Note – The following message is from AAW Board Member Jean LeGwin. One of the primary benefits of AAW membership is access to vast educational resources that are available only to members. These include the American Woodturner archives, the AAW website forums, and chapter libraries, to name just a few. …
Note -The following message is from the AAW The Rocky Mountain Woodturners are happy to announce our annual woodturning symposium to be held on September 8th and 9th, 2012. It will once again be at The Ranch/Larimer County Fairgrounds, Loveland, Colorado. This year we have expanded the event to have …
The latest edition of the AAW Woodturning Fundamentals recently came out and here is a summary of what you will find: A question from Ferdinand about what he really needs to buy in order to be able to turn. Kurt Hertzog’s reply indicates that beyond access to a lathe, one …
Note – The following was taken from a recent AAW newsletter, but I thought it was important enough to repost it here. “I know of a young man who uses a wheelchair who wants to learn woodturning. Can you help?” It was a heartbreaking phone call. My lathe and shop …
SPSW is a large chapter of the AAW that provides us, the members, with many opportunities to improve our woodturning skills, learn new skills, see world class demonstrators and share information with great people. This does not happen by itself, it takes members who are willing to step into leadership …
Bonnie Klein has been a woodturner for many years. In 1986 she designed the Klein Lathe, a forerunner of today’s mini-lathes, which she sold for 20 years. In 1992 she introduced the Klein Threading Jig for cutting threads in wood. If you were in attendance at the SPSW membership meeting …
