What will I do on this pole lathing course?
We’ll start the course by showing you how to safely use an axe. We’ll look at selecting your wood, splitting techniques and a variety of methods to cross cut the wood for the raw materials.
- You’ll be shown how to cleft greenwood and use an axe, draw knife and a shave horse to shape the wood.
- You’ll then get to use a traditional woodland pole lathe where students have turned dibblers, rolling pins, spurtles, honey drizzlers, chair legs and even potato mashers!!
All of the materials you use are sustainably sourced from our own woodland in line with our management plan.
Turning tools, froes, draw knives, a selection of axes are all provided.
You can see our complete course schedule here.
Other information
Location: Westwell, Kent
Duration: 1 day
Start: 10am
End: 4pm
Course size: Maximum of 4
Catering: Bring a packed lunch
Note: There’s a short walk from the meeting point to the camp.
What happens next?
Once you’ve made your booking you’ll receive an automated booking confirmation from Ecwid, our e-commerce platform provider.
We’ll send you a comprehensive joining pack 6 to 8 weeks prior to the start of your pole lathing course.
This includes the location of the meeting point and what to bring.
Please read the joining pack when you receive it as it contains essential information about attending our pole lathing course!!
FAQs
If you have any questions, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you still have a question, feel free to email us at info@jackravenbushcraft.co.uk
Please note that as we work predominantly in the woods, it’s not easy for us to be in contact 24/7. We can be contacted by phone at any time, although during teaching sessions it’s kept on silent. Email is checked as soon as we get back from the woods.
Our blog
There are loads of posts on our blog related to our pole lathing course, including making a shave horse, so feel free to take a look.
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What our customers say about our pole lathing course
We also have reviews on our Facebook page and our Google Business page so you can check out those as well.
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Steve was excellent and a thorough teacher, teaching us about several aspects of woodworking, not limited to lathing but beyond. The product I got to bring home reflected what I had learnt and will be a great keepsake.
Great day learning pole lathing. The instructor Steve was very knowledgeable and a generally nice person. I came away tired and with a new skill.