About
Make two bowls 6” to 7” in diameter as you build woodturning skills and learn techniques and insights for bowl turning.
About this Class
The best (and most fun) way to hone your bowl-turning skills is to use green wood for the blanks. In this class, you will turn two green-wood bowls, working on smooth and efficient cuts.
In the first session, you will learn the best bowl shape for a novice turner, how to safely mount the blank on the lathe, and how to use a scroll chuck and bowl gouge. You also will learn how to maintain even wall thickness, and how to treat the bowl to prevent cracking while it dries.
In the second session, in addition to turning a second bowl, you will learn the basics about balancing grain and which Northwest woods are best for turning.
By successfully completing these two sessions and turning two bowls, you will 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.
While oriented to novice turners, this class also is appropriate and useful for experienced turners who have predominantly used scrapers and wish to acquire or improve their gouge skills.
(Photograph by Joy McCallister Photography)
Details
Wear safety glasses and closed-toe shoes, tie back long hair, and avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry. We recommend bringing your own safety glasses.
Prerequisites
- Open to students who have taken BARN's Intro to Woodturning class or demonstrated equivalent lathe safety and turning skills during a private studio session, which you can arrange by contacting Jamie Straw, (360) 551-9233, at least 10 days before this class.
- Students also must have completed Orientation to the Woodshop, Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1, and Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2. Multiple sessions are listed on the Woodworking Calendar. Log in to your BARN account and click on "My event registrations" to ensure you will have completed the required prerequisites before this class begins.
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Instructor
Jamie Straw has been turning wood for several years, working on both spindle and bowl projects, and has taught woodturning at BARN since July 2017. She also serves as coordinator of BARN’s woodturning classes. She is past vice president for education and training for the local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. Her focus is on helping students build skills progressively as they design and create their woodturning projects.
