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The Utah Woodturning Symposium 2012by Fred HolderThe Utah Woodturning Symposium was held onMay 17-19th, 2012 at the McKay Events Center inOrem, Utah. There were over 80 demonstrations tochoose from and a full schedule of Special Events.There was something for everyone!The 2012 Demonstrators include: Nick Agar, SallyAult, Trent Bosch, Rex Burningham, Kirk Deheer,Douglas Fisher, Brian Gisi, Kurt Hertzog, Allen Jensen,Stuart King, Mike Mahoney, Art Majerus, Guilio Marcolongo,Brian McEvoy, Johannes Michelsen, StuartMortimer, Ken Nelsen, Dale Nish, Binh Pho, RichardRaffan, Malcolm Tibbetts, Joe Wagner, and Tom Wirsing.No matter how one tried, there was no way thatone person could see all of these demonstrators dotheir thing.I was only able to attend 10 of the demonstrations,because we had car trouble (a dead battery). I’mgoing to briefly describe the demonstrations and in thecoming months will have full stories on each of thedemonstrations.The first demonstration was with Guilio Marconlongoof Australia. Guilio did a lidded box with an offcenter lid and with an insert in the lid.Guilio’s finished box with an insert in the lid.The next demonstration that I saw was Stuart Kingof the UK. Stuart showed several movie segments ofpeople in other countries turning with ancient lathesand techniques.Stuart King during his demonstration. After avideo of a fellow turning a chess piece, he turnedthe following piece.Guilio Marconlongo turning the lidded box withan off center lid and with an insert in the lid.Guilio turned the box and fitted the lid and thenmounted the box and lid in his offset chuck and turned asloped top to the lid. He then inserted a piece of abaloneshell into a hole in the lid and the finished it off.I think this was supposed to be a chess piece thatwas turned completely in one mounting.Page 34 More Woodturning July 2012