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--- Turning Basics ---
Fundamental skills most turners should develop.
Getting to Know Your Bowl Gouge!
(Overview)
Log to Bowl.
(Overview)
--- Skill Building Series ---
Project oriented activities to build skills while producing fun and useful works.
Warm it Up!
(Overview)
It's a Small World!
(Overview)
--- General Turning ---
Have a Ball! Turn a [thin wall] Sphere.
(Overview) (Handout)
Platter Chatter - Getting from Ho Hum to Oh Wow! (Emphasizes form and proportion.)
Pizazz on a Platter - Bringing Your Decorative Platter to Life. (Emphasizes on lathe texturing.)
--- Beyond Round and Brown ---
(Short Versions are designed for mix and match.)
Where's my Wood? The Lost Wood Process.
(Overview) (Handout) (FAQ) (Slide Show) (Sample)
What a Relief! - Shaping with Rotary Carving. (short version)
(Handout)
Carving with Fire - Embellishing with Burning and Branding.
Piercing for Mere Mortals
(Handout)
Piercing (short version)
(Handout)
Make it Pop! - Adding Color with Acrylics (short version)
(Handout)
Roughing It - Texturing with Rotary Tools.
(Overview)
--- Way Beyond Brown and Round ---
Related topics that may or may not involve the lathe.
Go With the Flow! - Using Pour Paint Techniques.
