I have just completed my first formal wood-turning lesson. Having bought a lathe last year I thought that it would be appropriate to take some lessons. I can’t believe the setup include four lathes and one instructor, nearly personalized tuition. So I spent three blissful hours make square pieces of timber round with a roughing gouge and a skew chisel. I then moved on to making beads and coves. This introduced the parting tool and spindle gouge. Off to a flying start and another nine weeks to go