I have been looking for MONTHS for turning help. I have a deadline to have a lot of hand-turned spindles by end of August for a festival where I will be a vendor, and have not been able to find classes or a teacher. NC State is not offering ANY wood turning classes because they are relocating the craft center.
I think I would only need a few sessions with an experienced turner.
I took the Woodcraft course in turning a pen 2 years ago and the teacher said I did better than the average student. (They closed, and I could not find them if they have re-opened.)
Two years ago I bought a Grizzly Mini Lathe, and a lot of dowels from a specialty lumber co (who said they were the small diameters I needed and only specialty woods like mahogany, but they lied about size and rarity of wood - BOY HOWDY do I have a lot of 3/4 up to 1" dowels, though!).
Have never used the lathe or dowels because I don't know which tools to buy for this fine work!!!
I need (please):
1. HELP to identify what tools I need to buy for turning spindles from hardwood dowels (can't afford top of the line, oh, and I am left-handed if that makes a difference.) Also need guidance on where to buy the right tools FASTt, along with advice on whatever I need for sharpening them and a lesson on how to sharpen them right.
2. A refresher lesson on centering a 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch dowel for turning, and turning lesson (one lesson I need is how to make one spot on the spindle a specific diameter and shape, to support a stone disk or whorl in place if it has a non-standard hole).
3. One session to critique work I would have done alone at home.
That's all.
Can anyone in the Triangle area help me?? PLEASE?
I am new to this list today. Please email me back about any help that is available locally for my specific needs..
I think I would only need a few sessions with an experienced turner.
I took the Woodcraft course in turning a pen 2 years ago and the teacher said I did better than the average student. (They closed, and I could not find them if they have re-opened.)
Two years ago I bought a Grizzly Mini Lathe, and a lot of dowels from a specialty lumber co (who said they were the small diameters I needed and only specialty woods like mahogany, but they lied about size and rarity of wood - BOY HOWDY do I have a lot of 3/4 up to 1" dowels, though!).
Have never used the lathe or dowels because I don't know which tools to buy for this fine work!!!
I need (please):
1. HELP to identify what tools I need to buy for turning spindles from hardwood dowels (can't afford top of the line, oh, and I am left-handed if that makes a difference.) Also need guidance on where to buy the right tools FASTt, along with advice on whatever I need for sharpening them and a lesson on how to sharpen them right.
2. A refresher lesson on centering a 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch dowel for turning, and turning lesson (one lesson I need is how to make one spot on the spindle a specific diameter and shape, to support a stone disk or whorl in place if it has a non-standard hole).
3. One session to critique work I would have done alone at home.
That's all.
Can anyone in the Triangle area help me?? PLEASE?
I am new to this list today. Please email me back about any help that is available locally for my specific needs..