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The Sunday hands on workshop with George Hatfield	The workshop was held at the Woodcraft Store in Rochester	The bulk of the day was focused on the skew chisel	After learning smoothing with skew, we learned to cut beads

Proper hands position is key to controlling the skew	George demo'd each step then we all practiced that step	There was one student to a lathe, limiting attendance to 7...	with first come, first served for registration in the workshop

Between 9 and 5, we stopped turning only for George's demos	Everyone had plenty of personal attention...	as George "hovered" from lathe to lathe...	while we all practiced each segments instruction

George covered proper hand positions for each type of cut...	as well as tool orientation and position at the end of the cut	Every cut had a proper start...	and flow through the cut...

to a finish position	George is a great teacher with many years of teaching experience	Jim Hotaling was George's host while he was in Rochester	Even with great instruction, we all had some "oops"

The culmination of the day, designing a leg using everything learned	Not only all the pieces, but the proper cutting sequence	Five PM came to quickly and we had to call it a day	Everyone pitching in to clean up after a great day

Photos by Kurt Hertzog

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Hands On Workshop with George Hatfield