BOB SATZLER WOODTURNING
PAGE 5 ABOUT US
A little something about Bob Satzler that may interest
some of you who have been repeat customers.
PAGE 5 ABOUT US
A little something about Bob Satzler that may interest
some of you who have been repeat customers.
This is the lathe setup I use for many of my tall hollow vessels. You will see the lazer guide
that shows me the thickness of the wall as I proceed to hollow deep into the piece. You may
notice also that many of the tools and accessories used are not commercially purchased,
but made in my own shop. I enjoy making tools almost as much as the other work.
My background is far from the artistic field. Forty years were spent in the heating and air
conditioning field, twenty-nine of which we owned and operated our own business in
Topeka, KS. That "we" is because my wife has always been my office manager,
bookkeeper and time scheduler [still is].
Although I had experience with a wide variety of tools and some home carpentering, I had
never had experience with a wood lathe till I retired. Two of my good friends were doing
woodturning in their retirement and got me interested. My first lathe was a used one
purchased in 1990 and before long we had woodturnings everywhere and my three children
had a variety also. I started selling some things in1993 and have sold many items since
then. I still consider it a hobby and cant see that I am making much profit. I work only when I
want to , which is as it should be in retirement. My shop is in the basement of our home so I
can work when I choose.
I belong to four wood related clubs, two local and two international, and we have traveled to
many meetings and met many others with a similar interest in wood related work. My shop
time and travel have diminished some due to health and age [84], but I still make a lot of
shavings.
that shows me the thickness of the wall as I proceed to hollow deep into the piece. You may
notice also that many of the tools and accessories used are not commercially purchased,
but made in my own shop. I enjoy making tools almost as much as the other work.
My background is far from the artistic field. Forty years were spent in the heating and air
conditioning field, twenty-nine of which we owned and operated our own business in
Topeka, KS. That "we" is because my wife has always been my office manager,
bookkeeper and time scheduler [still is].
Although I had experience with a wide variety of tools and some home carpentering, I had
never had experience with a wood lathe till I retired. Two of my good friends were doing
woodturning in their retirement and got me interested. My first lathe was a used one
purchased in 1990 and before long we had woodturnings everywhere and my three children
had a variety also. I started selling some things in1993 and have sold many items since
then. I still consider it a hobby and cant see that I am making much profit. I work only when I
want to , which is as it should be in retirement. My shop is in the basement of our home so I
can work when I choose.
I belong to four wood related clubs, two local and two international, and we have traveled to
many meetings and met many others with a similar interest in wood related work. My shop
time and travel have diminished some due to health and age [84], but I still make a lot of
shavings.
Below I will show some of the process required to produce the turnings being shown. At the
present time, I am showing several turnings made from american elm burl. The first picture
shows the tree still standing--on a school grounds--where it had recently died. I was able to
make arrangements to be there when it was cut and hauled off three trailer loads of logs.
The second picture shows the logs in my back yard, where I worked for a year off and on
cutting out the blanks to make turnings.
present time, I am showing several turnings made from american elm burl. The first picture
shows the tree still standing--on a school grounds--where it had recently died. I was able to
make arrangements to be there when it was cut and hauled off three trailer loads of logs.
The second picture shows the logs in my back yard, where I worked for a year off and on
cutting out the blanks to make turnings.
This is a huge walnut stump from a construction site, still in a ball of soil, but hopefully,
with some very nice turnings in there somewhere. Time will tell.
with some very nice turnings in there somewhere. Time will tell.