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Good turners make the craft of
wood turning
look very easy, it is, to them, they have many years of valuable
experience and most of them are willing to pass it on. The worst
thing that can happen is for the newcomer to go straight out, buy a lathe
and tools, set the whole lot up, plug in and switch on. The tool digs in,
the wood flies out of the chuck often causing injury, suddenly the lathe
and everything else is quickly forgotten and left in the
workshop to rust.
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Free advice offered on
the selection of woodturning lathes, tools, chucks, accessories and
timbers
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Genuine one-to-one professional
tuition for woodturners - beginner to advanced levels.
With the ever increasing
popularity of woodturning Mike Swain offers special one-to-one courses
with
tuition tailored to
the individual needs of the visiting student, there are no
scheduled course dates Mike works closely with the student to fix a date
that is convenient to both parties. Tuition is available for half day, day
and two day sessions and is always done on a one-to-one basis.
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Basic woodturning,
bowl turning,
tool sharpening,
choice of timber through to finishing.
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Decorating wood by
means of
texturing, sandblasting and gold & silver leaf application.
Mike offers a wide variety of
courses that included basic woodturning for spindle turning (wood fixed
between two centre points - candlesticks etc.) and the course everyone
asks for, face plate turning (wood mounted direct to the lathe headstock
for making bowls, platters etc) There are also specialist courses on
colouring and
decorating timbers by the use of water based and spirit dyes, gold, silver
and copper leaf application, and the use of resin powders.
All courses include a discussion
on the safety aspects involved with woodturning, the combination of sharp
tools and timber
spinning at high revolutions can be a recipe for disaster, there is also
the risk of certain hardwoods causes respiratory problems and worse. |
