Todays student Arron

Today my student was Arron 23 was one of the youngest students I have ever had here.Most but not all of my students are retirement age so this made a very pleasant change.
Arron works in London as a prop builder working on large shows.He is obviously very capable with his hands and took to woodturning like a duck to water.
Here are some pics I took throughout the day.

Starting the outside of the bowl and making nice shavings

 Bottom turned and ready for scraping

 Carefully sanding the bottom of the bowl

Inspecting the sanded surface

 The bowl is reverse chucked and the inside is being removed

Very nice shavings he is taking to turning exceptionally well

Rim coloured and ready for final cuts and sanding Arron's tooling was so good by now there was no need to scrape the inside

Spigot removal ready to sand base then buff.

Arron did so well today there was a bit of time left over for some spindle turning practice

And this is the result one very made perfect bowl a present for his Girlfriend Stacey I think she is a very lucky young Lady.Doesn't he look pleased with himself and so he should he did very very well.

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Martin and Steve

Today Martin and Steve were here for a days tuition on bowl turning and as you can see they both made very nice Beech bowls.

Steve and Jill.

Today Steve and Jill were with me to do a days introduction to woodturning.Jill bought a days turning as a Christmas present for Steve then decided to come with him and join him on the course.
As you can see from the pics it was a good day and they both made very nice Beech bowls approx 11" x 3".
Steve is a retired Jumbo jet pilot and Jill is a retired Maths Teacher.
I would respectfully point out they both retired early.
They were a lovely couple and we had a very enjoyable day.

 

Rubinia or False Acacia Hollow Form

This Hollow form is approx  6 1/2" x 4 1/2" Coloured with spirit stain and Lacquered

A few new bowls

Toby's Birthday present

Today's student Toby was here for a days woodturning tuition as a Birthday present from his sister Karen.
As luck should have it his mother has her Birthday today and this lovely Beech bowl will be her Birthday present.
Don't worry Mum I wont let on how old you are but we know it is Toby's 40Th.
We had a very enjoyable day and Toby has made his mind up he is going to buy a lathe and equipment so I am sure we will be seeing more of him in the future.

Done a bit today.

Just lately I dont seem to be able to find the time to make anything as I am always busy teaching.
Today as I had nothing better to do I made three bowls.

This bowl is turned from Macrocarpa approx 10" x 4" colored with spirit stain and lacquered

This Hollow form is turned from Spalted Beech approx 9" x 2 1/2"

This bowl is approx 10" x 3" turned from Macrocarpa