The hat blank is mounted and the work begins in ernest
Johannes took every opportunity to explain/teach his technique to the audience
Here he shows a camera closeup of his particular method of grinding his tools
Take a close look at the grind on the back of his gouge
His grind allows him considerable versatility in the tools use
Johannes touches his tools up very often
Here the block is reversed and the excess wood is wasted away
Johannes uses his calipers to measure the hat at this point
Johannes uses the Stewart tool to cut away an excess piece of wood
Because he often works with expensive burl material, he has found uses for the "waste"
Rather than turning this wood into chips, he cuts off a nice circular piece
It saves him time and allows three different products from a single block
This piece will be used for a mirror frame
You can see examples of mirrors from these pieces on the edge of the stage
There was a raffle to determine the winner of the days demonstration hat
The winner, Frank from the Pembroke Guild, was the lucky one
