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Woodturning 101, Introduction To Woodturning (95501001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration: 3 hours per week
Requirements: Personal safety gear provided
Rate: $172.00
Description: This course introduces students to the art and processes of turning wood. We will cover basic cuts, tools and techniques and safe lathe operations. During this course we will complete several projects selected to advance skill development.
Instructor:Ros Harper, Paul Purcell, or Jim Rodgers
Woodturning 201, Basic Bowl Turning (95502001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration:3 hours per week
Requirements: Personal safety gear provided
Rate: $172.00
Description: Increase your basic wood turning knowledge as you turn both green wood and dry wood bowls. Learn to harvest and prepare locally grown wood for bowl blanks. You’ll also learn to sharpen turning tools. Primary tools: deep-fluted bowl gouge and bowl scraper. Personal safety gear provided. Prerequisite: Woodturning — Introduction or equivalent.
Instructor: Paul Purcell, Jim Rodgers, or Jan Blumer
Woodturning 301, Advanced Bowl Turning Techniques (95503001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration: 3 hours per week,
Prerequisite: Woodturning 201 or instructor‘s approval
Rate: $172.00
Description: Are you ready to step up your turned wood bowl techniques? Learn to work with green wood, create natural edged bowls, thin wall bowls and platters. Gain skill in mounting techniques and surface embellishment. Primary tools: deep-fluted bowl gouge and bowl and platter scrapers. Personal safety gear provided.
Instructor: Paul Purcell, Jim Rodgers, or Jan Blumer
Woodturning, 401, Boxes & Hollow Vessels (95506001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration: 3 hours per week
Prerequisite: Woodturning 101 or permission of instructor.
Rate: $172.00
Description: This course is for wood turners who desire to continue to advance their turning skills. Projects will teach the skills necessary for end grain turning, fitted lid boxes using jam chucks and careful tool manipulation. Learn hollow vessels (blind turning) using both hand held hollowing scrapers and laser-guided hollowing systems.
Instructor: Paul Purcell, Jim Rodgers, or Jan Blumer
Woodturning - Segmented Woodturning (95505001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration: 3 hours per week,
Prerequisite: Woodturning 101 or instructor’s approval.
Rate: $172.00
Description: Learn the basics of design, layout, and implementation steps and then complete segmented turned projects using specially designed fixtures. (Advanced projects for returning students.) Use our computer lab and state of the art software to design projects. Pickup hand out in office.
Instructor: Rodgers
Advanced independent Study (95508001)
Time: Ten weeks
Duration: 3 hours per week
Prerequisite: Woodturning 101 or equivalent
Rate: $172.00
Description: This course is for wood turners who desire to continue to advance their turning skills and work on individual projects. The focus will be on experimentation, discussion, critique and project completion. This is not a beginning course.
Instructor: Purcell, Jim Rodgers, or Jan Blumer
To Register for above classes Contact: Mount Diablo School District, Adult Education Division (MDAE) for registration. (925) 937-1530
Registration opens: March 14, 2011 for online registration only and March 21, 2011 for walk in and telephone registrations.
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--- One day training classes offered at Woodcraft, Dublin CA. For schedule
of upcoming classes Contact Woodcraft at (925) 875-9988.
Introduction to Wood Lathes (Turning 101)
Duration: One full day.
Requirements: None.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description: A beginning course in the safe use of the wood lathe and its tools including completion of a bud vase project.
Turning Finished-Edge Bowls
Duration: One full day.
Requirements: Completion of basic lathe skills training.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description: A beginning course on the use of the bowl gouge by turning a finished edge dry wood bowl using both a scroll chuck and a jam chuck.
Turning Natural-Edge Bowls
Duration: One full day.
Requirements:Completion of basic lathe skills training, and experience in turning finished-edged bowls.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description: An intermediate course on bowl turning focusing on proper mounting, centering, adjusting and thin wall turning.
Two Pens In One Day
Duration: Full day.
Requirements: Basic wood lathe skills.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description: An introduction to turning wood pens from purchased kits. Focus will be on the steps, tools and process for two of the most popular kit fowls. Class will also address different finishing techniques include the CA glue finish.
Making Hollow Christmas Ornaments
Duration: Two day.
Requirements: Basic wood lathe skills.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description: A two-day course focused on making hollow ornaments with small detailed finials. The first day will focus on making the necessary tools for hollowing small ornament balls. The second day will cover making the ornaments including hollowing, turning finials, and assembling.
Using the Skew Chisel
Duration: Half day.
Requirements: Intermediate turning skills.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description:A course focused on developing specific skills in mastering the five basic cuts of the skew chisel. Course will also discuss sharpening and honing techniques.
Sharpening Lathe Tools
Duration: Half day.
Requirements: Basic wood lathe skills and lots of dull turning tools.
Rate: Contact Woodcraft, Dublin CA for schedule, costs, and reservations.
Description:A hands-on sharpening course for all lathe tools in routine use. Jigs, fixtures and hand sharpening methods will be demonstrated and tried by the participants.  |
