Dedicated to Providing Education, Information, and Organization
To Those Interested in Woodturning
American Woodturner is published quarterly,
March, June, September, and December.
American Woodturner is the journal of the AAW. It includes information,
articles, and other material relating to woodturning. The current issue
is Spring 2008, Volume 23, No. 1.
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 Spring 2008 issue of the American Woodturner began being mailed from Des Moines,
Iowa during the week of 18 February, 2008. 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 the latest issue by late February.
The Spring 2008 issue includes the following articles:
- Constructive critique lecture (SOFA Chicago)
- Turned lampshades by Peter Bloch
- Richmond symposium details
- Transitional segmented vessels by Jim Rodgers (click on this link for supplemental info mentioned in the article).
- Environmental responsibility (Part II) by Brad Whitman
- Rose Engine & Kings exhibit at the Wood Turning Center
- New department! Ornamental Obsessions by Jon Magill (overhead drives)
- Ornamental turning cutting tools by Jon Magill
- Food-safe finishes by Bob Flexner
- The Sphere exhibit (POP exhibit for Richmond symposium)
- Far From the Tree exhibit by Kevin Wallace and Jacques Vesery
- Wooden pen clip by Richard Kleinhenz
- The Straka chuck by Alan Lacer
- Member gallery
- More squirt designs by Neil Scobie
Plus...Regular departments:
Each issue also includes organization and chapter news.
Additional 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!!!)
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
The AAW has long been blessed with talented and loyal members who submit articles and photos for publication in the journal. We are now able to pay members $100 per published page for how-to and techniques articles.
Submissions to American Woodturner are encouraged. Please contact
the editor with articles or proposals.
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