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This Month's Woodturners of Olympia Meeting
Ed Pretty
10 tips to impROVE YOUR woodturning skills
Tuesday March 12th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm
In-person and Zoom meeting this month
In-person and Zoom meeting this month
Ed is an accomplished woodturner who has been turning for a very long time, 62 years to be exact. Of course he didn’t start out being an expert, no one does! He started when he was only 9 on an old lathe at home with his father at the helm. His first project was a handle for his mother’s favorite slotted spoon. He has branched out extensively since then.
His "Ten Things" presentation is the heart of his lesson plan for teaching both new and established turners some very subtle yet highly important details behind the techniques that we use in both face and between-centre turning.
Here are a few of his tips:
His "Ten Things" presentation is the heart of his lesson plan for teaching both new and established turners some very subtle yet highly important details behind the techniques that we use in both face and between-centre turning.
Here are a few of his tips:
- The fact that your hands have two different jobs allows me to address issues specific to left handers as well as problems that all turners face, particularly in bowl turning.
- When turners understand when to either engage the tool rest with their forward hand or not, they have both more freedom to create forms and more control of the tool at the start, during and end of a cut.
- Understanding how to use your full body when turning rather than simply using arm and upper body movements allows far greater control of the tool as well as greatly reducing fatigue while at the lathe.