Jon Prouty
07-03-2014, 6:59 PM
My daughter won one of the youth lathes at the 2014 AAW Symposium and today was our first opportunity to turn together. She wanted to turn her first bowl so we got to work on some hard maple 8/4 stock so that she can have a successful first bowl without warping or having to waiting for it to dry to second turn. We had a great time and will finish the bowls in the next day or so (had to stop before hollowing due to prior commitments).
I will say that it is hard to teach turning - it is hard to communicate "feel". I found it best to keep a couple fingers on the gouge to help guide her on the initial cuts. That worked fairly well.
Oh yeah - I copied the tool rack design from several others and made three earlier this week (finished with some dark walnut Danish oil rather than paint them - I like how they turned out). Looks like I need to make a few more since they are full already - and it is always fun to buy another turning tool.
Anyway - fun to share this turning hobby with my daughter... She already has eyes on pen kits and acrylic blanks in my stash.
Happy Turning!
Jon
I will say that it is hard to teach turning - it is hard to communicate "feel". I found it best to keep a couple fingers on the gouge to help guide her on the initial cuts. That worked fairly well.
Oh yeah - I copied the tool rack design from several others and made three earlier this week (finished with some dark walnut Danish oil rather than paint them - I like how they turned out). Looks like I need to make a few more since they are full already - and it is always fun to buy another turning tool.
Anyway - fun to share this turning hobby with my daughter... She already has eyes on pen kits and acrylic blanks in my stash.
Happy Turning!
Jon