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The Bay Area Woodturners Association (BAWA) is a local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. Our purpose is to provide a meeting place for local wood turners to share ideas, techniques and to educate the general public regarding the art of wood turning.Thought about WOODTURNING? Here are a few videos that show how woodturning tools are used. There are also beginning classes at the bottom of the list, Woodturning 101 and Woodturning 150. Face to face classes are offered at Pleasant Hill Adult School, find info under classes in the heading at the top of this page. To learn more, join the Bay Area Woodturners Association. Members of The Bay Area Woodturners Associatio n have access to all woodturning videos on this website. |
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Program Schedule for 2020 Several Sawdust sessions have been added, they are short training sessions on requested subjects to be held on Thursdays __________________________ * New July 10-12, 2020 AAW Virtual Symposium www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/2020-Virtual... __________________________ July 9, 2020 Video & Audio for Teaching in Zoom Registered Free to Staff Jim Rodgers 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
July 18, 2020 Remote Zoom Meeting Art Liestman 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM www.artliestman.com __________________________ July 9, 2020 * New Sawdust Session Zoom Meeting Thursday, July 23, 2020 Tony Wolcott Use of Chainsaws 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm __________________________ August 8, 2020 Remote Zoom Meeting Rudy Lopez 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM www.rudolphlopez.com __________________________ * New Sawdust Session Zoom Meeting Thursday, August 20, 2020 John Cobb Safe Mounting of Projects 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm __________________________ October 10, 2020 Remote Zoom Meeting Cindy Drozda 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM www.cindydrozda.com __________________________ |
Monthly meetings:
Mt Diablo Adult Education Center
Room 108
1 Santa Barbara Rd
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
MapDuring the Covid 19 Pandemic, all meetings are being held on Zoom until further notice. All members will receive invites electronically. Please reference the Program Schedule for 2020 in the center of this page.
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Evaluating Shape and Form – an On-Line Class The first session will focus on elements of good design based on historical perspectives. The course will present historical trends of successful forms and derive a set of guidelines that the wood turner may find useful in planning and evaluating their work. The second session will focus on participant evaluations of pictures of works the participants submit and also forms located from the Web. Participants will assess, evaluate, and discuss potential corrections that might apply. Photos must be submitted to Jim Rodgers One week before the second session to be considered for analysis. (2 sessions) PLEASE NOTE: Zoom login information will be emailed to registered students. Class 070001: 7/7 & 7/14 Tu 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Rodgers Fee: $41.00
Segmented Turning Basics
This is an introductory course for individual interest in undertaking segmented woodturning. The techniques, tools and processes will be presented in the first session. Techniques addressing the technique of open segment turning will be presented during the second session. Comment, questions, and discussion will be encouraged. PLEASE NOTE: Zoom login information will be emailed to registered students. Class 070101: 7/21 & 7/128 Tu 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Rodgers Fee: $41.00 IF you have any questions about these classes, please contact: |
