Full Detailed Description

This is a beginning Turning course of six 2 hour classes. There will be an emphasis on lots of practice sharpening and turning. Basic concepts to be covered are safety, harvesting a tree, processing the wood from the tree, and storing of wood.

The following topics will be covered : spindle turning, making a center finding jig, use of chucks, faceplates/faceplate turning, sanding and finishing will also be discussed. Design and form will be emphasized at each class.

Tools needed:

Spindle and roughing gouge, spindle gouge, bowl gouge, skew chisel, parting tool, and bowl scrapper. (Harbor Frieght has 2 stater set available: less expensive has short handles and tempered steel and the more expensive is better and has high speed steel). The book " A Lesson Plan for Wood Turning" will be followed and is included with the course tuition.

John Kingsley will be assisting Stan.

Please only signup if you can attend all the classes

Fundamentals of Wood Turning