Wood Lathe Turning 102 - Introduction to Wood Bowls

One of the most popular uses of the wood lathe is to make beautiful bowls and platters. Each student will start with a bowl blank and create a small bowl from start to finish. Topics include mounting a blow blank to the lathe using a face plate and glue block, rounding, shaping, hollowing, and finishing. An overview of traditional bowl gouges will be provided but carbide tip scrapers will be the main tool used in this class. One three hour class session.
All materials and tools included.
Ages 13+ welcome. Minors may take this class if a parent/guardian is registered and attends the class with them.
This is an advanced lathe turning class. You must be DIYcave lathe certified to take this class. There are 3 options to become Lathe Certified:
1. Take our Intro to Wood Lathe Turning class and complete the certification test.
2. Schedule a private instruction and complete the certification test or
3. If you have prior lathe experience you can request certification.