The Art of Metal Spinning:
A Step-By-Step Guide to Hand-Spinning
by Paul G. Wiley
ISBN 0-9752900-0-2
First Published 2004 by
Paul G. Wiley
87 Iron Hill Rd.
New Britain, PA 18901-5324
© Paul G. Wiley 2004
I have just written and published a metal spinning workshop companion, The Art of Metal Spinning:
A Guide to Hand-Spinning. The book is 8 1/2" x 11" spiral bound (click the thumbnail below to view
cover) making it easy to lay flat on your workbench. The 72 page book has over 150 b&w photos and
is easy to follow. Topics include; safety issues, metals used in spinning, tools and equipment setups and
how to make maple chucks and followers. Step-by-step projects include spinning a small aluminum
bowl in three different heights, spheres, bezels, straight-sided spinnings and trumpeted shapes, and a
chapter on making a large post lantern top in three different sections. In the last chapter I introduce
hollow spinning and spinning on air. I didn't leave anything out when I wrote this book; every trick I
know for spinning basic shapes is all in these pages.
$22.95 plus $7.05 priority mail boxed shipping with confirmation. Canada add $2, Great
Britain add $4.
Please send check or money order to: Paul Wiley, 87 Iron Hill
Road, New Britain, PA 18901, or pay through PayPal through the links below.
Direct wholesale or institutional inquiries to pawiley@comcast.net
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