Rocky Mountain Woodturners











The Rocky Mountain Woodturners are a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners.


Woodturning Symposiums
Loveland, CO
Provo, UT
Mesa, AZ
AAW National


Other Colorado Clubs
Denver
Colorado Springs






WOOD TURNING RESOURCES


Woodcraft

Northern Colorado's largest woodworking tools and supplies store. Woodworking classes also available.
3718 Draft Horse Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
Phone: (970) 292-5940

Wood Emporium
A great resource for an extensive selection of tropical wood, bowl and pen blanks, woodturning and carving tools, woodworking books and more. 10% off to club members.
970.667.5621
618 N. Garfield Ave
Loveland, CO

Rough Out Bowls, Etc.
Dan Bailey
1825 Longworth Road
Fort Collins, CO, 80526
970.482.1604


Keener Hardwoods
970.214.3594

Sears Trostel Lumber and Hardwoods
A great resource for lumber (tropical and domestic), bowl blanks, woodworking books. Jet dealer.
970.482.1928
351 Linden
Fort Collins, CO

Kyhlwood Lumber
Kevin Kyhl comes about once a month to Ft. Collins with a load of hardwood from Iowa. A lot of boards but also some thick slabs and assorted spalted wood. To be on his mailing list or ask him if he can bring something specific, get in touch with him at kyhlwood@forbin.net
517C N. Link Lane
Loveland, CO

Links


theoak.com/rick/Electricity_in_the_Shop.html
Electricity in the woodshop.

maxkrimmel.com/Alabaster/AlabasterMain.html
Max Krimmel's page on Turning Alabaster.

jamesriser.com/Machinery/chasers/making_chasers.html
James Riser's page on making your own thread chasers.

woodworking.co.uk/Technical/Screwcutting/screwcutting.html
An article on hand chasing threads by Bill Jones.

woodturners.org/tech_tips/vacuum_chuck/vacuum-chucks.pdf
An in depth article about vacuum chucking by William Noble.

frontrangewoodturners.com
Reversing the Jet Mini Lathe. You will find instructions and a modification for it on the front page of the Front Range Woodturners' website.

brandonmackie.com/turning.html
How Brandon turns various projects with step-by-step pictures.



Classes

Woodcraft
Northern Colorado's largest woodworking tools and supplies store. Woodworking classes also available.
3718 Draft Horse Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
Phone: (970) 292-5940

Trent Bosch
Trent is a member of The Rocky Mountain Woodturners and runs workshops designed around the students' needs. For more info or to schedule a workshop contact Trent at 970.568.3299 or visit his website.

Dr. Lee Carter
Dr. Lee Carter runs the Rocky Mountain School of Woodturning. The school is located at 4625 Kiva Dr, La Porte, CO 80535. Please call Lee at 970.221.4382 or email him at lljtc4x4149@cs.com for more information.

Curt Theobald
Curt Theobald runs segmented turning workshops where he demonstrates the process he uses to come up with some of his amazing pieces. Please call Curt at 307.245.3310 or visit his wesbite for more information.

Brandon Mackie
Brandon is a member of The Rocky Mountain Woodturners and offers classes at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Denver and personal lathe instruction at his shop or yours. He instructs classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced students about various subjects. Please call Brandon at 303.507.5206, Rockler at 303.782.0588 or visit his website for more information.