Twice Turned Bowls- Lathe

Service Description

This is a 2 session course, learning the merits of the twice-turned wooden bowl. SOOOO WHY Turn them twice? Twice turning a wooden bowl offers several benefits, primarily by addressing the distortion and warping that occur as green, wet wood dries, ensuring a perfectly round and stable final product with crisp lines. This controlled drying process also minimizes the risk of cracks and splits, and allows woodturners to work with easier-to-turn wet wood, reducing the significant time and complexity of drying large pieces of solid wood. Session 1 (SAT) Will introduce you to the wood lathe and the process of making a wooden bowl. We’ll cover machine set-up, tool safety and usage and basic turning techniques. Randy will explain the many benefits of twice turning and using "Green" wood. You will rough turn a green/wet wood bowl and at the end of the night this bowl will be set aside for future classes ( 1-2 years down the road due to the curing/drying process) Session 2 (SUN) You will be given a new bowl from Randy's collection. You will be finalizing the shaping and turning, start sanding and then have a discussion about the finishing processes 1 ticket includes both sessions 2 student minimum- 3 student Max Age restrictions: 8+ ( with parent present) 2025 schedule, (typically this course will be offered the 4th weekend of the month) OCT SAT 25th & SUN 26th 3-5pm NOV SAT 22nd & SUN 23rd 3-5pm DEC SAT 20th & SUN 21st 3-5pm JAN 2026 SAT 24th & SUN 25th 3-5pm Instructor Randy Dismore rdinsmWoodArt@gmail.com Randy is no stranger to the woodshop, with his 40 years of experience with Goodrich Construction. He has taught in a variety of formats, from tutoring math and physics at the college level to training employees for Goodrich Construction. He has put on training workshops as well as thousands of hands-on teaching instances on the job site. He used to set up a little woodshop using archaic tools and techniques in the historical society building at the Blue Earth County Fair. Where he taught kids and adults the methods and uses of various tools and processes, along with examples and demonstrations of simple machines (lever, block and tackle, kickers, etc.) In recent years, he has been teaching lathe work out of his basement shop on many occasions.