Norm Rose, the pioneer of the “A,B,C†method of teaching woodturning, passed away on November 23, 2014 after a short battle with cancer. Norm was a great teacher and promoter of the woodturning craft. To this day many turners, including many world renowned turners, use his “ABC†method (Anchor, Bevel, Cut) to teach others the proper use their turning tools. When he wasn’t in the shop teaching or turning, Norm was a hospice nurse for children. In his everyday life as a nurse he touched and helped untold numbers of people and families in the most difficult times of their lives.
A memorial service has been planned to celebrate this extraordinary man’s life. The celebration will be on Saturday, the 17th of January, at 1PM. It will take place at the clubhouse at The Top of the World, in Clearwater, Florida. The entrance is located off of Sunset Point Rd., at World Parkway Blvd, west of US Hwy 19. I am sure you can get directions to the clubhouse from the guard at the gate.
Norm was my best friend and my mentor in woodturning. We met arguing over a bottle of Drambuie in a hotel bar in Dayton Ohio, just down the street from Shopsmith headquarters. The day after we first crossed paths, he shared with me that there was more to turning than just the baby rattle we turned in the Shopsmith demo. The little table in the corner of that bar witnessed my exposure to the world of woodturning and birthed a friendship that spanned almost 25 years. Ironically we were only physically in the same place 4 times in all those years, counting the time in Dayton. Each of the other times we shared were at AAW symposiums over the past 9 years. I hold dear the journey that our friendship has been and I treasure my walk thru the world of woodturning that my friend pushed me into from that table.
If you would like to send a card of condolence to Norm’s companion, Nancy Douglas, you can send them in care of me at the address below and I will gather them together and get them to her.
Nancy Douglas
c/o Clayton Cochran
9422 Arbois
San Antonio, TX 78254
A memorial service has been planned to celebrate this extraordinary man’s life. The celebration will be on Saturday, the 17th of January, at 1PM. It will take place at the clubhouse at The Top of the World, in Clearwater, Florida. The entrance is located off of Sunset Point Rd., at World Parkway Blvd, west of US Hwy 19. I am sure you can get directions to the clubhouse from the guard at the gate.
Norm was my best friend and my mentor in woodturning. We met arguing over a bottle of Drambuie in a hotel bar in Dayton Ohio, just down the street from Shopsmith headquarters. The day after we first crossed paths, he shared with me that there was more to turning than just the baby rattle we turned in the Shopsmith demo. The little table in the corner of that bar witnessed my exposure to the world of woodturning and birthed a friendship that spanned almost 25 years. Ironically we were only physically in the same place 4 times in all those years, counting the time in Dayton. Each of the other times we shared were at AAW symposiums over the past 9 years. I hold dear the journey that our friendship has been and I treasure my walk thru the world of woodturning that my friend pushed me into from that table.
If you would like to send a card of condolence to Norm’s companion, Nancy Douglas, you can send them in care of me at the address below and I will gather them together and get them to her.
Nancy Douglas
c/o Clayton Cochran
9422 Arbois
San Antonio, TX 78254
