Sam Angelo
Sam Angelo grew up in Akron, Ohio. After high school graduation in 1968 he attended college at Eastern Montana College in Billings: receiving a BS (1972), and M. Ed (1985). In 1974 he met and married his wife Cheryle. The next 40 years were spent teaching, coaching, and working as a school counselor. Sam retired from public education in 2011
Never far from a love of woodworking, Sam began exploring woodturning in 1988. He operated a woodworking shop specializing in making cabinets and furniture. Making and repairing chair parts and table legs established a foundation for woodturning.
Sam has been chasing threads by hand for 10 years. He is drawn to incorporating threads in puzzles, boxes, hollow forms and urns. He teaches thread chasing using traditional British tools and methods.
Examples of Sam’s work can be seen on his website www.wyomingwoodturner.com. He has produced in excess of 500 YouTube videos on all aspects of woodturning. Sam continues to turn daily, write, teach, and demonstrate.
Sam Angelo grew up in Akron, Ohio. After high school graduation in 1968 he attended college at Eastern Montana College in Billings: receiving a BS (1972), and M. Ed (1985). In 1974 he met and married his wife Cheryle. The next 40 years were spent teaching, coaching, and working as a school counselor. Sam retired from public education in 2011
Never far from a love of woodworking, Sam began exploring woodturning in 1988. He operated a woodworking shop specializing in making cabinets and furniture. Making and repairing chair parts and table legs established a foundation for woodturning.
Sam has been chasing threads by hand for 10 years. He is drawn to incorporating threads in puzzles, boxes, hollow forms and urns. He teaches thread chasing using traditional British tools and methods.
Examples of Sam’s work can be seen on his website www.wyomingwoodturner.com. He has produced in excess of 500 YouTube videos on all aspects of woodturning. Sam continues to turn daily, write, teach, and demonstrate.
