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Kip Lockhart


Kip

Bio

My first exposure to woodworking was in grammar school all 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys had wood-shop classes we made boxes, bird houses, lamps and small end tables. I used a lathe for the first time as a high school freshman in the technical department. Turned 4 legs for a record cabinet.
After high school I was fortunate enough to get an apprenticeship with the state of Connecticut and city of Hartford for cabinetmaking. Working in a shop producing custom architectural millwork and attending classes two nights a week for four years. Apprentices are required to spend time in each of the departments stock cutting, milling, assembly, finishing, sash and door, layout machining, floor sweeping and floor sweeping and floor sweeping.
Employees of the company are members of the carpenter's union which I got incredibly involved with after being told I had to join or I could no longer work there. At the completion of the apprenticeship I served as shop steward, apprentices cannot hold any union office. After holding several other positions I was elected Business Agent. So after 12 years working in the shop I took my toolbox home and for the remainder of my adult life worked for the union organizing, negotiating and enforcing collective bargaining agreements.
In 1997 I bought my first lathe because I needed to turn a handle for a three-wheel pram I made for my granddaughters. I Did not use it much during that time did some spindle work turned a couple of candlesticks but never turned a bowl with it.
Before retiring I searched around for woodworking clubs to join I found only the Eastern Massachusetts Guild of Woodworkers. I joined and made the hour and half drive on Saturday mornings for about two years. Around this same time, I attended the annual New England woodworking show, there I met members from Central Connecticut Woodturners, they had a booth performed demos. I joined the club in 2014 served as a past treasurer and currently a vice president. The club's president is a segmented turner and introduced me to Segmented Wood Turners and as they say the rest is history and yes, I now have three lathes.

Creations

Presentations

  • Criss Cross bowls
    1. Discuss the history of this criss-cross design.
    2. Review in detail two table saw sleds used for cutting grooves in vertical and flat pieces.
    3. Show several pieces in various stages of construction.
    4. Run video showing sleds in use on table saw and the gluing of fillers into the grooves.
    5. Turn a fully constructed bowl showing how the design can be controlled by turning at different angles.

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