Woodturning Classes
Beginning Woodturning Classes
10 minutes outside of Grass Valley or Nevada City
Prior experience in woodturning is not required. The class is designed for beginners, those who are early in the process, or individuals with some experience but who can benefit from a "restart" in the woodturning journey.
The class will include discussion of equipment, tool selection and sharpening, tool control and safety at the lathe.
On day one in addition to the above, each student will be hands-on on their lathe with focus initially on spindle turning or "between center" turning and will finish the first day with typically 2-3 completed projects.
The second day will move to face turning--using a chuck to hold the wood so that it can be reversed to enable carving the interior of a bowl. Each will leave with one or more bowls they have turned.
All can anticipate leaving well grounded in sound basics, having had a good time, and with several completed projects. All will have a good exposure to what equipment is important for a beginner and in what priority, and being prepared to continue onward.
Beverages, and snacks included for both days. Attendees should bring their own Brown Bag lunch. (for out of town students, if this is a difficulty, let us know in advance and we can provide).
More information & course outline
Price: $425 for both days, all materials, equipment, included.
Class Schedules:
To check availability or register, click on the appropriate date above.
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If none of these work for you, please call at 530-263-6602 or email me at bj@billjuhl.com and I'll let you know about other possibles including private one on one classes.
Private customized classes for one or two persons can be scheduled for one to four days duration. Suitable for beginners, intermediate, or experienced turners seeking to learn an additional aspect of turning. Nearly all aspects of turning are potential subjects except for segmented.
Contact Bill by phone at 530/263-6602 or email bj@billjuhl.com to discuss options.
10 minutes outside of Grass Valley or Nevada City
- Two days in length, covering all the fundamentals resulting in a take-it-home-face-turned wooden bowl.
- All tools, equipment and materials provided
- Highly individualized -- personal attention for up to 3 or 4 persons
- Experience working in a very complete woodturning shop in the Sierra Nevada foothills -- four professional level lathes, sharpening workstation, two band saws -- 100+ woodturning gouges, scrapers, skew chisels, and many more.
- A difference from other schools is that we enable students to try out different lathes. The class lathes vary from $500 1 hp short bed lathes to $9,000 3hp long bed lathes. It is our intent to give each the encouragement, boundaries and scope of the pathway to finding one’s own rewarding space in wood turning.
Prior experience in woodturning is not required. The class is designed for beginners, those who are early in the process, or individuals with some experience but who can benefit from a "restart" in the woodturning journey.
The class will include discussion of equipment, tool selection and sharpening, tool control and safety at the lathe.
On day one in addition to the above, each student will be hands-on on their lathe with focus initially on spindle turning or "between center" turning and will finish the first day with typically 2-3 completed projects.
The second day will move to face turning--using a chuck to hold the wood so that it can be reversed to enable carving the interior of a bowl. Each will leave with one or more bowls they have turned.
All can anticipate leaving well grounded in sound basics, having had a good time, and with several completed projects. All will have a good exposure to what equipment is important for a beginner and in what priority, and being prepared to continue onward.
Beverages, and snacks included for both days. Attendees should bring their own Brown Bag lunch. (for out of town students, if this is a difficulty, let us know in advance and we can provide).
More information & course outline
Price: $425 for both days, all materials, equipment, included.
Class Schedules:
To check availability or register, click on the appropriate date above.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If none of these work for you, please call at 530-263-6602 or email me at bj@billjuhl.com and I'll let you know about other possibles including private one on one classes.
Private customized classes for one or two persons can be scheduled for one to four days duration. Suitable for beginners, intermediate, or experienced turners seeking to learn an additional aspect of turning. Nearly all aspects of turning are potential subjects except for segmented.
Contact Bill by phone at 530/263-6602 or email bj@billjuhl.com to discuss options.
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