Michael O'Donnell

Using over 20 years experience, Michael O'Donnell makes this book a great guide to turning delicate bowls and goblets from wet wood. The basics of harvesting and choosing wood, grain orientation and technique are explained, as are sanding and finishing the projects. Six projects are described and illustrated in detail. The projects include: Cross-grained translucent bowl, Natural edge bowl, End grain bowl, and an end grain goblet.

Softcover: 135 pages

The Turning Green Wood Video shows the techniques used to turn green (wet) wood in detail. We get many questions on this subject, now you can find the answers in this video. Michael O'Donnell uses his 20 years experience to show projects made from a fresh green log. The projects include thin bowls, a goblet and natural edge bowls. Translucently thin turning is demonstrated along with making a bowl that is dried in a microwave before finishing.

Running Time: 108 minutes

From an internationally renowned turner who brought you "Turning Green Wood" comes an extremely practical guide to the process of woodturning. This new book covers materials, equipment and machinery, how to store timber, safety, tools, sanding and much more. Projects include a bowl, lamp, goblet, box and more. Even complex techniques are made simple with O'Donnell's logical step-by-step manner of instruction.