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A Woodturner's Life...Glenn Lucas

Aron Fast

Aron Fast

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The 4th episode just dropped on YouTube. My son and I have watched each one and I have learned quite a bit about processing wood. I'm not a professional and I don't have a sawmill or a kiln. But I have a chainsaw, bandsaw and forklift and the nuggets of knowledge that Glenn drops along the way are so great.

For example he lays out his circles slightly overlapping so even though the rough turned bowl will have a flat spot and be a little 'oval' the differential shrinkage will be more round.

I think I enjoy the methods of work almost as much as I enjoy the woodturning itself.
 
I've really been enjoying this series! Led me to finally get off the dime and schedule a class with him (not until 2027) to give us an excuse to go to Ireland for a few weeks. The scale of is operation (and the amount of hard work involved) is really impressive. Love the spalted beech he gets.
 
Watched the four videos and amazed at the huge operation he manages. I was particularly interested in his routine for cutting logs into blanks. I have been putting off cutting logs but am confident that I can follow his directions to produce good blanks.
 
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