[Crw-talk] Teaching home schooled children to turn

[Patros, Robert J]

I plan to be there early to set up and will stay a few more hours to assist the turners. 

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> On Sep 29, 2015, at 5:38 PM, John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello members,
> 
> I have mentioned before that a group of home schooled children are coming to A Line on October 10 to learn some woodturning.  Duane has seven lathes at A Line and I have five members committed to assist and teach.  So a few more members are needed to come out for a Saturday morning to help out.  Your help will truly be appreciated. I would like everyone who can make it for an hour or two or the entire morning to let me know if they are able to make it.  The children will be from about 4th grade through high school age.  Some will have good eye-hand coordination and can do more complex projects, some won't.  But we want to give them all a chance to apply a tool to a spinning piece of wood.
> 
> Members need to be at A Line at 8 AM to get set up.  The children and their parent will arrive at 8:30 and we will break into turner-child groups for a half hour to perhaps an hour, teach some woodturning then move on to the next child.  The length of time with each child depends upon how many show up and how many turners we have available; and the attention span and level of interest of each child.  Depending on how fast we progress, there may be a parent or two that would like to apply a tool to a piece of wood at the end. The event will end about 11:30 or noon.
> 
> Beside you, what do we need you to bring?
> 1.  Some tools.  Duane has a grinder at A Line already.  Perhaps a chuck and centers.
> 2.  Eye protection, including a full face shield for the child.  Eye protection for a nearby parent is important too since parents are likely to stand fairly close to watch their child create, so bring an extra set of safety glasses or goggles.
> 3.  Some wood for the projects you have in mind.  John Phillips will bring some wood too.  Clyde would like to teach pen making, younger children may simply enjoy making a top too.  The age of the child is important in deciding what to make so be versatile with the options you consider.
> 4.  A piece of plywood nailed to two by fours on edge for shorter children to stand on to reach the lathe.
> 
> I hope you will be able to help with this project.  Please let me know if you can.  Thank you.
> 
> John
> 
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