class - Nittany Valley Woodturners

Wed Date: Jan 19 2022 From: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Wed Date: Jan 26 2022 From: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

$32 class fee

$8 materials fee

This class will occur during a single, 3-hour session. This class is appropriate for beginners and no prior experience is necessary. In this 3 hour class, students will be introduced to the 4 processes involved in turning a twist-type Slimline ball point pen. These processes include drilling 2 pen blanks and gluing brass tubes inside the blanks with epoxy, mounting the blanks with pen bushings in a pen mandrel on the lathe and turning the pen blanks to match the pen bushings, sanding and polishing the turned pen blanks, and, assembling the pen using a pen vice. Turning a pen blank requires good tool control and a delicate touch with the roughing gouge and attention to detail while sanding, polishing, and assembling the pen.

Each student will take home their assembled pen at the end of the class.

ANNOUNCEMENT

ADULT INTRODUTION TO WOODTURNING CLASS

Wednesday Evenings 6:00 to 9:00 from FEBRUARY 12 to MARCH 25

(no class on MARCH 11 due to Spring Break): 6 class meetings, 18 hours of instruction

This class will cover safety, lathe parts and operation, turning tools (parting tool, roughing gouge, spindle gouge) and practical turning exercises (beads, coves, roughing a cylinder, honey dippers, snow men, ice cream cones, eggs, pens, and a 3-legged stool).

Class Fee: $125 class + $25 materials = $150 per student

Maximum Number of Students – 8

Course Location: The Rivet at 1224 North Atherton Street, State College

First preference given to paid up 2020 members of the Nittany Valley Woodturners

First 4 class slots are reserved for women turners until February 1

Class applications must be submitted to Larry Lukens by email ldlukens@comcast.net . (Just tell him you wish to be in the class). 2020 membership and course fees must be paid to Larry Lukens to guarantee enrollment (no exceptions). A class slot is filled when all fees have been received, so you may want to mail in your fees to Larry, instead of waiting to pay at the February club meeting. Larry’s USPS address is: 119 Flint Ct, Bellefonte, 16823.

Class fees are not refundable, as we cannot fill a class slot if you withdraw from the class.

If you want to take the ADULT INTRODUTION TO WOODTURNING CLASS:

1. Members and non-members send your class application email to Larry Lukens with your name, phone, and email. Larry will fill class slots once he receives all the necessary fees. If the class has not filled by February 1 we will open up the enrollment to non-members via a Rivet Facebook social media announcement.

2. Your slot in the class is guaranteed once your 2020 Nittany Valley Woodturners club dues and the class fee has been received by Larry Lukens, based on a first come-first accepted basis. Mailing in fees will improve your chance of getting a slot in the class.

3. For non-members who apply after February 1, CLASS FEE FOR THESE SLOTS MUST BE PAID BEFORE CLASS BEGINS—NO EXCEPTIONS.

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