Craft Supplies Open House 2003

Martin Pidgen, an English production turner, demonstrates some of his items

One of the over 250,000 light pulls that Martin has made

Rich Kleinhenz gets the pen turning demonstrations started

Rich is demonstrating enhancements that can be made to kit pens

Emory McLaughlin, a professional turner from Florida, demos a pen using dyeing techniques

The pen turning sessions drew a good crowd of spectators

A look at the pen Emory made during his demonstration

During Emory's demo, Scott's brand new Oneway quit amid smoke and sparks

A jokester immediately put a "for sale" sign on it

The problem turned out to be a capacitor on the voltage doubler circuit board

Tim Clay, from Oneway, began to rewire the machine for 220v operation eliminating the doubler

While his lathe was being rewired, Scott continued his demo using a mini

A look at the clearance area not too long after the hordes have gotten the best bargains

Stuart Mortimer, from England, begins his demonstration

Stuart is famous for the decorative twists he incorporates into his turned items

Stuart's demo piece, a walnut goblet with twists on the stem

Photos by Kurt Hertzog