| | |  | Wood Turning Books, VHS & DVDs | Home » » Useful Beauty: Turning Practical Items on a Wood Lathe (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers) | | | | | | | Description: | | Dick Sing has directed his creative wood turning skills to the design of six attractive projects with variations. Three variations of bottle stoppers and decorative jar lids can transform the practical into the beautiful. The weed vase and the small mirror can make charming gifts; the spinning top and baby rattle will delight any young child. Instructions for each project along with step-by-step photographs make these fun projects easy to learn and fun to do. Variations provide a challenge for the more experienced turners,and a gallery with numerous examples encourages the adventurous to experiment. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780887408519
• Condition: Used - Good
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Dick Sing | | Paperback:
| 57 pages | | Publisher:
| Schiffer Pub Ltd | | Publication Date:
| 1995-08 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0887408516 | | Product Length:
| 11.01 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.27 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.7 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.94 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.27 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.31 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Fun ProjectsSep 07, 2005
By Alan Dale Daniel
The author (D. Sing) really likes his work. It shows in this book. He has put together a lot of just fun to do projects that still have usefullness beyond beauty.
My only real complaint about the book is it isn't always easy to understand how to construct the project. Some of the turing can be tricky, and there needs to be more explanation on some of these turnings.
One problem I have found with most "how to" books is the person writing the book really has a knack for this kind of work. They just breeze through painting, drawing, wood working, wood turning etc and often just can't recongnize what the problems are for those of us who do not have the built in knack. And, of course the person has been doing these projects for years and can do a lot of basic things by eye or they just "know" how to hold the skew (or paint brush or whatever). This book suffers somewhat from that problem. What is just no big deal or not even thought about by Mr. Sing is very hard for me to do.
Overall, a good book with a lot of fun projects.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Useful BeautyJun 01, 2007
By Jean McNally
"wood genie"
I found this book to be interesting and informative. It had some good suggestions for, as it says, useful beauty. Although most books are on the how to's only, this book did include design ideas. However, the items were not all that unknown and different, so I found myself interested more in the technique he used than in the ideas themselves. I think it is a good beginner book but not really interesting to a more experienced turner.
Useful Beauty: Turning Practical Items on a Wood LatheFeb 15, 2008
By Grant Fetters
"Bigsqueze"
I like this book because it shows how in pictures. As a new turnner this book was not to simple and not to complex either. A nice addition to the collection and for refference.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Nice general instruction in a good and well organized bookMay 20, 2007
By Kevin L. Cradic
Dick Sing is one of the better woodturners that can explain things to my level as an average person. I like them!
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
useful beauty: turning practical on a woodlatheJan 04, 2007
By Hans Peter Endress
i thouch it was a very good book and come in handy
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