Skill Level: No woodturning experience required.Note: This is the prerequisite class for our Lidded Boxes class.This course equips students with spindle-cutting techniques using chisel and gouge, honing wood shaping precision.Learn. The focus of this course is on mastering the bevel to guide knife edges, improving tool control. Participants will practice by creating totems, solidifying learned skills. The process starts with roughing a blank cylinder, refining using planing, chamfer, and peeling cuts with a skew chisel and detail gouge. The totems made can be used as references for future projects.Make. After mastering these basics, potential projects like candlesticks, cooking flippers, and bud vases are introduced, inspiring students to create unique spindle pieces.2 SESSIONS: Saturday & Sunday, September 28 & 29 | 9am - 5pm | Class will break for a 1/2 hour lunch.Cost: $425 non-members; $361.25 members (plus a $20 materials fee)What to Bring: Bring a bag lunch, or you may visit nearby downtown Brattleboro to purchase lunch.Partial and full scholarships may be available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.Instructor: Rick AngusFormally trained as an organic chemist, Rick Angus uses his scientific curiosity to investigate the art of woodturning in the analytical way of a scientist. The result is an analysis of how tools work and the ability to put them to work in the proper manner. Rick has been teaching or assisting at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Manchester, CT, for more than 20 years, Snowfarm, The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, MA, for 15 years, and the Elliot School and North Bennet Street School in Boston.Class PoliciesWe're excited to have you join us for a class or workshop at HatchSpace! To ensure a smooth registration process, we kindly ask that you review our Class Policies regarding payment, financial assistance, cancellations and refunds. Questions? We're here to help: education@hatchspace.org.WaitlistOur classes are popular and fill up fast! If the class you're interested in is marked SOLD OUT, you can be added to our waitlist by clicking the Register Now button, and the Join Waiting List link at the bottom of the screen.
Skill Level: No woodturning experience required.
Note: This is the prerequisite class for our Lidded Boxes class.
This course equips students with spindle-cutting techniques using chisel and gouge, honing wood shaping precision.
Learn. The focus of this course is on mastering the bevel to guide knife edges, improving tool control. Participants will practice by creating totems, solidifying learned skills. The process starts with roughing a blank cylinder, refining using planing, chamfer, and peeling cuts with a skew chisel and detail gouge. The totems made can be used as references for future projects.
Make. After mastering these basics, potential projects like candlesticks, cooking flippers, and bud vases are introduced, inspiring students to create unique spindle pieces.
2 SESSIONS: Saturday & Sunday, September 28 & 29 | 9am - 5pm | Class will break for a 1/2 hour lunch.
Cost: $425 non-members; $361.25 members (plus a $20 materials fee)
What to Bring: Bring a bag lunch, or you may visit nearby downtown Brattleboro to purchase lunch.
Partial and full scholarships may be available. Contact education@hatchspace.org for details.
 | Instructor: Rick Angus Formally trained as an organic chemist, Rick Angus uses his scientific curiosity to investigate the art of woodturning in the analytical way of a scientist. The result is an analysis of how tools work and the ability to put them to work in the proper manner. Rick has been teaching or assisting at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Manchester, CT, for more than 20 years, Snowfarm, The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, MA, for 15 years, and the Elliot School and North Bennet Street School in Boston. |
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