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Biography
E-Mail me at
mmickhutch@yahoo.com
mmickhutch@yahoo.com
Two of my sons have shown some
interest in wood turning. Both have
completed several pieces including
segmented work. Their time, like mine
was, is limited by jobs and family. My
grandson has completed a few solid
pieces. I enjoy working in the
basement with them as my grand father
did with me.
interest in wood turning. Both have
completed several pieces including
segmented work. Their time, like mine
was, is limited by jobs and family. My
grandson has completed a few solid
pieces. I enjoy working in the
basement with them as my grand father
did with me.
As a boy, I used to work with my grandfather
in his basement woodworking shop. He had
many of his fathers wood working tools
including a treadle lathe. It took a lot of
effort to turn a project on that lathe. In
school, I learned that lathes could be
motorized and work became much easier. I
earned enough money during my sixteenth
summer to buy a used motorized lathe. We
had a great time turning lamps and bowls.
Soon, came college, employment, and family.
All this left little time for wood turning. After
my grandfather died, the lathe moved to a
corner of my basement. It moved with my
family and I over three states and some fifty
years.
Shortly after I retired, I cleaned our basement
and found the dusty lathe. It looked like it
needed something to do and so did I. I
cleaned and oiled it and turned a couple of
projects. Little did I know that this
beginning would develop into a passion.
Although I still use the lathe which is over a
hundred years old, there is now a new lathe
and other woodworking tools.
in his basement woodworking shop. He had
many of his fathers wood working tools
including a treadle lathe. It took a lot of
effort to turn a project on that lathe. In
school, I learned that lathes could be
motorized and work became much easier. I
earned enough money during my sixteenth
summer to buy a used motorized lathe. We
had a great time turning lamps and bowls.
Soon, came college, employment, and family.
All this left little time for wood turning. After
my grandfather died, the lathe moved to a
corner of my basement. It moved with my
family and I over three states and some fifty
years.
Shortly after I retired, I cleaned our basement
and found the dusty lathe. It looked like it
needed something to do and so did I. I
cleaned and oiled it and turned a couple of
projects. Little did I know that this
beginning would develop into a passion.
Although I still use the lathe which is over a
hundred years old, there is now a new lathe
and other woodworking tools.