Woodturning Introductions
Woodturning Experience Day
Enjoy trying the craft of woodturning and leave with three completed projects with no previous experience necessary! Dates are bookable up to 9 months in advance. New dates added: 21st September and 30th November 2024.
Our Woodturning Experience Day offers an unmatched, hands-on adventure that’s both thrilling and engaging. Guided by top experts, Martin Saban-Smith and Les Thorne, you’ll swiftly master the art of woodturning and start creating shavings in no time. By the end of the day, you’ll proudly take home three masterpieces crafted by your own hands.
We’ve taken care of everything for you—turners smock, tools, and even lunch. Your only task is to arrive and relish an incredible day of creativity and learning.
Begin by crafting a beautiful bud vase, mounting it to the lathe, and using gouges to shape it before finishing it to a super shine.
This is a fantastic project to learn the basics of how woodturning tools work.
Who doesn’t love a nice pen? The second project on this course involves making an elegant pen similar to the one shown here. Pens make excellent gifts, so perhaps if you were gifted the course, you could gift the pen, or the bowl back.
After lunch, get to grips with the dynamic process of turning your first wooden bowl!
Your bowl will be finished using a food-safe product that enables you to use the piece for snack-type items when the finish has cured properly.
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A non-refundable deposit of 30% of the booking total is due at the time of booking unless you are booking within 14 days of the course in which case, the full balance is due. After deposit payment has been made, an invoice for the balance will be sent which will be due no less than 14 days prior to the course. See our Terms and Conditions for full details.
What next?
After payment, we will send you all the information you need to join the course on the date you booked.
*Minimum Numbers.
In the rare occurrence that there are fewer than three students enrolled on the course 7 days prior to the booked date, we may not run the course. If this is the case, will contact you and offer you an alternative date or a full refund.
More Information
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Your Day Includes:
- A place on a group of up to 5 students
- Timber
- Use of machinery
- Use of Tools (You can bring your own)
- Use of any consumables or other
- Lunch at the onsite coffee shop
- Refreshments
- PPE and Insurance -
Timings
- 9.00am: Meet for a meet and greet coffee at the Tree House Coffee Shop at the Garden Centre.
- 9.30am: Start to make shavings!
- 12.30pm: Back to the coffee shop for lunch
- 1.00pm: More shavings to complete the project pieces
- 4.00pm: End of the day. Be prepared for the day to overrun to give everyone time to finish their pieces. -
Tools Used
-Spindle Roughing Gouge
- 3/8″ Bowl Gouge
- 3/8″ Spindle Gouge
- Diamond Parting Tool
- French Curve Scraper
- Les Thorne Multi Purpose Tool
- Inertia and Powered Bowl Sanders
- Sanding Sealer
- Finishing Wax
- Finishing Oils -
Crown Hand Tools
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Hampshire Sheen
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Dalmann Timber