Class Information
Location: 201 S. Mountian St. Ashland, Oregon 97520
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
-Each student will get to turn on their own full size lathe. Quality turning blocks are provided. Turning tools including bowl gouges and hollowing tools are provided for each student. We will be turning in a fully equipped woodshop-
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
-Each student will get to turn on their own full size lathe. Quality turning blocks are provided. Turning tools including bowl gouges and hollowing tools are provided for each student. We will be turning in a fully equipped woodshop-
Class Details
This hands on workshop class will focus on learning how to turn and complete a hollow vessel. Either if you have hollowing experience or none; students will learn how to turn a hollow vessel or bowl from start to finish or improve their hollowing skills they already have. We will start by turning a smaller simple bowl or open form making practice cuts on the inside with different hollowing tools to get a good understanding how the tools are cutting. This will allow us to easily see what it takes to make clean accurate cuts with different available hollowing tools before we start a more challenging hollow form. We will also go over effective tool grip techniques, body stances, and sharpening our cutter tips to reduce vibrations for clean cuts.
After we get a good feel how to remove the wood efficiently, and are comfortable with the tools in our hands we will mount a turning block and start shaping our hollow forms with bowl gouges. For our first piece I encourage students to create a simple form and a larger opening. After our shapes are completed we take a look at a diagram of the steps it takes to remove the wood inside the vessel leaving a consistent wall thickness with our different hollowing tools. We will also cover measuring our wall thickness with different types of calipers which is a very important part of this class. Once we have a good understanding of the different hollowing steps and measuring techniques we will start removing the wood inside our vessels starting from the opening.
There are cutting reference points once inside the vessel I like to use to use to give myself an understanding where my tool is cutting that I will share. The goal is to have an even wall thickness throughout the vessel using our hollowing steps, calipers, and different tools. Once the hollow turning inside our vessel is complete, we will turn a recessed foot for our piece and have the option of remounting the piece with a jam chuck to finish the underside.
I personally like incorporating natural character in my work. Using a natural edge opening, exposing a knot or void in the shape, or letting green wood move in the drying process makes each piece unique. Designing our pieces around these natural features is one of my strong points I like to teach. If there is an opportunity to incorporate some natural character in our pieces with our available turning stock, it is highly encouraged.
Key Points Gained From The Workshop Class
This class will be a lot of fun and extremely valuable if you'd like to learn how to turn a hollow vessel or if your looking to enhance the skills you already have. Thanks!
Dan Tilden
After we get a good feel how to remove the wood efficiently, and are comfortable with the tools in our hands we will mount a turning block and start shaping our hollow forms with bowl gouges. For our first piece I encourage students to create a simple form and a larger opening. After our shapes are completed we take a look at a diagram of the steps it takes to remove the wood inside the vessel leaving a consistent wall thickness with our different hollowing tools. We will also cover measuring our wall thickness with different types of calipers which is a very important part of this class. Once we have a good understanding of the different hollowing steps and measuring techniques we will start removing the wood inside our vessels starting from the opening.
There are cutting reference points once inside the vessel I like to use to use to give myself an understanding where my tool is cutting that I will share. The goal is to have an even wall thickness throughout the vessel using our hollowing steps, calipers, and different tools. Once the hollow turning inside our vessel is complete, we will turn a recessed foot for our piece and have the option of remounting the piece with a jam chuck to finish the underside.
I personally like incorporating natural character in my work. Using a natural edge opening, exposing a knot or void in the shape, or letting green wood move in the drying process makes each piece unique. Designing our pieces around these natural features is one of my strong points I like to teach. If there is an opportunity to incorporate some natural character in our pieces with our available turning stock, it is highly encouraged.
Key Points Gained From The Workshop Class
- Understanding our different hollowing tools and how to properly to hold and cut with them.
- Sharpening our different cutter tips.
- Going over safety precautions while turning a hollow form.
- Understanding the design of a quality hollowing tool.
- Mounting our turning blocks safely.
- Exploring different natural feature options if present in our material.
- What it takes to achieve a clean cut inside a vessel.
- Shaping our vessels with gouges leaving a clean tool finish.
- Discussing many different vessel shapes and designs.
- Learning hollowing steps once inside the vessel to keep wood removal organized.
- Measuring our wall thickness with different calipers and why some work better then others in different areas.
- Removing the piece from the lathe and designing a foot for our vessel.
- Remounting our vessels to turn the bottom.
- Critiquing our turned pieces, discussing what we like and what we want to improve.
This class will be a lot of fun and extremely valuable if you'd like to learn how to turn a hollow vessel or if your looking to enhance the skills you already have. Thanks!
Dan Tilden
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