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INTRODUCTION
Have you tried turning and liked it, or seen someone else turn and said, "That looks like fun."? Since 1976 I've worked with over 2200 others just like you.
THE GOALS
* Learn to sharpen each type tool, including
making jigs to help.
* See and learn how each tool works in an
ideal world.
* Practice using each tool.
* Learn why theory and practice do not
always coincide, but
* Between practice and theory, you build
understanding.
* With practice and understanding comes
confidence.
IT'S AMAZING
If you had apprenticed to a turner 60 years ago, you would work with the master for 5 years, observing, imitating, and turning out increasingly competent work. After 5 years you would have done everything you would ever likely need to do. Then you would set yourself up to continue in your own business's shop.
But we don't have five years; so with your help we do it in two days, though of course it is not the same as five years.
At the end of a workshop, a student often thanks me for my patience. But it is really I that thank you for your patience and perseverence. Starting with a new student I sometimes wonder, "Is she/he going to get it?" Sometimes the student's early frustration will be palpable. (If turning were a piece of cake, you'd be an expert before you got here.) But by the afternoon of the second day, I breath a great sigh of relief and pleasure, saying "You did it."
INVITATION
For this instruction, you are welcome in my shop in Punta Gorda, FL. If you haven't time to travel, you can bring me to your home for instruction in your shop on your lathe. And during the summer I tend to be up north, which can lead to travel savings.
Either way, there'll be you, me, a lathe, tools, wood, and two days of turning practice.
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