Basic Woodturning

This class covers the fundamentals of wood turning:

• Parts and functions of a wood lathe
• Setting up the lathe for spindle turning
• Turning speeds
• Wood turning tools - gouges, chisels, scrapers, and specialty tools
• Safety
• Basic techniques - coves, beads, flats, fillets, ogees, etc.

Centered on spindle turning, or “turning between centers”, each class member will have a chance to mount stock in the lathe, rough out a cylinder, and cut basic shapes.

There are no material costs for this class - we will be turning wood scraps, and not really making any finished products.

Please meet in the wood shop area by class start time.

The class is limited to 6 total students to allow hands-on time for everyone. 

1. Wear a short sleeve shirt.  No ties, necklaces, or other dangly things that could get caught in a spinning lathe.
2. This class is mandatory for later use of the wood lathe - it is not covered in the basic wood shop orientation.
3. This is the pre-requisite for the Advanced Wood Turning classes.

Matt ([email protected]) is a Cloud Engineer and Astronomer by trade, but has been doing woodworking of various kinds for about 35 years.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

MakeIt Labs, 25 Crown St, Nashua, United States