"In 'The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning', professional woodturner and woodturning instructor Jim Rodgers provides the most up-to-date guide for any woodturner trying his hand at segmented woodturning. With an emphasis on visual instruction, 'The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning' offers the new segmenter with a simple, accessible introduction to the established practices while providing advanced segmenters with all the new techniques that have emerged due to the growing popularity of the craft. Starting with the basics, 'The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning' covers the essentials of tools, the steps of construction, and critical technique of accurate segment cutting before moving on to ring segmented and open segmented turning. Also covered for todays segmented woodturners are simple design enhancements to dress up any project, a bowl-from-a-board project that utilizes lamination to create mind-blowing designs, and fun techniques for simple and fast segmented pens and vessels that utilize scrap wood and can be completed in a small amount of spare time. Anyone interested in or currently engaged in the satisfying craft of segmented woodturning wont find a more current, complete, or accessible guide than 'The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning'."
Jim Rodgers, a professional teacher and woodturner, has been teaching woodturning for almost two decades as director of the Diablo Woodturning Center in Pleasant Hill, CA. The author of two woodturning books and countless articles about woodturning, he is long-time member of the American Association of Woodturners and the past president of the Bay Area Woodturners Association and the Segmented Woodturners. His online classes in segmentation for Craftsy. com have more than 1,200 current students. He'll be appearing as a demonstrator and panelist at the 2016 Segmenting Symposium in Boston, MA.
"Thoroughly user-friendly in organization and presentation, 'The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning' is very highly recommended for both personal, high school wood shop, and community library Woodworking instructional reference collections." Midwest Book Review
