Mike Darlow's books
john lucas
Mike is an interesting person. If you ask him what time it is he will tell you how to build a clock. His books are so full of information it's mind boggling. A good example is the section on skews. You will know more than you ever thought you needed to know after reading through this. And several years later you will learn more because you didn't absorb it all the first time.
I find them very hard to read because of this detail, however I also find them invaluable. I haven't looked at them in years but pulled them out last night. Incredible. If you don't come up with some ideas on new things to turn, or new ways to turn then your missing the boat. The thing is you have to go back and reread them every now and then because your skills and where you are in turning keep changing so things that didn't interest you years ago will now be the most fascinating. See now I'm doing it by making one long sentence where 2 would have done nicely. They are almost like textbooks where you need to take notes and write up what you want to do with that info. There is a fantastic chapter on captured rings. I may go out and make one of those tools today.
