The Woodturning School

The Woodturning School Based in Hampshire, The Woodturning School hosts over 20 different woodturning courses. Find your ideal course today!

Students from beginners up enjoy tuition from professional turners with years of experience in demonstrating and teaching the craft.

18/08/2026

"Concentrate on floating or gliding the bevel across the wood." That's my whole secret, and it's the opposite of what many people naturally do.
In this week's Workshop Extras, I break down why leaning into the bevel can cause those horrible spiral rub marks, and how three points of contact (tucked into your body, not "holding on for grim death") can help fix it.Direction of travel matters more than grip strength ever will.

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The world outside can wait. A student at The Woodturning School, Concentration is a skill. The lathe teaches it faster t...
18/08/2026

The world outside can wait. A student at The Woodturning School, Concentration is a skill. The lathe teaches it faster than anything I know.

15/08/2026

Getting three bowls turned quickly meant turning the same form three times back-to-back, which isn't naturally my thing. But the grain made it worth every minute at the lathe.

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This is what concentration looks like. A student at The Woodturning School, One clean cut changes everything.
15/08/2026

This is what concentration looks like. A student at The Woodturning School, One clean cut changes everything.

11/08/2026

Three Black Limba bowls, finished for a gallery order. Pale brown timber running through with black stripes and deep orange patches, genuinely one of the nicest woods I've turned this year. Full story behind the piece on YouTube now.

Deep focus. A student at The Woodturning School, The tool does the work. The student does the thinking. The wood does th...
11/08/2026

Deep focus. A student at The Woodturning School, The tool does the work. The student does the thinking. The wood does the rest.

Full attention on the form. A student at The Woodturning School, This is what I mean when I talk about process over perf...
08/08/2026

Full attention on the form. A student at The Woodturning School, This is what I mean when I talk about process over perfection.

05/08/2026

The installation of fans above each of the student lathes will help them keep cool and supress some dust when sanding.

Six tools. That's pretty much all what you need to get started in woodturning. In this Workshop Extra video, I break dow...
04/08/2026

Six tools. That's pretty much all what you need to get started in woodturning. In this Workshop Extra video, I break down the spindle roughing gouge, bowl gouge, spindle gouge, round nose scraper, parting tool, and skew chisel, what each one's actually for. Link in comments 🪵

Every cut counts. A student at The Woodturning School, Wood doesn't judge. It just responds to what you do with the tool...
04/08/2026

Every cut counts. A student at The Woodturning School, Wood doesn't judge. It just responds to what you do with the tool.

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