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QuarkVI
5th September 2016, 05:40 PM
These have recently been put up on Youtube and thought I would share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2G3LHZNiuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbh_LRYQXdo (multiple parts to this but with similar title)

If nothing else look at the last two minutes of the first one to see how big elephant tusks were/are.

It was great to be able to see him doing what he describes so poetically in his books. For those of you interested in the books you will need to hunt the second hand bookshops for them - I was fortunate to find two from an online second book shop

https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Jones-Notes-Turning-Shop/dp/1861080174
https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Jones-Further-Notes-Turning/dp/1861080360

cheers
Robin

BamBam53
5th September 2016, 08:48 PM
Thanks for sharing Robin.

I used to enjoy his articles in Woodturning magazine. I bought both books back in 1998 for $25 each at Dymocks in Sydney. The prices on Amazon are a lot higher now.

Michael

Simplicity
5th September 2016, 08:55 PM
Mr turning cow boy.
I hope you see this.
I also hope you haven't lost his book I leant you.
You know who and a lot of people here.
And I can recommend the book it's a great bedside table read.

DaveTTC
5th September 2016, 09:39 PM
I have a couple of woodturning magazines. I'll have to flick through them again

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

smiife
5th September 2016, 09:56 PM
Hi robin,
Thank you so much for sharing this with us
What a fantastic man, so interesting to watch him
in action , i am going to watch it all over again,
I doubt you would ever see someone with such
skills these days,, wow what a workshop !!!

powderpost
6th September 2016, 09:15 PM
I have been a admirer of Bill Jones and Frank Pain, both pretty much the last of the professional hand turners. Bill was a "bone grubber" while Frank was a traditional wood turner, both were experts in their own filed. What is more distressing is that I was in England when Bill was still with us and did not get to meet him. It was because of Bil Jones's writings that I bought a pair of thread chasers, it looked a simple process. After many failed attempts I threw those two tools into the cupboard in the shed. That was about 15 years ago. Five years ago when in Melbourne, I was talking about this to . He handed me a book of magazine articles written by Bill, that re-kindled the fire. So I can say that Bill Jones taught me how to chase threads.

Jim