Woodturning and Carving Classes
July Class Schedule
Woodturning - Phone to check on flexible class scheduling
Please bring bag lunch, facilities available to chill/heat food. .
Register early to ensure space. Payment due at time of registration.
For further class details please contact Dale Rouleau - (250) 331 9392
Beginner Woodturning class
Goal: Discover woodturning
Introduction to woodturning
Introduction to modern wood lathes
Lathe safety
Tools and their use
Introduction to sharpening
Various methods of attaching wood to the lathe
Basic woodturning cuts
Sanding methods
Finishing woodturning
Novice-Intermediate Woodturning
Goal: Improve woodturning skills
Learn how to rub the bevel and make clean cuts
Learn push and pull cuts
Introduce shear scraping
Introduce bowl chucking method
Learn how finish the base of a bowl
Sanding methods
Finishing methods
Introduction to proportion and proper forms
Advanced Woodturning
Goal: Clean shapes and cutting
Discuss proportion, shape and volume.
Sharpening free-hand
Clean cuts inside and outside of the shape
Natural edge bowls
Minimal sanding with clean cutting
Jam chucks and their use
Proper finishing of the base
Different finishes for different bowls
Introduction to turning green wood
Carving on Woodturning
Goal: Introduce carving on turning as decoration
Best shapes for carving
Design
Drawing
Carving tools and their use
Executing the design
Texturing
Species for carving
Developing your own ideas
Hollow Turning
Goal: Introduce hollow turning
Wood selection
Grain direction
Hollowing steps
Different hollowing tools and their use
Drilling
Straight tool
Curved hollowing tool
Wall thickness
Stationary sanding
Jam chucking a hollow form
Hollow form shapes
Sharpening
Goal: Learn how to sharpen all woodturning tools
Grinder selection
Grinder wheel selection
Balancing a grinder wheel
Producing a bur
Sharpening scrapers
Sharpening spindle tools
Sharpening bowl gouges
The importance of free-hand sharpening
Sharpening with a jig