Nick Cook turns a magnolia bowl,
while the Discovery Channel's
Lynette Jennings watches.

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Nick Cook has been featured in several articles in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has written many articles for the American Woodturner and the Woodworker's Journal. Here are just a few articles and useful papers that Nick has put together. Please check back as additional papers will be added to this page in the future.

• Rings & Things* -This ringholder is one of the projects Nick will teach in the Youth Turning Room at the AAW symposium in 2008
• Stool School* -start with an easy three legged stool and work your way up to four legs
• Brush Up on Your Turning* - learn to turn handles for bristle tuft brushes for dusting, basting, and more
• 20 Ways to Master Spindle Turning* -here are 20 tips, including pitfalls to avoid, to help you become a spindle master
• Sheffield Steel* - learn about Sheffield, England, home to the manufacturers of most of your favorite lathe tools
• 20 Ways Not to Turn a Bowl* - addresses the major don'ts of bowl turning, as well as many of the do's
• Two-bit Project* - a stately project combines collections of quarters and trees to create paperweights
• Playing with Fire* - techniques for making a burned rim bowl or platter
• Threaded Lid Acorn* - learn Willard Baxter's technique for making a threaded acorn-shaped box using a threading jig
• Holiday Angel* - it just takes one good turn for these Christmas Angels to get their wings
• Baby Rattles* - find out how easy it is to create a family heirloom
• Pepper Mill* - it's a new grind
• 'Tis the Season - turning an easy snowman Christmas ornament
• Pencil Pusher - making pencils without a kit
• Tea Lights - turning candle holders
• Sweet Dreams - turning bedposts
• Bleaching Wood-turned Vessels
• How to Succeed at Craft Shows
• So You Want to Sell Your Stuff - outline from marketing seminar
• Spindle Turning - notes on spindle turning

*Reprinted with permission from American Association of Woodturners. If necessary, download Adobe Reader to view these articles.