Mike Mahoney is from Utah and has been a professional woodturner since 1994. His bowls are featured in galleries across the United States. Mike’s work is sought after by collectors all over the world. Mike is often requested to demonstrate and teach for wood turner clubs, craft schools, and symposia. He has traveled around the world to discuss and demonstrate his craft. He is considered an authority in woodturning.

Making Family Heirlooms

This demonstration will start by turning a finished platter.  There will be an extensive discussion on timber selection, roughing and drying, design, sanding and finishing, to make your pieces last through generations.

Turning Hollow Forms

This demonstration will show you my approach on making classic hollow forms.  I will use scaping tools to remove the interiors of the form (Stewart and Kelton hollowers).  There will be a discussion on design, drying, sanding and finishing and hopefully I will complete a gallery quality form in this demonstration.

Coring with the McNaughton Center Saver

This first part of this demonstration will be explaining how the McNaughton tool works by coring a 14" x 5" green blank.  The second part of this demonstration will be coring a natural edge burl and trying to get as many bowl blanks out of it as I can.

Cutting Very Thin Bowls

This demonstration will show my method of cutting a micro thin bowl to create organic shapes that are pleasing to the eye.