This beginner-friendly course includes six two-hour classes and provides plenty of hands-on practice in both tool sharpening and woodturning. No prior turning experience is required.

What You’ll Learn

Essential shop and lathe safety
How to harvest a tree and process its wood for turning
Proper wood storage techniques
Spindle turning and faceplate turning
How to make a center-finding jig
How to use chucks and faceplates
Sanding and finishing techniques
Principles of design and form, emphasized throughout the course

Tools Needed

Please bring a spindle roughing gouge, spindle gouge, bowl gouge, skew chisel, parting tool, and bowl scraper. Harbor Freight offers two starter sets: the lower-priced set has shorter handles and tempered-steel tools, while the higher-priced set offers high-speed steel and may be a better long-term choice.

Instructor: Stan Blanchard with assistance from Ed Golden

Join us and build the skills, confidence, and creative foundation to begin your woodturning journey!

Please only signup if you can attend all the classes

Fundamentals of Wood Turning