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mahogany" (sapele) on lop for beauty — except on (lie bottom of the boat. "The fish really don't care," Paul said.

The eight-foot boat's design was originally created by Brad Christensen, an industrial arts education teacher at Kentucky's Berea College, for his own daughters. It's designed for use by a child, with a key switch and steering a child can handle — the boat's powered by a 30-pound trolling motor — but il will also hold an adult.

Depending on the parents'judgment of their child's ability level. Paul said, a boy or girl could probably start handling the boat at about age four — its highest speed, he said, "is about as fast as a brisk walk. At age 12 or 13, boys will probably start thinking it's not cool, and then at 18. it'll be cool again." He did note that his own son, age 23. who was one of the test drivers, told him. "Nobody's ever going lo outgrow tills tiling."

Since it's been tested with more than one rider (for example, a child and an adult). Paul said, "we know il will hold up to 350 pounds. We'd have to sink it on purpose to know the absolute maximum, and we haven't wanted to do that."

What he has wanted lo do is create memories for families. Another team at the January build consisted of a father and a 12-year-old son. Paul said, "I said to the dad, 'Your son's going lo outgrow this in a year or two, but you won't lose the family time.' He said. That's why I'm doing it."'

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—Joanna Werch Takes

Woodworker's Journal June 2009

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Turnings by Russ Clinard and Jeffrey Salter (above), Russ Clinard and Jake Corrado (above, right) and Gregory Smith (right) came from trees cut down for a new art museum addition.

Michigan Trees

Turned, to Art The University of Michigan has a rule that, for every tree removed on campus, one is planted.

When an addition was planned for the university's art museum, that policy got some extra oomph: the 26 trees that were cut down to make way for the addition turned into over 1,000 turnings from 80 woodturners with connections to the university or Michigan-area chapters of the American Association of Woodturners.

Turner Russ Clinard said he appreciated the ability to use the trees, rather than waste the wood. "Being a turner, I use wood all the time, and I try not to waste wood," he said. "I hate to see a

new subdivision put in and they just trash the trees — wood has a value."

The downed wood used in the project included nine different species: red maple, white oak. honey locust, Eastern redbud. burr oak, crabapple, sycamore, maple, silver maple and ginkgo.

The newly remodeled museum opened in March, with the pieces for sale in the museum shop — and the turnings and profits were donated back to the museum. &