Thread: Bill Jones videos

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

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.

I have a couple of woodturning magazines. I'll have to flick through them again

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

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 !!!

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