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Practical help for tools, technique, and shop questions
Start here if you are stuck on a tool, a technique, a project, or a shop setup question. The mentor list, safety notes, and handouts are all in one place. If you need the next class, open shop, or monthly meeting date, head to Events.
Bring a question, a blank, or a half-finished piece and the conversation usually starts right there.
The club can connect you with the right mentor if you are not sure who to ask.
Use the archive when you want reference sheets, class notes, or shop reminders.
Mentors
Mentor directory
Search by name, location, level, or topic, then open a profile when you want the longer bio and club context.
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How mentoring works
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Pick the topic, tool, or project you want help with.
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Filter the directory by level, topic, or location.
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Ask the club for an introduction, or simply bring the question to a meeting.
Level guide
Getting help
If you are not sure who to ask
Before you reach out
- Know the project, tool, or technique you want help with.
- Have a rough sense of your level: beginner, intermediate, or advanced.
- Pick one or two likely mentors from the directory.
Request an introduction
The directory does not publish direct mentor emails. Contact the club for an introduction, or ask at the next meeting or open shop session so someone can point you in the right direction.
Follow a topic
Use the archive when you want examples, not just the next contact
Sometimes the best next step is not another directory filter. It is seeing how the club has written about the same question over time.
Safety
Start with the local safety archive, then follow the older safety notes
The safety page is the quickest refresher. The newsletter archive helps when you want the older club examples behind it.
Open shop See how the club has talked about shop time, classes, and getting unstuckUseful when you want the longer paper trail behind the next open shop or class date.
Mentoring Open the older mentor notes, recruiting asks, and teaching follow-upGood for members who want examples of how help in the shop has been offered and described over time.
Demo reviews Browse older demonstration writeups and class follow-upUse this when a meeting demo or hands-on class sends you looking for the longer version.
Resources
Safety notes, handouts, and useful links
Safety archive
Start with the shop reminders members come back to again and again, then open the dated archive if you want the older notes as well.
- Basic lathe setup
- Safety at the grinder
- Angle grinder safety
- Discarding finishing rags
Handouts
Demonstration handouts, class notes, and practical turning reference sheets collected in one place so members can come back to them later.
HandoutsReference links
External turning references, tool makers, and other learning material members find useful.
Woodturning linksInteractive guides
Two beta tools for studying gouges away from the lathe
These are early teaching tools the club is trying out. One is about the tool itself. The other is about what a skilled turner notices while the cut is happening.
Gouge Lab beta
A beta tool for comparing gouge families before you pick one up
Rotate the tool, compare flute shape and grind shorthand, and use the stage as a bench-side way to sort out the family resemblance.
Turner's Eye beta A beta tool for reading what changes in the cut before it turns into troubleFollow the contact point, bevel support, shaving, and catch risk in a guided scene built to show what experienced turners are reading.