`Intermediate Woodturning - Turn a bowl! @ PORTY

Schedule

Mon Jan 26 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

ETL workshop at Tribe Porty | Edinburgh, SC

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Bring your woodturning skills to the next level, learning now how to turn a bowl. All while financially supporting your local tool library!
About this Event

IMPORTANT: This workshop requires you to have completed one of our ‘introduction to woodturning’ courses and/or have done some turning within the past 5 years.

Through this intermediate-level class, you will take the next step on your turning journey and develop your woodturning skills and techniques, specifically those involved in bowl turning. We will aim to turn a complete wooden bowl / plant pot holder in the course of the evening, though it is possible that some folk may not finish the bowl in the time available; if this happens there are various ways to arrange a time to come back and finish it, so not to worry! (Read on for details…)

We will provide all the tools, PPE and the bowl blanks, though if anyone has a bowl blank of their own they wish to bring in then by all means do so; however we do stipulate no woods which produce toxic dust – generally this refers to yew and/or any dark tropical hardwoods. Other domestic hardwoods are fine.

We have four wood lathes, and you will be working individually with the support of our class teacher.

Non-ETL members are welcome!

This class counts as a lathe induction, meaning that if you are already an ETL member (or if you sign up for membership after this class), you will be able to use the lathes whenever you come along to Tool Library open sessions (so long as the workshop lead is happy with this at the time). That way, you can easily finish off your bowl in your own time if you don’t manage to complete it in this session!

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Prerequisite: None, though completion of the introduction to lathe turning class (or other previous lathe experience) are advised

Materials: (all included) - reclaimed hardwood bowl blanks

Tools: Lathe, lathe chisels

Cost: £50 Standard | £45 ETL Members* 10% Discount | £40 Concession

100% of the money raised through our classes programme is funding our vital community, outreach and environmental work. Thank you for helping us make a difference by joining our classes.

*Proof of ETL membership required for discount when attending the workshop.

**** NOTE: Please notify us before booking a ticket for a minor. The workshops at the Edinburgh Tool Library are for participants age 18 or over but we might welcome minors 15 - 17 when accompanied by a parent/guardian. We will consider if the workshop is appropriate for a minor and reserve the right to confirm or cancel the booking. Thank you for your understanding and please do get in touch beforehand.

Contact details: [email protected]


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ETL workshop at Tribe Porty, 19 Windsor Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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