, trophies etc. Over 350 drawings and photographs illustrate the procedures and show a wide range of finished work. "An excellent book..." Woodturning.

THE COMMERCIAL WOODS OF AFRICA K Wilson & D White ISBN: 0-85442-098-3 £27.50
A full colour photograqh is included of each of the 90 species covered in this new book. Each entry provides relevant data for the tree, the wood's grain and pattern, and physical properties such as density, bending strength, durbility, shrinkage, etc. together with a full list of common uses and applications. Invaluable for all theose concerned with the timber trade, and for woodworkers and others considering investigating African sources of wood.

DOMESTIC UTENSILS OF WOOD Owen Evan-Thomas ISBN: 0-85442-052-5 £19.95
A reprint of the 1930's classic sumptuously illustrated with full page b/w plates of treen and utensils, including wassail bowls and drinking vessels, nutcrackers, pipes, snuff boxes, spoons and platters.

FUNDAMENTALS OF WOODTURNING Mike Darlow ISBN: 0-85442-074-6 £19.95
A superb full-colour book covering virtually all you need to excel at this most absorbing craft. Mike Darlow gives up-to-date and comprehensive information on the techniques likely to be encountered in all methods of turning and sound professional advice on current tools and equipment.

THE ART OF SEGMENTED WOOD TURNING A Step-by-Step Guide Malcolm Tibbetts ISBN 0-85442-135-1 £18.95
The definitive text on segmented turning. Tibbetts discusses various types of construction, staved, and ring design as well as the difference between inlaid and segmented lamination. Step-by-step instructions give detailed explanations on how to proceed with this highly visual form of turning. Includes which woods to use, glue types, creating a blueprint for your work, building a vessel, shortcuts, building a stave constructed vessel, and building an Indian blanket design ring.

NEW! WOODEN BOWL The Archaeology of the Wooden Bowl in Britain and the Techniques of Traditional Turning Robin Wood £24.95
Few people today realise that for over a thousand years people of all social levels ate and drank from wooden bowls, plates, and cups, until the introduction of cheap, mass produced pottery led to the rapid decline in domestic woodenware. Robin Wood’s superlative, comprehensive study of these objects of great beauty plots the history of bowlturning from the Iron Age to the 1950’s. Detailed practical instructions are included on building a pole lathe, the raw material, turning a replica medieval star bowl and Mary Rose plate, turning a nest of bowls, and drying and finishing. This highly illustrated reference book will appeal to historians, collectors, and craftsmen alike.

TURNED CHESSMEN Mike Darlow ISBN 0-85442-115-7 £19.95
The fifth book in Mike Darlow’s colour woodturning series, and the first of the series’ project books. It describes the history, design, and making of turned - particularly wood - chessmen. It will be invaluable to collectors of chess sets, chess players wishing to know more about the history of the game and pieces, and woodworkers who want to make chessmen. Turned Chessmen also includes practical chapters on how to design, turn and carve chessmen, and a gallery of recent chess sets, with ten accurate drawings which can be copied to make chess sets.

WOODTURNING DESIGN Mike Darlow ISBN: 0-85442-0967 £24.95
The fourth in Mike's woodturning series, this new book tackles head-on the concept and process of design. More than 500 colour photos and drawings from worldwide sources complement the comprehensive text.

WOODTURNING METHODS Mike Darlow ISBN: 0-85442-086-X £19.95
Includes over 400 photographs and drawings in full colour. Clearly explained methods guide you through a host of special techniques, exploring chucking, spindle turning, turning slender spindles, turning spheres, eccentric turning, multi-axis turning, turning ellipses, drilling in the lathe and woodturning history.

WOODTURNING TECHNIQUES Mike Darlow ISBN: 0-85442-0924 £19.95
Full colour with over 400 illustrations covering a host of techniques detailing spindle and cupchuck work, and faceplate and bowl turning. There is a major chapter on threading and another on grinding tools accurately. And there are new items of equipment, most of which can be easily made. An essential book from this world-famous wood turning author.

WORLD WOODS IN COLOUR W A Lincoln ISBN: 0-85442-028-2 £29.95
This indispensable reference work contains full colour illustrations (135x95mm) of 275 timbers from all over the world. Each is annotated with commercial and botanical names, distribution, general description, mechanical properties, seasoning, working properties, durability and a full ranges of uses for each wood.