About
Important Notice: Students must have completed the prerequisite listed below.
Turn two bowls 6 to 7 inches in diameter in this class — essentially a semi-private lesson, with one instructor or teaching assistant for each two students. You'll turn green wood, which is the easiest and most fun way to hone bowl-turning skills.
Session 1: Learn the best bowl shape for a novice turner, how to safely mount a blank on the lathe, and how to use a scroll chuck and bowl gouge for smooth and efficient cuts. Learn how to maintain even wall thickness, and how to treat the bowl to prevent cracking while it dries.
Session 2: Turn a second bowl. Learn the basics of balancing grain and which Northwest woods are best for turning.
By successfully completing these two sessions and turning two bowls, you'll have a good understanding of the process and techniques, and be qualified to turn bowls of this size independently during Open Studio in the Woodworking Studio. You'll be provided with a third bowl blank to turn.
Details
Experience level: While oriented to novice turners, this class also is appropriate and useful for experienced turners who have predominantly used scrapers and wish to improve their gouge skills.
Details
A $30 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you'll need.
Prerequisites
You must have taken
Intro to Woodturning and practiced the skills, or demonstrated equivalent lathe safety and turning skills during a private skills review, which you can arrange by emailing Jamie Straw at wood.turning@bainbridgebarn.org at least seven days before this class.
