{"id":179,"date":"2009-07-07T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T00:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2009-08-15T18:19:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T22:19:26","slug":"nick-cook-turns-big-bubinga-bowls-for-powermatic-at-aaw-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-projects\/nick-cook-turns-big-bubinga-bowls-for-powermatic-at-aaw-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cook Turns Big Bubinga Bowls for Powermatic at AAW Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Making<\/a>

Making the chips fly<\/p><\/div>\n

Few woodworking activities elicit sheer youthful thrill and goofy smiles as much as woodturning does.<\/p>\n

What competes with chucking up a nice block of wood on a lathe seated on 50-pound cast-iron legs, flipping the switch and pushing that mammoth toothpick you call a “roughing gouge” into the spinning blank? Anything?<\/p>\n

Very little, once you feel the wet chips soar into the air and float down to cover your arms, torso, and head.\u00a0 Maybe peeling big, long wood curls with a hand plane comes in at a distant second.\u00a0 Depends on your tastes.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s this thrill of woodturning that brought out some 1,100 folks<\/strong> to the American Association of Woodturners Symposium<\/a> from June 26 through June 28. The 23rd Annual National AAW Symposium took place in Albuqueque, New Mexico – and Woodworkers Source took pleasure in supplying all the turning blanks for the demonstrations by Powermatic.<\/p>\n

We piled up all manner of blanks, from cherry and walnut and maple to some other lesser-known and yet beautifully\u00a0 bizarre woods from all over the world and sent them off to our friends at Powermatic.\u00a0 Powermatic’s turners proved their mettle on Powermatic 3520-B wood lathes<\/a> throughout the show.\u00a0 But we tossed in just one<\/em> piece for an extra special challenge for he-who-dared: an incredible 2″x24″x24″ figured Bubinga platter blank that should be suitable for serving 100-or-so pounds of hors d’oeuvres<\/em> to an army of hungry woodturners when it’s all finished.<\/p>\n

Renowned turner Nick Cook (www.nickcookwoodturner.com<\/a>) arose to the challenge with a commanding grin.\u00a0 I suspect when he’s finished we’ll throw a party or something (naturally<\/em>) and Bob Jenkins, Western U.S. Sales Manager for WMH Tool Group, will get to place the giant platter on display in his office.<\/p>\n

I’m really hoping they send us a picture of the final and finished piece.<\/p>\n

So far all we have is evidence that they cut it round and stood around socializing all weekend . . . \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"From<\/a>

From left to right: Barry Swigert, Bob Jenkins, Bubinga Platter, and Nick Cook<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Barry<\/a>

Barry Swigert, Powermatic Development Engineer, offers his mug for comparative purposes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Want to turn your own giant figured bubinga platter?<\/h3>\n

We’ve got ’em right here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Few woodworking activities elicit sheer youthful thrill and goofy smiles as much as woodturning does. What competes with chucking up a nice block of wood on a lathe seated on 50-pound cast-iron legs, flipping the switch and pushing that mammoth toothpick you call a “roughing gouge” into the spinning blank? Anything? Very little, once you …
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