new master turners for 2009 workshops

[John Nowack]

My club is setting up the list of workshops for 2009--They are asking for names of master turners that we would like learn from--Any ideas would be appreaciated--I was looking for a bill or bob not sure of the last name but I hear alot about his video's on here---sounds silly but all I know is that he has a beard and glasses I think---any other names would be appreaciated...

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Bill Grumbine is the person for whom you are looking.

If you do a search, you will find his website......something about wonderfulwood....

[curtis rosche]

bill grumbine,
if your looking for hollow forms you could ask steve schlumf (sp?)

[Gordon Seto]

Bill Grumbine is a top notch teacher and demonstrator. One of our Clubs had him for a two day demo, bowl gouge clinic and the other Club for one day demo and 2nd day hands-on. I highly recommend him. His demos are both educational and entertaining. He recognized that we had cross membership from both Clubs watching, the jokes were not all the same.
He demoed everything except his 60 grit gouge. There were no sanding at all. He did several projects with only one 5/8" V bowl gouge, 1 parting tool and 1 cut from a detail gouge (because he needed the access for the tight space). He also used the skew and McNaughton coring system to demonstrate skew and bowl coring.
One thing I gauge how well a demo is received by the members is how many members stay till the end of the full day demo. We had more than fair share of members helping the clean up.
His famous DVD may let us perceived that he is a teacher for bowl basics. His hands-on class is we each learn and do at our own pace and level. It would be beneficial even to those who already have couple bowls under the belt. To maximize the learning in the class, I suggest watching his DVD first.

[Jon McCoy]

I'd suggest picking up a copy of New Masters of Woodturning and schedule a few of them. Amazing artwork, and the artists I've seen from the book were all great at showing how they achieve their work.

http://www.amazon.com/New-Masters-Woodturning-Expanding-Boundaries/dp/1565233344/

[John Nowack]

that is a good publication---We actually have the pleasure of having Ron
Fleming as a member--he was just published in that magazine---his turnings and carved work is amazing

[Jeff Moffett]

I've enjoyed learning from Mike Mahoney, Dale Nish, and Jimmy Clewes.