Turned Boxes: 50 Designs
Small boxes are amongst the most attractive and marketable of all turned items. Stott offers 50 projects to practised turners looking for creative ideas to help develop their abilities, using both native and exotic timbers to maximise the striking colours and grain patterns available. Further inspiration is provided by other leading turners including Allan Batty, Kip Christensen, and Ray Key.\ \ \ Small boxes are amongst the most attractive of all turned items and...
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Fifty projects, showcasing an incredible richness of shapes and styles, will appeal to turners who have mastered the basics and long to expand their range of techniques. Among the highlights: graceful teardrop, Japanese lantern, skep or beehive, onion-top, and mosque boxes. Each design comes with a working drawing (usually full-size) and color photographs. Bonus: a gallery of works by leading turners. Library Journal Turned boxes are some of the most popular and attractive projects that can be made using a lathe. A professional turner, Stott offers a collection of 50 wooden boxes that are remarkable both for their beauty and for their diverse design. After the obligatory tool and wood sections (which are excellent), Stott presents ideas for designing and marketing boxes and shows several methods of finishing them. The boxes range from plain (appropriately called the "simple box") to fancy (one example is evocative of the Space Needle in Seattle). Each design includes instructions, color photos, and a measured drawing with both imperial and metric dimensions. A gallery with boxes made by five leading turners rounds out this title (work by Richard Raffan isn't included, which is unfortunate since his Turning Boxes with Richard Raffan is the standard on this subject). Stott's title is the perfect mate to Raffan's since its forte is design, while Raffan excels at teaching turning technique. This, Stott's first book, is excellent and should be part of public library woodworking collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
ForewordviiiIntroductionixPart ITechnique and InspirationA brief history of turned boxes1A woodturner's life3Safety in the workshop9Tools and machinery11Timber and other materials18Deciding what to make31Inspiration and where to find it34Decorating boxes35Finishes for boxes39Displaying your work43Common faults44Part II50 Turned Boxes1Simple box482Chinese hat box523Onion-top box544Finial box565Easy box586Spherical box607Vase box628Beaded-lid box649Zebrano box6810Yew box7011Elegant box7212Square-lidded box7413Pill box7614Teardrop box7815Ginger jar8016Collector's box8217Mosque box8418Egg box8619Ball box8820Yew saucer9021Footed box9222Mushroom box9423Apple box9624Saturn box9825Japanese lantern box10026Pagoda box10227Bird-box ornament10428Bird box10629Finial egg box10830Tipsy boxes 1 and 211031Trinket box11232Seattle Tower box11433UFO box11634Galaxy box11835Clam box12036Skep or beehive box12237Inset-lid box12438Double-decker box12639Four-stack box12840Commissionaire box13041Top hat box13242Bowler hat box13443Jockey cap box13644Acorn box13845Picture-frame insert box14046Three-centre spire box14247Lattice-lidded box14448Doughnut box14649Off-centre oddity box14850Flask box150Part IIIA Gallery of Turned BoxesAllan Batty154Kip Christensen158Michael Hosaluk162Ray Key166Hans Joachim Weissflog170Metric conversion chart174About the author175Index176
\ Library JournalTurned boxes are some of the most popular and attractive projects that can be made using a lathe. A professional turner, Stott offers a collection of 50 wooden boxes that are remarkable both for their beauty and for their diverse design. After the obligatory tool and wood sections (which are excellent), Stott presents ideas for designing and marketing boxes and shows several methods of finishing them. The boxes range from plain (appropriately called the "simple box") to fancy (one example is evocative of the Space Needle in Seattle). Each design includes instructions, color photos, and a measured drawing with both imperial and metric dimensions. A gallery with boxes made by five leading turners rounds out this title (work by Richard Raffan isn't included, which is unfortunate since his Turning Boxes with Richard Raffan is the standard on this subject). Stott's title is the perfect mate to Raffan's since its forte is design, while Raffan excels at teaching turning technique. This, Stott's first book, is excellent and should be part of public library woodworking collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
