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Emmett Manley is a longtime member of MSWG and AAW.  He is a retired medical scientist/professor who got hooked on woodturning in 2005. He enjoys studying and collecting wood native to western Tennessee and turning that wood into useful items. 

Out of a Limb: Natural-Edge Bowls

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Emmett Manley

Article in AAW Publication

October
2013

Have Fun With Ebonizing

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2009

Food Safety

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2009

A Tale Of Two Bowls

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2009

Sanding 101

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

December
2009

Woodturning Internet Forums

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2010

Sensational Woodturning

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2010

Sweet Gum - An Unappreciated Treasure

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2010

The Much Maligned Scraper

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2010

Un-Chucking Wood

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2010

Osage Orange: A Love Hate Relationship

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

December
2010

Hypoxylon -- Deadly, But Beautiful

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2011

The Scary Skew Chisel

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2011

A Different World

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2011

Drying Wood

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2011

The Lowly Bottle Stopper

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2011

Shop Science

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

December
2011

How Do You Learn Woodturning?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2012

Turning Rotten Wood

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2012

Rare Earth Magnets

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2012

Honey Locust

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2012

Buyers Remorse

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2012

The Almighty Bevel

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

December
2012

Warming Up At The Lathe

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2013

Paulownia tomentosa - A True Mystery Wood

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2013

Accidental Education

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2013

Identification Of Wood

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2013

Woodturning: A Breathtaking Experience

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2013

Woodturning Shop Estate Planning

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

December
2013

A Woodturner"s 2014 Resolutions

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2014

Carbide Cutters: Fad or the Future?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2014

More Woodturning Controversy: Mounting Bowl Blanks On A Lathe

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2014

Reflective Woodturning

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2014

Black Walnut The American Beauty

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

October
2014

Food Safe?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

January
2015

Wild Cherry, Another Mid-South Beauty

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

March
2015

A Woodturner"s Education

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

May
2015

Sand in wood? Fact or Fiction?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

July
2015

Mushrooms, fungal and wooden

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

September
2015

Rustic Inspiration

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

November
2015

When the Wood Stops Turning

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

January
2016

Eastern Red Cedar, Another Love/Hate Relationship

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

March
2016

Maple - Confusing but Special

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

May
2016

Putting Beetles to work

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

July
2016

Cutoffs too good to trash?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

September
2016

The Forgotten Faceplate

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

November
2016

The Wood Processing Platform

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

February
2017

Rare Earth Magnets

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

April
2017

Seeing Clearly At The Lathe

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

June
2017

Fractal Burning Worth the Risk?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

August
2017

Fascination with Friction

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Emmett Manley

Article in AAW Publication

April
2011

What is the best Mid-South turning wood?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

July
2009

Poison Ivy

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

September
2009

Chain Saw Safety

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

November
2009

Making Your Woodturning Life Easier

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

January
2010

Why Do People Turn Wood?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

March
2010

Callery Pear (Bradford Variety) - The Woodturner�s Friend

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

May
2010

Sand in wood? Fact or Fiction?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

July
2010

Indispensable Cyanoacrylate Glue

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

September
2010

Simple Holiday Embellishments

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

November
2010

Burn Lines

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

January
2011

A Wooden Wine Bottle

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

March
2011

The Good Woodturning Demonstration

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

May
2011

A Plea For Millimeters

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

July
2011

If I Were The Woodturning King: More About Safety

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

September
2011

Best Tools for the New Woodturner?

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Emmett Manley

Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk

November
2011