Woodcraft of West Springfield

Woodturning Basics: Spindle

Sunday, February 8, 2026, 9 AM - 1 PM

Wood mallet class Woodturning Basics: Spindle Get started at the lathe by learning the basics of spindle turning. In this exciting hands-on class you'll learn the skills required to start making spindles on the lathe as you turn two objects: a cove and bead stick and a vase. Tools covered include the roughing gouge, the spindle gouge, and the parting tool. A wood-turned mallet class teaches you to use a lathe to create a useful woodworking tool, perfect for beginners as it covers fundamental skills like spindle turning, shaping with beads/coves.

Introduction /Scroll Saw trivet

Part 1: Sunday, February 15, 2026, 10 AM - 4 PM

Part 2: Sunday, February 22, 2026, 10 AM - 4 PM

Description: A scroll saw is a small electrical saw used to cut intricate curves in wood, metal, or other materials. The fineness of its blade allows it to cut more delicately than a power jigsaw, and more easily than a hand coping saw or fretsaw. In this class, Jim will explain and demonstrate the basic operation and uses of the scroll saw that include maximizing the scroll saw’s efficiency and accuracy. Students will also learn how to setup and align the machine using various blade sizes and teeth configurations along with proper maintenance practices and trouble shooting. You will practice basic in- and outside cuts complete during the class one of the following, a trivet.

V-Carve/CNC for Beginners

Saturday, February 21, 2026, 12 PM - 4 PM

This introductory course will take you from concept to design, and create toolpaths ready to bring to your CNC machine. This class will cover the following: • Basic project setup. material selection, size, zero position, and X -Y Datum. • Basic drawing tools (Circles, Squares, Ovals, etc…) and how to edit and transform objects. • Tool type and selection (End mills, V-Bits, Ball Nose). • Toolpaths: Profile, Pocket, Drilling, V-Carve and others. • Post Processing. Saving your tool paths for your machine. We will be using Vectric’s V-Carve software for this Class. It is highly recommended that you bring your own fully charged laptop with at least the demo version V-Carve Desktop or Pro version loaded. The demo version is freely available for download at https://www.vectric.com/free-trial/ We will be using our in-house Next wave CNC to demo the machine and produce our design.