Course Title: Advanced Lathe Work, (Spindle Turning)
Course
Number: Course 105
Instructor:
Larnie Cross
Course
Description:
An advanced
course to spindle turning on a lathe. You will learn and experience procedures
to set up your wood for turning and the appropriate tools to use to produce more
advanced spindle turned projects.
Skills and knowledge to be gained:
Review of:-
·
Parts and Operation of wood lathes, noting
differences across models.
·
Simple maintenance and cleaning of lathes and accessories.
·
How to sharpen the roughing gouge, parting tool,
scrapers and the spindle gouge.
·
Selection and preparation of stock for spindle
turning.
·
Mounting stock between centers, on a chuck and in a
collet.
·
How to make fine beads, coves, tapers and finials
using appropriate gauges and other tools.
·
Basic finishes to be applied on and off the lathe.
Machines and tools to be used:
Emphasis will be on taking the student beyond the basic spindle turning
experiences that they have already acquired. This may require the use of
various tools within the shop as appropriate.
Learning process/procedure:
The learning process will be a hands-on experience. Steps will be
demonstrated by the instructor and students will follow suit, with assistance
being provided as needed. Various small projects and tasks will serve to
provide practice in the development of advanced turning skills.
Prerequisite skills; what level of
competency/expertise is required for safe, successful participation:
It is a
pre-requisite for this course that all students must have satisfactorily
completed the Basic Spindle Course, or its equivalent, or be assessed by a
suitable instructor as sufficiently competent in spindle turning to be able to
partake in this class.
Project/product to be made:
Emphasis
will be on the development of turning skills rather than on the production of
any particular project or piece of work. However, turning practice will lead to
the production of pieces displaying beads, coves, tapers and finials. To some
extent these may be incorporated into finished projects as appropriate.
Duration of course:
Four, two-hour
sessions taken over 4 consecutive weeks.
Cost of materials beyond the basic $10 fee:
There may be
an additional charge for materials to be determined by the instructor to cover
the cost of stock, finishing materials and tool use and replacement.
Before
signing up for any of the VWC courses, would you please try to check with your
calendar to make sure that you will be free and able to attend for all of the
sessions for that class and not just some of them. Many Thanks.