Anyone using a table saw needs to see this. For those of you who use a table saw, you will find this fascinating.  You are going to enjoy this one and say ouch!!  You need to Watch all of it!

If you have never seen ” Time Warp,”   it’s a show all about super slow motion cameras capturing things we take for granted and never see as they really are.  In this case, they are taking photos of this guy’s new invention.

Dalton Ghetti has been carving teeny, tiny pencil tip sculptures for 25 years.

The New York Times reports,

“Mr. Ghetti, who owns about as many possessions as a monk, is aware how unusual his craft is. He started carving tree bark when he was a child and experimented with everything from soap to chalk before settling on graphite. It’s second nature now, and for 90 percent of his work, all he needs is a sewing needle, a razor blade and a carpenter’s or No. 2 pencil.

‘The pencil tip is great; it’s like a pure, very homogenous material,’ he said. ‘It cuts in the same direction, not like wood, which has a grain. But when I tell people how long it takes, that’s when they don’t believe it. That’s what amazes people more, the patience. Because everything nowadays has to be fast, fast, fast.’”

Insane. Serious patience. Impeccable eye-sight. Incredible motor skills. Apparently Ghetti takes “years and years” to finish each project. Check it out.

Keynote Presenter is Alan Lancer who has been involved in the turning field for over thirty years as a turner, teacher, writer, exhibition coordinator, demonstrator and past president of the American Association of Woodturners. His work has appeared in a number of regional and national exhibitions. Alan has been a regular instructor and demonstrator of the craft—having worked in all 50 states as well as 4 foreign countries. His writings have covered technical aspects of woodturning, many specific projects, stories related to both contemporary and historical woodturning and the long turning traditions of Japan and Germany. He has also produced three videos on his own, with two of them winning a total of four national awards. In 1999 the American Association of Woodturners awarded him their Lifetime Honorary Member Award for his contributions to the field.

Symposium Price:
$80.00 – Early registration until May 31, 2010 : $90.00: June 1, 2010
$10 – Youth under the age of 18 when accompanied by a paying adult
No Refunds after June 30, 2010
Work Shops : July 25th & 26th & 27th

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BEST NOVICE:x  Tom Pranger

BEST INTERMEDIATE ENTRY: Larry Omo

BEST EXPERT ENTRY: Neil Bonn

BEST RED GREEN ENTRY: Carol Zandell

MOST ORIGINAL/CREATIVE: Carol Zandell

MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF WOOD: Neil Bonn

BEST QUICKIE ENTRY: Carol Zandell

BEST USE OF A 2X4: Dan Haavisto

Many thanks to all the other participants, Ed Grondin, Jerry Ableidinger, and Jerry Wheeler. This year there were 19 entries from 10 people and pretty much everyone received a prize or a certificate.