Viking Style Bowl Turning Workshop on Pole Lathe

Turn a bowl form green wood on a traditional pole lathe on the one day course.


Greenwood Days
Greenwood Days
Instagram followers 9k followers
5.0 (4)

7 hours Class size 1 to 6 guests       £120 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

This course is taught by Ali Asadi, an experienced green woodworker and teacher.
You will be turning your bowl on a historic Viking-style bowl lathe. There will be lots of time for you to develop and practise new skills, and whilst the main focus of the workshop will be on process and safe technique, you should still look forward to producing your first bowl to take home with you at the end of the day. This will be a perfectly sized bowl for you to eat your breakfast out of every morning or your hot soup at lunch!
The workshop will focus specifically on the following areas:
  • The different types of lathe used for turning
  • Suitable British timbers for bowl turning
  • Selecting appropriate sections of a log for bowl turning
  • Roughing out a bowl ‘blank’ using an axe
  • Safe and effective axe technique
  • Mounting the blank on the lathe ready for turning
  • Using homemade hook tools to turn your first bowl
  • Trimming up, drying, and finishing your bowl
This tends to be quite a physically demanding workshop. There will be plenty of breaks and stops to talk about process and technique, but a reasonable level of fitness is required to make sure you get the most out of the day.
What you'll get
You will turn and take away a fantastic greenwood wooden bowl.
Knowledge required
Suitable for beginners and experienced woodworkers alike.
What to bring
Just yourself!
Location

Greenwood Days - Spring Wood - Greenwood Days, Staunton Harold

Easy access from major roads and public transport.

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Greenwood Days
Greenwood Days

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We have been running courses in our woodland workshop for over 25 years. The course centre is set in a beautiful 90-acre wood in the National Forest on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border.
Our tutors are all highly skilled professional craft workers and teachers who share our passion for preserving, promoting and passing on these crafts and techniques.
Come and enjoy the beauty of the woodland, be inspired, be creative, learn a new craft.

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