Teaching

[Neil Lawton]

I don't post much on here now as most of my time is spent teaching other people to turn wood but I thought you lot might find this interesting.
Woodturning has long been considered an "old men in sheds" type hobby / work / pastime, and generally, with the odd exception, that has proved to be true in my case by the sort of people who apply for my courses.

The Pandemic however seems to have caused a change. I'm getting more and more people wishing to take it up and a lot more younger people wishing to take up the craft, the percentage of ladies wishing to learn to turn has increased to outweigh the amount of men attending also.

Today Katy and her 10 year old son Nik were here. When we went through the various tools I mentioned how some are scared of the skew and I'd seen a recent comment about it.
10 year old Nik then asked if he could try the "Devils tin opener" and he nailed it!

 

[flexi]

That's really nice mate, I oftern see these pop up on FB, your always soooo busy.... Well done and long may it continue

 

[alan morrison]

Very good. Keep it going, Neil, you're doing a great job passing on your skills to all ages of people.

 

[Garno]

He even teaches the really good looking people like me

 

[pittswood]

as always, keep up the good work you do Neil. Aspiring young woodworkers on the horizon. Watch out!
Kelvin

 

[Dalboy]

Good to see that youngsters and the ladies starting to have a go even better when a child and adult from the same family as they can encourage each other later on

He even teaches the really good looking people like me

Yes but the advantage is they will remember what was taught when they get home not like you older guys who forget when they walk out of the door

 

[Garno]

Yes but the advantage is they will remember what was taught when they get home not like you older guys who forget when they walk out of the door

Sad but true, even the notes I took down have stopped having any meaning

 

[Garno]

That's really nice mate, I oftern see these pop up on FB, your always soooo busy.... Well done and long may it continue

He teaches very well mate, I highly recommend him

 

[flexi]

He teaches very well mate, I highly recommend him

What are you saying about my turning
LOL

 

[Garno]

What are you saying about my turning
LOL

All joking aside mate if I ever get to the stage where I am half as good as you are at turning I would be a very happy man indeed

 

[geordie0928]

Old saying the teaching world. Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, give him the tools and you feed him for life.

 

[yorkshireman]

Good to see you spreading the word Neil mate, well done

 

[Geoff Kent]

Really nice to see young ones taking up turning.Lets hope they stick at it.I was speaking to my fourteen year old grandson the other day.His school and I guess it applies to many others,don't have wood or metalwork lessons anymore.No wonder "practical" skills seem to be on the wane with youngsters.