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DAKOTA WOODTURNERS

PO Box 243

Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota  58502

Chapter #115 of the American Association of Woodturners and member of the Dakota West Arts Council and Mandan Arts & Gallery Assn, serving woodturners of western North Dakota

Serving Central and Western ND Woodturners


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The Dakota Woodturners sponsor a Hands-on Woodturning Symposium each year in April.   The symposium consists of a Friday evening introduction of the guest demonstrators followed by two hands-on sessions on Saturday and one on Sunday morning.  In each session the demonstrator develops a project, stopping along the way to provide individual instruction to the participants.  By the end of each session the participant will have a learned all of the procedures necessary to complete the demonstration project and hopefully a number of new turning techniques.

2013 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

With the 2012 DWT Hands-On Symposium in the books plans are starting for the 2013 Symposium.  Any suggestions on demonstrators and projects you would like to see are welcome.  Please contact a member of the Board of Directors with your suggestions.

2012 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2010 Symposium was held on Aprilt 21-22-23, 2012 at the BSC Vo-Tech Building in Bismarck, ND  Demonstrators were Tim Heil, Han Finsterwalder, and Duey Marthaller.  Click on the above link for details. 

2011 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2011 DWT Hands-On Symposium was held on April 8-9-10, 2011 with featured demonstrators Allen Jensen, Mark St. Ledger and John Benton.  Click on the above link for details.

2010 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2010 Symposium was held on Aprilt 9-10-11, 2010 at the BSC Vo-Tech Building in Bismarck, ND  Demonstrators were Stuart Batty, Rex Burningham and Cindy Drozda.  Click on the above link for details.

2009 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2009 Symposium was held on April 3-4-5, 2009 at the BSC Vo-Tech Building in Bismarck, ND.  Demonstrators were:  Greg Haugen, Tom Larson and Don Wattenhofer.  Click on the link above for details.

2008 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2008 Symposium featured professional wood turners Dick Sing, Gary Gardner and Keith Gotschall.  Click on the above link to see details of the 2008 Symposium.

2007 Hands-on Woodturning Symposium

The 2007 Symposium featured Colorado professional woodturners Pete Holtus, Lee Carter and Steve Dejong.  The link above shows some of the actual hands-on demonstrations and instant gallery.

The 2006 Symposium held March 31, April 1 &2nd featured Trent Bosch, Pete Holtus and Allen Jensen.  The following is a link to an article about the symposium.

The 2005 Symposium was held on April 1st -3rd featuring Jerry Brownrigg, Andi Wolfe and Alan Lacer.

The 2004 Symposium was held on April 2nd - 4th featuring Bob Rosand and Dick Sing.

The 2003 Symposium was held on April 25th - 27th featuring Trent Bosch and Pete Holtus.

A 2002 Special one day fall demonstration was held on September 14th with Don Wattenhoffer demonstrating long stemmed goblets.

The 2002 Symposium was held on April 12th - 14th featuring Lee Carter, Doug Schneiter and Curt Theobold.

The 2001 Symposium was held on April 20th - 21st featuring Bonnie Klein, Russ Hurt and Alan Lacer.

The 2000 Symposium was held on April 7th - 9th featuring Alan Lacer and Russ Hurt.

The 1999 Symposium, which was the first held by the Dakota Woodturners, was held on April 10th.  Russ Hurt was the featured demonstrator and covered introduction to lathe turning, safety, and sharpening.  He instructed classic and modified bowl turning.

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Written by Dennis Schwind  -  Photography by Spud Gruman and Dennis Schwind                         Last update - 03/04/2012