My wife thoughtfully gave me credit for the Sawtooth School in Winston-Salem. I’d been wanting to try turning on a lathe for some time and didn’t want to take the plunge and buy one until I knew if I’d like it. Turns out it’s pretty fun (pun intended). I used half of the credit on a beginner bowl turning class and learned all the basic techniques including how to operate the lathe (safely) and how the wood behaves with different tools and situations.
