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• Eric Lofstrom demonstrates at club meeting

  • When
    20 Feb 2020
  •  
    6:45 PM
  • Location
    PNCI

  Eric Lofstrom has taught at multiple symposiums and is a highly sought-after instructor for woodturning clubs across the United States and Canada.

  
  

  He is a passionate teacher and woodturner, who is on a mission to impact the world of woodturning by helping others build confidence in tool control and developing their own creative voice.

   
  

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• Eric Lofstrom 6 hour Hands-On Class

  • When
    21 Feb 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    PNCI
  • Spaces left
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  • Registered
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  Eric Lofstrom will lead "A Day of Turning Rice Bowls: Refined, Elegant, Functional."  Registration is limited to eight.

  

  This six-hour, hands-on class is designed to equip participants with techniques needed to turn small, functional bowls. In addition to reviewing bowl turning techniques, the main focus will be tool control techniques used to finesse bowl forms into elegant works of art. Using only basic tools, we will explore many exercises designed to fine-tune your turning skills and foundational body movements to produce clean curves in your work. The experience of turning small, elegantly curved bowls will take your bowl turning to a new level.

  
  

  Please bring the following tools:

  -Bowl Gouge/s- Fingernail and Traditional Grinds (1⁄2”dia. shank); 

  -Radiused-Edge Scraper
  

  -Parting Tool

  -Diamond Hone (handheld- DMT Credit Card, extra-fine is recommended)
  

  -Face shield (and any other appropriate safety gear)
  

  -DUST MASK (one w/ exhalation valve is recommended) or other adequate respiratory protection

  
  

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• Eric Lofstrom 6 hour demonstration

  • When
    22 Feb 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    PNCI
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  Eric Lofstrom Six Hour Demonstration:  Turning a Rice Bowl: Refined, Elegant, Functional

  
  

  Using basic bowl turning tools, this demonstration focuses on techniques to create a small, functional bowl with a pure curve. In addition to reviewing bowl turning techniques, attendees will gain tool control techniques used to finesse bowl forms into elegant works of art. This demonstration will showcase what basic tools and an understanding of tool control will allow you to do with a small piece of face-grain wood.

  Once you learn to turn a small bowl with flowing curves, you’ll be able to create elegant curves in any of your pieces!

  
  

  
  

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