Johannes Michelsen Turns A Wood Range Rider
“Now you can have Johannes Michelsen make one of his well known "Range Rider" Hats in your own living room. This new video covers the hat making process from start to finish. Everything is detailed from wood selection, turning, sanding, bending to shape and finishing. These popular hats have been shown in over 40 galleries worldwide, including the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in Washington DC. Johannes Michelsen has made a over 1,400 full sized, wearable hats and over 2,000 mini hats in the past 11 years, making him the most qualified person on the planet to be your instructor.”
NTSC version for North America is $29.95 + $5.00 shipping.
PAL version for other countries is $34.95 + $10.00 shipping.
To order now by check send payment to "Woodhat Video"
Johannes Michelsen
P.O. Box 562
Manchester Center, Vt. 05255
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Text from the back cover:
When I first started turning hats 11 years ago I never thought
that they would ever dominate my artistic focus in the way they do today!
Shifting me from being a sculpture and vessel turning artist to being the ‘Hatman’!
Today I very much enjoy being known as the Hatman.
In my time as the ‘Hatman’ I have become very familiar with Hats and their
proper shape. Conceiving this proper shape and imparting it to the turned item
so it will bend to the desired shape is paramount to woodhat making. You will
learn design and all the fundamentals from chain sawing the log, roughing out
a hat blank on the band saw, turning on the lathe to a consistent thickness
with the help of my Light Box Re-chuck, my specific grind shape, and much
more.
When the lathe work is complete is when it really becomes "my thing." The
unbent wood turning goes into my Dynamic Bender, watching as the hat slowly
emerges, taking on a distinctive hat shape and capturing that elusive "Line of
Beauty" is sheer magic.
Approximate run time 90 minutes.
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