Woodworker's Journal 2010-34-1, страница 19

Using donated equipment and reclaimed wood, a Fridley, Minnesota teacher is using woodturning as a means to develop skills and confidence.

Students' Turn

Loving Their Lathes

Bob Carrigan's students (12 of them, with varying abilities) love their lathes.

Since receiving three sets of JET mini-lathes and stands, plus three sets of turning tools, last school year in a donation from local turner Alan Lacer and prominent collector Norton Rockler, the Fridley, Minnesota, students have focused their efforts on turning pens.

They give most of them away and show off their skills by teaching parents,

younger kids and community members.

Much of the class's wood comes from Bob's father-in-law's land. "We had some barn wood from my wife's grandparents' old barn, and when we started to turn it on the lathe, my student said, 'I smell cows.' You couldn't smell it until you started turning," Bob said. The students sealed that pen and gave it to Bob's mother-in-law.

"I don't think they've had a real sense of doing that, making something and giving it away — that in itself is pretty

wonderful," Bob said.

He also likes that woodturning is a hobby the students can carry into their adult lives, even without access to a full shop — and he'd like to see it incorporated into other schools' transition programs. (If you're interested, Bob's phone number at Fridley Public Schools is 763-502-5065.) "We could do it all the time. They love it," Bob said.

Shop Talk continues on page 20 .

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