Expert Details

Woodworking Machine, Hand Tool and Practices Expert

ID: 737111 Ohio, USA

Expert is a distinguished woodworker, educator, author, and expert witness with a career spanning several decades. He co-founded a woodworking company, specializing in the manufacture of unique hand tools and designing products. He has also founded an intensive woodworking program at Hiram College, which later expanded into a full-time program in Parkman, Ohio. He lectured at Hiram College from 1980 to 1986, focusing on hand woodworking techniques from circa 1820 and instituting a course titled “Victorian Furniture” in 1985.

Expert played a pivotal role in the founding of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) in 1985, serving as a founding board member and treasurer until 1990. He coordinated the first AAW Symposium in 1987, which has grown into a major event with over 16,000 members and 365 local chapters.

He served as an expert witness in notable cases, and his expertise in woodworking tools and machinery manufacturing was crucial in these legal defenses.

Expert has written numerous articles for prominent woodworking magazines and served as a contributing editor for several publications. He has also produced instructional videos, winning awards for his scripts. His videos cover various woodworking techniques and tools.

Currently, Expert oversees the curriculum at his workshop and continues to be an active guest lecturer, author, consultant, and expert witness in the woodworking field. His contributions have left a lasting impact on the woodworking community, inspiring countless enthusiasts and professionals.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1968	Degree: BS	Subject: Business Administration	Institution: Norwich University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1990 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Director/Instructor	Department: Woodworking
Responsibilities: Education, Consulting, Freelance Design, Writing, Photography and Video in the Woodworking Field. Expert Witness in Trademark Infringement, Patent Infringement, Power Tool Accidents. Instruct intensive programs in woodworking and woodturning. Worked for numerous power tool companies as a consultant on matters of design, marketing and usability. Have opined on maters of Trademark (Federal), Patent and Product Injury.

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 1968 to 1975	Agency: US Army	Role: Artillery Officer	Description: Active Duty Germany. 1969 - 1970 Served on Battalion Staff as S-2 (Intelligence Officer) with the 2nd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery. 1971 to 1975 - Reserve Duty. Discharge rank Captain.

Career Accomplishments

Professional Appointments
American Association of Woodturners

Awards / Recognition
Won first prize “Features” honors (for best feature article of 199X) in the annual writing contest sponsored by The National Association of Home Workshop Writers and the Stanley Works for Heirloom Tool Chest, which appeared in an issue of American Woodworker Magazine.

Publications and Patents Summary
Written numerous articles for a variety of magazines including: Fine Woodworking, American Woodworker, Woodworker’s Journal, Woodshop News, Woodturning, American Woodturner, Woodcarver, International Woodworking, Mother Earth News and American Country. Served as Contributing Editor for The American Woodworker, Woodworker and Woodworker’s Journal. Served as the U.S. Contributing Editor to Woodturning, published by The Guild of Master Craftsmen in Lewes, East Sussex, England. Written, photographed and/or illustrated numerous instruction manuals, pamphlets and flyers for customers such as Brookstone, Hitachi Tools, Gudeman Enterprises and The Warther Museum. Books: Wrote, photographed and illustrated 10 books Video: Wrote the script and was the talent in 7 videos

Publications and Patents Summary

Written numerous articles for a variety of magazines including: Fine Woodworking, American Woodworker, Woodworker’s Journal, Woodshop News, Woodturning, American Woodturner, Woodcarver, International Woodworking, Mother Earth News and American Country. Served as Contributing Editor for The American Woodworker, Woodworker and Woodworker’s Journal. Served as the U.S. Contributing Editor to Woodturning, published by The Guild of Master Craftsmen in Lewes, East Sussex, England.

Written, photographed and/or illustrated numerous instruction manuals, pamphlets and flyers for customers such as Brookstone, Hitachi Tools, Gudeman Enterprises and The Warther Museum.

Books: Wrote, photographed and illustrated 10 books

Video: Wrote the script and was the talent in 7 videos

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert witness for an Italian company in the successful defense of their trademark and unique color against a U.S. company. Provided expert report and testimony in Federal Court in respect to the types and function, as well as the manufacturing, of woodworking router bits; the recognition in the trade of Italian-made woodworking tools; and the quality of Italian company's Router Bits verses the U.S. Company’s bits. Expert witness for a tool company in their suit for infringement of their trademark of machine base shape and use of the color white. Provided expert report and testimony in Federal Court in respect to functionality, as well as the manufacturing, of metalworking and woodworking machines; the recognition in the trade of company's shape color and quality reference other brands.

Expert Witness Experience

Expert witness for an Italian company in the successful defense of their trademark and unique color against a U.S. company. Provided expert report and testimony in Federal Court in respect to the types and function, as well as the manufacturing, of woodworking router bits; the recognition in the trade of Italian-made woodworking tools; and the quality of Italian company's Router Bits verses the U.S. Company’s bits.

Expert witness for a tool company in their suit for infringement of their trademark of machine base shape and use of the color white. Provided expert report and testimony in Federal Court in respect to functionality, as well as the manufacturing, of metalworking and woodworking machines; the recognition in the trade of company's shape color and quality reference other brands.

Training / Seminars
Frequent guest lecturer for trade groups, woodworking clubs and art centers.

Fields of Expertise

woodworking machinery, woodworking