On behalf of Cape Cod Woodturners, I want to thank you again for the fantastic demo last night. We had a great turn-out and people were eagerly picking up ideas and tips on tool technique, form, tools, wood selection, sharpening, and safety. It truly offered something for everyone from our novices to our most experienced turners. Your instruction style is clear and precise with a comfortable, casual overtone--captures the interest of turners and sucks them right in! Both the audio and video were clean, and you move the program along without hurrying. I'm glad that we had visitors from near and far--indeed it was our first international meeting--so others could enjoy and benefit from your expertise and skills.

Rudy is an excellent presenter, his demonstration was filled with excellent advice, turning techniques, tool control and Turning! With the Cameras rolling in his beautiful Tampa woodshop we received a birdseye view of each step in the process of his turning. Our AAW Chapter chose the topic(s) to view from the convenience of our home computer screens! All of the participants loved the new Virtual Presentation Platform. From the detailed informatioin to prepare, worksheets that lay out the plans for the projects and his open, enthuastic style lit a fire for these projects and to work on improving our skill levels! We look forward to the day Rudy can return to New Mexico and fill our classroom for days!

Greg and I have taken several group turning classes with other very well-known and accomplished wood-turners to increase our skills, all the classes have been good and we learned a lot from each class; however, none compare to the one-on-one attention we received from Rudy taking a class in his home workshop. Rudy is patient and has thoughtful explanations for helping you improve. The projects we worked on during our three-day class exponentially improved our skills. Rudy helped us with our tool sharpening skills too. We were both very happy with our progress and had a blast learning. At the end of the three-day class, I really did not want it to end. Beside the great instruction, Rudy is a good cook and fed us well. His home and workshop are in a beautiful setting. BTW, we did buy a Grex sander. Have not had time to use it yet, but I am excited to have it. We did buy a couple of new jigs for sharpening too. We can sharpen now and get good consistent results. I did one practice bowl when we got home and was doing well until I cut right through the bottom. But I was pleased with the results I was getting until that point, so I am feeling confident. Thank you for great time and excellent instruction, we really enjoyed our time with you!

I am the guy from the Monday seminar here in Springfield, at The Boys Ranch. I needed to let you know that I now approach woodturning in a whole new way thanks to all that I learned from you. To say that I benefitted from the event would be a huge understatement. It is awesome to finally understanding just what I can do with my Irish Grind bowl gouge, the day was wonderful for me. I sincerely thank you for everything. I figure that what I will save in tools that I no longer need alone more than paid for my participation. For this my wife also says thank you. Again, thanks for everything. If you are ever in the area, feel free to drop by anytime.

Hope you made it to Sacramento last night with Uber Kim. Thank you again for a fantastic demonstration and classes, you get "best we have seen in a long time" from a number of members. If you ever get back to the Bay Area, let me know and we can get up on Mt Tam with a mountain bikes. Good luck with the remainder of your California tour.

I just wanted to say thank you for your demonstration yesterday at the CAW meeting. I was in the audience and I really enjoyed the demo. I live about an hour away from the school, so coming to a meeting means committing to at least 2 hours in the car plus time at the meeting. Your style is both educational and entertaining, and I wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks again.

Every class has a class idiot. It was me this time. I can’t praise Rudy enough for his patience, level of expertise and his one-on-one teaching. There was so much to learn in very little time. But I did learn and retain more than I ever thought possible, and it was because of such a skilled instructor. Thank you for letting me play in your workshop.