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Professional Woodturning Courses and Tuition in Hampshire
Woodturning Lessons: Start a Craft for Life
Discover the joy of professional woodturning courses in a safe, informal environment with professional tutors.
Led by the experienced tutors, Les Thorne and Martin Saban-Smith, who are members of the esteemed Register of Professional Turners, skilled demonstrators and experienced teachers. They bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table, making your learning experience truly exceptional.
Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced woodturner, our selection of courses caters to learners at all levels. Join us at our shop for a delightful day of skill-building in a relaxed and friendly environment.
When you choose our woodturning tuition, you can expect nothing less than first-class instruction, endorsed by Axminster Tools. Our tutors are known for their infectious enthusiasm, expertise, and patience, ensuring that every moment of your learning journey is enjoyable and inspiring.
External Visiting Tutors
We are talking to a selection of top quality woodturning tutors from other workshops to visit out workshop in 2024 to host some specialist courses. Below are the details (when they become available)
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Colwin Way: Taming of the SkewFrom: £150.00 inc VAT -
Emma Cook: Resin Sphere TurningFrom: £154.17 inc VAT
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Emma Cook: Carved Square Platter CourseFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
Beginners Woodturning Courses
If you are starting in woodturning, taking a one or two-day course will safely speed up your learning curve. With two Registered Professional Turners hosting our lessons, our students learn the proper techniques straight from the off.
**New for 2024**: Students booking onto our Woodturning Experience Day or Beginners 2 Day Woodturning Course are given access to over an hour of video tutorials of the techniques they learned. See course details for more information.
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Wide Rim Turning and Airbrush Day CourseFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Woodturning Experience DayFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Beginners 2 Day Woodturning CourseFrom: £245.83 inc VAT
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Bowl Turning Experience DayFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Les ThorneFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Martin Saban-SmithFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
Advanced Courses
Thinking of taking the next steps in your woodturning life? Look no further as we are able to cater for the majority of more advanced techniques in both group and one-to-one courses.
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Wide Rim Turning and Airbrush Day CourseFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Get Fruity with Les Woodturning DayFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Copy Turning with a Skew and Spindle GougeFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Martin Saban-Smith Improvers Bowl Turning CourseFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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Pedestal Bowl Course with MartinFrom: £133.33 inc VAT
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Les ThorneFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Martin Saban-SmithFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Pepper and Salt MillsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Improvers Natural Edge BowlsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Basic Course on Colouring and Texturing BowlsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Improvers Hollowed FormsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
One to One Tuition
In our opinion, one-to-one tuition is simply the best way to receive the absolute best in tuition. Les and Martin can provide tuition on a huge range of turning disciplines.
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Les ThorneFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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1-1 Full Day Tuition with Martin Saban-SmithFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Pepper and Salt MillsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Improvers Natural Edge BowlsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Basic Course on Colouring and Texturing BowlsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
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Les Thorne 1-1 Improvers Hollowed FormsFrom: £291.67 inc VAT
Booking for someone? Add a gift card to make it more special
Many courses are booked for people as gifts for birthdays or Christmas, which is a super gesture.
We can now help you make the gift even more special.
Add a gift card to the booking and we’ll send your card where you can add the details of their course as well as your own special message. (If you buy a voucher with a code, we’ll add the details to it for you).
Demonstration Lathe
The primary tuition room has an Axminster 2030 Trade lathe used as a demonstration machine and for one-to-one tuition. It is a beast of a machine and allows pieces to be turned up to 20″ over the bed and up to a whopping 39″ using the bed extension.
It is used to demonstrate the techniques on the course and can also be used by one of the students.
Five Lathe Stations
There are five additional lathe stations that students use, featuring the popular Axminster 406 lathes as well as OneWay and Nova machines.
Other Facilities
Each student has a complete set of woodturning tools and finishes to use on the day and access to a host of other tools for specialist courses. Plus, each student receives a welcome pack containing their abrasives, a dust mask, lathe stickers, a discount card for Axminster Tools and further information.
The workshop also features extraction for each lathe, and the air is completely filtered up to 12 times an hour when sanding with a ceiling-mounted Jet filtration system.
Food & Drink
Tree House Coffee Shop
Morning coffee and lunch are included in your course cost and each course starts at the Garden Centre’s popular Tree House Coffee Shop.
After a meet-and-greet, we will head to the workshop before returning for lunch. The menu has a good selection of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.
The workshop has tea and coffee making facilities and bottles of water on-hand, too.
Quality Assurance
Axminster Tools recommend our woodturning tuition to their customers.
Every Woodturning Shop student will also receive a 5% discount for use in Axminster Tool shops at the end of their course.
Find Us
We are based to the rear of the newly refurbished Garthowen Garden Centre in Four Marks, Hampshire.
