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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.
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Out of a Limb: Natural-Edge Bowls
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Article in AAW Publication
October
2013
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Have Fun With Ebonizing
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
June
2009
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Food Safety
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
August
2009
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A Tale Of Two Bowls
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October
2009
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Sanding 101
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December
2009
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Woodturning Internet Forums
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February
2010
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Sensational Woodturning
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April
2010
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Sweet Gum - An Unappreciated Treasure
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June
2010
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The Much Maligned Scraper
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August
2010
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Un-Chucking Wood
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October
2010
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Osage Orange: A Love Hate Relationship
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December
2010
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Hypoxylon -- Deadly, But Beautiful
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February
2011
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The Scary Skew Chisel
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April
2011
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A Different World
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June
2011
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Drying Wood
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August
2011
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The Lowly Bottle Stopper
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
October
2011
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Shop Science
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
December
2011
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How Do You Learn Woodturning?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
February
2012
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Turning Rotten Wood
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April
2012
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Rare Earth Magnets
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June
2012
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Honey Locust
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August
2012
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Buyers Remorse
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October
2012
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The Almighty Bevel
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December
2012
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Warming Up At The Lathe
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February
2013
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Paulownia tomentosa - A True Mystery Wood
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April
2013
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Accidental Education
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June
2013
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Identification Of Wood
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August
2013
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Woodturning: A Breathtaking Experience
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October
2013
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Woodturning Shop Estate Planning
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December
2013
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A Woodturner"s 2014 Resolutions
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February
2014
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Carbide Cutters: Fad or the Future?
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April
2014
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More Woodturning Controversy: Mounting Bowl Blanks On A Lathe
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June
2014
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Reflective Woodturning
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August
2014
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Black Walnut The American Beauty
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October
2014
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Food Safe?
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January
2015
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Wild Cherry, Another Mid-South Beauty
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March
2015
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A Woodturner"s Education
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May
2015
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Sand in wood? Fact or Fiction?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
July
2015
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Mushrooms, fungal and wooden
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September
2015
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Rustic Inspiration
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November
2015
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When the Wood Stops Turning
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January
2016
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Eastern Red Cedar, Another Love/Hate Relationship
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March
2016
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Maple - Confusing but Special
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May
2016
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Putting Beetles to work
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July
2016
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Cutoffs too good to trash?
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September
2016
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The Forgotten Faceplate
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November
2016
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The Wood Processing Platform
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February
2017
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Rare Earth Magnets
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April
2017
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Seeing Clearly At The Lathe
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June
2017
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Fractal Burning Worth the Risk?
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August
2017
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Fascination with Friction
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Article in AAW Publication
April
2011
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What is the best Mid-South turning wood?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
July
2009
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Poison Ivy
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
September
2009
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Chain Saw Safety
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
November
2009
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Making Your Woodturning Life Easier
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January
2010
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Why Do People Turn Wood?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
March
2010
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Callery Pear (Bradford Variety) - The Woodturner�s Friend
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May
2010
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Sand in wood? Fact or Fiction?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
July
2010
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Indispensable Cyanoacrylate Glue
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
September
2010
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Simple Holiday Embellishments
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
November
2010
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Burn Lines
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January
2011
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A Wooden Wine Bottle
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March
2011
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The Good Woodturning Demonstration
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May
2011
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A Plea For Millimeters
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July
2011
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If I Were The Woodturning King: More About Safety
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September
2011
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Best Tools for the New Woodturner?
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Wood Spin printed in Turners Talk
November
2011
