Swino
27th May 2012, 07:47 PM
Gold Coast Woodturners were lucky enough to have come along to the Club on several occasions over the past week since the Brissy Woodshow finished.
Tuesday and Thursday nights were the preliminary visits to see how our classes are run and to correct all of our mistakes.
Friday was the start of official proceedings with a day dedicated to the Tutors of the club. We spent the day going over the basics (we needed it) and how to teach what we were learning. I'm sure over the coming months all the Tutors will share their now improved skills with other club members.
Saturday was dedicated to the beginners of the Club and focused on learning the basic spindle turning techniques. All of the attendees all boasted of their improved confidence with the Skew. The added bonus was that fixed all of the Club's skews - from something that wouldn't cut butter to peeling cuts.
Sunday was a day for the more experienced turners of the club. Until the morning none of the attendees knew what was coming. I must admit I was afraid that some might just pack up an walk out. The project for the day was the trembleur. First task before turning on the lathe was to make a string steady for every lathe. A process line quickly formed and the Steadies were knocked up in no time. The rest of the day was taken up first by turning a morse taper to drive the piece and then turning the Trembleur inch by inch. There were no plans in relation to design. Mine was based around turning projects (spot the honey dipper, mushroom and sad looking pawn). Several of us had breakages along the way. Mine unfortunately snapped while parting it off the lathe :( but it ended up with 's help gluing fairly successfully. We all left the day with improved confidence and an eagerness to put another stick in the lathe and have another go.
Tuesday and Thursday nights were the preliminary visits to see how our classes are run and to correct all of our mistakes.
Friday was the start of official proceedings with a day dedicated to the Tutors of the club. We spent the day going over the basics (we needed it) and how to teach what we were learning. I'm sure over the coming months all the Tutors will share their now improved skills with other club members.
Saturday was dedicated to the beginners of the Club and focused on learning the basic spindle turning techniques. All of the attendees all boasted of their improved confidence with the Skew. The added bonus was that fixed all of the Club's skews - from something that wouldn't cut butter to peeling cuts.
Sunday was a day for the more experienced turners of the club. Until the morning none of the attendees knew what was coming. I must admit I was afraid that some might just pack up an walk out. The project for the day was the trembleur. First task before turning on the lathe was to make a string steady for every lathe. A process line quickly formed and the Steadies were knocked up in no time. The rest of the day was taken up first by turning a morse taper to drive the piece and then turning the Trembleur inch by inch. There were no plans in relation to design. Mine was based around turning projects (spot the honey dipper, mushroom and sad looking pawn). Several of us had breakages along the way. Mine unfortunately snapped while parting it off the lathe :( but it ended up with 's help gluing fairly successfully. We all left the day with improved confidence and an eagerness to put another stick in the lathe and have another go.