“Brown and Round” Turning A Bowl From Green Wood - 9am-1pm - Jerry Warner
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Jerry W Warner
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First Saturday Brown and Round: Turning A Bowl From Green Wood
This class is designed for people who have some basic experience on how to use a bowl gouge and have turned at least one bowl. At the beginning students will see a demonstration of how to prepare a bowl blank from green wood. Following this, each student will be provided a green wood bowl blank with a diameter of 6 to 8 inches. The first step will be showing students how to mount their bowl blank. The goal is to mount the blank so that growth rings are symmetrically arranged in the bottom of the finished bowl. The primary tool to be used is a bowl gouge. We will begin by demonstrating how to sharpen the tool and by sharpening it if necessary. Once this is done the instructor will demonstrate how to turn a bowl. During this demonstration, students will be instructed on how they are to present the tool to the wood. They will then start the turning process as instructed by the instructor. Since this is a green wood bowl, they will rough turn the blank to approximately 1" to 3/4" thick with the tenon in place. Once this stage is completed the bowl should be placed in a brown paper bag and put away to dry for 3-4 months. Following this drying period they will remove the rough turned bowl from the bag and finish turning it. The instructor will demonstrate how this is done.
Tools required: Bowl gouge, detail gouge, round nose scraper (optional). You may use the tools provided by the Guild or you may bring your own. If you plan to purchase tools before the class I recommend that you consider a 5/8" bowl gouge and a 1/2" detail/spindle gouge offered by Thompson Lathe Tools. Equally good tools may also be purchased from Oneway, D-Way, Robust, etc. Most come without handles so you will need to make or purchase handles for your tools.
Skill Level: Novice to intermediate.
Pre-requisite: Must have completed the Introduction to Woodturning and the OVWG Learning Center; Read and be familiar with AAW Lathe Safety Guidelines and the Glossary of Woodturning Terms (available on the OVWG website in the document library)
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