Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-5, страница 12
The Woodworker's Journal This Woodworker Cuts Both Ways They say that confession is good for the soul. I hope that is true. In our last issue, I 'fessed up about the true nature of tool testing. This issue, I have one more thing to admit... I have become fascinated with woodturning. I've got a lot to learn "Just about everything about turning is backwards when compared to flat-woodworking." urned bowl 1 butternut. about turning (which diminishes my enjoyment not one whit), but one thing I have already discovered has been a real revelation: When it comes to woodworking, there exists a great divide. There is flat-work (you know, cabinetry, furniture-making, etc.) on one side of the canyon and woodturning on the other. Both are technically woodworking, but they are very different in both execution and technique. For most of my life, I have stood firm in the flat woodworking camp. I made cabinets with my father. I made guitars (which even though they are very curvy, are indeed flat-woodworking ...) on my own. I've made furniture and custom cabinetry in my own studio. And I've loved every bit of it. But a while ago, I bought a lathe, and that has led me to venture across that great divide, and now I am standing-with a tenuous foot in each camp. You may Featured Author: Betty Scarping My first attempt at green-turning black walnut. ask, "what are the big differences?" Well, just about everything about woodturning is backward when compared to flat-woodworking. In flat-woodworking, you mostly move the wood across the cutter, be it table saw, router table or whatever. In woodturning, you spin the wood and hold the cutter up against it. In flat-woodworking, you get best results with well-dried wood. Turners often prefer green — by that, I mean wood right off the stump — over kiln-dried stock. And while there are many precision turners out there, speaking for myself, the final shape of a turned piece is likely to not be finalized until I'm done sanding. It may be that the key difference between flat-woodworking and woodturning is in the creative process. The left brain/right brain divide may well be the genesis of the canyon I am uncomfortably straddling. I admit all of this to help introduce part of this issue. Our fifth annual woodturner's challenge is featured on page 30. (You can see by the examples on this page why I was not selected for the challenge ...) Betty Scarpino, our turning expert, decided that tiny objects would be the goal of this year's event What you will find on those pages are not big. not at all flat, but absolutely amazing — I confess. Betty Scarpino is our undisputed turning guru. With pieces in the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, her expertise is a matter of record. In addition to being an exceptionally talented turner, Betty is a great teacher and top-flight writer to boot.When I was searching the nation to find a great woodturner for our magazine pages, Betty's name was on the top of everyone's recommendation list We are very lucky to have her appear in every issue as part of our gang. — Rob Johnstone 2 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 Volume 32, Number 5 ROB JOHNSTONE Editor in Chief JOANNA WERCH TAKES Senior Editor CHRIS MARSHALL Field Editor JEFF JACOBSON Senior Art Director JOEFAHEY Associate Art Director MATTHEW BECKER Content Coordinator LARRY N. STOIAKEN Publisher DANASEVERSON Advertising Director ALYSSA TAUER Advertising Operations MARY TZIMOKAS Circulation Director KELLY ROSAAEN Circulation Manager MEG CLARK Direct Mail Manager Founder and CEO ANN ROCKLER JACKSON Editorial Advisors NORTON ROCKLER JOHN KELLIHER Contributing Editors MICHAEL DRESDNER RICK WHITE GEORGE VONDRISKA ADVERTISING SALES J.F. Van Gilder Company 12740 Hillcrest Plaza Dr., Suite 295 Dallas, Texas 75230 DAVID BECKLER david@jvgco.com TERRIMATHIS terri@jvgco.com JIM VAN GILDER jim@jvgco.com Phone: (972) 392-1892 Fax: (972) 392-1893 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Magazine Publishers of America EDITORIAL INQUIRIES ROB JOHNSTONE rjohnstone@wocxlvyorkersjournal.com 763-478-8255 JOANNA WERCH TAKES jtakes@woodworkersjoumai.com 763-478-8303 CHRIS MARSHALL cmarshaltswoodworkersjournal.com 614-746-2985 SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES (800) 765-4119 or Write Woodworker's Journal, P.O. Box 56583, Boulder. CO 80322-6583. E-mail: woodworkersjournal9neodata.com. Include mailing label for renewals and address changes. For gift subscriptions, include your name and address and your gift recipient's. BOOK SALES AND BACK ISSUES Call: (800)610-0883 www.woodworkersjournal.com VISIT OUR HOME PAGE: ©2008 Rockfe' Press Inc. Printed in USA |
