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Learn to make hollow wooden vessels on a lathe in this intermediate-level woodturning class. The process is tricky because much of wood that needs to be removed is out of sight. This class will teach you the clever work-aroounds. To enroll in this class, you must have taken BARN's Introduction to Turning and Introduction to Bowl Turning classes or demonstrate equivalent experience (see below).
Hollow form turning is done with green wood, from a recently felled tree. You will learn how to select the section of a log best suited to turning into a hollow vessel. The instructor will provide blanks of green wood that have already been cut to size. You will then mount the blank on a lathe and turn the outside shape.
To create the interior recess, you will use hollowing tools that are sometimes called boring bars. Safety will be stressed.
The instructor will demonstrate how to finish-sand a completed vessel, but because green wood is being used, you will need to complete this step later, after the wood has dried. You can do this at home or in the BARN Woodworking Studio during open studio time.
Details:
- Students must have taken BARN's Introduction to Turning and Introduction to Bowl Turning classes, or demonstrated equivalent lathe safety and turning skills during a private studio session. If you have not taken these classes, contact Jamie Straw, (360) 551-9233, and arrange a review session at least 10 days before you register.
- Students must also have attended Orientation to the Woodshop before registering for this class.
- A materials fee of $15, to cover two bowl blanks (each approximately 6 to 8 inches in diameter) and shop supplies, will be added to the class fee when you register and pay.
Instructor: Brad Stave began working with wood at the age of 5 when he received his first toolbox. After graduating from college, he remained true to his heart. Brad realized that working with wood was not enough and wanted to share his love through teaching. Brad taught graphic arts in Mukilteo, WA, and then moved to Wyoming, where he taught woodworking to Arapaho and Shoshone Native American children in grades 3 to 8.
In 1985, Brad moved to California, where he started a new job and became a father of a baby daughter. Sensing her husband's need to find an avenue to work with wood, his wife, Silvia, bought him a wood lathe. And from that point on, Brad knew he had found his niche. Brad says, “Of all the creative endeavors I have pursued, wood turning has been the most rewarding, it is the pursuit of my heart.” In 2006 Brad moved back home to the Pacific Northwest, where Gig Harbor is now home.
