With the house lights out, you can see what Johanne's has to work with
By watching the amount and color of the light, he can tell the thickness
Getting to the desired thickness, Johannes cleans up his tool marks
He runs through the grits with the power sander on the top
He now selects the species (colors) for the hatband burnish
The edges of the wood are prepped for the burnish process
The two defining edges of the hatband are created ...
and the broad color band is burnished in
The finished hat, now is set aside to rest for a while before bending
Johannes sets up to demo the mini hat while the full size hat relaxes
He uses a Glaser screw mount for the mini hat block
The excess material is wasted away
The hat top and brim are shaped and sized
Once the hat dimensions are achieved, a spigot is turned on the top
The hat blank is reversed and mounted in the chuck using the spigot
The brim is cut and thinned using the same light technique as the large hat
