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February, 2003 – Alan Lacer

  • Alan Lacer Describing the wonders of the Skew Chisel
  • Alan using wood block to discuss sharpening choices for the Skew
  • Using roughing gouge to prepare the blank prior to smoothing with the skew
  • Using the skew to creat a pommel transition from the square stock to the round segment
  • Egg shape formed with the skew chisel
  • The audience in rapt attention
  • Al and Warren critically examing Lacer's work
  • Alan getting ready to heat the tool blanks and quench in olive oil after he bends the hook shape. He watches the color of the metal as it heats to guage when it is hot enough to bend. At the next step when it is reheated with the Propane torch he wants it hot, but not too hot, to temper or remove some of the brittleness.
  • The finished hook tool ready to use
  • Hollowing out the inside of a box with the newly made hook tool
  • Finished lidded box
  • Small top made with the skew and then colored by a marbleizing technique.
  • Martha and Al watching intently.
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