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Articles by Kurt Hertzog

Working with Corian® by Kurt Hertzog
Making "Stick Pens" by Kurt Hertzog
Making a Carbide Tool by Kurt Hertzog
Making a Vacuum Pump System by Kurt Hertzog
Making your own Vacuum Chuck by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #8 - Winter 2006 - 3rd Annual Penturners Rendezvous by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #17 Spring 2008 - 5th Annual Penturners Rendezvous by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #18 - Summer 2008 - Jazzing Up a Hobby Knife by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #19 - Fall 2008 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #1 - Make It a Great Writer by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #19 - Fall 2008 - Making Your Own Photo Tent by Kurt Hertzog
American Woodturner - Summer 2008 - 10 Steps to Better Pens by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #20 - Winter 2009 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #2 - Swap Out The Standard Nib & Cap by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #20 - Winter 2009 - Showcase 2008 by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #21 - Spring 2009 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #3 - Ditching the Centerband by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #22 - Summer 2009 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #4 - Pen Finishes by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #23 - Fall 2009 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #5 - Penmaking Materials by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #24 - Winter 2010 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #6 - Selling Your Work by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #24 - Winter 2010 - Boutique Measuring Scoop by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #25 - Spring 2010 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #7 - Common Mistakes and Potential Fixes by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #25 - Spring 2010 - Product Review - Kallenshaan Woods Laser Cut Kits by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #26 - Summer 2010 - Penturning to Penmaking - Column #8 - Questions from the Mailbag by Kurt Hertzog
Woodturning Design Magazine #26 - Summer 2010 - Behind the Scenes - Column #1 by Kurt Hertzog

Articles about Kurt Hertzog

Stylus Magazine - June/July 2007 - Pens Made by Hand - The Penmakers Guild - Part 1/2
Stylus Magazine - Aug/Sept 2007 - Pens Made by Hand - The Penmakers Guild - Part 2/2
Pen World Magazine - Summer 2006 - Declaration of Independents - The Penmakers Guild
Pen World Magazine - December 2009 - Artisan Kurt Hertzog

Upcoming Demonstrations and Classes

Thursday, July 29, 2010
Fundamentals of Woodturning - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Friday, July 30, 2010
Fundamentals of Woodturning - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Woodturning Lathe Tips and Tricks - All day hands on class at the Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Judge for Woodcraft category, Judge for Toys category - Park Avenue Arts Festival, annual 2 day juried craft show, Rochester NY
Sunday through Saturday, August 15 - 21, 2010
Extreme Pens - Week long, hands-on advanced penmaking class at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
Monday through Friday, September 6 - 10, 2010
Extreme Pens - Week long, hands-on advanced penmaking class at the Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Albany NY
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Furniture Turning Demonstration at the Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Albany NY
Thursday, September 16, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Friday, September 17, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Saturday, September 18, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Fundamentals of Bowlturning - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sharpening Everything in the Shop - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Thursday, October 14, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Friday, October 15, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Saturday, October 16, 2010 (tentative schedule - registration through LV in early August)
Topic to be announced - Hands on class at Lee Valley Store, Burlington Canada
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Enhanced Pens, 2 hour presentation at the Golden Horseshoe Woodturners Guild, Burlington Canada
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Green Wood Bowl Turning - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Turning Holiday Ornaments - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Thursday - Sunday, November 11 - 14, 2010
Segmented Ornament and Segmented Pen Demonstrations at the Segmented Woodturners Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Sharpening Every Tool in the Shop - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Fundamentals of Woodturning - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Bowl Basics - All day hands on class at Rochester Woodworkers Society, Rochester NY
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Fundamentals of Woodturning - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sharpening Woodturning Tools - All day hands on class at the Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Fundamentals of Woodturning - All day hands on class at Ocean Reef Art League, Key Largo FL
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Bowls and Lidded Boxes - All day hands on class at Ocean Reef Art League, Key Largo FL
Friday, January 21, 2011
Penturning - All day hands on class at Ocean Reef Art League, Key Largo FL
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Extreme Pens - All day hands on class at Ocean Reef Art League, Key Largo FL
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Making Woodturning Tools - All day hands on class at Rochester Woodworkers Society, Rochester NY
Saturday & Sunday, March 26 & 27, 2011
Demonstrations at Totally Turning Symposium, Saratoga Springs, NY

Past Demonstrations and Classes

Utah Woodturning Symposium, Provo, UT
Sharpening Made Easy, 90 minute demonstration, 5/8,10
Finding Your Own Style, 90 minute presentation, 5/7/10
Extreme Pens, 90 minute presentation, 5/6/10, 5/7/10
Tips, Tricks, and Hacks in Penmaking, 90 minute demonstration, 5/14/09 & 5/15/09
After Turning Decoration Techniques, 90 minute demonstration, 5/14/09 & 5/15/09
Making Your Pens Unique, 90 minute demonstration, 5/22/08,
Pen Making Tips and Tricks, 90 minute demonstration, 5/22/08 & 5/23/08
Making Your Pens Unique, 90 minute demonstration, 6/16/06

AAW Symposium, Richmond, VA
Making Your Pens Unique, 90 minute demonstration, 6/20/08 & 6/21,08
Pen Making Tips and Tricks, 90 minute demonstration, 6/20/08 & 6/22/08

Totally Turning Symposium, Saratoga Springs, NY
Two rotations - Sharpening Made Easy, 3/27/10 & 3/28/10
Two rotations - Extreme Pens, 3/27/10 & 3/28/10
Two rotations - Sharpening Made Easy, 3/28/09 & 3/29/09
Two rotations - Workmounting Techniques, 3/28/09 & 3/29/09

Totally Turning Symposium, Albany, NY
Two rotations - 90 minutes each - Sharpening Made Easy, Workmounting Techniques, 10/13/07 & 10/14/07
Two rotations - 85 minutes each - Exotic Pens, Improving your Photographs, 10/14/06 & 10/15/06
Four rotations - 85 minutes each – 2 on Sharpening Woodturning Tools, 2 on Turning Exotic Pens, 10/15/05 & 10/16/05

Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild Symposium - Turning 2009, West Harrison, IN
Sharpening Made Easy, 75 minute demonstration, 10/16/09
Making Your Pens Unique, 75 minute demonstration, 10/18/09

Craft Supplies USA - Super Wednesday Demonstration Day, Provo, UT
Pen Making Tips and Tricks, 90 minute demonstration, 5/5/10, 5/13/09, 5/21/08, 6/20/07, 6/14/06
Making pens w/o kits and adapting pen kits, Hand-cut spiral techniques, Two - 75 minute demonstrations, 6/15/05
Using Alternate Materials, Finishing Techniques, Two - 75 minute demonstrations, 6/9/04

Woodworkers Showcase, Saratoga Springs, NY
Two rotations - Tips and Tricks for the Woodturner, 4/5/08 & 4/6/08
Two rotations - Simple Woodturnings for the Woodworker, 4/5/08 & 4/6/08

Buffalo State University, Buffalo NY
Turning Fundamentals and Design for Furniture Makers - all day demos and hands on classes, 4/21/09

Central Connecticut Woodturners, Manchester, CT
Penmaking Tips and Tricks, Making Your Pens Unique presentations - 5/26/09

Penturners Rendezvous, Provo UT
Tools for Penmaking, 30 minute demonstration, 5/5/10
DeMystifying the Skew Chisel, 45 minute demonstration, 5/13/09, 5/21/08
Sharpening Fundamentals for Turning Tools, 45 minute demonstration, 6/20/07, 6/15/05
Hand-cutting Spirals, 30 minute demonstration, 6/9/04

Woodturners Guild of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Ornaments - Simple to Sophisticated - All day demo - 1/24/10
Turning Ornaments - all day hands on sessions - 1/25/10 & 1/26/10
Penmaking - Simple to Sophisticated - All day demo - 10/18/08
Penmaking Workshops - All day hands on workshops - 10/19/08 & 10/20/08
Sharpening Made Easy - 2 hour club demo, 9/20/07
Workholding Techniques - 2 hour club demo, 11/9/06

Atlantic Shore Woodturners, Lakewood NJ
Sharpening Made Easy, Mastering the Skew, Workholding, and Making Your Pens Unique - All day demo, 6/12/10

Long Island Woodturners, Dix Hills NY
Sharpening Made Easy & Making Your Pens Unique - All day demo - 12/19/09

Adirondack Woodturners Association, Albany NY
Advanced Pen Making - All day demo, 5/26/07
Turning Peppermills and Ornaments - all day demo, 11/4/06
Sharpening for Woodturners, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 12/5/05

DelVal Turners, Haddenfield NJ
Sharpening Made Easy; Workholding Techniques, Tips and Tricks; and Design Demos - all day workshop, 10/25/09

Central New York Woodturners, Syracuse, NY
Lidded boxes, Advanced Penmaking - All day demo, 9/19/09
Lidded boxes, Advanced Penmaking - All day hands-on workshop, 9/20/09

Golden Horseshoe Woodturners Guild, Burlington, Canada
Style and Design - 2 hour demo, 4/16/09
Ornaments - Simple to Sophisticated, 2 hour demo, 3/20/08
Sharpening Made Easy, 2 hour demo, 2/15/07
Workholding Techniques, 2 hour demo, 9/21/06

New Jersery Woodturners, Roseland NJ
Workholding Techniques, Tips and Tricks Demo - 2 hour club demo, 10/26/09

Presque Isle Woodturners, Erie PA
Workholding Techniques/Skew Chisel Fundamentals - 3 hour club demo, 4/4/07
Sharpening Fundamentals, Shell Piercing Demo - All day demo, 8/5/07

Mid Hudson Woodworking Chapter, Kingston NY
After Turning Ornamentation Techniques - All day demo/hands on class, 4/26/08

Quad State Bodgers - Midland MD
Ornaments - Simple to Sophisticated - Hands on sessions and all day demo, 8/14/08, 8/15/08, & 8/16/08

Rochester Woodworkers Society, Rochester NY
Fundamentals of Spindle Turning, 8 hour demo, lecture, and hands on class, 12/20/08
Basic Woodturning for Furniture Makers, 8 hour demo, lecture, and hands on class, 3/26/05
Basic Penturning, 8 hour demo, lecture, and hands on class, 2/9/02

Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Albany NY
Woodturning Fundamentals for Woodworkers, 1 hour club demo, 4/21/05

Western NY Woodturners 1, Buffalo NY
Sharpening Made Easy, 1 hour club demo, 9/4/08
Piercing and carving on your woodturnings, 1 hour club demo, 2/2/06
Workmounting techniques, 1 hour club demo, 2/3/05
Using the Skew Chisel, 1 hour club demo, 10/7/04
Sharpening Fundamentals, 1 hour demo, 6/3/04
Lidded Boxes, 1 hour club demo, 6/5/03
Tools & Techniques for Piercing Turnings, 1 hour club demo, 9/6/01

Western NY Woodturners 2, Hamburg NY
Sharpening Fundamentals, 1 hour club demo, 3/13/08
Art and Science of Sanding Turnings, 1 hour club demo, 9/14/06
Sharpening and using the Ellsworth Bowl Gouge, 1 hour club demo, 6/8/06
Simple Techniques to Improve the Photographs of your Turnings, 1 hour club demo, 2/8/06
Using the Skew Chisel, 1 hour club demo, 5/12/05
Hand Chasing Threads, 1 hour club demo, 3/10/05
Making Lidded Boxes, 1 hour club demo, 10/10/02

Pembroke Woodturners Guild, Corfu NY
Lidded Boxes, Design & Execution, 2 hour club demo, 4/14/09
Sharpening for the Woodturner, 1 hour club demo, 4/8/08, 9/12/06
Mastering the Skew Chisel, 1 hour club demo, 5/9/06
Advanced Pen Making , 1 hour club demo, 10/11/05
Turning Fundamentals, 1 hour club demo, 4/12/05
Improving the photographs of your turnings, 1 hour club demo, 11/9/04
Using the Bedan and Parting tool to their fullest, 1 hour club demo, 8/14/04
Sharpening for Woodturners, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 4/24/04
Making your own turning tools, 1 hour club demo, 4/12/04

Lockport Woodworkers, Lockport NY
Making Your Pens Unique/Penmaking Tips and Tricks, 3 hour club demo, 10/10/09

Woodcraft Store, West Seneca NY
Sharpening Everything in the Shop - all day hands on class, 5/30/10, 4/10/10, 12/6/09
Bowl Turning Fundamentals - all day hands on class, 5/29/10, 2/27/10, 9/27/09
Greenwood Turning/Ellsworth Gouge - all day hands on class, 2/28/10, 2/13/09, 6/6/09
Woodturning Demos - ongoing woodturning demos, 3/5/09
Woodturning Fundamentals - all day hands on class, 6/27/10, 1/9/10, 12/12/09, 9/13/09, 4/19/09, 2/14/09
Advanced Penmaking - all day hands on class, 2/15/09
Woodturning Demos - Woodcraft Store Grand Opening - all day woodturning demos, 1/9/09
Fundamentals of Woodturning/Sharpening - all day hands on class, 1/19/09

Lee Valley Store, Burlington, Canada
Making Woodturning Tools - hands on class, 6/26/10
Turning Peppermills - hands on class, 6/2/10
Turning Lidded Boxes - hands on class, 6/5/10
Bowl Turning Fundamentals - hands on class, 4/23/10, 4/22/10
Workmounting Techniques - hands on class, 6/25/10, 6/24/10, 4/24/10, 2/20/10
Mastering the Skew Chisel - hands on class - 4/16/10, 1/29/10, 1/28/10
Greenwood Bowl Turning - all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 6/13/09
Sharpening Woodturning Tools - demo, lecture, and hands on class, 4/15/10, 6/12/09
Woodturning Fundamentals - all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 6/3/10, 6/4/10, 4/17/10, 2/19/10, 2/18/10, 1/30/10, 7/25/09, 5/30/09, 11/22/08

Woodcraft Store, Rochester NY
Basic Spindle Turning (WC101), all day demo, lecture, & hands on class: 1/12/08, 12/8/07, 10/20/07, 3/11/07, 1/13/07, 12/9/06, 11/19/06, 4/22/06, 2/5/06, 11/26/05, 10/22/05, 5/7/05, 4/2/05, 1/23/05, 12/4/04, 10/2/04, 9/4/04, 7/31/04, 5/15/04, 3/27/04
Sharpening for Woodturners, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class: 10/29/06, 4/29/06, 11/27/05, 4/3/05, 10/9/04, 7/10/04, 3/14/04
Advanced Spindle Turning (WC201), all day demo, lecture, and hands on class: 2/15/04
Turning Peppermills, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class: 5/8/04

Rockler Store, Buffalo NY
Tormek Demonstration, store demo on using the Tormek sharpening system, 2/13/10
Turning for Furniture Makers, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 3/7/09
Getting Started Woodturning, demo, lecture, and hands on class for new woodturners, 3/22/09, 1/10/09
Sharpening Workshop Tools A to Z, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 12/7/08, 11/2/08, 9/14/08, 3/9/08, 2/16/08, 12/15/07, 2/25/06
Mastering the Ellsworth Gouge - all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 4/26/09, 10/25/08, 1/19/08
Fundamentals of Woodturning, all day demo, lecture, & hands on class: 2/7/09, 12/6/08, 9/13/08, 2/3/08, 1/6/08, 11/11/07, 6/2/07, 5/5/07, 4/7/07, 3/3/07, 9/17/06, 5/20/06, 4/1/06, 1/14/06
Sharpening for Woodturners, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 2/2/08, 1/5/08, 11/10/07, 5/19/07, 4/28/07, 10/8/06, 5/13/06, 12/10/05
Workholding Techniques for Woodturners - all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 4/15/07
Sharpening Tools using the Tormek/Jet Sharpening System, 4 hour store demo, 8/25/07, 4/14/07, 3/17/07, 2/3/07, 11/11/06, 10/29/05, 6/11/05
Workholding Techniques for Woodturners, 4 hour store demo, 2/24/07
Turning Wooden Peppermills, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 11/18/06, 4/8/06
Turning Pens and Bottle Stoppers - all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 10/22/06
Turning Pens and Bowls, 4 hour store demo, 6/9/07, 2/5/05
Pens and Ornaments, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 2/18/06
Turning hollow ornaments, 4 hour store demo, 11/30/05, 11/19/05, 11/6/04
Basic Penturning, 4 hour store demo, 1/7/06, 1/4/06, 10/16/04
Using the Wolverine Sharpening system, 4 hour store demo, 5/21/05
Rockler Freedom Pen Day, all day demo and instructions on pens for customers, 6/26/04
Woodturning Demos, all day turning demos for customers, 6/5/04 & 6/6/04, 11/29/03

Barb’s Barn, demo & hands on workshops for 4 local AAW chapters, Elma NY
Sharpening for the Woodturner, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 11/21/04
Woodturning Fundamentals, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 11/12/06, 3/20/04
Sharpening Fundamentals, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 11/8/03, 8/2/03
Mastering the Skew Chisel, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 11/9/03, 8/3/03
Making Lidded Boxes, all day demo, lecture, and hands on class, 12/7/02

Park Avenue Arts Festival, annual 2 day juried craft show, Rochester NY
Judge for Woodcraft category, Judge for Toys category, 8/4/07, 8/5/06, 8/6/05, 8/7/04
Juror for festival applicants, 4/2/06

The Woodworking Shows, Buffalo NY
Demonstrator for Jet Tools Sharpening System, 3 days of demos on the Jet Sharpening System, 9/29/06 through 10/1/06

Additional school, festival/fair, craft show, and woodturning judging experience available on request.


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