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Raffan
Ir(I5'ITheTauntonPress
Front-cover photos by Susan Kahn
Front-cover inset photo by John Kelsey
Back-cover inset photo by Charley Robinson
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©1991 by The Taunton Press, Inc.
All rights reserved
First printing: 1991
Second printing: 1994
Third printing: 1995
Fourth printing: 2003
Fifth printing: 2010
Printed in China
A Fine Woodworking Book
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Raffan, Richard.
Turning projects / Richard Raffan.
p. cm.
“A Fine woodworking book” — T.p. verso.
Includes index.
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-60085-528-3
1. Turning. I. Title.
TT201.R338 1990 90-49026
674’.8—dc20 CIP
Contents
Introductio.n...........1.. ........... 3.Ho llowingE nd Grain ............7..4. ..........
1.Ce nte rwo rk ...................4. . .... LittlBeo wls ............7..8. ..........
Spurtles. ...........1..0. .......... Scoops ............8..4. ..........
Spatulas ....................1....6. PlantF onns ............9..4. ..........
Rollers. .................2....0.. . TallV ases. .....................1 .0.0.
Carver's Mall.e.t.s. ........2..6. .........P.e pper M ills. ...........1..0.6.. ........
Meat Mallets.. ...........3.0.. .........4 .Fa cework ................1.1..4. .....
Big & Solid. ..................3....6 . . Boards ............1..1.8.. ........
Long & Thin .............4..2. ......... Trivet.s. ..........1..2.6.. ........
Loose Rings. ......................5. .0 BottleC oasters. ....................1 ..3.2.
2.Cu ttingE nd Grain. ..................5 ..2. ... Trays. ...........1..3.8.. ........
54 ..1.4 4
Beads ......................... Hand Mirrors. .....................
LargeS pheres. ....................6..4. . Hollow Vessels.. ............1..5..0. ......
Spinning Top.s. ..............6..8. ...... Ladles. ...........1..6.0.. ........
. ........1..6.8
Index ........... ..
Introduction
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goopdl afinun.A ss treaomfce urrssl hya vinagnsda ,b ove,a nae lnljoywaabyol fep assing
ands mooftlho,w fiornmgse meragsei b fy thtei me,ift o bprer oofrir te laxation.
magiyco,uc amna kyeo uraslekllif n odfs
usduolru ttefrrlilyvo ous abnidpt ise ces.U nttihlce r arfetv iovfta hl1e 79 0,st hlea the
remaipnreidm aart iolofyrolt hrea pid
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experioeftn hcceer aBfutbt.y m aking macnoym ponteonb tes usseedw heeilrnte h e
oft hdee siignncsl udebdy t hhheeu rned redw,o odworiknidnugs Ttrraideist.i onally,
andof ttehno usIad nedv,e lompoesodtfm y apprenlteiacrense tdr atbdhyeue n dertaking
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demand tmeocrhen ainqdpu ree ciFsoiro n.c ontdrraasmta twiictathlh ley olnaetesr,
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ofe acphr ojyeocutd',el vle loovepr all necesFsoaerrx ya.m pyloeum, i gehxtp erience
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stywlieel mle greE.v etriym yeo us eetko soo,ns eorIp refteocr o ncenotnrf arotmae n d
repeoantep artidceutloaarifr ael t uirnfe va or proporGtriaopinan.t taenrdnc so laorre
ofa not,hy eorum'olvlfe ra thaelro ynogu orw n mostulsye fauttl hp eo ianntdt imoefs ale.
stylpiasttFhio.cl lyoowud re siignnc linatWihoennps o ssiIfb olceou,ns tqhuea loift y
firasntdm, a kyeo ujrug dmenltast Yeoru. mateyroiusa lh ouclhdo oosrae v ofiodar
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thainni solation. waxt reatampepnltai se dlt ahteih rse u nning.
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