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FIW 121
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Title: | Advanced Turning |
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Course Description: | Develops advanced turning techniques to create woodturning art. Students will learn the use of concentric chucks to do multi-access turning of spindles, bowls and hollow vessels. They will also learn to use grinders to create twisted hollow forms and carve on the exterior of bowls and vases. The students will also learn thread chasing, segmenting, and multi-sided box techniques. This class is an extension of FIW 120 Intermediate Turning II. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | RRCC |
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Status Notes: | New course data for old course # entered 11/8/11 LK |
STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Use concentric chucks in the making of non-linear objects.
2. Use grinders and air carvers to cut or decorate forms.
3. Thread chasing tools for caps and finials.
4. Cut and glue segments for multiple segmented turnings.
5. Demonstrate multi-center turning for making multi-sided boxes.
6. Use tools and chucks for Chinese and Singapore balls.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Concentric goblets, bowls and hollow forms
II. Twisted hollow forms
III. Carved vessels
IV. Thread chasing
V. Segmented and lost segmented forms
VI. Multi-axis and multi-sided boxes
VII. Chinese balls and Singapore balls
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Red Rocks Community College |
RRCC |
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