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Vitor Cruz

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Arazede, Portugal
Dear members.

Thanks for accepting me into AAW.

I'm from Portugal and I'm 62 years old.

From a very young age, I have been passionate about working with wood.

I started with some used hobby machines.

Years ago, I started building a lathe for wood, with used parts from the machines I repair. I'm field service engineer from Siemens-Healthineers.

On last august bought a JET 1840 lathe. The other one is very limited.

I started with segmented turning, with the JET 1840, after having made a few bowls.

My workshop is in a cave; however, I’m planning to build a new space in the yard to put all my machines and tools. I also have a basic CNC machine by 1000x600 [mm].

The last ( and first big) project was a vase with 684 segments in 38 slices. The next ones will be based in normal and twisted staves.

The workshop and some of the objects I've been making...
 

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