Learn the craft of creating intricate shapes and designs for wooden objects on a lathe. Everyone can enjoy the excellent on-site facilities of our French rural retreats and their beautiful settings to ensure a holiday that’s restful as well as rewarding. Woodturning is different from most other types of woodwork because the wood is moving while you use a tool to cut and shape it. Did you know that there are two methods of turning wood? Spindle turning, with the grain of the wood running lengthwise, is used to make pens, furniture legs and spindles while face plate turning, with the grain of the wood running perpendicular to rotation, is used to make most bowls, platters and many vessels.

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