American Woodturner is the journal of the AAW. It includes information, articles, and other material relating to woodturning. The current issue is Summer 2009, Volume 24, No. 2

A subscription to the Journal is included with your membership in the AAW. Click here for more information on joining. Back issue hard-copies of the AW Journal, as well as multiple back issues on CD, may be purchased by clicking here.

A complete index of AW Journal articles, going back to 1986, can be found here.

The Summer 2009 issue of the American Woodturner began being mailed 15 May, 2009. The USPS normally takes up to 10 business days to make delivery in the lower 48. Depending on your local post office efficiency, most AAW members should receive this issue by late May.

Features

• Giles Gilson - The AAW Recognizes an Innovative Genius
• Terry Martin takes a look at the rich career of Giles Gilson
• Refining the Edge: Skews and Gouges
• Improve your turned surfaces with simple sharpening techniques by Alan Lacer with Jeryl Wright
• Transform Your Tape Measure - John Giem shows how to create an elegant case for your tape measure
• Make Your Own Chucks for a Vacuum System - Easy directions to make your own vacuum chucks so you have the right size for any job by Clifford L. Hill and Frederick C. Hill
• Pneumatic Carving Stand - Make a portable carving stand for your vacuum chucks by Frederick C. Hill with Clifford L. Hill
• The Parting Tool – A Primer - Robert Rosand reviews the basics of using this important woodturner’s tool
• Sketch for Success
• Develop an eye for design with Keith Tompkins
• First Segmented Woodturning Symposium - Experience the first ever segmented woodturning symposium with John Jaworowicz
• Lincoln Seitzman - Robin Rice explores Lincoln Seitzman’s pioneering work
• Muskego Chapel: A Treasure Trove of American Folk Turning
• Terry Martin explores Muskego Chapel’s woodturning treasures, created by Norwegian settlers more than 160 years ago
• Merryll Saylan - Bridging the fields of contemporary art, woodturning and design with Merryll Saylan by Kevin Wallace
• Challenge Vll: dysFUNctiona - A new look at functionality and the wood object by Robin Rice.

Association News and Notes

• EOG Auction
• From the AW Editor, Betty Scarpino
• President’s Letter, Bill Haskell
• AAW Annual Financial Statement
• AAW’s Silver Anniversary Book Request for essays
• Collectors of Wood Art
• POP News: The Professional Outreach Program

Woodturners Chatter

• Atlanta Airport Exhibit
• Works of the Hand, Martha Connell
• Trees Live On in Wood Art
• Tips
• Book Reviews: The Art of Turned Bowls, Ellsworth on Woodturning, and To Turn the Perfect Wooden Bowl
• Website Winner
• A Woodturner’s Daughter: A memoir by Denise DeRose
• Calendar of Events

Gallery

• Members Gallery
• “The Art of Opening: Bottles & Their Toppers”
• Duplessis, Mahoney, Reiver, Napoli, Panek
• “In Balance: Wood & Metal”

On the Covers

• Cover – Venus and Vargas, Giles Gilson, 2006, Basswood, pakkawood, brass, paint, 30" x 15", Bohlen Collection (story, page 18)
• Back Cover – Disentangling Inspiration, 2008, 3" x 27" x 9" by Tania Radda

Additional downloadable content for the Spring 2008 issue:

* Click on this link to view supplemental info (the "slide-show") mentioned in the article titled Transitional Segmented Vessels by Jim Rodgers

Additional downloadable content for the Summer 2007 issue:

* Click here for supplemental information to the article "Turning to the Internet" by Joe Fleming, pages 54-57 - mentioned in the "Tips for Online Wood Purchases" box on page 56.

Additional downloadable content for the Spring 2007 AW issue:

* Supplemental info to the article "Build Your Own Rose Engine Lathe", pages 52-53, authored by Jon Magill (tremendous job Jon...thank you!!!)

• Click here for a comprehensive set of instructions for building your own Rose Engine Lathe
  - Introduction and Overview (pdf) ...3 pages
  - Rose Engine Construction Instructions (pdf) ...11 pages
  - Rose Engine Detailed Drawings (pdf) ...13 pages
  - You can also right-click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to you r hard drive
• Online videos (3 versions of same video) showing Rose Engine Lathe in operation
  - Click here for WMV (Windows Media Player) file format (31MB)
  - Click here for MOV (Apple Quick Time) file format (50MB)
  - Click here for the MOV file without music (6MB)
  - You can also right click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to your hard drive, to play later
  
• If you have a question on any of this information, please email Jon Magill

Additional downloadable content for the Fall 2006 AW issue:

* Supplemental info to the article "Inspiration for the Soul", pages 18-19

Additional downloadable content for the Summer 2006 AW issue:

* Supplemental info to the article “Professionally Thinking,” by John Jordan, page 15

Additional downloadable content for the Spring 2006 AW issue:

* Supplemental info to the article "Symposium tips for first-time attendees" page 8

* Supplemental info to the article "Sheffield" by Nick Cook on page 28 of the Spring 2006 AW issue is available here.

* Supplemental info to the article "Segmented Turning School" by Jim Rodgers, mentioned on page 58 of the Spring 2006 AW issue is available by clicking here.

* Reprint of AW article on the 2006 Symposium...Pack Your Bags!

Additional downloadable content supporting the Winter 2005 issue (also mentioned in the Spring 2006 issue):

* Quick Start Segmenting Project, by Jim Rodgers

* Cutting Summary

* Quick Start Drawing

* Tablesaw Segment Cutting Sled Plans

Sample articles from American Woodturner:

Oh, Canada - Laser cut design (1,030kb - large but worth it) Spring 2006, by Richard Kleinhenz

Spherical Box (845kb - large but worth the wait), Winter 2005, by Christian Delhon

Pepper Mill - It's a new grind (183kb) Spring 2004, by Nick Cook.

Heirlooms in the Making - Turned Baby Rattles (178kb) Fall 2004, also by Nick Cook.

Neil Scobie, Contributing Editor
630 Buccca Road
Lower Bucca, NSW 2450
Australia
Phone: 61 2 6654 3548
Email: scobies@bigpond.com

Kevin Wallace, Contributing Editor
Phone: (310) 470-1306
Email: kevinw3306@aol.com